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March 26, 2001Deaths in the RegionEDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a list of deaths reported during the past week by funeral directors in the 13-county northwest Michigan region.ANTRIM - Marvin J. Vandenberg, 53, of Albuquerque, N.M. and formerly of Ellsworth, died Feb. 14, Hastings Funeral Home. - Ronald P. Derocher, 44, of Mancelona, died Feb. 20, Penzien Funeral Home. - Ruth L. Koharian, formerly Ruth L. Clapp, of Bellaire, died Feb. 21, Penzien Funeral Home. - Elizabeth Ann Davis, 71, of Bellaire, died Feb. 22, Penzien Funeral Home. - Ruth E. Thompson, 87, of Mancelona, died Feb. 28, Penzien Funeral Home. - Marjorie Ann Tubbs, 71, of Mancelona, died March 1, Penzien Funeral Home. - Norman R. Klintworth, 73, of Bellaire, died March 1, Bellaire Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Home. - Valerie Stevens Benac Woods Hoot, 52, Mancelona, died March 9. - Esther R. Fifelski, 69, of Lakes of the North, died March 11, Penzien Funeral Home. - Emeline Ashdon, 84, of Mancelona, died March 15, Penzien Funeral Home. - Barbara J. Morris, 64, of Echo Township, formerly of Lansing, died March 16, Mortenson Funeral Home, Central Lake. - Robert "Rob" Westlund, 41, of Elk Rapids, died March 17, Covell Funeral Home, Elk Raids. - Richard I. Hockridge, 74, of Elk Rapids, died March 20, Elk Rapids Chapel of Covell Funeral Homes. BENZIE - Allena Charlene Stevens, 96, of Benzie County, died Feb. 23, Penzien Funeral Home. - Karlin Bundy, 60, of Thompsonville, died March 8, Parker-Reedy Funeral Home. - David R. Ferens, 52, of Beulah, died March 17, McElduff Funeral Home, Benzonia. CHARLEVOIX - Louise H. Houtman, 41, of Ocala, Fla., and formerly of Charlevoix, died March 4, Winchester Funeral Home. - Sanford Wheeler Matchett, 79, of Charlevoix, died March 5, Winchester Funeral Home. - Richard M. Foster, 73, of Racine, Wis., formerly of Charlevoix, died March 6, Purath-Strand Funeral Home and Crematory. - Elisabeth "Betty" Fortune, 57, of Boyne City, died March 7, Penzien Funeral Home. - Gary Lee Willis, 50, of Charlevoix, died March 9, Stone Funeral Home. - Marie E. Ostrowski, 86, of East Jordan, died March 10, Penzien Funeral Home. - Lloyd Sye McClintock Sr., 78, of Boyne City, died March 11, Penzien Funeral Home. - William L. Ford, 76, of Banks Township, died March 11, Hastings Funeral Home. - Robert T. Roberts, 64, of East Jordan, died March 15, Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc., East Jordan. - Catherine J. Cyr, 83, of Maitland, Fla., and Boyne City, died March 18, Woodlawn Carey Hand Funeral Home in Longwood, Fla. - Paxton Lee "Packy" Warner, 54, of California, formerly of Charlevoix, died March 18, Winchester Funeral Home in Charlevoix. CHEBOYGAN - Sister Mary Brendan Donovan, 95, of Cheboygan, died March 1, Barto and Son Funeral Home. - Milton "Mitt" McDonald, 93, of Cheboygan, died March 3, Christian Funeral Home. - Matthew Gary Lee Demeuse, of Cheboygan, died March 5, Lintz Funeral Home. - Donald J. Jarvis, 70, of Denver, Colo., and formerly of Cheboygan, died March 5. - Mary Crawford, 76, of Indian River, died March 5, Lintz Funeral Home. - Joseph Syrek, 88, of Cheboygan, died March 7. - Agnes M. Cronan, 86, of Cheboygan, died March 8, Christian Funeral Home. - William A. Snear, Sr., 66, of Afton, died March 8, Lintz Funeral Home. EMMET - Howard D. Dakin, 85, of Petoskey, died Feb. 19, Stone Funeral Home. - William Kirk Schaller, 61, of Petoskey, died Feb. 25, Stone Funeral Home. - Christine S. Blount, 77, of Torch Lake, died March 6, Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Home. - Mary C. Bazin, 74, of Petoskey, died March 6, Stone Funeral Home. - Harvey A. Feick, 76, of Petoskey, died March 8, Charles G. Parks Funeral Home. - Metha (McDonald) Church, 72, of Harbor Springs, died March 9. - Wayne Wesley Kring, 72, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Petoskey, died March 9, Fuller Funeral Home. - Elizabeth Jane Fenlon, of Petoskey, died March 10, Charles G. Parks Funeral Home. - Marguerite Laske, 79, of Petoskey, died March 16, Winchester Funeral Home. - Georgette L. Nye, 72, of Petoskey, died March 16. - Clarence A. Kleinfelt, 89, formerly of Independence Village in Petoskey, died March 19, O'Brien Chapel/Ted C. Sullivan Funeral Home in Novi. - Billie Ball, 71, of Atlanta, formerly of Emmet County, died March 19, Green Funeral Home in Atlanta. - Lester H. Schoreak, 83, of Petoskey, died March 20, Stone Funeral Home. - Ruby A. Mindel, 84, of Petoskey, died March 20, Stone Funeral Home. GRAND TRAVERSE - Dennis M. Buell, 54, formerly of Traverse City, died March 10, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. - Albert C. Blankenship, longtime resident of Lansing and Traverse City, died March 16. - William M. Bright, 82, of Traverse City, died March 16, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City. - Lydia Mary Hunt, 95, of Traverse City, died March 16, Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City. - Patrick L. Burden, 87, of Traverse City, died March 17, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City. - Mabel E. Griffith, 95, of Traverse City, died March 17, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City. - Bonnie J. Page, 44, of Kingsley, died March 17, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City. - Jon Warren Brauer, 44, of Traverse City, died March 18. - Marianne E. Doe, of Traverse City, died March 18, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. - G. Edward Stokes, M.D., 78, of Traverse City, died March 18, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. - Alison R. Wilbur, 80, of Traverse City, died March 18, Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City. - George H. McNeill, 81, of Traverse City, died March 19, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. - Raymond Kidnie, 95, of Traverse City, died March 20, Burkholder Funeral Home in McBain. - Joe Wolf, 81, of Traverse City, died March 22, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. - Vernise R. Hanna Conant, 82, of Williamsburg, died March 22, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. KALKASKA - Florence L. Ru`y, 86, of Kalkaska, died Feb. 21, Wolfe Funeral Home. - Gordon E. Kniss Sr., 83, of South Boardman, died Feb. 23, Wolfe Funeral Home. - Emma Gath, 94, of Kalkaska, died Feb. 28, Wolfe Funeral Home. - Russell J. Marois, 42, of Rapid City, died March 4. - Arthur E. Grockau, 82, of Kalkaska, died March 7, Wolfe Funeral Home. - Harriet I. Allen, 84, of Kalkaska, died March 18, Wolfe Funeral Home. - Leonard T. Iliff, 84, of Kalkaska, died March 19, Wolfe Funeral Home. - Alice D. Bohlinger, 67, of Kalkaska, died March 21, Keehn Funeral Home. MANISTEE - Virginia "Ginny" Perry, 69, of Manistee and Cape Haze, Fla., died March 11, Johnson Funeral Home, Manistee. - Dorothy M. Guenther, 70, of Manistee, died March 12, Herbert Funeral Home. - Mildred V. Houser, 88, of Martinsburg, W.Va., formerly of Manistee, died March 16, Melvin T. Strider Colonial Funeral Home, Charles Town, W.Va. - Regina Matchekosky, 92, of Manistee, died March 21, Herbert funeral Home OTSEGO - Harriet H. Couch, 87, of Gaylord, died Feb. 17, Nelson Funeral Home. - Gail Virginia St. Peter, of Foley, Ala., formerly of Gaylord, died Feb. 17. - Andrew J. Sharrow, 85, of Gaylord, died Feb. 22, Nelson Funeral Home. - Fon Caudill Jr., 48, of Johannesburg, died Feb. 23, Nelson Funeral Home. - Claude Elwood Shannon, 84, of Gaylord, died Feb. 24. - Jane L. Wilkinson, 96, of Gaylord, died March 3, Nelson Funeral Home. - Estelle M. Donovan, 92, of Gaylord, died March 7, Nelson Funeral Home. - Gloria J. Damp, 81, of Gaylord, died March 10, Nelson Funeral Home. - Ann C. White, 43, of Vanderbilt, died March 11, Nelson Funeral Home. - Alfred J. Borowiak, 73, of Gaylord, died March 14. - O. Clifton "Cliff" House, 87, of Gaylord, died March 17, Nelson Funeral Home. - Gary Dean Alger, 69, of Gaylord, died March 18, Nelson Funeral Home. - Benjamin Russell, 88, of Johannesburg, died March 23, Nelson Funeral Home. |