Published: September 19, 2009 08:05 pm      

Deaths in the Region: 09/20/2009

EDITOR'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

-- Harold E. Wiersum, 86, of Torch Lake, died Aug. 11.

-- Mary Louise McCarthy, 79, of Bellaire and North Ft. Myers, Fla., died Sept. 2; Mortensen Funeral Home, Bellaire.

-- James O. "Jim" Bargar, 81, of Central Lake, formerly of Bellaire, died Sept. 11; Mortensen Funeral Home, Bellaire.

-- Billie L. Inman, 77, of Elk Rapids, died Sept. 11; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

-- Lula M. Asquith, 97, of Bellaire, died Sept. 16; Mortensen Funeral Home, Central Lake.

-- Wilmer L. Hurley, 88, of Bellaire, died Sept. 16; Mortensen Funeral Home, Bellaire.

-- John W. Shockley, 85, of Elk Rapids, died Sept. 16; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.

BENZIE

-- Robert Harrison Chase, 87, of Frankfort, died Aug. 8; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Frankfort.

-- Ellen A. Foote, 76, of Frankfort, died Sept. 9; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Frankfort.

-- Grace Maxine Gibson, 79, of Frankfort, died Sept. 11; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Frankfort.

-- Linda Sue Earegood, 49, of Frankfort, died Sept. 13; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Frankfort.

-- Frank W. Johnson, 85, of Frankfort, died Sept. 13; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Frankfort.

-- Jacqueline Bronson, 65, of Beulah, died Sept. 16; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Frankfort.

-- Wilhelmina F. Holmquist, 82, of Frankfort, died Sept. 18; Oak Grove Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Bear Lake.

CHARLEVOIX

-- Daisy M. Szczepanski, 4, of Charlevoix, died Sept. 9; Winchester Funeral Home, Charlevoix.

-- Gene O. Gagnon, 81, of East Jordan, died Sept. 12; Penzien Funeral Home, Inc., East Jordan.

-- Lena H. Kortanek, 92, of East Jordan, died Sept. 16; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.

CHEBOYGAN

-- George W. Colburn, 77, Afton, died Sept. 8.

CRAWFORD

-- Joan L. Chambers, 72, of Higgins Lake, died Sept. 3; Walsh Funeral Home, Roscommon.

-- Dolores Mary "Dee" Haberland, 76, of Grayling, died Sept. 4; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

-- Evelyn Muriel Ellis-French, 80, of Beaver Creek Twp., died Sept. 8; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

-- Douglas Charles Warren, 47, of Frederic, died Sept. 8; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

EMMET

-- Joann Celeste (Gust) Breithaupt, 77, of Petoskey, died; Charles G. Parks Funeral Home, Petoskey.

-- Virginia Stolt, 91, of Petoskey, died Sept. 10; Stone Funeral Home, Petoskey.

-- Dorothy Hollopeter, 96, of Petoskey, died Sept. 14; Stone Funeral Home, Petoskey.

GRAND TRAVERSE

-- Tammy Rae Bellows, 50, of Traverse City, died; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- June Dorothy Tonkin, 87, of Traverse City, died Aug. 21; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Jessie Rosetta Orr, 93, of Traverse City, died Aug. 24; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- William F. Barnes, 70, of Venice, Fla., and Traverse City, died Sept. 1.

-- John M. Cote, D.D.S., 94, of Traverse City, died Sept. 7; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Harold W. Phillips, 82, of Traverse City, formerly of Owosso, died Sept. 7; Mowen Funeral Home, Owosso.

-- David Frank Day, 66, of Grawn, formerly of Boynce City, died Sept. 10; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Larry Ramon Luna, 46, of Traverse City, died Sept. 10; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.

-- Gloria Joyce Tassone, 86, of Traverse City, died Sept. 11; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Ruth L. Cunningham, 80, of Traverse City, died Sept. 12; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Shawn Lash Keane, 50, of Traverse City, died Sept. 12; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Priscilla Ann (Sheehy) Freeman, 82, of Traverse City, died Sept. 14.

-- Walter Jack Hollis, D.D.S., 80, of Traverse City, died Sept. 14; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Gaea Corl, 55, of Traverse City, died Sept. 14; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Zander Lhamon, 19 mo., of Buckley, died Sept. 14; Covell Funeral Home, Kingsley.

-- Cherrie Kolndorfer-Hall, 74, of Kingsley, died Sept. 15; Covell Funeral Home, Kingsley.

-- Robert Dunford, 58, of Traverse City, died Sept. 16; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Breana Lynn Mavety, 18, of Traverse City, died Sept. 16; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Paul Edward McPherson, 51, of Traverse City, died Sept. 16; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Edith M. (Foltz) Kage, 89, of Traverse City, died Sept. 17.

-- Charles R. Sole, 60, of Traverse City and Anchorage, Alaska, died Sept. 17; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Mildred May Hancock, 85, of Traverse City, died Sept. 18; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

KALKASKA

-- Robert W. Edwards, 80, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 14; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

-- Carol Jeane Green, 69, of South Boardman, died Sept. 14; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

-- Amanda Brookz (Puroll) Harding, 27, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 15; Mortensen Funeral Home, Mancelona.

-- Adrian Sophia Schroeder, 71, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 18; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

LEELANAU

-- Noel Francis Darga, 66, of Athens, Tenn., formerly of Maple City, died July 12.

-- Maxine M. Slingerland, of Suttons Bay, died Sept. 1.

-- Thomas J. Slingerland Sr., of Suttons Bay, died Sept. 5.

-- Frederick Lanham Charter, 73, of Northport, died Sept. 9; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Frank Charles Kalchik, 98, of Omena, died Sept. 9.

-- Margaret E. Peplinski, 85, of Cedar, died Sept. 12; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.

-- Genevieve I. Woehl, 72, of formerly of Omena, died Sept. 14; Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, Lake Orion.

-- Annette L. Taber, 45, of Suttons Bay, died Sept. 15; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.

-- Adolph Richard Kraitz, 80, of Maple City, died Sept. 17; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.

MANISTEE

-- Joseph B. Majchrzak, 61, of Manistee, died Sept. 17; Herbert Funeral Home, Manistee.

OTSEGO

-- Rebecca S. Ondocsin, 86, of Gaylord, formerly of Flint, died Aug. 31; O'Guinn Family Funeral Home, Clio.

-- Edward Kosydar, 81, of Gaylord, died Sept. 10; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Danielle Elizabeth (VanHouten) Funnell, 38, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Gaylord, died Sept. 11; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Louise L. Koscielniak, 75, of Gaylord, died Sept. 12; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Charles A. "Chuck" Rich, 83, of Gaylord, died Sept. 12; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Leo Makarewicz, 84, of Elmira, died Sept. 16; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Thurman Bowers, 87, of Gaylord, died Sept. 17; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.