Published: September 26, 2009 08:00 pm      

Deaths in the Region: 09/27/2009

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

• Mary Sue Smith, 76, of Nashville, formerly of Bellaire, died April 24; Mortensen Funeral Homes, Bellaire.

• Betty Lanning Drenth, 85, of Mancelona, died Aug. 25; Mortensen Funeral Homes, Mancelona.

• Charles Lee Bushey, 73, of Mancelona, died Sept. 24; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

• Marvella E. Strobeck, 83, of Bellaire, died Sept. 25; Covell Funeral Home, Elk Rapids.

BENZIE

• Robert Harrison "Bob" Chase, 87, of Frankfort, died Aug. 8; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort.

• Ellen Ann Foote, 76, of Frankfort, formerly of White Lake, died Sept. 9; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort.

• Frank Wagner Johnson, of Beulah, died Sept. 13; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort.

• Richard Harry Hale, 69, of Thompsonville, died Sept. 16; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.

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

• Robert James Scharlow, 91, of Frankfort, died Sept. 24; Jowett Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Service.

CHARLEVOIX

• Danny Lee Caverly, 60, Burt Lake, died Aug. 24; Lintz Fu­neral Home, Indian River.

• Darlene Thompson, 85, of Boyne City, died Sept. 17; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.

• Russell Arthur Dwyer, 95, of Boyne City, died Sept. 20; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.

CHEBOYGAN

• William R. Bennett, 59, of Mackinaw City, died Sept. 15; Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, Plymouth.

• Lorraine Conners, 95, of Topinabee, died Sept. 19; Lintz Funeral Home, Indian River.

• Hazel M. Brooks, 87, of Cheboygan, died Sept. 20.

CRAWFORD

• Dora Lee Dann, 83, of Grayling, died Sept. 9.

• Lorraine E. Selden, 80, of Grayling, died Sept. 19.

• Vicki Lynn Williams, 58, of Grayling, died Sept. 23; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

• Pamela Jean Michels, 58, of Frederic, died Sept. 24; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

• Roger Buskirk, 64, of Grayling, died Sept. 26; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

EMMET

• Iola Price, 89, of Bakersfield, Calif., formerly of Petoskey, died Sept. 3.

• Lena H. Kortanek, 92, of East Jordan, formerly of Elk Rapids, died Sept. 16; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Carl Frederick Merrill, 79, of Spartanburg, S.C., formerly of Petoskey, died Sept. 17;

GRAND TRAVERSE

• Perin Langdon III, 86, summer resident of Traverse City, died Sept. 9.

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

• Patricia Ann (Sheehy) Freeman, 82, formerly 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.

• Gretchen Parrish, 94, of Traverse City, died Sept. 14; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

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

• Patsy Ann Bolton, 76, of Traverse City, died Sept. 17; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

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

• Mary E. (Clippert) Burston, 93, of Traverse City, died Sept. 20; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Carol Ann Curry, 62, of Traverse City, died Sept. 21; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Virginia M. Kramer, 87, of Traverse City, died Sept. 21; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Katherine W. Ludwig, 89, of Traverse City, died Sept. 21; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Sullivan G. Brizard, son of Daniel and Julie Brizard, stillborn Sept. 22; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Robert W. Siera, 66, of Traverse City, died Sept. 22; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• George E. Given, 76, of Traverse City, died Sept. 23; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

• Addie Savage, 100, of Traverse City, died Sept. 23; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Cletus James Bellanger, 75, of Traverse City, died Sept. 24; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Beatrice Joan Send, 80, of Traverse City, died Sept. 24; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Erma E. Hawkins, 83, of Kingsley, died Sept. 25; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Richard C. Pitzer, 61, of Interlochen, died Sept. 25; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort and Benzonia.

• Volney Charles Throop, 92, of Traverse City, died Sept. 25; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• Yvonne J. Zotter, 88, of Traverse City, died Sept. 25; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

• William Steinberger, 86, of Traverse City, died Sept. 26; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

KALKASKA

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

• Issac Leroy Mann, infant, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 17; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

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

• Ralph J. Thurlow, 89, of Rapid City, died Sept. 18; Wilson Miller Funeral Home, Midland.

LEELANAU

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

• Maxine Margaret Slingerland, 87, of Suttons Bay, formerly of Owosso, died Sept. 1.

• Thomas J. Slingerland Sr., 88, of Suttons Bay, formerly of Owosso, died Sept. 5.

• Harold Wilbur Longyear, M.D., 95, of Glen Arbor, died Sept. 15; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.

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

• Edward Darlington, 88, of Chelsea, formerly of Leelanau County, died Sept. 23; Cole Funeral Home, Chelsea.

MANISTEE

• Leo R. Jones, 72, of Copemish, died Sept. 18; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Benzonia.

• Fred Carl Osborn, 88, of Bear Lake, died Sept. 19; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.

• Robert LeRoy "Bob" Peterson, 61, of Kaleva, died Sept. 21; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.

• Merlyn Jackson, of Onekama, died Sept. 23; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.

• Joan Marie Towne, 60, of Kaleva, died Sept. 23; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.

OTSEGO

• June Latimer Jackson Jones, 89, of Simons near Elmira, died Sept. 5.

• Gary E. Courterier, 78, of Johannesburg and Okeechobee, Fla., died Sept. 21; Green Funeral Home, Lewiston.

• Ethel Fretenborough, 83, of Gaylord, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

• Harold Hallam, 91, of Vanderbilt, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

• Jessie Hoover, 80, of Gaylord, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

• Helen (Welling) Sharrow, 94, of Gaylord, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

• Wayne Anderson, 91, of Johannesburg, died Sept. 24; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

• Margaret Coffin, 65, of Waters, died Sept. 24; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.''