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December 21, 2006 / Obituaries

Viola Stain

Viola Elizabeth Stain of Pickford was a lifelong area resident who reared 10 children and often cared for her grandchildren later in life. More...

Milton R. Smelewski, 70, of Fenton, formerly of Cedarville, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Genesys Health Park. He was born May 8, 1936, in Detroit to Benjamin and Theresa (nee Maikrzek) Smelewski. He married Dianne Morello July 23, 1983. More...

Melvin ‘Skid’ Holbrook

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Joyce Veler

Joyce Veler, 80, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care in St. Ignace. She was born April 23, 1926, in Detroit to Frederick and Viola LePire. More...

Richard Benson

Richard Lloyd Benson of Drummond Island drove large trucks, and formerly worked for United Parcel Service, moving to Flint with the company when it moved there. Mr. Benson was 61 when he died Saturday, December 16, 2006, at his home. More...

Dean Brown

Dean Everett Brown, 77, of Pickford, sailed on the Great Lakes, worked on the construction of the Soo Locks, on road construction crews, and at the limestone quarry in Cedarville, but in his heart he was always a farmer, friends said. Mr. More...

Taylor Rader

Taylor Jean Rader, 16, of Rossville, Indiana, died December 17, 2006, at Home Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana, from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was born September 16, 1990, to Jeffrey and Sue Ellen (nee Graham) Rader in Sault Ste. More...

Jeffrey Edsinga

Jeffrey L. Edsinga, 58, of Hessel, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at his home. He was born July 9, 1948, in Ogden, Utah, to Emil John and Tess Evelyn (nee Nye) Edsinga. He lived in many areas of the world while his father was in the Air Force. More...

Esther Sorenson

Esther Sorenson, 87, of St. Ignace, reared five of her own children and cared for many others, and was an accomplished cook and gardener. Mrs. More...