In Remembrance of Those Who Left Us in 2006

This list, featured annually in The St. Ignace News, memorializes those whose obituaries have appeared in the newspaper during the past 12 months. The list includes 347 persons whose ages range from infant to 103 years old. Forty-seven persons, about 14 percent, were in their 90s, 93 persons, about 27 percent, were in their 80s, and 81 persons, about 24 percent, were in their 70s. Three centenarians are listed: Helen M. Larson, 100, of Rudyard, Allen W. Martin, 103, of Moran, and Mario J. Calcaterra Sr., 101, of St. Ignace.

Deaths from 2005 that were not printed in last year's publication are also included this year.

DECEMBER 2005

December 13: Dallas D. Dupre III, 83, Columbus, Ohio, summer resident of Goat Island, Hessel.

December 17: William J. Hessenaur, 82, Las Vegas, Nevada.

December 19: James G. Mayry, 70, Dearborn.

December 23: Scott Stanley Holle, 51, Columbus, Ohio, formerly of St. Ignace.

December 23: Mary Eileen McWilliams, 50, Norman, Oklahoma.

December 26: Virginia Mardell Bergeron, 78, Sault Ste. Marie.

December 28: William Henry Caldwell, 47, Sault Ste. Marie.

December 29: Jennie Ann Petitpas, 50, Kincheloe.

December 29: Sonny D. Skeans, 71, Paradise and Eckerman.

December 30: Paul E. Green, 86, Newberry.

December 30: Gertrude Jane Pabis, 81, Cedarville.

JANUARY 2006

January 1: Edward C. Hartwig, 66, Engadine.

January 1: Daniel Marcus, 87, Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Engadine.

January 2: Henry Hammermeister, 85, Engadine.

January 2: Winifred "Winnie" Nettleton, 66, Pickford.

January 4: Virginia Pool Andreae, 87, Bloomfield Hills and Les Cheneaux Islands.

January 4: Robert Victor Shoberg, 61, Port Arthur, Texas, formerly of Cedarville.

January 5: Ethel M. Ryba, 99, Mackinac Island and Warren.

January 6: Christopher F. Whitman, 49, Indian River, formerly of St. Ignace.

January 8: Harry Lawrence Rye, 72, Hessel.

January 11: Louis M. Millon, 93, Bloomfield Hills, seasonal resident of Cedarville, formerly of Goetzville.

January 12: Clarence Eldon "Shorty" Beacom, 86, Pickford.

January 12: George T. Bruyn, 78, Lakefield Township, McMillan.

January 12: Helen Edith Sturdevant, 86, Drummond Island.

January 14: Margaret Goepfrich, 91, Carp Lake.

January 14: Brian Winston, 47, Shelby Township, formerly of St. Ignace.

January 16: Deborah Ann Mayer, 56, Rudyard.

January 16: Marion Skeans, 82, Hulbert.

January 16: Lieutenant Colonel Lorraine Steiner, 74, Petoskey.

January 16: Thelma J. Verrett, 80, Engadine.

January 17: Elizabeth "Liz" West Speidel, 57, Chicago, Illinois.

January 18: Lewis "Ted" Bennett, 78, Mackinaw City.

January 20: Betty L. Vallier, 79, Engadine.

January 21: Gerald "Jerry" S. Hollingshead Sr., 67, Seney.

January 22: Martin C. Peterson, 67, Racine, Wisconsin.

January 23: Bertha A. Rye Carr, 83, Pickford and Brooksville, Florida.

January 23: Nancy L. Fischer, 69, Trout Lake.

January 26: Bonnie Diane Wales, 74, Kincheloe.

January 27: Ruth Johnson, 90, Allenville.

January 27: Yalmar "Elmer" Nurmi, 81, Newberry.

January 29: Frances Corrine Piippo, 78, Grandville, formerly of Rudyard.

January 30: William Boahbedason, 87, St. Ignace.

January 30: Isobel Sheppard Haines, 97, Les Cheneaux Islands.

FEBRUARY 2006

February 1: Harold Eugene "Bub" Nelson, 79, DeTour Village.

February 2: Faye Marie Cheeseman, 52, Seattle, Washington, formerly of St. Ignace.

February 2: Doris Coburn, 71, St. Ignace and Petal, Mississippi, formerly of Gould City.

February 6: Joseph "Lloyd" St. Louis, 74, Rudyard.

February 7: Leland "Lee" Beeck, 78, Rapid River, formerly of Gould City.

February 8: Earl Gordon Adams, 81, St. Ignace.

February 9: Barbara Jean Meehan, 52, Kinross Township.

February 10: Roger P. "Red" Beukema, 79, Cedarville, formerly of Grand Rapids.

February 10: Dorothy S. Rich, 96, Harrison, formerly of Trout Lake.

February 10: Shirley A. Schmid, 63, Ballston Spa, New York.

February 11: Harlan H. Maurer, 65, Curtis.

February 13: David W. Hopper, 48, Curtis.

February 13: Connie E. Jeekel, 57, Helmer.

February 13: Frances Bachman Smith, 93, Austin, Texas, and Mackinac Island.

February 14: Josephine Lillian Benson, 67, Sault Ste. Marie, formerly of Raber.

February 15: George A. Hollingshead, 77, Seney.

February 17: Rachel Frances Ware Brindusan, 33, Westland, formerly of Sault Ste. Marie.

February 17: Dawn Marie Goetz, 25, DeTour Village.

February 18: John B. Christensen, 69, Sanford.

February 18: Lois Anne Dufina Morello, 75, Saginaw.

February 20: Tristan Levi Visnaw, infant, Newberry.

February 22: Thomas Roderick Crawford, 80, Hale, formerly of Stalwart.

February 22: Leona Mae Nordquist, 83, Cedarville.

February 23: Betty Mae Moskwa, 77, Ontonagon.

February 24: Drayton LaChapelle, 84, St. Ignace.

February 25: Lawrence Richard Sevener, Cedarville and Lake Whitney, Texas.

February 26: Gertrude "Gertie" Stearns Frechette, 91, Rudyard.

February 26: Robert F. Trofatter, 76, Mt. Pleasant, formerly of St. Ignace.

February 27: Donnell Litzner, 57, Brevort Lake, St. Ignace.

February 27: Prentiss "Penny" Paquin, 65, St. Ignace.

February 27: Ivy Rose Marie Short, 44, Hessel.

February 28: Joan E. Dartt, 54, Mount Pleasant.

February 28: Rachel Roan, 72, DeTour Village.

MARCH 2006

March 1: Bethel Avery, 72, Orlando, Florida, formerly of Brevort.

March 2: Bernard Potwardowski, 74, Goetzville.

March 3: George Griffin Jr., 86, Boyne City.

March 3: George M. Litzner, 81, Moran.

March 4: Quentin H. Bosley, 86, Stalwart.

March 5: Betty Ann Kauer, 69, Kinross.

March 6: Caroline R. Oswald, 98, Cheboygan.

March 11: Frances Bitnar, 88, St. Ignace, formerly of Paradise.

March 12: Larry Glen Davis, 81, Rudyard.

March 13: Helen Evelyn Sims, 90, Cedarville.

March 15: Linda L. Davis, 63, New Baltimore, formerly of Engadine.

March 16: Bernice N. Uhlbeck, 79, McMillan.

March 17: Emily Amelia Ormshaw, 85, St. Ignace.

March 19: Edward G. Litzner, 84, Moran.

March 20: Emma Reta Dodds, 94, Pickford.

March 21: Hope L. Hamel, 76, Oceanside, California.

March 23: Carl B. Shoemaker, 80, Naubinway.

March 24: Robert "Bob" Nathan Holle, 60, Boston, Massachusetts.

March 26: Michael Murphy, 71, Cadillac.

March 27: Kenneth R. Bryers, 71, Lakefield.

March 27: Bertha Maria-Irma Dodson, 96, Edmore.

March 28: Leona Patricia Grenier, 84, San Diego, California, formerly of St. Ignace.

March 28: Charlo M. Mayhew, 90, Gould City.

March 28: William Ernest St. Onge, 79, Cedarville.

March 28: Peggy Joyce Ward, 76, St. Ignace.

March 29: Bobslaw "William" Sobieralski, 84, Cedarville.

March 31: Francis W. Moses, 76, St. Ignace.

APRIL 2006

April 2: Virginia Mary Richlen, 87, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

April 3: Ellis F. Gustafson, 80, Cassopolis and Naples, Florida.

April 5: Donald Eugene Goetz, 57, DeTour Village.

April 5: Fredrick L. "Fritz" Meisner, 71, Lakefield Township.

April 8: Dallas F. Brown, 69, McMillan.

April 8: Kathleen "Patricia" Conrad, 79, St. Ignace.

April 8: Lawrence "Ed" Shoemaker, 90, Howell, formerly of St. Ignace.

April 8: Peter Frank Sperry, 52, Glendale, Arizona.

April 8: Roland Robert "Ron" Streibe, 68, St. Ignace.

April 9: Louise M. Lucier, 87, St. Ignace.

April 10: Merle S. Brood, 89, Rudyard.

April 10: Michael E. Gibbons, 67, DeTour Village.

April 11: Norman J. Becker, 76, St. Ignace.

April 11: Ellen Beld Dunham, 88, Brighton, summer resident of LaSalle Island, Les Cheneaux Islands.

April 11: Donald Frank Lindsey, 69, Hessel.

April 12: Celina Balduck, 86, Gould City.

April 12: John Benson "Ben" Bell, 76, Sebastian, Florida, formerly of St. Ignace, Arlington, Massachusetts, and Ocean Park, Maine.

April 13: Jean Nelson, 78, Fenton, formerly of St. Ignace.

April 13: Toni Rae Saaranen, 49, St. Ignace.

April 13: Roger Vaughan Sherman Sr., 61, Kincheloe.

April 13: Floyd James Stanley, 85, Hessel.

April 13: Marion Grace VanSloten, 78, Rudyard.

April 14: Nancy Ellen Page, 66, Kinross.

April 15: Margaret Elaine Lundquist, 72, Pickford.

April 18: Marion C. Martin, 76, Grand Marais.

April 18: Martin "Jim" Junior Tarnutzer, 81, St. Ignace.

April 21: Ramona Gloria Haske, 75, Cedarville.

April 22: Lester J. Black Sr., 89, Kinross.

April 22: Marty David Ekstrom, 58, St. Ignace.

April 26: Harry Alvin Nettleton, 95, Pickford.

April 28: Richard Charles Gilchrist, 68, Cedarville.

April 28: Naida Rosalie Griffin, 97, Powers.

April 28: Rita M. Marchese, 50, Newberry.

April 28: Dagmar Signe Nayback, 82, Rudyard.

April 28: June Florence Pierce, 82, Edmore, formerly of Raber.

April 28: Ruth Joanne Wondergem, 64, Pickford.

April 29: Noma E. Bennett, 91, Newberry.

MAY 2006

May 2: Barbara Ann Beck, 60, Carp Lake.

May 2: Betty L. Simmons, 80, Pine River, St. Ignace.

May 3: Margaret A. "Peggy" Foster, 72, Newberry.

May 3: Verna Grace Miles, 91, Alma, formerly of St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie.

May 4: Emerson Hutchinson, 82, Newberry.

May 4: Donnavieve M. Martin, 82, Newberry.

May 5: Anna M. Bishop, 68, Plattsburgh, New York.

May 5: Willard M. Girvin, 81, Pontiac.

May 5: Margaret "Maggie" McCaffrey Kappa, 84, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

May 6: Melvin J. Turner, 76, Goetzville.

May 7: Donald Cartwright, 97, Fibre, Gould City, and Newton Township.

May 12: Theresa Bazinaw, 73, Mackinac Island and St. Ignace.

May 13: Gregg P. DeKeyser, 40, St. Ignace.

May 13: Harold Peterson, 85, Moran.

May 14: Rose Mary Mancuso Porcaro, 96, Sault Ste. Marie.

May 14: J. Louise Rye, 73, Pickford.

May 17: Helen Soblaskey, 85, St. Ignace.

May 21: Sally Ann Landreville, 79, East Lansing, formerly of Drummond Island.

May 22: Eleanor Joyce Fairchild, 82, Drummond Island.

May 22: William John "Billy Jack" Stevenson, 72, DeTour Village.

May 24: Earl E. Fergin, 86, Newberry.

May 25: Lillian B. Frizzell, 68, Lakeland, Florida, formerly of Alpena.

May 25: Grace Graham, 92, St. Ignace.

May 26: Charles L. "Charlie" Senecal, 61, Grand Marais.

May 29: Joyce Marie Mortensen, 73, St. Ignace.

May 29: Philip Earl Smith, 71, St. Ignace.

May 30: Marian Gex Pladies, 88, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, summer resident of Les Cheneaux area.

JUNE 2006

June 1: Gladys Grogan, 74, St. Ignace.

June 2: Charles P. "Pat" Rhoades, 95, St. Ignace.

June 4: Verne L. Shoberg, 71, Globe, Arizona.

June 4: Geraldine L. Schulwitz, 86, Rogers City, formerly of Cedarville.

June 4: Keith R. Smith, 63, Lakefield Township.

June 5: Emme Louise Gillespie, infant, Mackinac Island.

June 7: Vivian "Helen" James, 91, Sturgis, formerly of Raber.

June 9: James G. Brownson, 65, Engadine.

June 9: Mary Kathene Hancock, 86, Dafter.

June 12: Julia "Jane" (Peach) Villberg, 81, Ishpeming.

June 13: Dorothy P. Patterson, 81, Big Manistique Lake, Lakefield Township.

June 14: Peter V. Bergman, 85, Newberry.

June 15: Jaycee Pearl Sharp, infant, St. Ignace.

June 15: Clifford Clare Thompson, 88, DeTour.

June 16: Robert Eisenman, 77, St. Ignace.

June 16: Harold R. "Pickle" Meldrum, 87, Grand Marais.

June 16: Bonita Joy Ryerse, 65, St. Ignace.

June 17: Franklin D. "Sonny" Browning, 69, Garnet.

June 17: Reuben J. Heinlein, 86, Elwell.

June 18: Clara Gage, 66, Engadine and Gould City.

June 18: Lawrence E. Thomson, 60, Saline, formerly of St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie.

June 19: Nancy Quirk Williams Gram, 91, Savannah, Georgia, formerly of Grosse Pointe Farms and Mackinac Island.

June 22: Georgia Ash, 64, Newberry.

June 24: Adolph Litzner Jr., 71, St. Ignace.

June 24: Evelyn A. Osborne, 83, Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of St. Ignace.

June 24: Francis "Butch" Varty, 64, Rexton.

June 29: Amber L. Bennett, 79, Newberry.

June 29: Martha E. Maynard, 90, Lakefield Township, McMillan.

June 29: Robert Frederick "Bob" Sims, 76, Stalwart.

June 29: Norma Pauline Stirling, 76, Pickford.

June 30: Allen E. Lester, 80, St. Ignace.

JULY 2006

July 2: Irene Thompson, 79, Cedarville.

July 4: Lorene S. "Dolly" Crawford, 87, Stalwart.

July 4: Bernadine Ethel Dunn, 86, Cedarville.

July 6: Edward M. Stacks, 93, Big Rapids, formerly of Sault Ste. Marie.

July 6: Lawrence Richard Weston, 74, Stalwart.

July 7: Cora Drenth, 96, Ellsworth and St. Ignace.

July 7: John Warner Fitzgerald, 81, Grand Ledge and Mackinac Island.

July 7: Ted R. Nettleton, 73, Pickford.

July 8: Norrine F. Herbst, 53, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

July 8: Delphine D. Robinson, 70, Naubinway.

July 10: John Gerrit Hesselink, 86, Rudyard.

July 10: John Schuehrer, 85, Drummond Island.

July 13: Robert John Buskirk, infant, Pickford.

July 13: The Reverend Allen Wesley Caldwell, 49, Paxton, Illinois.

July 13: Billy Junior Emery, 82, Moran.

July 15: Susan Carol Litzner, 61, St. Ignace.

July 16: Roger N. Marrison, 72, Drummond Island.

July 16: Leo L. Schiltgen Sr., 86, Bradenton, Florida.

July 17: Richard F. Hammermeister, 74, Engadine.

July 17: Mary F. Obryan, 78, Ypsilanti.

July 18: Clara Rita Wilkolek, 89, Pickford.

July 20: Stella Bernice Smith, 86, Jackson, formerly of Pickford.

July 21: Richard Michael "Mike" Justice, 60, California and St. Ignace.

July 25: Ralph Watts, 72, Naubinway.

July 28: David Douglas Moles, 63, DeTour.

July 29: Anna "Marie" Long, 92, Roscommon, formerly of Lake Orion and Curtis.

AUGUST 2006

August 1: Alice M. McCoy Heisler, 63, Sault Ste. Marie, formerly of Kincheloe and Alliance, Ohio.

August 1: Kevin LeBlanc, 43, Sault Ste. Marie.

August 1: Kenneth George O'Connor, 81, Pickford.

August 2: Barbara Marlene Maleport, 72, Sault Ste. Marie.

August 6: Wallace "Wally" Matthew Ollila, 80, Jackson and Cedarville.

August 6: Timothy Mark Sims, 51, St. Ignace.

August 11: Betty Ann Brown, 69, Newberry.

August 11: Edward J. Coutu, 47, Engadine.

August 12: Helen M. Larson, 100, Rudyard.

August 13: Lloyd James Benson, 67, Warren.

August 13: Grace Pearl Hough, infant, Rudyard.

August 14: Margot Reed Ralston Foote, 74, St. Ignace.

August 18: Ruth Evelyn Macier, 87, Shelton, Washington, formerly of St. Ignace.

August 18: Faith A. Van Hoven, 52, St. Ignace, formerly of Zeeland and Redington Beach, Florida.

August 19: Harry Harris, 89, Cedarville.

August 19: Charles E. Schepperley, 71, Trout Lake, formerly of Gaylord.

August 19: Richard W. Smith, 54, St. Clair Shores, seasonal resident of Les Cheneaux Islands.

August 20: Shawn Prater, 43, Oxford, formerly of St. Ignace.

August 22: Ernest J. Perron, 77, Sault Ste. Marie.

August 24: April Lee Gouza, 21, Naubinway.

August 24: Bernis L. Hoss, 80, St. Ignace.

August 25: Allen W. Martin, 103, Moran.

August 26: Theresa Hesselink, 88, Tampa, Florida, formerly of Rudyard.

August 28: Linda Jo Hearty, 42, St. Petersburg, Florida.

August 30: Daphne "Nina" Talley Martin, 89, Moran.

SEPTEMBER 2006

September 1: Joan Adams, 58, South Lyon, formerly of St. Ignace.

September 1: Carol A. Duimstra, 67, Traverse City, formerly of St. Ignace and Grand Rapids.

September 1: Frank D. Quinlan, 69, Newberry.

September 3: Lillian Hilma Anderson, 83, Drummond Island, formerly of California, Dearborn, Kinross, and St. Ignace.

September 3: Bernice Stevenson, 88, St. Ignace, formerly of Howard City.

September 4: James "Jim" Montcalm, 56, St. Ignace.

September 4: Francis Albert "Al" Schriber, 78, Hessel, formerly of St. Clair Shores.

September 6: James Arthur Bohn, 63, Cedarville.

September 6: Charles G. Paquin Sr., 73, Cedarville.

September 8: Francis "Bud" Bourisaw, 65, Mackinac Island and Cheboygan.

September 8: Dana Sue Flynn, 55, Cedarville.

September 9: Robert Edward Schrader, 80, Cedarville.

September 9: Clark Elmo Taylor, 74, Sault Ste. Marie, formerly of Pickford.

September 11: Jeremy Edward DePottey, 26, McMillan.

September 17: Kathryn Amelia Fravala, 80, Portland, Oregon, formerly of Drummond Island.

September 17: Marjorie Isobel Patrick, 88, Cedarville.

September 19: Bruce Andrew Keith, 48, DeTour.

September 21: Steven "Norman" Leshinsky, 46, Largo, Florida, summer resident of Hessel.

September 21: Martha J. Smith, 51, St. Ignace.

September 23: Harriett I. Lawson, 92, St. Ignace.

September 24: Richard "Dick" Bagbey, 62, Mackinac Island.

September 25: Lelia T. Thompson, 87, Traverse City, formerly of Pickford.

September 26: Joseph Allen Spencer, 36, Pickford.

September 27: Nellie Lozon, 98, St. Ignace.

September 28: Frank Allen Bailey Jr., 45, Sault Ste. Marie.

September 28: William Douglas Nix, 81, Angola and Sebring, Florida, summer resident of St. Ignace area.

September 29: Betty LaJoice Coleman, 83, Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of St. Ignace.

September 30: Viola Cecelia Kleeman, 75, Engadine.

OCTOBER 2006

October 1: Wayne L. Shoberg, 69, Scottsdale, Arizona.

October 2: David Gilbert Hiser, 69, Glenn.

October 4: Delbert L. Gillespie, 74, Gould City.

October 4: Helen Nelson, 78, Royal Oak.

October 5: Onnie Elmer Piippo, 91, Rudyard.

October 6: Leonard J. "Butch" France, 68, Point Nipigon, Cheboygan, formerly of St. Ignace.

October 6: Almeda B. Mease, 90, Pickford.

October 6: George A. Shute, 95, Ozark.

October 8: Marvin Besteman Sr., 94, Rudyard.

October 8: Arthur J. Bonasse, 76, Newberry.

October 12: Rosa Lee Bennin, 60, Chanute, Kansas, formerly of Pickford.

October 12: Donald Muscoe, 76, Torrance, California, formerly of Cedarville.

October 13: Brennan Michael Starr, 18, St. Ignace.

October 14: Brenda Colleen Sawtelle, 58, Drummond Island.

October 15: Frances M. Thompson, 88, Newberry.

October 16: Hollean "Holly" Stuhler, 81, Cedarville.

October 19: Mildred Gustafson, 92, Brevort.

October 20: James F. Droskie, 69, St. Ignace.

October 20: Joy Louise Sheick, 76, Marquette Township.

October 21: Virginia H. Olson, 81, Harbor Springs and Denver, Colorado.

October 23: Edna M. Bawks, 86, Pickford.

October 23: Joseph T. Paja, 90, Engadine.

October 23: Christopher Alton Reetz, 23, Findlay, Ohio.

October 28: Frederick "Duane" Smith, 66, Davenport, Oklahoma.

October 31: Michael Ryan Ellet, 27, Naubinway.

NOVEMBER 2006

November 2: Rita Ann Goudreau, 69, Salem, Oregon.

November 4: Weldon John Slater Jr., 60, Curtis.

November 5: LeRoy "Sam" Mills, 68, St. Ignace.

November 6: Valora "Lucille" Eisenman, 77, St. Ignace.

November 7: John Joseph McHale, 92, Jones.

November 14: Delphina Elizabeth Sutton, 90, Brimley.

November 17: Clyde "Bo" Bradford, 67, Moran.

November 21: Janette B. Kamper, 82, Pickford.

November 22: William Frazier, 69, Englewood, Florida, formerly of Naubinway.

November 23: Margaret Allen, 94, White Lake, formerly of St. Ignace.

November 23: Jay B. Robinson, 43, Drummond Island.

November 24: Walter Butkovich, 74, Engadine.

November 26: Elaine Schopp, 91, DeTour Village.

November 26: Anderson James "Jumbo" Woodruff, 60, Brevort Township.

November 27: Lucille L. Fetters, 89, Middlebury, Indiana.

November 30: Donald Joseph "D.J." Hudak, 18, DeTour Village.

DECEMBER 2006

December 1: Harry L. Griffith, 71, Ann Arbor and Mackinac Island.

December 5: Robert Smith, 90, Cedarville.

December 6: Edith Smith, 90, St. Ignace.

December 7: Anna Badgley, 91, Trout Lake.

December 8: Nellie T. Halcin, 93, DeTour Village.

December 9: Archibald "Archie" Feneley, 69, Engadine.

December 10: Helen McInnes, 99, Drummond Island.

December 11: Theodore Karl Lebutzki, 69, Brevort.

December 12: Jeffrey L. Edsinga, 58, Hessel.

December 12: Melvin "Skid" Holbrook, 67, Newberry.

December 13: Milton R. Smelewsi, 70, Fenton, formerly of Cedarville.

December 13: Joyce Veler, 80, St. Ignace

December 15: Dean Everett Brown, 77, Pickford.

December 15: Viola Elizabeth Stain, 93, Pickford.

December 16: Richard Lloyd Benson, 61, Drummond Island.

December 17: Taylor Jean Rader, 16, Rossville, Indiana.

December 17: Esther Sorenson, 87, St. Ignace.

December 18: Murdick Martin "Joe" Collins Jr., 77, Trout Lake.

December 19: Mario J. Calcaterra Sr., 101, St. Ignace.

December 20: Judy Dumas, 69, Madison Heights, formerly of Cedarville.

December 23: Terry Lynn Jensen, 52, Pickford.

December 25: Lois Isabell Brood, 80, Sault Ste. Marie, formerly of Rudyard.

December 26: Louis Robert Carlton, 29, Johannesburg, formerly of St. Ignace.

December 27: Albert A. Crawford, 91, Pickford.

December 27: Roger Rickley, 56, St. Ignace.

December 27: Wilma Jean Schalow, 73, Hessel.

December 28: Dorothy Orr, 82, St. Ignace.

December 31: Raymond Lawence "Ramie" Kielbasa, 97, DeTour Village and Cedarville.

December 31: Fred W. Scott, 85, Mackinaw City.