Dennis 'Dody' Schaefer
      Dennis "Dody" Schaefer of Gladstone formerly lived in Sault Ste. Marie, where he worked on the Poe Lock at the Soo Locks for seven years. In 1968, he brought his family to the Escanaba area to work on the construction of Mead Paper Company. Mr. Schaefer was employed by Laborers Construction Local ...
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Leona Woody
      Leona E. Woody of Engadine helped her husband operate their dairy farm, and was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Engadine. Mrs. Woody died at age 90 Saturday evening, September 15, 2007, at the Luce County Annex long term care facility in Newberry.
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Mildred Klepack
      Mildred Klepack, 91, of St. Ignace, formerly of Royal Oak, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2007. She married her childhood sweetheart, John Klepack. They were married 53 years.
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Arthur Hopperstead
      Arthur Bensen Hopperstead, 82, of the Verona/Pittsburgh area in Pennsylvania, died August 30, 2007. He was born in St. Ignace November 1, 1924, to Arnold M. Hopperstead and Bertha (nee Bensen) Hopperstead, with his birth announced on the front page of the St. Ignace newspaper, before he was named...
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Vernon Michalke
      Vernon P. Michalke, 85, of Clinton Township, died Thursday, September 6, 2007. Mr. Michalke was born in 1922 on Mackinac Island. He moved to Detroit and was graduated from Annunciation High School. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
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Grant Simmons
      Grant Simmons, 76, of St. Ignace, a retired Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, died Friday, September 14, 2007, at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care in St. Ignace. Mr. Simmons was born in St. Ignace June 3, 1931 to Grant and Stella (nee Spaulding) Simmons.
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