Christopher Bloswick Sr. Christopher D. Bloswick Sr., 51, of St. Ignace, had a lifelong interest in Great Lakes boats and established several local businesses. He passed away Tuesday morning, June 24, 2008, at Lacks Cancer Center in Grand Rapids following a seven-year illness with bone marrow cancer.

He was born September 7, 1956, in Petoskey, to John B. and Rudy (nee Smith) Bloswick of Mackinac Island. He grew up on Mackinac, and was graduated from high school in 1974.

Following graduation, Mr. Bloswick sailed on the Paul H. Townsend cement boat for three years as a watchman and deckhand. He then started Lakeside Bike Rental on Mackinac Island, and owned it for nine years. With his brother, Frank, and father, he owned LaChance Cottage on Mackinac. Mr. Bloswick and his brother, John, owned several Great Lakes boats, including the Straits of Mackinac, railroad ferry Arthur K. Atkinson, and the U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tender Maple, which they brought to St. Ignace for a museum on the waterfront.

Mr. Bloswick also loved old cars, especially Lincoln sedans of the late 1970s, and he owned several.

He enjoyed history and especially liked collecting photographs and stories of the boats that sailed the Great Lakes.

He and his family lived in Lake Odessa for seven years, moving back to St. Ignace in 2001 because of his ill health.

He was a member of Faith Baptist Church in St. Ignace and of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

He married Annette Meyers August 28, 1982, at Trinity Church on Mackinac Island, and she survives. Also surviving are three children, Christopher Dale Jr., John Wesley, and Hanna Mae; his mother, Ruby Bloswick of St. Ignace; three brothers and their families, John C. and Ann of Lansing, Frank and Alice of Mackinac Island, and Clark of Mackinac Island, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, John, who died in 1994.

Visitation was Thursday, June 26, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Dodson Funeral Home in St. Ignace. Services were Friday, June 27, at 10 a.m. at Faith Baptist Church with Pastor Earl Bercot officiating. Burial will be in the Mackinac Island Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to a college fund for his children, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, or the Children's Leukemia Foundation, with envelopes available from Dodson Funeral Home.