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February 19, 2009 / Obituaries

Elli Hunt

Elli Emma Hunt, 81, of Drummond Island, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie. She was born March 22, 1927, in Berlin, Germany, to Arthur Wilhelm and Bette Schulz. More...

Leslie 'Bud' Winters

Leslie J. "Bud" Winters, 89, of Traverse City, a U.S. Army World War II veteran, retired from the state highway department as a foreman and also owned the Sunset Motel on West US-2 in St. Ignace. Mr. More...

Larry Baker

Longtime Kinross Township Fire Chief Larry E. Baker, 66, died Thursday morning, February 12, 2009, at his home in Kincheloe following a two-year illness of cancer. He was born August 8, 1942, in Osage, Iowa. Mr. Baker retired from the U.S. More...

Thomas Kolatski, Jr.

Thomas James Kolatski Jr., 50, of Mackinac Island, died Thursday morning, February 12, 2009, at the home of his family in Cheboygan. He was born March 26, 1958, on Mackinac Island to Thomas James and Lorma (nee Cowell) Kolatski Sr. More...

Joyce Brown

Joyce A. Brown, 56, of St. Ignace died Monday, February 2, 2009, at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey. She was born in St. Ignace December 3, 1951, to Howard and Phyliss (nee Huyck) Therrian. More...

Roger Cruickshank

Roger Marshall Cruickshank, 62, of Cedarville, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at his home with his daughter at his side. He was born April 6, 1946, in Sault Ste. Marie to Marshall and Mary Elizabeth (nee Sims) Cruickshank. Mr. More...

Charlotte Gamble

Charlotte Gamble, 104, of St. Ignace, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 15, 2009, at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care, following a two-year stay in the facility. Mrs. Gamble's mother also lived to nearly 103 years old. More...