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September 3, 2009 / Obituaries

Jack Ryerse

Jack Ryerse, 90, of St. Ignace, was a World War II veteran who later enjoyed a career as a businessman in St. Ignace and a bank manager on Mackinac Island. He was a strong promoter of local youth sports. Mr. More...

Sharon Farero

Sharon Farero, 61, of St. Ignace, passed away Monday, August 31, 2009. She was born in Sault Ste. Marie May 30, 1948. Dodson Funeral Home of St. Ignace is handling funeral arrangements. More...

Daniel Chambers

Daniel Robert Chambers, 57, of Muskegon died at his home, surrounded by his family, Monday, August 3, 2009, after a six-year fight against early onset Lewy body dementia. He grew up in Dearborn and spent his summers on Mackinac Island. More...

Eva Hakola

Eva Dagmar Hakola, 87, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, Arizona. More...

Edward Hessel

Edward Charles Hessel, 80, died of lung cancer at Bay Bluffs Residence Home in Harbor Springs Monday, August 31. More...

Floyd Mosher

Floyd Mosher, 93, of Sitka, Alaska, died Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at the Sitka Pioneers Home. He was born November 21, 1915, in St. Ignace to Frank and Ellen (nee Chenier) Mosher. Mr. Mosher attended primary and secondary schools in St. More...

Richard Canfield

Richard F. Canfield, 68, of Hessel, died unexpectedly at his home Friday evening, August 28, 2009. He was born in Cheboygan November 22, 1940, to Lester and Mae (nee Quesnell) Canfield. More...

Bette Emmons

Bette J. O’Brien Emmons, 87, of St. Ignace and Mackinac Island, died Tuesday evening, August 25, 2009, at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care in St. Ignace, where she was a resident for several years. More...

Alida ‘Lia’ Goll

Alida “Lia” Goll, 87, of St. Ignace, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at Northeast Florida Community Hospice in Jacksonville, Florida. She was born in the Netherlands September 29, 1922, to Antonius and Jacoba Boeren- Briels. More...