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September 23, 2010 / Obituaries

Patricia Markle

Patricia Ann VanVorst Markle, 63, died Thursday, September 16, 2010, at her home in Pickford. She was born February 23, 1947, in Kalamazoo, to LaVern C. and Melva Jane (nee Bond) VanVorst. More...

Andre Paquin

As a youth, Andre J. “Andy” Paquin began his working life by helping his father deliver mail to Mackinac Island from St. More...

Violet Spincich

Violet R. Spincich, 90, of Newberry, died Wednesday evening, September 15, 2010, at the Helen Newberry Joy Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Newberry. More...

Gloria N. Davenport, 84, of St. Ignace, died Monday evening, September 20, 2010, at Otsego Memorial Hospital in Gaylord. Arrangements are incomplete, and the family is being assisted by Dodson Funeral Home in St. Ignace. More...

Lois West Miller

Lois (nee Taylor) West Miller, 82, of Banning, California, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010. She was born May 16, 1928, in St. Ignace. Mrs. Miller was a registered nurse at Sunset Haven Convalescent Home in Cherry Valley, California. More...

John Ellis

John Luther Ellis, 85, died Sunday, September 19, 2010, in Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care in St. Ignace. He was born December 22, 1924, in Bigelow, Arkansas, to Thurman Ellis and Johnnie May Short. Mr. More...

Great Lakes Sailor Laid To Rest After 11 Years

A sailor who went overboard and was missing after the Port Huron to Mackinac Yacht Race in 1999 has been laid to rest 11 years later, following the positive identification of his remains. Dillon “Kent” Herzer, 54, of St. More...

Franklin ‘Russell’ Moffitt

Franklin “Russell” Moffitt, 84, of Drummond Island, died Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey. More...

Jack Riness

Jack Edwin Riness served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and went on to a career as a stone mason and bricklayer, following a family tradition. More...

Carol Schmidt

Services for Carol Schmidt of Pickford, who died August 2, at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey, will be at the United Methodist Church in Pickford Saturday, September 25, at 2 p.m. with Pastor Paul Gruenberg officiating. More...

John McGreevy

John Joseph McGreevy, 77, of Valley View, Ohio, died Friday, September 17, 2010, at his home. He was born January 7, 1933, to James and Mary (nee Harris) McGreevy. He was a painter and maintenance worker at Cleveland State University. Mr. More...

Mary Nichols

A celebration of life will be held in honor of Mary Elizabeth Nichols of St. Ignace Sunday, September 26, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Fred’s Pub in St. Ignace. Ms. Nichols passed away Saturday, September 4. More...

Timothy Hamilton

Timothy Joseph Hamilton, 48, of Drummond Island, passed away Friday, September 17, 2010, at home with his wife and family around him. He was born April 24, 1962, to John Murray Hamilton and Frances Ruth (nee Flach) Hamilton in Kalamazoo. More...

Ann Walker

Ann Olivia Walker, 66, of St. Ignace, died Sunday evening, September 19, 2010, at Santigo AFC Home, where she had lived for more than 10 years. She was born August 31, 1944, in Petoskey to Louis P. and Leila R. (nee Robinson) Walker. More...