Obituaries

August 3, 2014

Margaret Lucille McJilton, age 90, of St. Louis, MI passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Schnepp Health Care Center, St. Louis, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Louis, MI on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 11:00 A.M., with Mr. Keith Wise officiating. Burial will take place at Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, MI....

July 30, 2014

Arthur Eugene Fisher, age 87, of Breckenridge, MI passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Masonic Pathways in Alma, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Ithaca, MI on Friday, August 1, 2014 at 11:00 A.M., with Pastor Dale Wolfe officiating. Burial will take place at Emerson Township Cemetery, Gratiot County, MI. Visitation will be held...

July 24, 2014

Frank A. Winkler Jr. age 62 of Ovid, MI, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014 at North Winds Rehabilitation Center, East Lansing, MI. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church, Ovid, MI on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 1:00 P.M., with Rev. Fr. Raymond Urbanek officiating. Burial will take place at Fairfield Township Cemetery,...

July 22, 2014

Lawrence Robert "Bob" Sumner, age 92, of St. Louis, MI passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Patrick Ryan Church (4708 N. Meridian Rd, Merrill, MI 48637) on Friday, July 25, 2014 at 11:00 A.M., with Rev. Fr. Nate Harburg officiating. Burial will take place at Jasper Township...

July 19, 2014

Richard Michael "Brooks" Schmitz, of Fowler, MI died Friday, July 18, 2014 at the age of 80. Born September 28, 1933 in Bengal Township, MI, Richard was the son of Peter and Catherine (Feldpausch) Schmitz. He served in the US Army and was a member of VFW Post #3733. Richard was a member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church...

July 14, 2014

Fred Blink, age 100, passed away on July 11, 2014. He was born February 15, 1914 in Kalamazoo, the son of Maynard and Elsie (Klepper) Blink. He formerly lived in Kalamazoo and Jackson. Fred was a member of First United Methodist church of Sebring, Florida and served in the National Guard from 1933-1936 and the Army Air Corps from...

July 14, 2014

Debra (Bashore) Hunt left to join our Savior on Monday, July 14, 2014 at the young age of 57. Debra was born in St. Johns, Michigan on June 26, 1957 the daughter of Galen and Betty (Dunham) Bashore. She had a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was a devoted wife, loving mother, amazing grandma, caring sister, and...

July 11, 2014

Charles Hubert Sills, age 94, of Elsie, Michigan died Friday, July 11th, 2014 at Memorial Healthcare , Owosso, Michigan. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie, on Monday, July 14th at 11:00 A.M. , Pastor Mona Kindel will officiate. Burial will take place at Riverside Cemetery, Elsie, Michigan. Visitation will be held on Sunday 2-8 P.M....

July 11, 2014

Lewis J. Graham, age 93, of Ithaca, Michigan passed away on Friday, July 11, 2014 at his home. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes St. Louis, Michigan on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 11:00 A.M., with Mr. Keith Wise officiating. Burial will take place at Oak Grove Cemetery St. Louis, Michigan. Visitation will be held on...

July 9, 2014

D. Wilbur Thurston of St. Johns died Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at the age of 94. Born July 5, 1920 to Forest and Myrtle (Darling) Thurston, Wilbur was a life-long and active member of the First Congregational Church of St. Johns. On November 1, 1942, he married Leola Mareen Rhynard Thurston and she survives him.

Wilbur was...

July 8, 2014

Annabelle Bush, age 97, of St. Louis, MI passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Louis, MI on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 1:00 P.M., with Rev. John Robinson officiating. Burial will take place at Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, MI. Visitation will be held on Saturday for two...

July 6, 2014

Virginia A. Quine, age 84, of Elsie, MI passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Memorial Healthcare, Owosso, MI. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church Ovid, MI on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 11:00 A.M., with Rev. Fr. Raymond Urbanek and Rev. Fr. Tom Thompson officiating. Burial will take place at Fairfield Township...

July 5, 2014

Virginia Lois Hubbard, age 87, of Alma, MI passed away Saturday, July 5th, 2014 at her home. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Burial will take place at Richland Township Cemetery in Vestaburg, MI. Virginia was born in Clark, South Dakota on February 17, 1927, the daughter of Paul W. and Elizabeth Carolina (Krogman) Morey....

July 4, 2014

Irene Zeeb Pierce of DeWitt, MI died Thursday, July 3, 2014 at the age of 89. Born December 9, 1924, to Everett and Marjorie (Lane) Benson, Irene worked for Michigan Bell Telephone right after high school. She married Virgil Zeeb in 1943 and together they owned DeWitt Elevator until it was destroyed by fire in 1955 and then Zeeb...

July 2, 2014

Howard Earl Deford, age 95, of St. Louis, MI passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at McLaren Greenlawn Campus, Lansing, MI. Funeral Services will be held at the Church of the Nazarene, St. Louis, MI on Saturday, July 5 at 2:00 P.M., with Rev. Kendall Deford, Pastor Nick Deford and Pastor Jake Gregory officiating. Burial will take place at Oak...

July 2, 2014

Lucille C. Mueller of Fowler, MI died Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at the age of 95. Born March 29, 1919 to William and Rosalia (Schafer) Miller in Riley Township, MI Lucille was a member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Christian Mothers. On January 14, 1946, she married Henry Mueller in Westphalia and he preceded her in death...

July 2, 2014

Elizabeth Ann “Tibby” Mikulka, age 86, of Ashley, died Tuesday, July 2, 2014, in Lansing.

Tibby was born January 15, 1928 in Owosso, the daughter of Herbert J. and Frances Rebecca (Oberlitner) Thompson.  She married Andrew “Andy” Mikulka on June 12, 1948 in Elsie.  Andy preceded Tibby in death in 1986.

Tibby loved crossword puzzles,...

June 29, 2014

Leland H. Carstensen, age 82, of rural Breckenridge, passed away in his home on Sunday, June 29, 2014.

Lee was born October 17, 1931, in Marion Springs, the son of Herbert and Celia (Smith) Carstensen.  During the Korean Conflict he served as an MP in the Army.  He married Alice Zimmerman on January 16, 1954.  He worked...

June 24, 2014

Kayla May Buckley, age 26, died June 22, 2014. She was born on December 19, 1987 the daughter of Randy and Julie (Tomlinson) Buckley.

She is survived by her two children, Ariel Jean Buckley and Damien Duane-Edwin Brinson, fiancAC., Joseph E. Brinson, parents, Randy and Julie Buckley, sister, Katral (James) Stevens, niece and nephew, Tehya and Tryton...

June 24, 2014

Troy Lee-Jasper Reeves Jr., age 73, of Elsie, Michigan passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Ovid Healthcare Center, Ovid, MI. A Memorial Graveside Service will be held at Ford Cemetery on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. with Pastor Larry Smith officiating. Troy was born in Martinville, Virginia on June 12, 1941, the son of Troy and Sally...