Obituaries

October 8, 2006

Mary A. Kral age 94 of Ashley, Michigan died Sunday, October 8, 2006 at Hazel I. Findlay Country Manor St. Johns, MI. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Cyril's Catholic Church Bannister, MI on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 10:00 AM. Rev. Fr. Wolfgang Streichardt will officiate with burial at Riverside Cemetery Elsie, Michigan. Visitation will be...

October 6, 2006

Frank Roy Ortiz age 75 of Elsie, Michigan died Friday, October 6, 2006 at Sparrow Health Systems in Lansing, Michigan. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Cyrila�(TM)s Catholic Church in Bannister, Michigan on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will be on Sunday from 6-8 P.M. and Monday from 2-8 P.M. with the family present...

October 3, 2006

Paul Arthur Welch age 72 of Ithaca, Michigan died Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at his home. Memorial Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Ithaca Chapel Ithaca, MI on Friday, October 6, 2006 at 11:00 AM. will officiate. There will be no Visitation Paul was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 11, 1934 the son of Leroy and...

September 30, 2006

David Leon Curtis age 49 of St. Johns, Michigan died on Saturday, September 30, 2006 at his home. Memorial services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Johns Chapel on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 3:30 P.M. Visitation will be on Saturday afternoon October 7, 2006 at 3:00 P.M. until the time of services. Pastor Walter McConkey will...

September 29, 2006

Scott Thomas Simonton age 35 of St. Louis, Michigan died Friday, September 29, 2006 in South Dakota as a result of a motorcycle accident. Funeral services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Louis Chapel on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. Burial will take place at Jasper Township Cemetery, Midland County, Michigan. Visitation will be on...

September 27, 2006

Winifred Strong age 71 of Corunna died Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at the Shiawassee County Medical Care Facility in Corunna, Michigan. There will be no service for her. Read Winifred Strong's Obituary and Guestbook on smithfamilyfuneralhomes.com.

September 19, 2006

James W. Gleason age 58 of St. Johns, Michigan died Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at his home. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Nazarene, in St. Johns, Michigan on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will be on Thursday evening from 6-8 P.M. and Friday 2-8 P.M. with family present 2-4 & 6-8 P.M....

September 12, 2006

Mary Jane McCullough age 64 of St. Johns, Michigan died Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. There will be no visitation or services. Mary Jane was born in St. Johns, Michigan on March 10, 1942, the daughter of Walter Edward & Amy Wilma ( Barber ) Splane. She graduated from Rodney B. Wilson High School in...

September 10, 2006

Richard S. Ladisky age 66 of St. Johns, Michigan died Sunday, September 10, 2006 at his home. Funeral services will be held at Duplain Church of Christ, St. Johns, Michigan on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will be on Monday 6-8 P.M. and Tuesday 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Johns Chapel. Pastor...

September 10, 2006

Robert Carl Olson age 73 of Ithaca, Michigan died Sunday, September 10, 2006 at St. Marya�(TM)s Hospital, Saginaw, Michigan. Funeral services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Ithaca Chapel on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 1:00 P.M. Pastor Stephen Young will officiate and burial will take place at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ithaca, Michigan. Visitation will be on Tuesday...

September 7, 2006

Bina Marie Oberlin age 84 of Bannister, Michigan went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at Covenant Healthcare Saginaw, MI after a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 11:00 AM. Pastor John will officiate with burial at Riverside Cemetery...

September 7, 2006

Lindsey Ann Harden age 23 of Ovid, Michigan died Thursday, September 7, 2006 at her home. Funeral Services will be held at Duplain Church of Christ St. Johns, Michigan on Sunday, August 10, 2006 at 3:00 PM. Pastor Dan Cameron will officiate with burial at Duplain Township Cemetery Duplain Twp., Michigan. Visitation will be held on Saturday, September 9, 2006...

September 2, 2006

Trixie Patricia Ellen Johnston age 82 of St. Johns, Michigan died Saturday, September 02, 2006 at Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan. Funeral services will be held at the First United Methodist Church, St. Johns, Michigan on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2-8 P.M. with family present 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. at Smith Family Funeral...

September 2, 2006

Ryan Michael Johnson age 24 of Bancroft, Michigan died on Friday, September 1, 2006 at Memorial Health Care in Owosso, Michigan. Funeral services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Corunna Chapel on Monday, September 4 at 1:00 P.M. Visitation will be on Monday 11:00 A.M. until the time of service. Pastor Donald Galardi will officiate and burial will...

September 2, 2006

Katherine Louise Powelson age 85 of Elsie, Michigan, died on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006 at Hazel I. Findlay Country Manor in St. Johns, Michigan. Funeral services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Elsie Chapel on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will be on Monday, September 4, 2006 from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. Pastor Ed...

August 26, 2006

Terry Lynn Myers age 54 of Ashley, Michigan died on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at his home. Terry was formerly employed for the Village of Elsie in the D.P.W. department. He is survived by his sister, Delores Peters of St. Johns, Michigan and 1 brother, Allen & Diana Myers of Alma, Michigan. He was predeceased by his son Jason in...

August 26, 2006

Doris M. Conklin age 84 of Elsie, Michigan died Saturday, August 26, 2006 at her cottage in Lake City, Michigan. Funeral services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Elsie Chapel on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will be Monday evening from 6-8 P.M. and Tuesday from 2-8 P.M. with family present 2-4 & 6-8 P.M....

August 22, 2006

Beloved Mother & Grandmother Ida Elizabeth Flynn of Owosso, Michigan and formerly of Shiawassee Township died Tuesday, August 22, 2006 on her 90th birthday at the Shiawassee County Medical Care Facility in Corunna, Michigan. Mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Paula�(TM)s Catholic Church, Owosso on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. Rev. Fr. John Fain &...

August 16, 2006

Hulan "Hugh" C. Sanger age 87 of Wheeler, Michigan died Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Gratiot Medical Center Alma, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Wheeler Free Methodist Church, Wheeler, MI on Friday, August 18, 2006 at 1:00 PM. Pastor Amy Thompson and Pastor A. Stephen Bowker will officiate with burial at Wheeler Township Cemetery Wheeler, Michigan. Visitation will...

August 12, 2006

Grace V. Vanderbeek, age 85, of Ithaca, died Sunday, December 13, at Mid-Michigan Medical Center in Midland.

Grace was born June 15, 1930, in Detroit, the daughter of Richard and Anna (Steinecke) Randel.  She married William Vanderbeek on July 9, 1955 in Alma. He preceded her in death on August 12, 2006.  She graduated from MSU with...