Obituaries
Richard "Dick" A. Johnston
Jul 7, 2020
Richard A. “Dick” Johnston, 82, of Harrisville, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Born August 7, 1937 to Arnold and Letha (Deforest) Johnston in Haynes Township MI, he has been a lifelong resident of the Alpena and Harrisville area. Dick served in the U.S. National Guard. Dick worked for many years at Fletcher Paper Company. In...
Roger E. Armstrong
Jul 7, 2020
Roger E. Armstrong, 70, of Harrisville, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at his home. Born October 3, 1949 to Edwin and Frances (Tibor) Armstrong in Haynes Township, he was a lifelong resident of Alcona County. On July 31, 1971, he married Deborah Baker. Roger was a carpenter and a mechanic. He could fix anything, and built his own house....
Susan J. DonovanQuinn
Jun 25, 2020
Susan J. DonovanQuinn, 53, of Harrisville, passed away, Thursday, June 25, 2020 at her home. Born November 16, 1966 in Flint to Max and Phyllis (Eaton) Donovan, she was raised in Clio, Michigan. On September 9, 2002, she married Thomas Quinn in Tawas City. Susan enjoyed reading, especially the Game of Thrones series, gardening, and had a newfound enthusiasm for...
Brian Parent
Jun 18, 2020
Brian Harold Parent, 61, of Oscoda, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020 at The Villa at Rose City. Born January 24, 1959 to Dave and Patricia (Felske) Parent in Tawas City, he has been a lifelong resident of the area. Brian attended the Bright Horizon Learning Center and worked briefly at Parent Trucking in Turner and Norwood Product in Oscoda....
Jean Margaret Rauch
Jun 14, 2020
Jean M. Rauch, 68, of Hubbard Lake, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 at her home. Born November 11, 1951, to Clair G. and Helen M. (Mercier) Rauch in Monroe, MI, she was raised there. A long time resident of Ypsilanti, Jean enjoyed a career at Eastern michigan University as an administrative assistant in the Literacy Department. She moved to...
Patricia L. Hinze
Jun 14, 2020
Patricia L. Hinze, 80, of Mikado, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 at her home. Born March 6, 1940 to James and Edith Lee in Mikado, MI, she was raised there. Pat graduated from Oscoda High School in 1958. On March 12, 1960, she married Wilfred Hinze in Mikado. A devoted homemaker, Pat was active in her church with the...
Ronald D. Holmes
Jun 9, 2020
Ronald D. Holmes, 81, lifelong resident of Alcona County, passed away June 9, 2020 at his home. He was born June 19, 1938 to Herbert and Geraldine (Dewey) Holmes in Harrisville. Ron served in the U.S. Navy. On January 28, 1961, he married Nina Dellar. Ron retired from U.S.A.F. Base in Oscoda. Ron was an avid rifle and bow hunter...
Lorraine G. Howitson
Jun 8, 2020
Lorraine Geneva Howitson, 100, passed away June 8, 2020 at her home in Gustin Township, Michigan She was born July 21, 1919 to Albert and Janet (McFarlane) Procunier in Gustin Township, Michigan. She attended the Wilson School, a one room neighborhood school, through the 8th grade, then graduated in 1937 from Oscoda High School. On June 9, 1945, she married...
Gerald A Spencer
May 30, 2020
Gerald A. Spencer, 83, of Lincoln, passed away Saturday, May 30, 202 at MidMichigan Medical Center in Alpena. He was born March 20, 1937 in Armada MI to Glenn and Eva (Apt) Spencer. He retired in 1991 from General Motors, Detroit, MI. Gerald served 2 years in the United States Army. He married Diane Fike on February 14, 1959 in...
Robert J. Perry
May 22, 2020
Robert J. Perry, 88 of Greenbush, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 at his home. He is survived by his wife and soul mate of 40 years, Nancy Perry, four sons, Kenneth (Sharon), David, Ronald, and Jeffery Perry, four grandchildren Jessica, Kasie-Lynn, David and Chance Perry, two brothers, Dale (Carol) and Michael Perry. Robert is also survived by his extended...
Rufus "Jack" Jackson Compton
May 22, 2020
Rufus Jackson “Jack” Compton Jr., passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 at his home. He is survived by five children, Peggy (Rod Budreau) Compton, Robert (Tania) Compton, Allen Compton, Debbie Reames, and Douglas Compton, eight grandchildren, Shaun Compton, Rhianna Compton, Jessica Smith, Adrian Scott, Anthony Reames, Kevin Herbin, Austin Compton, and Maddison Compton, and four great grandchildren. He was preceded...
Paul G. Owen
May 14, 2020
Paul Geroge Owen, 93, died at home May 14, 2020. He was born May 17, 1926 in Bradley, Illinois, to George and Lorena (Schumann) Owen. The family moved to Chicago in 1929. He served in the Navy during WWII, from Dec. 1943 to June 1946. After basic training he was stationed on Boca Chica Key in Florida as a 3rd...
Ronald D. Swales
May 11, 2020
Ronald D. Swales, 84, of Harrisville, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020. Born July 16, 1935 to Clifford and Thelma (Steadman) Swales in Detroit, MI, he was raised there. On July 24, 1954, he married Elaine Plew in Detroit. Ron owned a commercial laundry business for 23 years. He retired in 1995. Ron loved the city of Harrisville. He and...
Ernest R. Andree
May 8, 2020
Ernest R. Andree, 84, of Harrisville, passed away Friday, May 8, 2020, at his home in Harrisville. Born May 2, 1936 to Ernst and Lydia (Haase) Andree in Detroit, MI, he was raised there. Ernest served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957. On September 17, 1960, he married Elizabeth Wright in Detroit. They were residents of Detroit and...
Betty J. Campbell
May 7, 2020
Betty Campbell, 92, of Harrisville, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020, at Maple Grove Adult Foster Care. Born January 16, 1928 to Louis and Sarah (Merrick) Dault of Alpena, and she was raised there. On May 1, 1954, she married Bruce Campbell. They were residents of Harrisville, where they owned and operated a farm. Betty attended County Normal, and was...
Preston E. Furister
May 7, 2020
Preston E. Furister Jr., 87 of Hubbard Lake, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020 at his home. Born April 16, 1933 to Preston Sr. and Arletta (Lawler) Furister in Rudyard, MI, he was raised in East Detroit. He was a longtime resident of New Baltimore. He worked as a lineman at Michigan Bell for 32 years. In 1986 he moved...
Sharon L. Olson
May 6, 2020
Sharon L. Olson, 75, of Ossineke, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at her home after a battle with lung cancer. Born September 9, 1944 to Joseph and Leona (Rubash) Pula in Kelliher, MN, she was raised there. Sherry worked as a waitress at Wally’s Restaurant in Flint, and later worked for Alpena Dry Cleaners, Werth Dry Cleaners and Express...
Bruno Stoinski
Apr 23, 2020
Bruno Stoinski, 80 of Lincoln Michigan, passed away April 23rd, 2020 in Clarkston Mi. Bruno was born in Posen Michigan to Peter and Frances Stoinski on September 23, 1939. He is survived by his loving wife of 30 years Joann Stoinski. They were married September 23rd, 1989. Bruno made a lifelong career of working on the D & M Railroad....
Stephen Orban
Apr 17, 2020
Stephen Orban, 82, of Lincoln, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at Mid Michigan Medical Center in Alpena. Born May 5, 1937 to Anthony and Casmiria (Baprawski) Orban in Detroit, he was raised in the Detroit area. On May 27, 1961, he married Margaret Hohf in Hamtramck. They were residents of Warren and the Detroit area. Stephen worked as a...
Gary Shaver
Apr 16, 2020
Gary E. Shaver, 80, of Spruce, passed away April 16, 2020 at his home after a long courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Gary was born September 20, 1939 in Yale, MI to the late Donald and Hazel (Rector) Shaver. He is survived by his beloved wife Mary Ann of 27 years, brother Thomas (Nancy) Shaver, half brother Roy (Kelly) Gordon...
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