Obituaries

September 23, 2009

Dorothy Aileen Kirkey, age 91, of St. Louis, MI. passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Schnepp Health Care Center, St. Louis, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Louis Chapel, St. Louis, MI on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. Burial will take place at Chapel Garden Cemetery, Seville Township, MI. Visitation will...

September 23, 2009

Bessye Mae Hickey, age 81, of Corunna, MI passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Shiawassee County Medical Care Facility, Corunna, Michigan. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Jennings-Lyons Chapel Owosso, MI on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. Rev. David R. Strobe will officiate. Burial will follow at Freemont Cemetery, Bancroft, MI. Visitation will...

September 22, 2009

Thomas A. Perez, age 62, of St. Johns, died Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at his home. Tom was a born in Flint, MI the son of David and Mary Ellen (Clark) Perez on January 3, 1947. He was a retired Operations Supervisor with Consumers Energy. Tom was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting big game and fishing. He was...

September 21, 2009

Beulah Ellen Case, age 85, of St. Louis, died Monday, September 21, 2009 at Gratiot Medical Center in Alma, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Twin Cities Seventh Day Adventist Church in Alma, MI on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 11:00 A.M., Pastor Oscar Montes will officiate. Burial will take place at Chapel Garden Cemetery. Visitation will be held...

September 21, 2009

Russell Ernest Darby, age 82, of Elsie, MI passed away Monday, September 21, 2009 at Ovid Healthcare, Ovid, MI where he was lovingly cared for since April 2009. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. Pastor Eric Stanton will officiate. Visitation will be held on...

September 19, 2009

Louisa "Marie" Roach, age 92, of Ithaca, MI died Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Gratiot Medical Center in Alma, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Ithaca Chapel on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 from 4-8 PM. at Smith Family Funeral Homes. Marie was born...

September 17, 2009

Charles Edward Skinner, age 61, of Owosso, MI died Thursday, September 17, 2009 peacefully at home. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Jennings-Lyons Chapel Owosso, MI on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 11:00 A.M., Chaplain Beverly Adcock will officiate. Visitation will be held on Friday, September 19, 2009 from 5-8 P.M. at Smith Family Funeral Homes...

September 17, 2009

Clarence C. Champlin, age 88, of Henderson, MI passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009 at his home. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. Pastor Scott Seelhoff will officiate. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery, Henderson, MI. Visitation will be held on Sunday September 20,...

September 17, 2009

Craig A. VanSickle, age 55, passed away at home in Lansing on Thursday, September 17, 2009. Craig was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing and golf. Craig never met a stranger, getting along with everyone he met along the way and he was known for being a very generous person.

Craig is survived by his parents, Joe...

September 15, 2009

Raymond Donald Reha, age 74, of Elsie, MI passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Ingham Regional Medical Center, Lansing, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. Pastor Herb Wheelock and Mr. Birt Cooper will officiate. Burial will follow at Ford Cemetery, Gratiot County,...

September 15, 2009

Joyce E. Whittaker died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the age of 81. Joyce was born October 31, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Noah and Lillie (Owens) Barber. Joyce was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in St. Johns and owned her own tax accounting business. On April 3, 1948 she married Ralph Whittaker in...

September 14, 2009

Bonnie Kay Saunders, age 70, of St. Louis, MI died Monday, September 14, 2009 at Carson City Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes St. Louis Chapel on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. Mr. Keith Wise will officiate. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the funeral service. Bonnie was born...

September 14, 2009

Shirley Ann Dietz, age 66, of St. Louis, MI died Monday, September 14, 2009 at Masonic Pathways in Alma, MI. A Memorial Service will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Alma, MI on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 11:00 A.M., Pastor John Eich will officiate. A Memorial Visitation will take place on Wednesday September 16, 2009 from 2-4 &...

September 14, 2009

Katherine "Boots" Schall, age 83, of Breckenridge, MI passed away Monday, September 14th, 2009 at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw. Funeral Services will be held at Breckenridge United Methodist Church on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM. Pastor Dale Golden will officiate. Burial will follow at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Breckenridge. Visitation will be held on Thursday September 17, 2009 from...

September 10, 2009

Harold F. Crowley died September 10, 2009 at the age of 91. Born August 21, 1918 in St. Johns, Michigan the son of Clarence and Agnes (Parks) Crowley. He retired from Kurt's Appliance Center after 20 years and was a member of Price and Pilgrim United Methodist Churches where he was active in church activities. Harold married Jean Hunt...

September 9, 2009

Bonnie Lou Harkness, age 77, of Ithaca, MI passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Ithaca Chapel Ithaca, MI on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. Sister Margo Tafoya will officiate. Burial will follow at Chapel Garden Cemetery, Seville Township, MI. Visitation will be held...

September 9, 2009

Michelle L. Rachmaninoff died September 9, 2009 at the age of 48. She was born September 13, 1960, in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Nikolai and Eva (Braun) Rachmaninoff. She had a MBA from Virginia Tech and was the owner of AWA Accounting, Inc. in Laingsburg.

She is survived by her parents, Eva R. (Braun) Wendling of...

September 8, 2009

Arthur Raymond Lover, age 83, of Ovid, Michigan formerly of Elsie died Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at Ovid Healthcare Center. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Friday, September 11, 2009 at 11:00 A.M., Pastor Scott Seelhoff will officiate, and burial will take place at Ford Cemetery, Gratiot County, MI. Visitation will...

September 8, 2009

Martha M. Brown of St. Johns, Michigan died on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at the age of 67. She was born in St. Johns on March 18, 1942 the daughter of Michael and Bonnie Ladisky. Martha married Larry A. Brown, Sr. on July 26, 1960 in St. Johns and he preceded her in death on July 7, 2002. Martha...

September 8, 2009

Laura Ann Soliz, age 48, passed away at her home near Anchorage, Alaska on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Laurie graduated from Ovid-Elsie High School with the class of 1979. She continued her education and built a very successful career as a Human Resource Manager, working for many years for the Kmart Corporation, several years for Home Depot and recently...