Obituaries

Jan 28, 2014

Raymond R. Kalamayski, 90 of Vanderbilt, died on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Tendercare of Gaylord. Born on October 1, 1923 in Wyandotte, Ray was the son of Steve and Elsie (Tuszynski) Kalamejski. In 1943 Ray married Mary Czerniakowski in Wyandotte. In 1968 the family moved from the Detroit area to Vanderbilt. Ray worked as a mechanic at...

Jan 23, 2014

Robert Earl Render passed away peacefully at home on the morning of January 23, 2014. The son of Thomas and Betty (Lynch) Render, Bob was born September 10, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan. From the beginning, everyone saw a spark in the man who got his start gluing labels on glass bottles in the 1940s for SnoBol. Bob's father,...

Jan 11, 2014

Harry Scott Travis, 57 of Gaylord, died on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Otsego Memorial Hospital. Born in Bay City on July 7, 1956, Scott was the son of Harry and Suellen (Marlette) Travis. He enjoyed his work at Betsie Bay Marina in Elberta where he worked for several years. In Gaylord, Scott worked at Don’s Marine as...

Jan 7, 2014

Larry E. Burd, 79 of Gaylord, died at home on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Born in Johannesburg on April 15, 1934, Larry was the son of Lyle Beckett and Rita Marie (Sorenson) Burd. On November 5, 1954, Larry and LouAnne Lee were married at the United Methodist Church in Gaylord. They lived in Gaylord where Larry worked at...

Jan 6, 2014

Philip W. Sucharski, 61 of Gaylord, died at home on Monday, January 6, 2014. Born in Alpena on October 10, 1952, Phil was the son of Walter and Dolores (Panowicz) Sucharski. Phil will be remembered by many as a self employed house painter in Alpena. For the last 15 years he has worked in inventory control at Wal-Mart...

Dec 28, 2013

David A. Taylor, 53 of Wolverine, died on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. Born on December 7, 1960 in Honolulu, HI, he was the son of Gregory and Kathrine (Bess) Taylor. David moved to Wolverine in 1991 from Mt. Clemens where he had worked at R.A. Fox Manufacturing. Prior to his illness,...

Dec 26, 2013

Cheryl Lynn Bradley, 66 of Gaylord, died at home on Thursday, December 26, 2013. Cheryl was born on March 20, 1947 in Jackson. As a young woman she moved to Gaylord where she met Charles A. Bradley. They were married on April 29, 1967. Cheryl and Charlie had four children, Anthony, Robert, Krista and Shannon. She was a...

Dec 26, 2013

Viola Elaine Bryan, 86 of Gaylord, died on Thursday, December 26, 2013 at McReynolds Hall. Born on September 14, 1927 in Detroit, Viola was the daughter of Joseph and Virginia (Cranker) Lohner. Viola and her husband, Milton H. Bryan were motel owners and moved to Gaylord from the Lansing area in 1989 after retiring. They were members of...

Dec 22, 2013

Julia L. Law, 66 of Vienna Township, died on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at home. Born on January 6, 1947 in Detroit, she was the daughter of Ronald and Pearl (Vansickle) Broden. Raised in Highland, MI, Julia later married and raised her family in Highland, Milford and Owosso. Later she moved to Lewiston then to Pikeville, KY and...

Dec 17, 2013

Dennis R. Corey, 60 of Alanson, died on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. Born in Jackson on November 16, 1953, Dennis was the son of Ronald and Dolores (Baker) Corey. On November 29, 1980, Dennis married the former Dianna O’Rourke. For the last several years, until April of this year, Dennis worked...

Dec 15, 2013

Arthur Marcotte, 86 of Gaylord, died on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at McReynolds Hall. Beloved husband of the late Doris. Dear father of Timothy, (Nancy), David, John and the late Ann (Edward) Bruinsma. Loving grandfather of 19 and great grandfather of 8. Brother of the late Ted (Ethel) Marcotte and Elaine Hartwig. Brother in law of William Hartwig....

Dec 13, 2013

Waneta Marie Puroll, 76 of Warner Township, Boyne City, died on Friday, December 13, 2013 at HPH Hospice in Dade City, FL where Waneta had been living with her daughter & son-in-law, Cindy and Jamie Brown off and on for the last four years. Born on July 12, 1937 in Onaway, she was the daughter of Gerald and...

Dec 10, 2013

Robert D. Perry, 76 of Harbor Springs, died on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at home. Born on April 11, 1937 in Ann Arbor, he was the son of Robert G. and Melba J. (Hudkins) Perry. Bob was the owner of Westland Furniture. He will be remembered as the former coach of Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association and Huron...

Dec 9, 2013

Eric J. Berney, 28 of Vienna Township, died on Monday, December 9, 2013. Born on July 19, 1985 in Amarillo, TX, Eric was the son of Mark and Vicky (Binnall) Berney. Eric worked as a logger. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying fishing and camping. He was passionate about Chevy trucks and mud bogging. Eric had an ability...

Dec 6, 2013

Nelda V. Carrier, 73 of Gaylord, died on December 6, 2013 at Tendercare of Gaylord. Nelda's family will remember her privately and a complete obituary will follow.

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Dec 2, 2013

Melvin L. Slagel, 62 of Johannesburg, died at home on Monday, December 2, 2013. Born in Trout Lake, Michigan, Mel was the son of Lewis and Ruth (Smith) Slagel. He was a 1969 graduate of Gaylord High School. Mel had worked as a custodian at Gaylord High School, at Best Gas, Ferrell Gas, Petrolane, Jervis B. Webb and...

Nov 14, 2013

Donald E. Baker, 55 of Johannesburg, died at home on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Born on August 29, 1958 in Mt. Clemens, Don was the son of Clarence and Jean (Stager) Baker. Don worked for General Motors for several years, and had lived in Johannesburg the last 13 years. He enjoyed hunting, working on antique cars, and he...

Nov 6, 2013

Henry J. Johnson, 43 of Gaylord died at Tendercare of Gaylord on Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Born on August 10, 1970 in Brinkley, AR, he was the son of Oliver and Annie Johnson. Henry is survived by his sister, Martha Spann and brothers, Jimmy Smith, Oliver Johnson III and Richard Johnson. Funeral arrangements are by Gaylord Community Funeral...

Nov 5, 2013

Beatrice Ann Waterstradt, 66 of Bellaire,died at Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility in Bellaire on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Born in Saginaw on May 22, 1947, Beatrice was the daughter of Frank and Ruth (Sackrider) Waterstradt. She enjoyed playing bingo, ceramics and other crafts and shopping. Surviving are sisters Ruth Firman of Elmira, Norma Meacham of Saginaw and...

Nov 3, 2013

Wilbur Volkening, 90 of Gaylord passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Hiland Cottage in Petoskey.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Ruth (Hay) Volkening; son, Charles (Helene) Volkening; granddaughter, Christie (Greg) Chiles and great grandsons, Andrew, Kyle and Lucas. Also surviving are his brother and sister in law, Robert (Elva) Petro...