Obituaries
Kenneth Ross Brandt
Oct 13, 2017
Loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 13, 2017 after a brief battle with cancer at the age of 68 years. The son of the late Frederick Ross and Kathleen (Rigg) Brandt was born on December 27, 1948 in Saginaw. He married Anna Haske on October 23, 1994; she survives him. Ken retired from...
Barbara Ann Taylor
Oct 12, 2017
Barbara Ann Taylor Hemlock, Michigan Loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017. Age 61 years. She was born September 18, 1956 in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of Doris (Kretz) and the late Melvin Guettler. She married Larry Taylor, October 5, 2000. He survives her. Barbara spent the majority of her career in the meat...
Carol Wachner
Oct 12, 2017
Carol Wachner Murphy, Texas formerly of AuGres and Saginaw, Michigan Passed away on October 12, 2017, at the age of 85 years. Carol was born in Saginaw, Michigan April 24, 1932, to the late Harry C. Hensel Sr. and Eleanor Rea Stull. She resided in Saginaw, MI most of her life and AuGres Michigan in her retirement years. For the...
Mark Jeffrey McKay
Oct 12, 2017
Mark passed away at the age of 61 on October 12, 2017. May he find peace and comfort with the Lord. Mark was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 20, 1955. He is the son of the late Archie McKay, Jr. and Ruth (Ward) McKay. He attended West Aurora High School. Soon after high school he became the owner of...
Doris H. Beiser
Oct 11, 2017
Doris H. Beiser Saginaw, Michigan Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at the age of 91 years. Doris Hertz was born July 20, 1926 in Saginaw to the late Frank S. and Alma A. (Dirker) Hertz. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School in 1944 and married Vernard G. Beiser on October 18,...
Ada Mae Crapo Schneider
Oct 10, 2017
Ada Mae Crapo Schneider Saginaw, Michigan Our beloved mother and grandmother went home to the Lord on October 7, 2017, at the age of 94 years. Ada Mae was born February 20, 1923, in Owosso to the late Carl and Fern (Wallace) Randall. She married James Crapo on April 11, 1940. They moved to Saginaw in 1955. Upon retiring they...
Veronica Strudgeon
Oct 9, 2017
Veronica Flores Strudgeon, age 49, of Saginaw, MI, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, aunt (Tita), and sister, was called to her Glory on October 9th with her family by her side after a battle with cancer. She was united in Holy matrimony with her husband, Ray Strudgeon in Saginaw on February 5, 2005. He survives her. Also surviving are her...
Valentine John "V.J." Kwater
Oct 9, 2017
Kwater, Valentine John "V.J." Saginaw, Ml) Passed away Monday, October 9, 2017, at the home of his brother, David, in Wayland, Michigan, at the age of 63 years. The son of Chester and Lucille Bott Kwater was born on April 1, 1954, in Saginaw. He had formerly worked for Wolgast Construction and Graham Construction. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, traveling,...
Donna Mae Knight
Oct 9, 2017
Donna M. Knight Saginaw, Michigan Our beloved mother and grandmother went home to the Lord on October 9, 2017, at the age of 86 years. Donna was born September 29, 1931, in Saginaw to the late Ervin and Alice (Matula) Jarvis. She held various jobs throughout her lifetime. She worked for Gordons Dairy Bar, Bell telephone, and at Knights market...
Edmund Ray Nagel
Oct 9, 2017
Passed away on Monday, October 9, 2017 at the age of 79 years. Edmund Nagel was born in Saginaw, Ml on March 28, 1938 to Edmund and Helen Nagel. He attended Arthur Hill High School and graduated in 1956. He then attended Bay City Junior College and obtained an associates degree of mechanical drawing. He met the love of his...
Robert Charles Bishop
Oct 8, 2017
Robert Charles Bishop Hemlock, Michigan Our loving and caring husband, father, and grandfather went home to the Lord on October 8, 2017, at the age of 67 years. Bob was born December 25, 1949, in Saginaw to the late George and Sarah (Savage) Bishop. He served in the U.S. Army as a parachute rigger. He owned Cornerstone Fabricating and Construction....
Ann Marie Skuczas
Oct 8, 2017
Ann Marie Skuczas Merrill, Michigan Our loving wife, mother and sister, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017, age 44 years. She was born on April 23, 1973 in Syracuse, NY, daughter of the late Robert and Karan (Brimmer) Cummings. Ann married Keith Skuczas on April 25, 2000, he survives her. She enjoyed gardening, painting, cooking and spending time with...
Joseph Patrick "The Bread Man" Sweeney, Sr.
Oct 7, 2017
Passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017, at Covenant- Cooper. Age 68 years. The son of Beatrice (Vance) and the late Jack Sweeney was born July 28, 1949 in Saginaw, Michigan. He married Kay Lytle, January 25, 1969. She survives him. Joseph was employed by Napolitano Bakery for many years until owning and operating Tonys Own Bakery in St. Charles until...
David W. Allen
Oct 7, 2017
David W. Allen Thomas Township, Michigan Loving husband and father went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the age of 73 years. David was born in Saginaw, Michigan on September 16, 1944 to the late Ernest F. and Mildred M. (Briggs) Allen. He was a graduate of Hemlock High School, Class of 1962. Dave met...
Carol Rose Moulton
Oct 4, 2017
Carol Rose Moulton Saginaw, Michigan Our Mom, daughter, sister and friend, Carol (Poellet) Moulton, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at the age of 55 years after a hard-fought battle with cancer. She boldly witnessed her faith to others during her long journey, and she inspired many others with her unrelenting...
Gerald L. Decker
Oct 3, 2017
GERALD L. DECKER Passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Vista Gardens Memory Care in Vista, California. Age 95 years. Gerald ("Jerry") was born October 11, 1921, in Midland, Michigan, son of the late Harold and Bernice (Brady) Decker. Jerry married the love of his life, Florence Soper, in 1943, and they enjoyed 73 wonderful years together. She...
Sophia M. Lockwood
Oct 2, 2017
Sophia M. Lockwood Frankenmuth, Michigan Passed away on October 2, 2017, at the age of 98 years. Sophia was born November 19, 1918, in Saginaw to the late George and Helen (Paquette) Koinis. In her youth, she enjoyed speed skating with her sisters, a hobby she passed down to her son. She was very proud to work in the Popcorn...
Wayne Martin Volz
Oct 1, 2017
Wayne Martin Volz Lakeland, Florida Formerly of Saginaw Passed away in Lakeland, FL where he has resided for the past 25 years, on Sunday, October 1, 2017, age 86 years. He was born on August 16, 1931, son of the late Martin J. and Emily Geraldine (Basner) Volz, in Caro. Wayne graduated from Vassar High School, Class of 1949 and...
Michael R. Smith
Sep 30, 2017
Michael R. Smith was born in Detroit, MI to Joseph R. and Helen A. Smith. He attended Parochial School till his Father's Company transferred the family to Saginaw, Michigan. He graduated from Arthur Hill high School. He was an Army Veteran. He married his wife Peggy in Tampa, Florida. They returned to Saginaw a few years later. They had five...
Suzanne (Sue) H. Wenzel
Sep 30, 2017
Suzanne "Sue" H. Wenzel, 76, loving wife, mother, and grandmother was peacefully called home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on September 30, 2017 while surrounded by her loved ones. Suzanne was born on May 6, 1941 in Saginaw, Michigan, and was the daughter of the late Chris and Evelyn (Potier) Gross of Saginaw, Michigan. She married...