Obituaries
Betty Jo Keeler
Dec 25, 2024
Betty Jo Keeler, a devoted and loving mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2024, at HealthSource Saginaw.
Betty was born on March 16, 1927, in Oklahoma. She spent her career as a switchboard operator for the telephone company, King Communications, and Blue Care Network. She had a flair for sewing and crafting, and she delighted in collecting...
Rolland Joseph Murray Sr.
Dec 24, 2024
Rolland “Rollie” Joseph Murray Sr. of Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at Covenant Medical Center-Cooper in Saginaw. He was 76 years old. He was born on March 20, 1948, in Saginaw, Michigan. His parents were the late Nicanor and Rose (Jaime) Zapata. He...
Penny Sue Reimers
Dec 24, 2024
Penny Sue Reimers of Saginaw, Michigan, never met a slot machine or casino she didn’t love. Our beloved mother, grandmother, and sister passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at 78 years old. Penny Sue DeShone was born on May 29, 1946, in Saginaw, Michigan, to the late Marshall Verne and Leona Mae (Loranger)...
Theodore E. Metiva
Dec 23, 2024
Theodore E. Metiva, of Bridgeport, MI, passed away, at the age of 87, surrounded by his family, on December 23rd, 2024. He was the son of the late Thomas Elmer (Al) Metiva and Dorothy Vesterfelt Metiva. He was born on May 29, 1937, in Saginaw, MI. He was married to Janet L. Baugh Metiva on May 17, 1958. She survives...
Eleanor G. Baker
Dec 23, 2024
Eleanor G. Baker
Saginaw Township, MI
Passed away on December 23, 2024 at the wonderful age of 105.
Eleanor was born on January 6, 1919 in Saginaw, the daughter of the late Albert and Gladys (Fehrman) Scheib. After her father passed, when Eleanor was 6 months old, Murriel Murray took on the role of loving father to her. She owned and operated a...
Samuel D. "Sam" Benjamin
Dec 20, 2024
Samuel D. “Sam” Benjamin of St. Charles, Michigan
Passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, December 20, 2024. He was 77 years old. Samuel D. Benjamin was born to the late Charles and Maxine (Esterling) Benjamin on March 21, 1947. They moved to Merrill around 1955. He was a proud 1965 graduate of Merrill High School. He married the love...
Tracey Rose Niedrich
Dec 20, 2024
Tracey Rose Niedrich of Birch Run, Michigan
Went home to be with the Lord peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Friday, December 20, 2024. She was 68 years old. Tracey R. Fisher was born on August 27, 1956, in Saginaw, Michigan to the late Richard and Janet (Thompson) Fisher. She was a 1974 graduate of Vassar...
Ronald C. Richey
Dec 18, 2024
Ronald C. Richey
Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved brother and friend passed away on December 18, 2024 at Covenant Health Care at the age of 75 years.
The son of the late William and Clare (Gaertner) Richey, Ron was born on January 4, 1949, in Saginaw, Michigan. He graduated from Bridgeport High School with the class of 1967. Ron was drafted into the U.S. Army...
Cynthia Sue Buszka
Dec 18, 2024
Cynthia S. Buszka of Hemlock, MI
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and soon to be great grandmother, sister, and friend passed away on 12/18/2024 at the age of 71 years.
The daughter of the late Leonard and Beverly Soik was born on November 23 in Alpena Michigan. She graduated from Hillman High School and Delta College. Cynthia married David Buszka on August 14,...
Randy F. Beach
Dec 17, 2024
Our loving husband, father, grandfather and brother went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at the age of 72 years.
Randy was born on March 9, 1952, son of the late Frank and Clara (Fournier) Beach, in Saginaw. He retired from General Motors, Malleable Iron Plant after many dedicated years of service and had been a...
Kevin Michael Armstrong
Dec 17, 2024
Kevin Michael Armstrong passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at the age of 68. He was born on October 16, 1956, in Saginaw, Michigan, to the late William Maxwell Armstrong and Phyllis Eleanor (Brownell) Armstrong.
He was a devoted auto mechanic, Kevin dedicated his career to the automotive industry, initially working for Draper's in Saginaw before realizing his lifelong dream...
Geraldine Ruth Schwind
Dec 17, 2024
Geraldine Ruth was born to John and Mollie Humpert on November 17, 1943. And she left this life to join them in Heaven on December 17, 2024. Geraldine graduated from Merrill High School in 1962 and married Robert Schwind that October. She spent most of her adult life the owner of a craft business Geri’s Wood ‘N’ Things. She also...
Delfina Castillo
Dec 15, 2024
Our loving mother, grandmother, great and great-great grandmother went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at the age of 93 years.
Delfina was born on December 24, 1931, daughter of the late Juan and Estefana (Alonzo) Godina, in Fentress, Texas. She retired from St. Mary’s Hospital as a Licensed Practical Nurse with 39 dedicated years of...
Raymond C. Sperling
Dec 14, 2024
Raymond passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at the age of 91 years. Raymond was born on June 14, 1933, son of the late Herman G. and Helena (Sommer) Sperling, in Saginaw. Raymond married Goldie Catherine Stone on August 30, 1958. She predeceased him on January 1, 2019. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army and...
Phyllis J. Franz
Dec 13, 2024
Phyllis J. Franz
Passed away Friday, December 13, 2024. Age 95 years. She was Born August 26, 1929, in Saginaw, to the late Elizabeth and Carl Hinte.
Phyllis graduated from Arthur Hill High School with the class of 1947. She married Huber Franz in July of 1949. He predeceased her in April of 1982. Phyllis was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian...
Mary M. DuRussel
Dec 12, 2024
Loved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and dear friend passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Westland, holding her daughter’s hand, on Thursday, December 12, 2024. She was a proud 1955 graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Merrill, MI. She met Floyd J. DuRussel, while polka dancing at the Ace of Club and they married in 1964.
Mary was...
Ione Joy Brady
Dec 12, 2024
Ione Joy Brady
Hemlock, Michigan
Passed away Thursday, December 12, 2024, at MediLodge of Midland. Age 86 years.
The daughter of the late Florence (Cutting) and Melvin Y. Collver was born July 27, 1938, in Saginaw, Michigan. She married Alonzo Brady. He passed away July 28, 2003. She enjoyed antiques.
Surviving are her brother, Theodore N. Collver Sr. and his wife, Phyllis; many nieces...
Ruth Ann Hilton
Dec 11, 2024
Ruth Ann Hilton (Tremblay)
Saginaw, Michigan
A devoted teacher and beloved family member, Ruth Ann Hilton (Tremblay) passed away on December 11, 2024, in Saginaw at the age of 84. Born on April 30, 1940 to the late Cyril and Vera Tremblay (Jones), Ruth Ann touched many lives throughout her personal endeavors.
A graduate of Central Michigan University, she dedicated her life to...
Karen Hartlep Metiva Sobkowiak
Dec 11, 2024
Our loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away at home surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, December 11, 2024.
Karen was born on July 14, 1942, daughter of the late Edward and Ella (Dino) Hartlep, in Kochville. She married Alton E. Metiva on January 4, 1964. He predeceased her on August 17, 1969. On October 15, 1971, Karen married...
Barbara L. "Barb" Hogan
Dec 10, 2024
Barbara Louise “Barb” Hogan of Merrill, Michigan
Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at Quincy Place Senior Living in Holland. She was 84 years old. Barbara Louise DeLaVergne was born on September 6, 1940, in Saginaw, Michigan to the late Randall G. and Irene B. (Cushway)...
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