Obituaries
Josephine Anthes
Feb 7, 2004
Dolly M. Anthes, 90, of Cass City, died Saturday, February 7, 2004. She was born April 3, 1913 in an apartment over the old Vance Store in Cass City to Owen and Ethel (Warner) Kilbourn. Her mother died three days after her birth. At the age of one month, Dolly, along with her brother Mark, was adopted by John and...
Barbara Creason
Feb 3, 2004
Barbara A. Creason, 67, of Cass City, died Tuesday, February 3, 2004 in Bay Medical Center, Bay City. She was born November 17, 1936 in Lincoln Park to Thomas and Winifred (Schwaderer) Short. She married Charles Creason Sr. July 20, 1979 in Cass City. Barbara was a wonderful homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family. She loved life and...
Mildred Smith
Jan 21, 2004
Mildred G. Smith, 88, of Cass City, died Wednesday, January 21, 2004 in Tendercare Nursing Facility, Cass City. She was born June 25, 1915 in Brown City to George and Lucie (McRae) Gleasure. She married J. E. Smith October 8, 1938 in Decker. Millie graduated from Brown City High School. She worked at Universal Oil Seal in Pontiac for many...
Jacqueline Freiburger
Jan 17, 2004
Jackie Freiburger, 77, of Cass City, died Saturday, January 17, 2004 in University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor. She was born July 8, 1926 in Flynn Township to O’Connell Miles and Vida (Byrne) Sullivan. She married Elden Bernard “Barney” Freiburger June 8, 1946 in St. Roch Catholic Church, Sandusky, making their home in Cass City where Barney had a grocery...
Eva Hoagg
Jan 15, 2004
Eva M. Hoagg, 94, of Decker, died Thursday, January 15, 2004 in Hills & Dales General Hospital, Cass City. She was born March 13, 1909 in Evergreen Township to Louis and Mary (Bullis) Travis. She married Andrew Hoagg November 24, 1926 in Cass City. He died June 12, 1989. Eva farmed with her husband and worked at Hills and Dales...
Dale Cummings
Jan 9, 2004
Dale E. Cummings, 62, of Kingston, died January 9, 2004 surrounded by his family in Covenant Health Care-Cooper, Saginaw. He was born March 22, 1941 in Brown City to Eugene and Virginia (Houghteling) Cummings. He married Judy McPhail January 10, 1970 in Caro. Dale started working at General Motors. He later worked field tiling with his father. The majority of...
Doris Golding
Jan 9, 2004
Doris A. Golding, 77, of Cass City, died Friday, January 9, 2004 in Tendercare Nursing Facility. She was born April 7, 1926 in Pontiac to Roland and Hazel (Chapel) Pearson. She married Keith Klinkman in 1947,. He died October 8, 1973. She later married Ed Golding in 1969. Doris was a very independent and industrious woman. She worked in the...
Donald Thomas
Jan 9, 2004
Donald A. Thomas, 88, of Cass City, formerly of Clarkston, died Friday, January 9, 2004 in Huron County Medical Care Facility, Bad Axe. He was born June 20, 1915 in Detroit to Charles Dart and Mable M. (Ferguson) Thomas. He married June Arlene Grimm February 8, 1941 in Farmington. Donald graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit and attended Albion...
Wanda Burns
Jan 8, 2004
Wanda M. Burns, 84, of Cass City, died Thursday, January 8, 2004 in her home. She was born May 23, 1919 in Dayton Township to Horace and Grace (Hodges) Clement. She married John J. Burns October 17, 1939 in Mayville. He died January 8, 2000. Wanda and John owned grocery stores in Kingston, Marlette and North Branch over the years....
Mary Czerny
Jan 2, 2004
Mary Czerny, 95, of Cass City, died Friday, January 2, 2004 at Covenant Health Care-Harrison, Saginaw. She was born December 5, 1908 in Washington to Frank and Anna (Koshosnoski) Roman. She married Leo Czerny in 1935 in Big Creek, KY. He died over 30 years ago. Mary worked at Chrysler in the mail room. She enjoyed her flower garden. Mary...
Lula Glassford
Dec 19, 2003
Lula M. Glassford, 93, of Corunna, formerly of Kingston, died Friday, December 19, 2003 in Shiawassee County Medical Care Facility, after a long illness. She was born October 1, 1910 in Kingston to Charles and Elta (Warner) Sanford. Lula attended school in the Kingston area, leaving upon her marriage in 1924. She worked as a nurses aid for Tuscola County...
Gertrude Erla
Dec 16, 2003
Gertrude C. Erla, 73, of Cass City, died Tuesday, December 16, 2003 in St. Marys Medical Center, Saginaw. She was born July 29, 1930 in Hamtramck to John and Genevieve (Kowalski) Erla. Gertie never married. Growing up, Gertie helped her mom with the care of and meals for her 11 brothers and sisters. Her favorite pastime was watching the weather....
Robert Hammond
Dec 15, 2003
Robert L. Hammond, 67, of Kingston, died Sunday, December 14, 2003 in his home after a short illness. He was born May 14, 1936 in Gladwin to Oscar and Katherine (Camp) Hammond. He married Carolyn C. Rocker September 29, 1973 in Richmond. They moved from Richmond to Kingston about three years ago. Bob served in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne....
Helen Spitza
Dec 12, 2003
Helen M. Spitza died at home on December 12, 2003 in Cass City. She was born September 24, 1915 in Detroit to Frank and Bernice (Wergzyn) Glogowski. She married Marcus Spitza September 10, 1938 in Detroit. He died October 5, 2001. Helen is survived by her daughters: Patricia Wearmouth, Marcia Spitza and Janice (Thomas) Stoeckle all of Cass City and...
George Wright
Dec 12, 2003
George A. Wright, 83, of Cass City, died Friday, December 12, 2003 in Saginaw. He was born May 5, 1920 in Paris, France to William and Helen (Delsaert) Wright. He married Nellie Mae Glatz June 14, 1941 in Fraser. She died October 3, 1999. George was a member of Redemption Lutheran Church in Detroit. He worked for the city of...
Wilda Nemeth
Dec 9, 2003
Wilda R. Nemeth, 67, of Kingston, died Tuesday, December 9, 2003 in Bay Medical Center, Bay City. She was born January 8, 1936 in Port Huron to Henry and Leone (Palmer) Zemke. She married Edward Nemeth February 26, 1955, in Caro. Wilda graduated from Cass City High School in 1953. She worked as a secretary for Kingston High School for...
Louis Franks
Dec 3, 2003
Louis Franks Jr., 92, of Cass City, died Wednesday, December 3, 2003 in Lapeer General Hospital. He was born November 26, 1911 in Dayton, OH to Louis Sr. and Mary (Nagy) Franks. He married Irene Orban April 23, 1938 at St. Agatha Catholic Church in Gagetown. Louis was a farmer and carpenter in Cass City. He was a member of...
Megan Cronk
Nov 28, 2003
Megan C. Cronk, 18, of Cass City, died Friday, November 28, 2003 in an automobile accident on her way to work in Saginaw. She was born August 12, 1985 in Normal, IL to Samuel J. and Sarah A. (Black) Cronk. Megan graduated from Cass City High School in May of 2003. She was currently completing her first semester at Delta...
Rose Ann Lapeer
Nov 20, 2003
Rose Ann Lapeer, 64, of Deford, died Thursday, November 20, 2003 in her home. She was born September 6, 1939 in Mt. Clemens to Leo and Emily (Germain) Mueller. She married Gerald Wolfrum April 11, 1957. He died December 27, 1979. She married Donald C. LaPeer September 4, 1981 in St. Michael Catholic Church, Wilmot. Rose Ann worked many jobs...
Raymond Stachura
Nov 19, 2003
Raymond J. Stachura, 67, of Deford, died Wednesday, November 19, 2003 in his home. He was born July 27, 1936 in Detroit, to Jacob and Mary (Skutnik) Stachura. He married Antoinette V. Zella November 7, 1964 in Detroit. They have lived in the Deford area since 1978. Ray was a self-employed real estate salesman and insurance salesman. He was a...