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Carolyn 'Cat' Clark
Apr 26, 2025
Carolyn "Cat" Delores Clark of Dearborn Heights, MI.
Born in St. Paul, Kentucky to the late Charles and Mary Harr.
Devoted Mother of Don Klovski (Lori), Carol Umlor (Vic), Sheryll Kimbel (Dave), and Russell Clark. Preceded in death by her precious children: Carol Lynn, Lynn Carol, Darold, and Gerald Klovski; Curtis, Ronald, Cynthia, and Edward...
Arthur R. Chaskin
Apr 25, 2025
Age 75.
Beloved husband of the late Charlotte. Loving dad of Brian (Maddy) and Amber (Jack) Kirk. Cherished papa of Charlotte, J.T., and Kaiya. Dear brother of Stan (Donna) and Ronnie. He was very dearly loved and will be deeply missed by many nieces, nephews, family members, and friends, especially his beloved Scorpion Club brothers. He proudly...
Vincenta 'Vincie' Jones
Apr 25, 2025
Vincenta (Vincie) Marie Jones, a beloved wife, mother, Mimi, sister, aunt, and friend passed away from appendiceal cancer (metastasized) on April 25th, 2025, at the age of 60 in her home in Howell, Michigan, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Detroit, Michigan on November 20th, 1964, Vincie was the fourth of six girls (Raquel, Renee, Tina, Toni, Nicole)...
Vale Michael Ziemba
Apr 23, 2025
Age 69
Beloved husband of Debra. Father of Matthew H. (Amanda). Step-father of Jennifer (Andy) and Julie. Grandfather of Bailey, Ryanne, Luke, Paige, John, Quinn, and Sloane. Brother of Dan (Marcy), Karl (Dee), Carol (Michael), Darlene (David), Fred, and the late Conrad. Uncle to several nieces and nephews. Vale leaves behind a host of friends who will...
Gladys Babinski
Apr 23, 2025
Age 90
Beloved wife of the late Henry for 58 years. Loving mother of Andrea (Jim) Lubinski, Toni (Gary) Vaughn, and Lisa (Phil) Tall. Â Cherished grandma of Zachary (Natalie), Joseph (Heather), and Garrett (Emily). Â Adored great-grandma of Vera and Henry. Â She was dearly loved and will be missed by family members and friends, especially her granddog, Lainey....
Fred N. Dansby
Apr 20, 2025
Retired Police Chief Fred N. Dansby, 93, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away peacefully, at National Healthcare in Murfreesboro.
Born in Detroit, MI, Fred moved to Tennessee in 2003 after residing in Northville, MI.
Chief Dansby earned his Doctored of Education from Wayne State at the age of 62. He served in the U.S. Marines 1952-1954...
Clarence Adam Smola
Apr 19, 2025
Age 87
Beloved husband of the late Sharon. Dear father of Thomas, Maureen (Don) Larsen, Mark (Rochelle), Samantha (J.R.) DeLaRosa, and the late Michael. Loving grandfather of Bradley Smola, Marissa VanNest, Nick Larsen, Melissa Larsen, and Anthony DeLaRosa. Dear brother of the late Raymond Swall, Richard (Eleanor), Lorraine (Robert) Miner, and Frances (Richard) Kless.
Scott Joseph Cooker
Apr 19, 2025
Beloved husband of Janet "Sis" for 35 years. Loving dad of Donald (Amy), Amanda (Logan Charlton), and the late Laura Jean. Cherished papa of Maisyn and Wyatt. Dear brother of Karen (Dave McCoy). He was very dearly loved and will be deeply missed by many nieces, nephews, cousins, family members and friends, especially his faithful fur babies Colt and...
Lamonte Drouillard
Apr 18, 2025
Age 86
Son of the late Chester and Evelyn. Brother of the late Cynthia (Allie) Abbas. Uncle of Jeffery Abbas, and Cynthia Abbas.
Burial to take place on Thursday 1pm at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit.
Debra L. Gleason
Apr 17, 2025
Debra is survived by her son James Grenham and his father Ken Grenham. She was proceeded in death by her children Bobby and Shannon.
Daughter of Darlene Eichendorf and the late James Gleason. Sister of Jeff and Dawn.
Visitation Wednesday 10:00 am until the 1:00 pm Funeral service at the John N. Santeiu & Son...
Geza J. Kogler
Apr 16, 2025
Geza Kogler Obituary
11/171931 – 04/16/2025  Age 93
Loving husband of Pamela Evelyn, dear father of Geza Frank (Pam), Jayna (Paul), Bela (Stacey), Stefan (Jenny) and Zsuzsi (Mike), grandfather of Geza Frank II, Zsanielle, Tyffany, Heather, Samantha, Jed, Wade, Brogan, Tegan, Flynn, Cody, Drew, Kelli Rose & Sami Jo and great grandfather of Tristen, Tucker,...
Barbara A. Mifsud
Apr 16, 2025
Age 69
Beloved mother of Lianne (Aaron) White. Loving grandmother of Liliana, Brayden and Colton. Dear sister of John (Karen) Costello, Shelly Nagel, Stanley Jr. (Michelle) Costello and the late Cindy Cunningham. Beloved daughter of the late Stanley and Mary.
Visitation Monday 10 am until the 12:30 pm Funeral Service at the John N. Santeiu...
John J. Graf
Apr 15, 2025
Age 99
Beloved husband of the late Rita. Dear father of Kathleen Videcoq, John (Colleena), Ray (Chris), and Mary (Craig) Podulka. Loving grandfather of Laura (Scott) Spaulding, Amy, Zachary (Kelly) Gowen, Matthew Yee, Paul (Alyssa), Emily (Tim) Fuller, Becca, Elizabeth (Mark) Fritschen, and Nicholas (Elise). Great grandfather of Makayla, Nolan, Henry, Diego, Quinn, Madeleine, Eleanor, Will, Max...
Genevieve Fituch
Apr 14, 2025
Born Genevieve Strug on October 27, 1927 in Hamtramck, Michigan, Jenny is what her family and friends called her. Â She had a sweet, gentle, kind, peaceful spirit. Â Jenny was a peacemaker among her family and friends. Â She had a positive outlook on life and would often quote the song,
"Don't worry, be happy!"
Polish was...
Genevieve Kotlarz
Apr 12, 2025
Age 95
Beloved sister of Chester (Mary Ann), Richard (the late Shirley Ann), and the late Bernard (Julia). Loving aunt of Donald (Debbie), Diane (the late Monte) Hackman, Kevin, Jeffrey, Tiffany (Jason) and the late Robert. Great aunt of Lindsay, Brooke, Ryan, Justin, Andrea, Kelly, and Kristen. Good friend of the late Charles Owens.
In...
Archie A. Hewett, Jr.
Apr 11, 2025
In Loving Memory of Archie Hewett
"Family First" was more than a tattoo—it was how he lived every day.
Archie Hewett—known as "Arch" to his friends and "Dad" to those who loved him most—passed away on April 11th, 2025. He was the kind of man whose legacy is written not just in years,...
Virginia Travis
Apr 11, 2025
Beloved daughter of the late Fred Guyot and Emma Lucier Guyot. Loving mother of the late Barbara Cobb, Donald Travis Jr., William Travis. Dear mother-in-law of Charles Cobb, and Cheryl Travis. Cherished grandmother of Jennifer Cater (Kent), Chris Cobb, Angela (David), Dawn Rehn (Matthew), Natalie Mathison (Paul), and Janet Taylor (Randy). Great grandmother of Alanna, Anna, Emma, Cassidy, Travis,...
Richard A. Morawa
Apr 9, 2025
Age 78
Beloved brother of Victoria (Blaine) Borman, Alan (Lori) Morawa, Kathy (the late Michael) Torni, and Jimmy Morawa. Uncle of Angela (Jim), Brenda (David), Mike (Tina), Melissa, and Adam. Great uncle of Mitchell (Erica), Ryan, Valerie, Chelsea (Nick), Dylan, Devin, Alexander, Savannah, and Christian. Great great uncle to Zepher, Vinnie, June Bug, and Ivy. Godfather of...
Pamela A. Reeves
Apr 4, 2025
Age 74
Beloved wife of Tim for 55 wonderful years. Loving mother of Sheri (Don) Mandell. Devoted grandma of Donny (Laura) Mandell, Drew (Andrea) Mandell; and Great grandma of Colton, Gentry, and Gracelyn. Sister of Stan (Jean) Proudlock, and the late Ron Proudlock and Greg Proudlock. Sister-in-law of Barb Proudlock, and Gloria (Glen) Amenson. Cherished Aunt of...
Yvonne Mary Lowry
Apr 3, 2025
Age 89
Beloved wife of the late John. Dear mother of Susan (Michael) Maher, Marianne, Veronica (Kevin) Flynn, Margaret (Steven) Thibault, John (Heather), Joseph (Emily), Nancy (Dewey) Doyle, Kathleen and Patrick and our brother Sal G.
Grandmother of 19, great-grandmother of three, with two more on the way. Oldest of Frank and Clara, sister of...
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