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Donald L. Lawson

Donald L. Lawson

Jul 2, 2020

age 58.

Loving husband of Pam for 38 years. Beloved father of Johnathan (Jenny), Rachel (Shawn) Kobe, and Kyle (Michelle). Devoted papa of Joshua and Lily. Caring brother of Wayne (Debbie), Wendell 'Tudor' (Cindy), Ron (Debby), and the late Ernie. Survived by many nieces and nephews and friends.

Visitation Sunday 3-7 and Monday 10am-12pm with...

Kenneth E. Hall

Kenneth E. Hall

Jul 2, 2020

Age 58

Beloved Husband of Debra for 25 years. Dear Father of Tiana (Quarry) Walden, Avvie (Brenon) Lett, Anthony Graves, Terrell Mickels, Cornelius Mickels, and Kendra Hall. Loving Grandfather of Dayon, Kamiya, Aniyah, Darielle Madison, Quariana, Paris, Kassidy, Cayden, Ar'solai, Armontay and Naima. Brother of William Espy Hall.

Visitation: Friday, July 17th from 10 a.m...

George Polocoser

George Polocoser

Jul 1, 2020

Age 84

Beloved husband of the late Maria. Loving father of Mickey, Peter (Michelle), Lazar (Virginia), Oltea (Peter) Talpaa, Viorel (Nicoletta), Elena (Gavril) Vese, Corneliu (Cornelia), Viorica (Marian) Iordan, Daniel, Lacrimioara (Nick) Balmus, Lidia (Stefan) Ilasca, and Benjamin (Angela). Cherished grandfather of 93 and great grandfather of 18.

In State Monday and Tuesday 5pm-9pm with...

Betty J. Long

Betty J. Long

Jun 29, 2020

Age 87

Beloved wife of the late George Ernest for 31 years.  Loving mother of Michael, Sherry (Rick) Tenorio, Debra, Nancy and Amy (Tom) Dwyer.  Dear mother-in-law of Elisa Alvarenga.  Cherished grandmother of Brian Tenorio, Jason Tenorio, Carolina Long, Tyler Dwyer and Zachary Dwyer.  Adored sister-in-law of LaWanda Jackson.  Dearest sister of the late Albert (Mae) Jackson...

Judi Severin

Judi Severin

Jun 29, 2020

Age 81.

Dearest wife of the late Ron. Loving mother of Lynne, Glenn (Carol), and Lisa (Mike) Pallozzi. Cherished grandmother of Carlye, Ronnie, Elaine, Louis, and John. Dear sister of Peter (Sue) Brevik. She was very dearly loved and will be deeply missed, especially by her beloved dog, Harry.

Memorial Visitation Tuesday 9:30am until the...

Shirley Tankersley

Shirley Tankersley

Jun 29, 2020

Age 84

Beloved wife of the late George. Dear mother of David (Lynn), Doug (Susan), Liz (Bob) Kosowski, Karen (Slingshot Rick and the late Michael) Baltrip, Susan, Matthew, Christine (Yvan). Loving grandmother of Ashley (Garret), Tyler (fiance Dannielle), Stephanie (fiance Jacob), Tayler, Kaitlin, Andrew, and Austin. Great grandmother of Lily. Sister of Ed (Joann) Kaczorowski. Aunt of...

Alfred Kuhn

Alfred Kuhn

Jun 28, 2020

Age 92

Beloved husband of Daisy for 68 years. Loving father of Terry (Peter) Allen, Linda LeRuth, and Michael (Carol) Kuhn. Grandfather of Courtney Aaron, Whitney (Ryan) Wilson, Kyle (Nadine) Aaron, Isaac LeRuth, Miranda LeRuth, Sara (Sean) Weakley, Cassandra (Clif) Bratcher and Nathan (Kathia) Kuhn, as well as several great-grandchildren.

Alfred retired from Ford Motor...

Karen M. Marchuck

Karen M. Marchuck

Jun 27, 2020

age 64.

Beloved wife of the late Scott.  Dear sister of William (Anita) Ganzak, Michael (Penny) Ganzak, Thomas (Debbie) Ganzak, Dennis (Candace) Ganzak, James (Marisa) Ganzak and Anne (Patrick) Gaffka. Beloved aunt of Patrick (Brooke), Madison, Mitchell (Rachel), Michael, Mac (Kenzie), Brandon, Justin, Cassie, Jacob and Samantha Ganzak, John, Emily and Sarah Gaffka. Great aunt of 4....

Betty Jean Vorpagel

Betty Jean Vorpagel

Jun 26, 2020

Betty died peacefully after a short illness at the age 89.

Loving wife of the late Robert A. Vorpagel. Beloved mother of Nancy (the late Steve) Wasilevich, Bob (Pat) Vorpagel, and Eve (John) Muscat. Cherished grandmother of Stephen Wasilevich, Robert (Victoria) Wasilevich, Sarah (Evan) Kobes, Dan Vorpagel, Andrew Vorpagel, and Jennifer Muscat.  Proud great-grandmother of five.

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Faith E. Berg

Faith E. Berg

Jun 26, 2020

Faith Berg of Dearborn Heights passed on June 26, 2020, age 87.   Born Faith Cook on September 15, 1932 in Harrison, Ohio to William and Florence Cook, at age 5 her family relocated to Ypsilanti, MI where she graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1950 as a national merit scholar recipient. Excelling at piano and voice as a youth,...

Gerald "Jerry" Trullard

Gerald "Jerry" Trullard

Jun 24, 2020

Age 82

Loving father of Tammy Trullard (Dale) Brown, DDS, Traci (Michael) Fusco, Tiffanie (Sean) Smith, and Thomas. Papa T of Carlee, Chas (Kaitlin), Robert (Lauren), Alexander, Mario, Taylor, and Maria. Great grandfather of Aiden and Charlie. Brother of Edward.  Long time loving companion of Cozetta Mayle.

Visitation Friday 10 am until the 12 pm...

James C. Phillips

James C. Phillips

Jun 22, 2020

Age 87

Beloved husband of Mary Lou (nee: Koenig) for 65 years. Dear father of Deborah (Bob) Casey, Sandra (Randy) Rodriguez, James (Carole), Timothy (Teresa), Ralph (Maureen), Robert (Cindy), and Steven (Gina). Loving grandfather of 14 and great grandfather of 12. Brother-in-law of Bob Koenig.

Private services will be held at a later date, with...

John Urbani

John Urbani

Jun 18, 2020

John Urbani (born Giovanni Urbani in Gemona, Italy), age 79, passed away on Thursday, June 18 in Livonia, Michigan after a hard-fought battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Son of the late Giacomo Urbani and Amalia Urbani, Mr. Urbani is survived by his beloved children John Urbani, Mark Urbani (Kim), and...

Robert Louis Anders

Robert Louis Anders

Jun 17, 2020

Age 77

Beloved husband of Georgette. Dear father of Robert (Abby), Shane (Julie) and Bill (Angela). Loving grandfather of Jack, Sam, Luke, Arden, William, Shane and Molly. Dearest brother of Ray, Marie (Leroy Howard, and the late Mary (Don) Droege, Montie Kerley and Fred.

Robert was a dedicated and loving husband, father, and grandfather. He...

David Garcia

David Garcia

Jun 17, 2020

David Garcia. Age 50. David passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Son of Gladys Garcia. Dearest brother of Jose, Eddie and Jaime. Dear uncle of Nichole, Heather, Andrew, Taylor, Kayla, Brianna, Viktoria, Kristina and Jaime Jr. David was a kind and hardworking person. He was a sports and car enthusiast and took pleasure in modifying his Ford Mustang....

Dorothy D. Plakas

Dorothy D. Plakas

Jun 17, 2020

Age 91.

Beloved wife of the late Jim. Also survived by many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great great nieces and nephews. She was very dearly loved and will deeply missed by many many friends.

In State Saturday 9:30am until the 10:30am Private Funeral Mass at Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox...

Erick Bruner

Erick Bruner

Jun 17, 2020

Age 49.

Beloved son of Nancy and Lawrence. Loving brother of Kurt. Dear friend of Howard.

Memorial Visitation, Thursday, 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at the John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Home, 1139 Inkster Road, Garden City (Between Ford Road and Cherry Hill).

Edward Kril

Edward Kril

Jun 13, 2020

Age 78 of Detroit Michigan.

Beloved husband of the late Betty. Loving father to Deanna (Gregory) Mullinax and Denise (Robert) Ohm. Cherished grandfather of Gregory Jr., Mya and Jacob. Dearest brother of William (Patricia) Kril and Patricia (Larry) Belczak. Loving uncle to many nephews and nieces. Preceded in death by his parents Jozef and Zofia Kril, and...

Michael Leo Barrett

Michael Leo Barrett

Jun 11, 2020

Michael Leo Barrett. Age 83. Leo passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Beloved husband of Nina Jean Barrett. Loving father of Michael T. Barrett, James J. C. (Yu Chen) Barrett, Gary C. (Kristen) Barrett, Judy A. (nee: Barrett) Ivanyi, Edward C. (Jennifer) Barrett and John D. Barrett. Cherished grandfather of Justin, Alexander, Athena, Abrianna, Katie, Daniel, Julia, Stephanie,...

Joseph Sabou

Joseph Sabou

Jun 10, 2020

Age 85

Beloved husband of Magdalena. Loving father of Joe (Elena), Adrian, Dinu (Violeta), Marius (Lidia), Lena (Benjamin), Gabriela (Dan), Claudia (Alex), Marcel (Lumi), Sorin (Mihaela), Benny (Cori), Ovi (Tabitha), Gino (Nadia), Cornel, and Daniela (Daniel). Cherished grandfather of Chris (Evelyn), Tim (Linda), Jessica (Derek), Jennifer (Anthony), Daivd (Rebeca), Joshua, Jonathon, Nathan, Jacob, Naomi, Rachel, Rebecca, Jason,...

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