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Hartley Roy Trygg

Hartley Roy Trygg

Sep 20, 2020

Age 99.

Beloved husband of the late Marie and Emily. Loving father of Ronald, Jeffery (Judy), and Dennis (Carol).  Cherished grandfather of 8. Adored great grandfather of 11.

Visitation Saturday 12pm until the 3pm Funeral Service at the John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Home, 1139 Inkster Road, Garden City, (Between Ford Road and Cherry...

Julianne Kilijanek

Julianne Kilijanek

Sep 20, 2020

Age 74.

Beloved wife of Michael M. for 42 years. Loving daughter of the late Edward L. Theisen & Mary Theisen. Dearest Goddaughter of Jean Gisler. Cherished sister of Marcia Theisen.  Treasured sister-in-law of Pat Kilijanek, Sally Pizzino, and Tom (Darcie) Kilijanek. She will be dearly missed by her nieces and nephews, cousins, neighbors, and friends. Julie...

Mary Louise Mccammon

Mary Louise Mccammon

Sep 19, 2020

Age 85.

Loving wife of Ford for 63 years. Beloved mother of Mark (Julie), Diane (Ray) Hoskins and the late Kathy 'Kit' Blair. Caring Nana of Collin, Emma, Tyler, and Danielle. She will be deeply missed by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A Memorial Service will be held in the future.

Jeffrey Myron Gunsell

Jeffrey Myron Gunsell

Sep 18, 2020

Age 60.

Beloved husband of Jackie (nee: Hanchett) for 32 years. Loving father of Jesslyne (Michael) Malone, and Jason. Amazing grandfather of 4.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family

Eugene 'Whitey' Edward Franckowiak

Eugene 'Whitey' Edward Franckowiak

Sep 17, 2020

Age 81.

Beloved husband of 54 years to Blanche. Loving father of Matt and Nathan (Janelle). Cherished grandfather of Miles and Nolan. Adored brother of Jerome 'Jerry' (Joann), Loretta Smith, Kathleen 'Tina' (Silverio) Mazzella, Michael (Lori) and the late Conrad (late Margaret) and Leonard (survived by his wife Anita).

Visitation Monday 4-7pm at the John...

Marilyn Penelope Lelek

Marilyn Penelope Lelek

Sep 17, 2020

Age 74.

Beloved wife of 51 1/2 years to Roger. Loving mother of Jeffrey (Michelle) and Julie (James) Habel.  Cherished grandmother of Jennifer, Benjamin, Emma, Noah, and Hannah. Treasured sister of Ronald Omilian and Robert Omilian.

Visitation Sunday 2-7pm with a 6pm Rosary at the John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Home, 1139 Inkster Road,...

Christopher C. Roman

Christopher C. Roman

Sep 17, 2020

Age 33.

Loving son of Constantin and Silvia. Devoted and loving brother of Jennifer (Bogdan) Florea.  Fun uncle of Nicole & Elizabeth Florea. He will be deeply missed by aunts, uncles, and many cousins and friends.

Visitation Sunday 2pm until the 7pm Saracusta Service at the John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Home, 1139 Inkster...

Jaime M. Hura

Jaime M. Hura

Sep 16, 2020

Age 42

She is survived by her son Braelyn and their cat, Gizmo. She loved Braelyn with all her heart. Jaime is also survived by her mother, Julia Hura. Her brother, Jarrod. Her niece, Kiera. Her sister, Amie. Her grandmother, Mary Lynn. And her aunts and uncles, Barbara (Dennis), Shelly (Brent), and Sharon. She is also survived...

Richard Anthony Nicholson

Richard Anthony Nicholson

Sep 15, 2020

Richard Nicholson. Age 87. Richard passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on February, 28th, 1933 and was a lifetime resident of Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Beloved husband of Antoinette Nicholson. Loving father of Geralynn Touscany and Richard (Donna) Nicholson. Cherished grandpa of Henry Touscany, Jake Nicholson (Tarah) and Cher Nicholson. There will be...

Norman T. Wiewiura

Norman T. Wiewiura

Sep 14, 2020

Norman died on his birthday at the Age of 66.

Loving husband of the late Angela. Caring brother of Terri(the late Richard) Barnak, George (Linda), Jeff (Linda), Bob (Karen) and Mick (Melanie). "Crazy" uncle of Rick (Audrey), Scott, Brian, Kevin (Edina), Jeffrey, Owen, Jake, Hannah, Brooklyn, Chloe, and Holly. "Silly" GREAT uncle of Ian, Emma, and Julia....

Stephen John Ciochon

Stephen John Ciochon

Sep 13, 2020

Stephen John Ciochon Jr. Age 81. Stephen passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Beloved husband of Andrea Ciochon. Loving father of Stephen (Sue) Ciochon, Sharon (the late Roger) Schultz, Christine (Tom) Flynn and Tim (Julie) Ciochon. Cherished Dzia Dzia of Allison, Joelle, Paige, Michael, Nicholas, Ethan, Marc, Madalyn, William and Katelyn. Dearest son of the late Stephen and...

Anna Evelyn Kosmyna

Anna Evelyn Kosmyna

Sep 12, 2020

Age 94

Beloved wife of the late Steve. Loving mother of Maureen (Rick) Blough, Rev. Dr. Stephen (Tené) Kosmyna, Kevin (Karen) Kosmyna and Judi (Ron) Lindsay. Cherished grandmother of Jeff, Kristyn, Aaron, Daniel, Jenna, and the late Steve. Adored great grandmother of Ethan.

In State Friday 9am until the 10am Funeral Mass at Church of...

Renee Marie Fondaw

Renee Marie Fondaw

Sep 12, 2020

In Loving Memory of Renee Marie Fondaw

October 25 th , 1960 – September 12 th , 2020

Preceded in death by her mother and father Frances and Shirley Crout Billcheck. Survived by her dearest daughter Emily (Joseph) May & Emily's father Kenneth Fondaw. Loving sister to Anthony, Allan, and Todd Billcheck and Heidi Stowell....

Nayef Samhat

Nayef Samhat

Sep 11, 2020

On Friday, September 11, 2020 Hajj Nayef Saied Samhat, loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, died at the age of 94.

Born in Detroit, January 18, 1926, Nayef was one of six children to Saied and Amanda Samhat. Nayef's father immigrated from Lebanon, his mother was U.S. born, and together with their children, ran a...

Laura M. Garrow

Laura M. Garrow

Sep 10, 2020

Age 67

Loving mom of Amy (Justin) Hodges. Cherished grandma of Carter. Dear sister of Nancy (Stephen) Dorais, Mark (Robin) Kuschel and Don (Eileen) Kuschel. Beloved sister-in-law of Barbara Garrow, Mike Garrow and Beth Garrow. Adored aunt of Chris (Shanin) Dorais, Aaron (Hannah) Kuschel, Kristen Garrow, Bryan (Ashley) Garrow and Shelby (Derek) Holland. She was very dearly...

Fr. Peter Berendt

Fr. Peter Berendt

Sep 9, 2020

Detroit native and Passionist priest, Fr. Peter Berendt, CP, passed peacefully to the Lord on the morning of September 9th, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Fr. Peter was 91 years old and had been a Roman Catholic priest since his ordination on May 25 th , 1957.  During his many years as a priest he served as a seminary...

Aldo Sam Gallina

Aldo Sam Gallina

Sep 8, 2020

Age 47

Beloved Son of Aldo and the late Barbara. Dear brother of Rhonda (Brian) Reeves, Barbara (Curtis) Wade, Joseph (Melanie), Julie (Adbo) Alomari and the late Christopher. Loving and devoted Uncle of Curtis, Julian, Dominic, Antonio, Marissa, Nathanael, Alexis, Alex, Aliyah, Nolan, Giada, Jonathon, and Leo. Great Uncle of Kyron.

Visitation Tuesday 2 pm...

Vincenza 'Zena' Esper

Vincenza 'Zena' Esper

Sep 8, 2020

Age 85

Beloved wife of the late Richard. Dear mother of Rosemary Botner, Mark (Kim) Bushek, and the late Richard Jr. and Susan Upshaw. Mother-in-law of Kim Esper. Loving grandmother of John, Karly (Ben), Richard III, Amy, Nicholas (Crystle), Dan (Ashleigh), Robert and Jacob (Amanda). Great grandmother of 23. Great great grandmother of one. Sister of Marion...

David Stancu

David Stancu

Sep 7, 2020

Age 22

Beloved son of Sorin and Marieta. Grandson of Otilia and the late Iulian and Auriel and Elizabeta Costeq. Nephew of Adrian (Alina) and Adriana (Vasile).

Visitation Wednesday 2 - 8 pm with a 7 pm Saracusta at the John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Home. Funeral Service Thursday 11 am at Holy Trinity...

Jean Joseph

Jean Joseph

Sep 6, 2020

Age 76

Beloved mother of Joseph A. (Candy) Berry, Linda Ann Jenkins, Diane Berry and Michael A. Berry. Cherished grandmother of Mindy (Antonio) Galvan, Michelle (Shawn) Bissonette, Marcy Mohsen, Jacob Berry, Marlin Jenkins, and Mariah Jenkins. Dear great grandmother of Nigel Galvan. Adored sister of Joseph (the late Donna) Joseph, Betty Berry, Allie (Zeinab) Joseph, James (Leslie)...

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