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Gerald M. Trahey

Gerald M. Trahey

May 30, 2022

Age 71

Beloved brother of Mary Williams, Jeff, Carole (Phil) Dillon, Terry, and the late Christine Burch. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Audrey J. Sisco

Audrey J. Sisco

May 30, 2022

Age 92

Beloved wife of the late Jack for 67 years. Dear mother of Barbara (Gary) Thornton, Thomas, Gerald, and Scott (Maureen). Grandmother of Corie (Michael) Driscoll, Lauren, and Jack. Great grandmother of Audrey, Emma, and Juliet. Sister of Arlene Grau. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Graveside service Wednesday, August 17 th ,...

Jeannette Wehling

Jeannette Wehling

May 30, 2022

Age 84

Beloved wife of the late James for 53 years. Loving mother of Tracy Hardy, Lisa Wehling, and James (Pamela). Grandmother of Natalie, and Caroline. Sister of Michael (Eileen) Rogala.

Jean Wehling was born on  March 12, 1938 to Paul and Stella Daneff.  She grew up in Detroit and Dearborn with her mom and...

James Joseph Hayes

James Joseph Hayes

May 28, 2022

James Joseph Hayes "Jim".Age 86. Jim passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Beloved husband of the late Jacqueline Hayes (nee: Cantile). Loving dad of Judith (Phillip) Amore, Julia (John) Munoz and John (Tricia) Hayes. Cherished grandpa of Melissa (Joshua) Stewart, Christopher Whicker, Jessica (Steve) Paulson, Amanda (Steven) Campbell, Joseph Amore, Jacqueline Amore, David Munoz, Molly Hayes and Matthew...

Clinton Matthew Meister

Clinton Matthew Meister

May 27, 2022

Clinton M. Meister, age 47 died on Friday, May 27, 2022, of a massive heart attack. Clint is survived by his beloved fiancée and soul mate of Erin Kruczek. Always the proud and loving father of Aidan Meister, his only son with his ex-wife, Katie (Jay) Rubenstein. He is survived and cherished as a beloved son of Gale (Thomas)...

Barbara St. Arno Carlson

Barbara St. Arno Carlson

May 27, 2022

On Friday, May 27, Barbara Jane St. Arno Carlson (née Stever), passed away peacefully at home after a brief spell of hospice care. She was 94. The causes of death were complications from congestive heart failure and pulmonary fibrosis.

She was preceded in death by her parents Gladys (née South) and Lourin Stever, younger brother Walter (Elizabeth)...

Victoria Demarco

Victoria Demarco

May 26, 2022

Victoria DeMarco. Age 94. Vicki was born on September 26, 1927, in Fairmont (formerly known as Watson), West Virginia to the late Louis and Mary (nee: Oliverio) DeMarco. Her family moved to Brownton, West Virginia in 1930. Sadly, her father died when she was only 12 years old. Her family pulled together during this time, doing jobs and taking...

Michael M. Olivero

Michael M. Olivero

May 23, 2022

Age 82

Beloved husband of Catherine. Dear father of Mike (Courtney) and Tony (Rosey). Grandfather of Michael, Amanda, Leo, Elle, Gio, Conner, Kelsey, Tanner, and Brayden. Brother of the late Lorraine (Earl) Begley.

"The man, the myth, the legend, Grand Master Mike Olivero did a flying side kick through the gates of heaven this past...

Bill Dewulf

Bill Dewulf

May 22, 2022

Age 66.

Beloved husband of Brenda for 48 years. Dear father of Christie (Tom) McCune, Billy, and David (Jenni). Papa of Joshua, Tiffany, Derek, Allison, Joey, Mackenzie, David, Thomas, Trisha, Gaige, and Dennis. Great papa of Bentley, Hunter, Kendall, Dawson, and Matthew. Brother of Sally Baker, Ginnie Evans, Kathy Meadows, Cindy (Tudor) Lawson, Mike (Jan), Steve, and...

Barbara Meinicke

Barbara Meinicke

May 22, 2022

Age 87

Beloved wife of the late Walter J. Caring mother of Deborah Aristeo, Linda Hodges, Cindy (Mischa) Coburn-Roth and the late Lisa Hendricks. Devoted grandma of Stephanie (Chris) Stevens, Natalie Aristeo, Kristin (Andre) Van Hees, Stephen (Lorace) Aristeo, Lauren (Chris) Davis, Connor, Max Coburn-Roth, Lindsey Piesecki, and Alyssa Hendricks . Loving great grandma of Aidan, Mason,...

Udo A. Chiaramonti

Udo A. Chiaramonti

May 20, 2022

Udo Aldo Chiaramonti passed away on May 20, 2022 at the age of 96. Beloved husband of the late Marta. Loving father of Alexander (Sue), Grace (Dennis) Szokola, George, Anna (Butch) Hodges, Carl (Renee), and Luisa (John) Hager. Cherished Nonno of Alexander (Jennifer) and John (Alycia) Chiaramonti, Jonathan (Danielle) and Matthew Szokola, Edward (Tiffany), Elizabeth, Steven, and Nicholas (Jorden)...

Lauren Margaret Fugaban

Lauren Margaret Fugaban

May 19, 2022

Age 71.

Beloved wife of Thomas. Loving mother of Thomas, Jr. Cherished grandmother of Cameron and Sarah. Dear sister of Gayle (Bruce Brown) Augustine. Treasured aunt of Krystal and Nicholas, and great aunt of Lucas, Damien and Dominick.

Memorial Visitation Wednesday 2-7pm with the Memorial Service Thursday 11:30am at the John N. Santeiu & Son...

Laura Brefka

Laura Brefka

May 18, 2022

Age 95

Beloved wife of the late Jerome. Loving mom of Peggy Brefka, Judi (Jimmy) Brooks, Paul (Mary Ann) Brefka, Brent Brefka, and the late Gregory. Cherished grandma of Eric, Shawn, Brandon, Collin, and Justin. Adored great grandma of Damian, and Gavin. Dear sister of the late Regina 'Virgie' Kerszulis, Celia Leyman, and Delphine Wojtowicz. She was...

Hannelore Lafollette

Hannelore Lafollette

May 18, 2022

Hannelore LaFollette (nee: Hartmann) of Garden City passed away at her home that she loved. Beloved wife of the late Robert. Loving mother of Ronald (Lil), Thomas (Diane), Byron, John, Renee (Joe) LaFollette-Archer and Rochelle (Mark) Smola. Grandmother of 8. Great grandmother of 6. Sister of Margot Hartmann-Acat and Renate Schimmer.

Hannelore was born in Mannheim, Germany...

Alexander Farino Jr.

Alexander Farino Jr.

May 17, 2022

Alexander Farino Jr. "Randy" passed away on May 17, 2022 at the age of 74. Beloved husband of Sharon Farino for 54 years. Loving father of Alexander III (Marcin), Angela (Darren) Weeks and Anthony (Erin). Cherished nonno of Amber, Courtney, Robert, Ryan, and Kendall. Dearest son of the late Alexander Sr. and Genevieve Farino. Dear brother of Carol (Joe)...

Patricia 'Pat' Ann Kobylinski

Patricia 'Pat' Ann Kobylinski

May 16, 2022

Patricia Ann (Pat) Kobylinski, age 77, of Garden City, MI, passed away on May 16, 2022.

Beloved wife of the late Wally for nearly 57 beautiful years. Devoted mom of Rebecca, Sheila (Dan) Acker and Natalie (the late Gary) Proctor. Cherished meemaw "Meems" of Dale, Neil and Anna. Sister of Sherry (Joe) Hubbard, Pam Lawler, Debbie Tedder,...

Joseph A. Danish

Joseph A. Danish

May 15, 2022

Age 73

Beloved brother of Darlene Pagac, Marlene Morris, and Helen Dubach. Cherished uncle of 9 and great uncle of 9.

Visitation Thursday 11 am until the 1 pm Funeral Service at the John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Home, 1139 Inkster Road, Garden City (between Ford Road and Cherry Hill).

Perry R. Toepfer

Perry R. Toepfer

May 14, 2022

Age 82

Beloved husband of Joan for 58 years. Adored father of Tracy, and the late Eric. Loving grandpa of Rachael (Danny) Boocher, Nicholas (Sarah), and Spencer. Great grandpa of Aiden. Brother of the late Thomas. He will be deeply missed by many nieces, nephews, and friends.

A memorial service will be held in the...

Aurel Haiduc

Aurel Haiduc

May 14, 2022

Age 85

Beloved husband of the late Doina. Dear father of Aurica Haiduc Lucaciu, Monica (Mike) Jackson, and the late Florica Clarida. Grandfather of Ashley (Taylor) Pichette, Riley Jackson, Sophia Jackson, Katherine Jackson, and Luke Jackson. Great grandfather of Emette Pichette, and Jace Pichette. Brother of Peter (Maria), and George (Violet).  He was a member of First...

Jimmie Leo Massie

Jimmie Leo Massie

May 14, 2022

Age 85.

Beloved husband of the late Faye. Loving father of Cheryl (Carl) Crute, Paul (Brigitte), Ronald (Teresa), and Amy (Mike) Davis. Cherished grandfather of Eric, Heather, Paul T., Glenn, Joshua, Jessica, and Faith. Adored great grandfather of Kayli, Chloe, Carl, Jackson, Leila, Lydia, Remi and Reed. Dear brother of Charles, Sue, Gladys, Ann, Jeannette and the...

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