Obituaries

Patrick Thomas Wilson

Jul 29, 2025

Age 39

Son of Fred and Rosanne. Cherished brother of David, Tammy, Diane, Donna, Michael, Donald, William, Darrell, Tara, Susan, Jenene, and Vanessa. Beloved uncle of 14. Loving godfather of Hadley. Patrick's life was defined not only by his loving family but also by his dedication to his country. A proud U.S. Army combat veteran, he served...

Helen Mary Peltz

Jul 29, 2025

Age 92

Beloved wife of the late Richard. Dear mother of Pamela (Daniel) Closser, Jeffrey (Denise), and the late Deborah Baur. Mother-in-law of Richard Baur. Loving grandmother of Rodney (Della), Ricky, Russell (Janice), Wayne (Kelly), Dayna, Daniel Jr. (Elizabeth), Teresa (James), Kristin , Micaylin (Frank), and Jacob (Maddison). Great grandmother of many. She will be missed by...

Lula V. Stewart

Jul 26, 2025

Age 100

Beloved wife of the late Thomas. Dear mother of Louellen, Lori (Mark) Wilson, and the late Thomas and Ted. Loving grandmother of Thomas. Cherished aunt of Sandy (Steve) Roth and Jim (Kathy) Horne. Very good friend of Carolyn Raines and David Ervin.

Visitation Wednesday from 9 am until the 11 am Funeral Service...

Deborah D. Hetu-Young

Jul 24, 2025

Age 66

It is with deep sorrow and a grieving heart that we announce the passing of our amazing mother Deborah Hetu-Young. Debbie was a very strong, stubborn, and independent woman. She was very determined to do everything herself. At the same time she would give you the shirt off her back even if it left her...

Emima E. Cacau

Jul 24, 2025

Emima loved to sing, smile, play, and make new friends.

Our precious angel left behind two loving parents, father Dorin Cacau, and mother, Lydia Cacau, and 15 siblings: Daniel (Nicole), Beniamin (Lea), Debora (Cornel) Cojocaru, Rebeca (Gabriel) Bonas, Joseph, Sara, Samuel, Tabitha, Moses, Abigail, Jonathan, Levy, Isaia, Paul, and Timothy; and her nephew, Jonathan Bonas.

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Irene M. Wurster

Jul 23, 2025

Age 95

Beloved wife of the late Elmer.  Devoted mother of Debra (Mark) Chapman, Kathy Robbins, Gary (Dixie), and Lynn (Jeff) Westrom. Dearest grandmother of Jeffrey (Taylor), Michael (Renee), Shana (Jeremy), Sharae (Joe), Emilyanne, Mathew, Kaitlynn, Stan (Latasha), Brooks, Krystal (James), and Jamie. Great-grandmother of 10. Loving sister of Evelyn Arsenault, Jean (Robert) Rosiak, Patricia Escheck, and...

Gary L. Byrd

Jul 22, 2025

Age 71

Loving and dedicated husband of Patti. Beloved brother of Susan Alessio, Merry Hosel and Julie (Ronnie) Thole. Loving uncle of Heather, Michael, Eric, Kristie, Josh, and Jacob.  Great uncle of 17.

As an avid bowler, Gary loved traveling to tournaments all over and meeting new people. Gardening was one of his favorite things...

Lucia Maria Roberts

Jul 22, 2025

Age 89, of Garden City, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

Born on December 13, 1935 in Portici, Italy, Lucy married her beloved husband Clyde in Naples on February 14, 1957. Shortly thereafter, she bravely immigrated to America and found her permanent home in Garden City, where she was embraced by the neighbors she adored and...

Geraldine M. Phillips

Jul 21, 2025

Age 89

Beloved wife of the late Jimmy. Dear mother of Sherri (Byron) Herrick, Tim (Precious), and the late Jimmy Jr. Loving granny of Nicole, Lauren, and Jimmy III.

Visitation Thursday, July 31st,  2 pm until the 7 pm Funeral Service at the John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Home.

Zula Demoss

Jul 19, 2025

Zula Evangeline DeMoss met her Lord and Savior face to face on the morning of July 19, 2025, just hours after celebrating her 87th birthday.

She was the devoted wife of Richard J. DeMoss, Sr. for 66 years, a marriage marked by faith, devotion, and strength.  Together they built a family rooted in love and guided by...

Firicel "Dr. Phill" Marin

Jul 18, 2025

Age 56.

Loving, hardworking father of Jackleyne (Emanoil), Joshua (Albana), Natasha, and DeMarco. Cherished grandfather of Aemilianos, Leonidas, and Aemiliana. The one true love of Tatiana. Beloved brother and friend.  He was dearly loved and will be deeply missed.

Visitation Monday 4 pm until the 6 pm Evening Service at Santeiu & Son Funeral Home....

Dennis P. Pattock

Jul 16, 2025

Age 78 passed away peacefully on 7/16/25.

Dennis P. Pattock passed into eternal life on 16th July 2025 at the age of 78 after a long illness. Dennis is survived by wife Irene, daughters Ann Pattock and Sarah (Nate) Dzwik; grandsons J.D., Wally, Milo and Frankie; sisters Esther LaJoy and Kathy (Bob) Klosowski.  Preceded in death by...

Krystyna Noworyta

Jul 15, 2025

Krystyna Noworyta departed this life on July 15, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. She was 87 years old.

Born in Osiek, Poland on February 10, 1938, Krystyna was a woman of courage, grace and deep resilience. Together with our father, Rudolf Noworyta, she made the life changing decision to migrate to the United States, in search...

Costel Manolescu

Jul 14, 2025

Costel Manolescu, also known as Titi Manolescu, passed away peacefully and unexpectedly at his home in Dearborn, Michigan on July 14, 2025. He was born on February 11, 1941, in Bucharest, Romania as the youngest of 5 siblings to Blanka and Constantin Manolescu. The family survived World War II and later the communist persecution.  Costel eventually immigrated to the...

Lidia Bulubenchi

Jul 13, 2025

Age 69

Beloved wife of Stefan. Dear mother of Mihai (Alona), Ana (Daniel) Mielu, Beniamin (Simona), Cornel (Betty), Daniela (Calin) Demian, Cristian (Alina), Stefan (Andreea), Constantin, and Nathaneal (Anca). Loving grandmother 37. Sister of 2. Preceded in death by 2 grandchildren, 1 brother and 2 sisters.

Visitation Sunday, July 20th,  6 pm – 8:30 pm,...

Veronica Elizabeth Piatkowski

Jul 13, 2025

Age 84

Beloved wife of the late John. Loving mom of Kevin (Maria), and Brian (Kathy). Cherished grandma of Tim, Mike (Amber), Luke, David and Ryan.

She was very dearly loved and will be deeply missed.

Private cremation has taken place.

Jean M. Nesmith

Jul 11, 2025

Age 90

Loving wife of the late Neron, Sr. Beloved mother of Neron Jr. (Judy), Theresa Hodge, Jeanette (Albert) Metz, Diane (the late Jim) Michnuk, and the late Martha and Chester. Cherished grandmother of Neson, Christina, Virginia, Jennifer, Andrea (David) Thomas, and the late Jimmy. Great grandmother of Breanna.

Visitation Tuesday, July 22nd at 12pm...

Ollie Johnson

Jul 6, 2025

Age 82

Loving mother of Kimberly and Kelly. Devoted grandma of J'Laan Pittman. Dear sister of Ann, Ernest Carolynn, Catherine and the late Joyce. Niece of the late Mamie (Noland) Garvin. She was very dearly loved and will be deeply missed by many nieces, nephews, and friends.

In state Monday 9 am until the 10...

Douglas D. Seal

Jul 6, 2025

Douglas D. Seal passed away peacefully on July 6, 2025. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Barbara Seal, and his parents, Evelyn and Elizabeth (Barker) Seal. Douglas is one of six children.

He is survived by his three children, Debbie Myers, Dawn Rapp (Ron Balicki) and Jeffrey Seal, as well as his cherished grandchildren:...

Willbey R. Pistor

Jul 4, 2025

Willbey Robert Pistor was a proud resident of Garden City, Michigan from 1948 until his passing on Friday, July 4, 2025. He was born at home in Detroit to an Italian family, all originally from the same small town of Valvasone, Italy. Willbey served with the Wayne County Sheriff's Department from 1963 to 1995 and deeply loved his work....