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Virginia Ortiz Perez
Feb 22, 2017
Virginia Ortiz Perez; age 64; of Pontiac; passed away February 22, 2017. Beloved wife of Efrain Vargas Rivera; loving mother of Efrain Vargas Ortiz (Bethzaida Vargas), Jose Daniel Vargas Ortiz (Yeika S. Vargas) and Frances Velez (Javier Velez). Survived by 8 grandchildren; one brother and four sisters. Funeral Service will be held on Friday, February 24, 2017 at 1:00...
Deowen "De" Nichols Iii
Feb 14, 2017
Deowen “De” Nichols III; of Lake Orion; age 74; passed away February 14, 2017. De is survived by his loving wife Della Woods Nichols of 40 years; son Dean Nichols; sister Betty (the late John) Sargent; niece and nephew Elizabeth and James Kelly; and great niece and nephew Adelaide and Xavy. De worked for...
Hazel S. Hart
Feb 12, 2017
Hazel Hart; of Lake Orion; February 12, 2017; age 68. Hazel is the beloved wife of John Hart for 41 years; dear mother of Jason (Lisa) Hart; and adoring grandmother of Ryan & Emma Hart. She is also survived by her sister Margie Steelman; nieces Jody Kurtis, Stacy and Lindsay Taylor; and nephew Brian...
Samuel Mack Johnson
Feb 11, 2017
Samuel Mack Johnson; born October 25, 1952; died February 11, 2017. Sam will be missed dearly by his wife Jacquelin (Avery) of 25 years; parents Bill and Mary Johnson, sons, Samuel and Joshua Johnson, Allan (Rachel) and Kurt (Stephanie) Danielson and Michael Downs; and grandchildren, Ava, Jordan, Reese, Jayce and Penelope Danielson. He is...
Norene Rita Costanzo
Feb 11, 2017
Norene Rita Costanzo; of Lake Orion; age 85; passed away February 11, 2017. Norene Rita MacMillan was born in Detroit on March 14, 1931. She married James Costanzo on September 8, 1951. He preceded her in death on April 30, 2005. Norene is the mother of Gary (Rhonda), Duane, Lee Ann (Paul), Norene (Roy),...
Sandra Murray
Feb 11, 2017
Sandra "Sandy" Lee Murray; of Pontiac; age 74; passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving children and family. Sandy, is the beloved wife of the late Dallis "Sam" Murray and beloved mother of the late Charles Murray. She is survived by her children, Matt Murray, Renee Murray (John Halcomb) and Sandra Stuart (Eric Freeman); two...
Sarah Evelyn Vaillencourt
Feb 10, 2017
Sarah Evelyn Vaillencourt; age 96; passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017. Sarah Stone was born in Dalton, Georgia on February 7, 1921. She married Raymond Vaillencourt on June 14, 1942. He preceded her in death on July 21, 2009 after 67 years of marriage. Sarah is the dear mother of Janie McGee of Waterford and Suzanne (Bill) Olds...
Robert J. Braeckman, Jr.
Feb 9, 2017
Robert Braeckman, Jr.; of Oakland Township; age 60; passed away on February 9, 2017 surrounded by family. Dear husband of Lucy for 27 years; and loving father of Robert and Ashley Braeckman. Bob is also survived by his mother Ruth Braeckman and siblings Pat (Ed) VanZweden and Jean (Bob) White. He was...
Ella Johnson
Feb 6, 2017
Ella I. Johnson; of Hudson, Florida; age 89; passed away February 6, 2017. Ella is the beloved wife of the late Wilson of 54 years; loving mother of Frank (Hanna Baraki) Johnson, Ruth (Mike) Summers and Diane (Cornell) Taylor; loving grandmother of Delena Johnson, Katrina Smith, Kristopher (Samantha) Summers, Keri Summers, Samantha Golonska and Tobias...
Paul M. Bailey Jr.
Feb 4, 2017
Paul M. Bailey Jr.; age 33; of Chicago, IL; formally of Oxford; passed away February 4, 2017. Paul is the loving son of Paul and Cynthia Bailey. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 11am at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Lake Orion. The family will receive friends from 10:30am until the time of service ....
Robert "Bob" Buchanan
Jan 29, 2017
Buchanan, Robert L. “Bob”; of Perrysburg, Ohio; formally of Waterford Township; passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 at the Lakes of Monclova, Legacy in Maumee, Ohio. Bob was born November 13, 1933 as Alford Arthur Chase to Loraine M. Chase in Detroit, MI. The following year he was adopted by Herbert H....
Donald D. Geppert
Jan 28, 2017
Donald D. Geppert; of Oakland; age 77; passed away on January 28, 2017. Loving husband of Barbara L. Geppert (Mason) for 49 years; loving father of David, Darlene (Steven) Baker, Daniel (Rebecca), and Dennis (Kelley); and dear grandfather of Natalie Marie, Leah Pauline and Owen Donald. Don retired from Detroit...
Dionne Rechelle Jackson
Jan 28, 2017
Dionne “Starr” Rechelle Jackson was born on July 26, 1968 in Pontiac, Michigan. Dionne was called home on Saturday, January 28, 2017. Dionne leaves to cherish her memory: Loving mother Mary Jean Jackson of Pontiac, Michigan, father Emmanuel Arnett. Funeral Services will be held Monday, February 6, 2017 at 11am at Lakes Area Christian Life...
Willadean Cox
Jan 27, 2017
Willadean Jackson Cox, better known as "Granny" was born on June 1, 1935 in the state of Tennessee. She transferred her citizenship to Heaven on January 27, 2017. Wife of the late Clayton Jackson (September 29, 1992) and the late Sterling Cox (June 19, 2006). Proceeded in death by her sons Morris...
Rodney Kenneth Harper
Jan 20, 2017
Rodney Kenneth Harper; age 63; of Pontiac; passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017. Beloved husband of Mirtha Harper. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 1p.m. at the Pontiac Chapel of Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until time of service. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.
Pamela Ann Gray
Jan 18, 2017
Pamela Gray; of Pontiac; passed away on January 18, 2017. Pamela is preceded in death by her father James Parry; mother Donna Ingram; and sister Janet Parry. She leaves behind her children Rubin Parry, Matthew Parry and Bradley Parry; grandchildren Amelia Parry and Raphael Parry; and siblings Anita Stultz, Everett Parry, Betty Cook and...
Doreen Spearin
Jan 17, 2017
Doreen Spearin (nee Brynelson); age 95; of Rochester Hills, Michigan; formerly of Oxford, Michigan; passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 surrounded by her children.
Born on October 26, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she was the middle of five daughters of the late John and Lillie Brynelson. Doreen began...
Natalie-Anne Grabowski
Jan 16, 2017
Natalie-Anne Grabowski; of Lake Orion; age 82; passed away on January 16, 2017. Natalie-Anne is the mother of Ritamarie Petranovic, the late Marirose Carrillo, Charles (Jackie) DeBeau III, Maria (Jim) DeKimpe, Frances Hampel and Loretta Bernhardt; grandmother of 13; great grandmother of 5; and sister of Marie-Bernice Downey. Natalie-Anne was a kind and welcoming...
Alma Lee Thornthwaite
Jan 13, 2017
Alma Thornthwaite; of Oxford; January 13, 2017; age 85. Alma is the beloved wife of the late Arthur for 62 years; loving mother of Gary (April) Thornthwaite and Terry (John) Waggett; dear grandmother of six; great grandmother of many; and great great grandmother of one. Alma worked for many years as a Registered Nurse...
Todd M. St. Germain
Jan 12, 2017
Todd M. St. Germain; of Oakland Township; lost his courageous battle with Cancer on January 12, 2017 at the age of 52. Todd is the loving father of Todd St. Germain Jr.; beloved fiancé of Kelly Hinski; dear brother of Diane (Arnie) Roark, Brenda Hauxwell, Brian Hotchkiss and Sandy (Mike) Moonier; and brother in law...