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Eugene Paul Rutt
May 15, 2017
Eugene Paul Rutt; of Lake Orion; age 92; May 15, 2017. Eugene is the dear husband of the late Mary Louise Rutt for 66 years; and loving father of the late Thomas Rutt, Jerome (Jane) Rutt, Richard Rutt, Virginia (Jerry) Miller, Susan (David) Sidaway, Peggy (Dave) Emeigh, Donna Barrett, Charles Rutt and Peter Rutt. He is also survived by...
Ronald J. Kennis
May 13, 2017
Ronald J. Kennis; of Oakland; June 30, 1932-May 13, 2017. Ron is the loving husband to Dolores; father to Thomas (Lynn), Robert (Monica), William (Donna), James and Donald (Abbe); and grandpa to Andrew, Sarah, Ryan, Mitch, Bradley, Gabriel and Emma. Ron loved fishing and entertaining. He will be remembered as ingratiating, jovial, selfless, and his wife and family always...
Margaret "Peggy" Johnson
May 11, 2017
Margaret “Peggy” Johnson; of Waterford; age 89; passed away May 11, 2017. Peggy was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 66 years, Charles Clifford Johnson; her son Paul (Jane) Johnson; and her daughter Megen (Lee) Stadele. She is survived by her 6 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Peggy was a devoted homemaker, hostess,...
Claude Willis Thayer
May 10, 2017
Claude W. Thayer; of Oxford; age 84; passed away peacefully on May 10, 2017. Claude is the beloved husband of the late Frances, with whom he spent 60 ½ years of marriage and 2 ½ years together as high school sweethearts; and the loving father of Claude Thayer Jr., Rose (Lynn) Siegers, Gail Ferguson, Diana (Greg) Fleming and Dawn...
Delia Lopez
May 6, 2017
Delia Lopez; of Pontiac; May 5, 2017; age 58. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 11:00am at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 4-8pm at Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, Pontiac.
Jimmie Lynn Craft
May 6, 2017
Jimmie Lynn Craft; age 74; of Auburn Hills; passed away May 6, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Wilbur P. Craft Jr. Loving mother of Dianne (Alex) Osorio, Shawn (Jennifer) Craft. Many grandkids and many great-grandkids. Jimmie was preceded in death by her daughter JoAnne. Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 11 a.m. at...
Susan K. Goeckel
May 5, 2017
Susan Kaye Goeckel (nee Woodbeck); of Oxford; passed away May 5, 2017 after a short illness. Sue was born January 6, 1950 in Pontiac to the late William and Isabel (Bea) Woodbeck. She grew up in the Lake Orion area, living there throughout her life and graduating in 1968 from Lake Orion High School. Sue leaves behind her children,...
Beth Cagle-Webster
May 3, 2017
Beth Cagle-Webster; of Lake Orion; age 77; passed away May 3, 2017. Beth is the beloved wife of the late Richard Webster; loving sister of Garland Shearer (Nancy Schaffer); and dear step-mother of Bethany (Peter) Okurowski, Cynthia Ann (David) Ellis and David Thomas Webster. She is also survived by her nieces, nephews and cousins. Together, Beth and her husband...
Helen M. Bartley
May 2, 2017
Helen M. Bartley; of Lake Orion; age 87; passed away May 2, 2017. Helen is the beloved wife of the late Lloyd Bartley Sr.; loving mother of Alan (Deborah) Bartley, Gary (Leeann) Bartley, Lloyd (Holly) Bartley Jr. and David (Debbie Egner) Bartley; loving grandmother of 10; great grandmother of 22 and great great grandmother of one. She is also...
Brian K. Roberts
May 1, 2017
Brian K. Roberts; of Auburn Hills; age 26; May 1, 2017. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 from 4-7pm at Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, Lake Orion.
Donald E. Holland
May 1, 2017
Donald E. Holland; of Imlay City; formally of Waterford; age 87; passed away on May 1, 2017 surrounded by his family. Don was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 57 years, Dorlas Holland. He is the beloved father of Janet (Greg) Hickey, Rebecca (Richard) Bezemek, Sherri (Randy) Fessler, Margaret Meyer, Penny (Robert) Hall and Donald (Jeanette) Holland;...
Viola E. Rohe
Apr 30, 2017
Viola E. Gerhard Rohe; formerly of Birmingham and Whispering Pines, NC; age 92; passed away April 30, 2017. Viola is the beloved wife of the late E. William Gerhard and Vincent Rohe; mother of Jo Ann (Tom) Patterson and Jane Reddig; grandmother of Bill (Jacque) Patterson, Katie (Brett) Langolf, Nicholas (Bre Anne) Reddig and Eric Reddig; great grandmother of...
David M. Harper
Apr 29, 2017
David Michael Harper was born on April 30, 1952 and left us on April 29, 2017. He passed away at his Oxford, Michigan, home of complications of diabetes.
David grew up in Auburn Hills, Michigan and attended Avondale High School. After some college, he was employed at Avondale school district for 35 years as...
Lois J. Duquette
Apr 24, 2017
Lois J. Duquette; age 88; passed away April 24, 2017. Lois is the beloved wife of the late Bert; loving mother of Jill Margolis, Sue (Robert) French, Jeff (Janet) Duquette and Sandy (Jeff) Houle; loving grandmother of John, Tara, Jackie, Jennifer, Nick, Julie and Nick; and dear great grandmother of Collins, Harper and Olivia. Funeral services will be held...
Roberta E. Jeffrey
Apr 20, 2017
ROBERTA EILEEN JEFFREY;
age 81; of Grand Blanc; formerly of Lake Orion; died April 20, 2017. Roberta was preceded in death by James Alexander Jeffrey Sr., loving husband for 45 years. She is the dear mother of Amy (Kirk) Miller, James Jeffrey Jr., and Vicki (Joel) Baker; and beloved grandmother of Paige, Courtnie, Kelsey, Noah,...
Daniel Munoz
Apr 15, 2017
Daniel Munoz, age 23 passed away in a horrifying accident that can only be described as a nightmare. He gave his girlfriend a kiss, and told her he would be working on a project in the garage while she was studying. His brothers, nephews, and sister-in-law’s, thankfully were not in the house. About twenty minutes after Daniel went into...
Dionicio "Nicho" Villa
Apr 12, 2017
Dionicio “Nicho” Villa; of Pontiac; age 62; passed away April 12, 2017. Nicho is survived by his mother, Consepcion Villa; and his children, Meggan Villa and Dionicio Villa Jr. He is also survived by his grandchildren; sister Rita; brothers Tom, Joe and Luis; and many nieces, nephews and friends. Nicho retired from General Motors after many years of service...
Teresa A. Oskanian
Apr 9, 2017
Teresa Ann Oskanian; passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017. Teresa is survived by her father Kenny; mother Barbara Kalina; brothers, Mark and Eric; and nieces, Autumn and Rheanna Oskanian. Private family services have been held. www.sparksgriffin.com .
Bettie J. Autry
Apr 6, 2017
Bettie J. Autry; of Roscommon; formerly of Pontiac; died on April 6, 2017. Bettie is the beloved wife of the late Truman; dear mother of Barbara Speer of Saint Helen and the late James; loving grandmother of Megan (David) Crist of Roscommon and Jenny (Todd) Pado of South Lyon; and dear great-grandmother of Ava...
Phyllis Garza
Apr 4, 2017
Phyllis Garza; of Westland; age 88; passed away April 4, 2017. Phyllis is the beloved wife of Aaron for 49 years; loving mother of Dean (Julie) Garza, Irene (Kyle) Hachey and the late Dan Garza; loving grandmother of Nick, Gabby and Colin; and dear sister of Marlene Yuiska. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sparks-Griffin...

