OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries

Virginia (Urbanski) Mclennan

Virginia (Urbanski) Mclennan

February 8, 2019

Virginia (Urbanski) McLennan. Age 98, of Trenton. Februaury 8, 2019. Beloved wife of the late Kenneth McLennan. Loving sister of Angeline Balint. Survived also by many loving nieces, nephews and Robert Mohat, her devoted caregiver for many years. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents Lawrence and Antoinette Urbanski and siblings Virginia McLennan, Cecelia Ostrowski, Frank Urbanski, Anna...

Giovannina Battistella

Giovannina Battistella

February 7, 2019

Giovannina Battistella (Joann), age 94 of Monroe Mi. passed away peacefully on Thursday Feb. 7, 2019. Joann was the loving wife of the late Aldo Battistella. She was also the dear mother of 3 daughters- Karen, Kathleen, and surviving daughter Denise Battistella Kraus. Joann is also survived by 6 grandchildren and 2 great grand-children. Joann was a retiree of...

Joan M. Hannak

Joan M. Hannak

February 7, 2019

Joan M. Hannak; age 85, February 7, 2019 of Dearborn Heights. Beloved wife of the late Andrew, who was a Korean War Veteran. Loving mom of Jeff and Lori. Dearest sister of Joyce (Dave) Collins, the late Edward Lauth, the late Jean Reynolds and the late Al (the late Becky) Lauth. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, other loving...

Mary Schefsky

Mary Schefsky

February 6, 2019

Mary Schefsky, age 90 of Detroit, passed away February 6th, 2019. Loving wife of the late Raymond. Dear mother of David (Cheryl), Chris, Kathy, and Mike (Michelle). Proud grandmother of 11, great grandmother of 10, and great-great grandmother of 2. Mary was preceded in death by a daughter Diane.

Kimberly Dawn Seay

Kimberly Dawn Seay

February 6, 2019

Seay, Kimberly Dawn. Age 61. February 6, 2019 of Trenton. Beloved wife of 40 years to Chris. Loving mom of Kyle (Krissy) and Rachel (Kurt). Proud Meemaw of Landon. Dearest sister of Linda Laurell, Nolene Shivel, Larry Shivel and Sherri Shivel. Also survived by many other loving family and friends. Preceded in death by her parents Lawrence and Dorothy...

Catherine  I. Beaudrie

Catherine I. Beaudrie

February 4, 2019

Catherine was born on September 24, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan and died on February 4, 2019 at her home in Riverview at the age of 84. Beloved wife of the late Clarence. Loving mother of Keith (Jalayne Sutherlund), Kevin (Kimberly), Ken (Patricia Stiltner) and Ami (Robin Roberts). Grammie of David, Chelsea, Jonathan, Jessica, Jacob, Tyler, Lauren, Lillian, Alex and...

Alfred Ramirez

Alfred Ramirez

February 4, 2019

Ramirez, Alfred, age 91, February 4, 2019 of Dearborn, Michigan. Beloved father of Al "Tip" Ramirez, Gail (Marcos) Dias and Kyle Ramirez. Also survived by 6 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; his brother George (Marilyn) Ramirez and his sister Maria Benavides.

Alvan Herman Felstow

Alvan Herman Felstow

February 4, 2019

Alvan was born on April 11, 1931 in Garden City, Michigan and died on February 4, 2019 at The Lodge at Taylor at the age of 87; he was of Taylor. Beloved husband of Mary Lou. Also survived by his step-children as well as many other loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and...

David Lee Cook

David Lee Cook

February 3, 2019

David Lee Cook passed away February 3, 2019. Age 65, of Dearborn. Beloved son of the late Adelia Barker-Cook. Loving brother of the late Judy Faye, Martha (Ronald), and Paula. Proud uncle of James, Vincent, Matthew, the late Daniel, Adelia, James, David, Andrew, Benjamin, Victoria, Jameson, Isaac, Ivan, Annabelle, and Keegan. David is also survived by many more great-nieces,...

Michael F. Kilbane

Michael F. Kilbane

February 2, 2019

Kilbane, Michael F., age 88, February 2, 2019 of Taylor, MI, formerly of Detroit, MI. Beloved son of the late Martin and Bridget Kilbane. Loving brother of Catherine (the late Fletcher) Hayward, the late Patrick Kilbane and the late John Kilbane. Also survived by his nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Michael's life may...

Barbara K. Rebel

Barbara K. Rebel

February 1, 2019

Rebel, Barbara K., age 76, Feb. 1, 2019 of Allen Park, MI. Beloved wife of Thomas. Loving mother of Athina (Larry) Armes, Susan (Scott) Fredricksen and Shelly (Paul) Zajkowski. Also survived by her grandchildren Mary, Madelyn, Allison, Nolan and Morgan; her siblings Derry (Vivian) Jossefides, Athina (Jim) Datini and Christo (Susan) Jossefides. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory...

Bruce A. Cooley

Bruce A. Cooley

January 31, 2019

Bruce A. Cooley. Age 57 of Wyandotte. January 31, 2019. Survived by his loving and devoted mother Sharon L. Cooley. Loving brother of Cindy (Bob) Smith, David Cooley and Linda Cooley. Bruce was preceded in death by a sister Diane Cooley and his father Lawrence Cooley, Jr.

Elke Malcomson

Elke Malcomson

January 30, 2019

Elke Malcomson; age 79, January 30, 2019 of Grosse Ile. Beloved wife of the late Elmer. Loving mother of Leif (Leland), Mark, Eric (the late Karen), Kirk (Dana) and Todd (Sherry). Dearest oma of Alexander, Luke, Lacey, Lana, Natalie, Noel, Lily, Evyn, Cameron, Holly and great-oma of Evelyn and Mason. Dear sister of Ingrid (the late Rolf) Deininger and...

Rosemary Haut

Rosemary Haut

January 30, 2019

Born in Monroe, Rosemary was the daughter of Jesse and Anna (Idzikowski) Gonyea. She married the love of her life, Theodore “Ted” Haut on September 16, 1961 at St. Charles Catholic Church. Sadly he preceded her in death August 9, 2015. A dedicated homemaker, Rosemary also worked as a retail clerk, having worked at Midport Party Store, Fermi III...

Kenneth L. Armstrong

Kenneth L. Armstrong

January 30, 2019

Kenneth Armstrong, age 60 of Brownstown MI, passed away peacefully at home, Wednesday January 30, 2019. Born December 9, 1958 to the late Garnet and Verna (Gorman) Armstrong. Loving father to Eric (Carille). Dear partner to Donna Reiss, and amazing brother to Karen (Parrino), Ron (Kitty), David (Christeen), and Jimmy (Vicky), and many nieces and nephews. Ken was preceded...

Daniel Eugene West

Daniel Eugene West

January 30, 2019

Daniel Eugene West; age 58, January 30, 2019 of Livonia. Beloved husband of Darlene. Loving son of Dolores and the late Eugene. Dearest brother of Dave (Linda), Daryl (Raghida) and brother-in-law of Peggy (Keith) Wiegele and Larry Loftice. Dear uncle of Steven West, Meryl (Mike) West, Adam West, Shannon (Luke) Lauth and great-uncle of Judah, Owen and Levi Lauth....

Donald Gray

Donald Gray

January 30, 2019

Donald Wayne Gray went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 30th 2019. He was born on May 7, 1945. Don was one of 7 children born to his parents Leonard and Edna Gray of Benham, Kentucky. He was preceded in death by his parents as well as sister Lillian and brother Mike. He is survived by his...

Mr. Ioan Manesia

Mr. Ioan Manesia

January 30, 2019

Mr. Ioan Manesia, age 67, January 30, 2019 of Southgate. Beloved husband of Ana. Loving father of John (Helen) Manesia. Proud grandpa of Zelie and Eilis.

Marian B. Shannon

Marian B. Shannon

January 30, 2019

Marian B Shannon Born - 10/08/1954 Died - 01/30/2019 Marian was born on October 8th, 1954 in Wyandotte, MI to John and Gertrude Dunne. She was the fourth of 10 children. Her parents sent her to St. Pius X Catholic School in Southgate where her faith was fostered. She attended Aquinas Catholic High School in Southgate; after graduating she...

Dorothy L. Levasseur

Dorothy L. Levasseur

January 29, 2019

Born in Raisinville, Township, Dorothy was the daughter of Joseph and Leola (Bressler) Boudrie. She attended St. Joseph School in Maybee and at the age of 16 got her first job, house cleaning for 50 cents a day. Dorothy then married the love of her life, Arthur LeVasseur, on October 15, 1938 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Maybee,...