OBITUARIES

August 6, 2012

Kucko, Ljubica "Violet". Age 92. August 6, 2012 of Trenton. Beloved Wife of the late Josip, Sr. Loving Mom of Marica (the late James) Townsend, the late Josip "Joe" and Ana (Slavko) Jelecki. Proud Baka of Sue Ann (Dan) Lass, Thomas (Dawn) Townsend, the late Rickey Townsend, Maria (Virgil) Adams and Branka (Mike) Lei. Great Grandmother of James, Rickey,...

August 5, 2012

Darnes, Garland J. Age 79. August 5, 2012 of Lincoln Park. Beloved husband of 56 years to Rachel. Loving dad of Gwen (James) Legault. Proud grandfather of Chase. Also survived by 1 brother Austin and 2 sisters Barbara (the late Clint) and Faye (John).

August 5, 2012

Dalto, Robert Peter. Age 84, of Southgate. Beloved husband of Joan for 61 years. Loving father of Kay (Ken) Perugi and Bob. Dear brother of Joseph (Ellen), Norma Pross and Ray (JoAnn). Survived also by many nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

August 5, 2012

Debus, Marguerite, age 89, August 5, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Richard. Loving mother of Donald (Karen) Debus, Doreen King, Denise (Tarik) Abass and the late David Debus. Also survived by 8 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren

August 4, 2012

Alfred J. Boudrie, age 69, of North Shores, beloved husband of Jeanette (Diamond), loving father of Alfred (Jamey) and Mark, proud grandfather of Jessica, Andrew, Chelsea, Dean, Ally, Bryan, Edward, Aimee, Ann Marie and Sean, great grandfather of Brayden, Isabella and Chalice. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Alfred's name, can be made to Salvation Army of Monroe,...

August 4, 2012

Beloved husband of Jonie. Loving father of Shawn (Jennifer) and the late Paul. Dearest grandpa of Shawn, Shane and Samantha. Also survived by several great-grandchildren.

August 2, 2012

Beloved wife of Leo. Loving mother of Audrey Voulgaris, Chris, Karen (Keith) McDowell and Jill (Dan) Swineford. Dearest grandma of Dawn, Manoli, Pelagia, Heather, Chrystal, Jessica, Melissa, Dennis, Joe, Roxana, April, and Tim. Great-grandma of David, Christian, Reese, Zayden and Emma. Dear sister of Richard (Gerry) Deneau, Carol (Larry) Schoen, Audrey (Bob) Acorsi, Bill (Sue) Deneau, Patricia Willits, Jim&Elaine...

August 1, 2012

Beloved wife of Leon. Loving mother of Kathy (Bob) Wood, Arlene McLarty and Mark (Cathy). Dearest grandma of Alan, Kim, Becky, Jeff, Nikki, Stacey, Amy, Charity and Jessy. Dear great-grandma of Steven, Tyler, Lucas, Ashlea, Austin, Haley, Mackenzie, Zachary, Caleb, Grace, Dalton, Mikayla, Anna, Eliah, Kyle and great-great-grandma of Jayden and Jameson.

July 31, 2012

July 31, 2012

Loving wife of the late Lester W. Slater. Dear mother of Julia (Ronald) Chuby, Penny A. (Paul) Kulik, and Lester Keith (Tami) Slater. Proud grandmother of Lisa, Dwayne, Chad, Aaron, Christi, Rusty, and Chelsea. Proud great grandmother of Jonathan, Richard, Annasin and Aubrey. Longtime companion of Joseph Grzywacz. Betty is also survived by her sisters Ann, Kennie, Joyce and...

July 31, 2012

Draper, Diane Regina. Age 69. July 31, 2012 of Brownstown. Beloved mom of the late Daniel Davis, Sherie Smith-Zajac (Dion Zajac), the late John Davis and Chris (the late Rachel) Apperson. Dearest grandmother of 5. Great grandmother of 3. Also survived by one brother John Wilkins, one sister Denise Brown as well as other loving family and friends. Diane...

July 31, 2012

Reta is survived by a three sisters: Annette Jones of Romulus, Ruthie Drexler of Monroe, Edna Drexler of Garden City and a brother David Drexler of Monroe. She also will be sadly missed by her other family; the staff and residents at the Detroit Beach Group Home.

July 30, 2012

July 29, 2012

Racklyeft, Mary J., age 77, July 29, 2012 of Gibraltar. Beloved wife of the late G. Thom Racklyeft. Mary is survived by her children Felecia (the late Donald) Rice and Diane (Ron) Cowette; her step-children Tom (Pat) Racklyeft, Kathy (Bill) Traylor , Michael (Marchel) Racklyeft, Lori Lindquist and Tricia (Gary) Wallace; her grandchildren; great grandchildren; her sister Juanita McLennan...

July 29, 2012

Bommarito, Nunzio James. Age 56. July 29, 2012 of Woodhaven. Beloved husband of 33 years to Karol. Loving dad of Nicholas, Andrea (Richard) Angel and Nina Bommarito. Proud papa of Alyssa Bommarito. Dearest son of James and Shirley Bommarito and the late Beverlee Bommarito. Cherished brother to Maria (Roger) Robinson and Phillip (Sandy). Uncle to Christina, James and Anna....

July 28, 2012

Pilarski, Richard J. Age 63, of Allen Park. July 28, 2012. Beloved husband of Debra for 36 years. Loving father of Nicholas (Nicole), Rebecca, Sherry and Stacy. Proud grandpa of Nicholas, Noah, Nolan, Jayne, Anthony and Matthew. Dear brother of David (Bridget), Thomas (Sabrina) and Lawrence (Gladys). Dearest Brother-in-law of Chris (Renee) Sparks and Gary Sparks (Jeannette). Much loved...

July 28, 2012

MacDougall, Brian Thomas. Age 10. July 28, 2012 of Trenton. Cherished son of Jason and Jamie. Loving brother of Alexander. Dearest grandson of Bonnie Yeulett and Bernadette and the late Alexander MacDougall. Also survived by his aunts, uncles, cousins, other loving family and friends as well as his friends, extended family and beloved teachers at the Madison School. Memorial...

July 28, 2012

Hannak, Andrew D. Age 82, of Dearborn Heights. July 28, 2012. Beloved husband of Joan for 56 years. Loving father of Jeff and Lori. Dear brother of Betty (Joe) Proctor and Donald Arsenault. Brother-in-law of Joyce (Dave) Collins and Sheryl Hannak. Survived also by many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents Andrew Hannak Sr. and Virginia (Paul)...

July 28, 2012

Boschma, Judith Lee. Age 72. July 28, 2012 of Trenton. Formerly of South Rockwood. Beloved wife of Albert. Loving mother of Bret (Lisa) Boschma, Stephanie (Jeff) King and Jill (the late Matthew) Gaddis. Proud grandmother of Evan, Alex and Mitchell. Dearest sister to Sally Whiteside, Jackie Bost and Barbara Reeder.

July 27, 2012

Lambert, Oren J. Age 92, of Southgate. July 27, 2012. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy. Loving father of Jim (Diane), Tom (Cheryl) and Sandra (Trish). Proud grandfather of Tim, Michael, David, Kelly, April, Spencer and Sylvia. Great grandfather of Allyson and Emma. Dear uncle of Joyce Lambert. Preceded in death by parents William and Hettie and siblings Ada,...