Obituaries
Nancy Lee Duranso
Jul 26, 2023
Nancy Lee Duranso Saginaw, Michigan
Passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at Covenant-Harrison. Age 80 years. The daughter of the late Nonie (Brandt) and Leo Thom was born September 3, 1942, in Merrill, Michigan. She married Allan Duranso on July 16, 1960. He passed away, March 10, 2010. Nancy was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church and the...
Arland Daniel Blakely
Jul 25, 2023
Arland Daniel Blakely
Saginaw, Michigan
Passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at Covenant Cooper. Age 94 years.
The son of the late Thomas and Mary Blakely (Fealko), Arland was born June 27, 1929 in Saginaw Michigan. He was a proud graduate of Saginaw High School. Arland served his country with the United States Army from 1951 until his honorable discharge...
Nancy Rose Ollerman Myron
Jul 24, 2023
Nancy Rose Ollerman Myron, age 73, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 24, 2023, in the comfort of her own home in Saginaw, Michigan. She was born in Vermillion, South Dakoka, on July 23, 1950, to Reverend Franz Ollerman and Wuanita (Axlund) Ollerman.
In 1952 she moved with her family to Detroit and then to Saginaw in 1961. She was...
Ofelia Campbell Olivarez
Jul 24, 2023
Saginaw, Michigan
Our beloved mother passed away on Monday, July 24, 2023, at the age of 86 years. Born on January 4, 1937, to the late Alberto Campbell, Sr. and Paulina (Garcia) Campbell-Martinez in Weslaco, Texas. She married Gilberto Olivarez on September 13, 1952. Together they celebrated 68 years of marriage.
Ofelia is survived by their four children: Robert (Rebecca)...
Mary Ann Garcia
Jul 23, 2023
Loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother passed away in Saginaw, Michigan, on Sunday, July 23rd, 2023, at the age of 80. Mary Ann was born on July 26th, 1942, in Saginaw to the late William & Guadalupe (Isquierdo) Castanon. She married Felix Gomez Garcia, Jr. on May 2nd, 1959, and the two would spend over 44...
Frank J. Golz
Jul 23, 2023
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away on July 23, 2023, after a courageous battle following the diagnosis of a brain tumor. Age 77 years.Frank was born on April 27, 1946, in Saginaw, to the late Jack and Ann (Mangutz) Golz. He married the love of his life, Sharon Klein, on April 17, 1971 and they enjoyed 52...
John R. (Jack) Schmidt
Jul 23, 2023
John was born May 4, 1939, in Saginaw, Michigan, the son of the late John W. and Helen (Niederstadt) Schmidt. John graduated from Saginaw High School in 1957. He served in the United States Army in 1959 as a Reserve. He married Patricia (Stipe) Ordway on September 22, 1980, in Saginaw. He had enjoyed playing pool at The Alley in...
B. J. Humphreys
Jul 20, 2023
B. J. Humphreys, 10/27/1930 - 07/20/2023, died peacefully at his home after a long and rich life. B. J. was born in Detroit, MI, attended Wayne State University for two years then graduated from the Detroit College of Law in 1957. He was a proud veteran of the United States Air Force and served his country faithfully in the...
Roy Lee Whitson III
Jul 19, 2023
Roy Lee Whitson III.
Saginaw, Michigan
Passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Age 19 years.
The son of Teri McMahon and Roy Lee Whitson Jr. was born May 17, 2004, in Saginaw, Michigan. He graduated from Arthur Hill High School, Class of 2023 and was attending Truck Driving School. He attended St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. He...
Florence (Rappuhn) Alever
Jul 19, 2023
Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and aunt passed over into eternal life on July 19, 2023, age 101 years.Florence was born October 6, 1921, to the late Thomas and Jennie (Wressell) Guttridge. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School then went to work at Lufkin Rule. In 1947 she went to work at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, retiring in...
Jean "Jeanne" Alvina Butzin
Jul 19, 2023
Jean “Jeanne” Alvina Butzin of Saginaw, Michigan
JEANNE METEVIA was born on November 21, 1951, in Birch Run, Michigan. There were just two other homes on the dirt road that Jeanne grew up on. Her grandmother and Uncle Ronny lived in one of the homes, and a family from Tennessee lived in the other one. Jeanne had just one...
Nicholas "Nick" Peter Kastros
Jul 17, 2023
Nicholas "Nick" Peter Kastros of Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved son, brother, grandson, uncle, cousin, nephew, and friend passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 17, 2023, in Petoskey, Michigan. He was 33 years old. Nicholas Peter Kastros was born on July 21, 1989, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Peter George and Rebecca L. (Kerouac) Kastros. He was a proud 2008 graduate of...
Elizabeth "Betty" Josephine Samuel
Jul 17, 2023
Elizabeth “Betty” Josephine Samuel
Merrill, Michigan
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend passed away peacefully at Merrill Fields Assisted Living on Monday, July 17, 2023, at the age of 96 years. This facility is located on the grounds owned by her mother, with the house next door being the one she lived in until the age of 22....
Connie Rae Palmer
Jul 16, 2023
Of Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 16, 2023, at the Laurels of Mount Pleasant. She was 69 years old. Connie Rae Sheets was born on April 12, 1954, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Jack and Nancy (Lewis) Sheets. She was a proud graduate of Arthur Hill High School. A...
Michael Ratcliff
Jul 15, 2023
Michael Ratcliff, beloved husband, father, and friend, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2023, at the age of 66 in Mt. Morris, MI. His warm presence and vibrant spirit will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.Michael was born on December 17, 1956, in Flint, Michigan to Harvey and Trula (Sisk) Ratcliff. It was...
Bradley "Brad" Gordon Hurry
Jul 13, 2023
Bradley “Brad” Gordon Hurry of Saginaw
Loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 13th, 2023, in Saginaw, Michigan, at the age of 63. Brad was born on January 20th, 1960, in Saginaw, to the late Gordon & Elaine (Garrett) Hurry. A hard worker, Brad spent his years serving his community and staying active as a...
Janet Kay Gedraitis
Jul 13, 2023
Janet Kay Gedraitis of Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, and great-grandmother "gigi" passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, on Thursday, July 13, 2023, at Covenant HealthCare - Cooper. She was 83 years old. Janet Kay Marks was born on October 17, 1939, in Buchanan, Michigan, to the late George and Mazie (Kocher) Marks. She...
Beulah Marie Cowles
Jul 13, 2023
Our loving mother, sister and aunt, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Age 85 years.
Beulah was born on October 20, 1937, daughter of the late Gerald and Beulah (Sensebaugh) Egbert, in Saginaw. She married Corwin “Vic” Cowles on June 16, 1956. He predeceased her on May 18, 2014. Beulah enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, was an avid reader and...
Judith "Judy" Marie Christiansen
Jul 13, 2023
Judith “Judy” Marie Christiansen of Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend went home to be with the Lord, with her family by her side, on Thursday, July 13, 2023, at Hoyt Nursing & Rehab Centre. She was 86 years old. Judy was born on January 1, 1937, in Mason, Michigan, to the late George Washington and...
Ruth Marie Grover Ruyts
Jul 11, 2023
Ruth Marie was born on January 28, 1937, to the late Ariel (nee Miller) and George H. Grover. She and her mother lived with her grandparents, the late James C. and Lillie Rutledge Miller. She graduated from Arthur Hill High School in 1955. She went to work at the Second National Bank where she met her future husband, Richard Ruyts....
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