Obituaries
Jeanie Marie Shuster
Sep 14, 2022
Our loving sister and aunt passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Age 70 years
Jeanie was born May 19, 1952, to Arlin and Edna(Pauline Good) Shuster, in Owosso, Michigan. Jeanie was the eldest of eight children. It makes sense, she was bossy and did things her way. She was fun, generous, kind, loving, independent, and so memorable to...
Irene E. Leitz
Sep 14, 2022
Irene E. Leitz
St. Charles, Michigan
Passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Hoyt Nursing and Rehab Center. Age 94 years.
The daughter of the late Helen (Slancik) and Adolph Sakowski was born January 6, 1928, in Saginaw, Michigan. She married Richard William Leitz, October 5, 1946. He passed away September 17, 2011. Irene retired from...
Marilyn O. Hetzner
Sep 14, 2022
Marilyn O. Hetzner
Saginaw, Michigan
Passed away Wednesday September 14, 2022 at Brian’s House at the age of 84 years. Marilyn was born January 30, 1938 in Saginaw, the daughter of the late Erwin and Olga (Hecht) Rupprecht.
Marilyn married Harvey R. Hetzner October 5, 1963; Harvey predeceased her July 12, 2015. She was an...
Earl Fredrick Klement
Sep 13, 2022
Earl Fredrick Klement of Midland, Michigan
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Pretty Prairie, Kansas. He was 92 years old. Earl Fredrick Klement was born on February 6, 1930, in Saginaw, Michigan, the seventh and last-born child to the late Augustine and Susanne...
Shirley Ann Steltzriede Allen
Sep 13, 2022
Passed away on September 13, 2022, at Brookdale Senior Living at the age of 89 years.Shirley was born on November 1, 1932, in Saginaw, Michigan to the late Ernest and Julia (Engel) Steltzriede. She married Ernest Allen on May 15, 1954; he predeceased her on May 22, 2013. Shirley was a member of Zion Lutheran Saginaw. She enjoyed knitting and...
Mary Ellen Sieggreen
Sep 13, 2022
Mary Ellen (Giorgis) Sieggreen passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends on September 13, 2022. She was born September 8, 1934 in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of the late Peter and Louise Giorgis. She spent her life faithfully caring for others, through her nursing career, at St. Mary’s Hospital, where she attended her nursing...
Julia Olga (Hoeppner) Kissane
Sep 12, 2022
Julia Olga (Hoeppner) Kissane of Hemlock, Michigan Julia passed away peacefully with her son and her daughter at her side on Monday, September 12, 2022 at Beaumont Hospital in Trenton; she was 80-years-old. Julia Olga Hoeppner was born on March 29, 1942 in Saginaw Michigan to the late Herbert H. and Adelia (Miller) Hoeppner. Julia was a 1959 proud graduate of Hemlock...
Iris Marie (Zapfe) Bauer
Sep 11, 2022
Iris Mare (Zapfe) Bauer Age 99. Passed away on September 11, 2022 at Saginaw Senior Care. She was born June 12, 1923 in Cass City to her late parents Floyd Henry and Ida (Simmons) Zapfe.
Iris graduated from Owendale, Michigan High School in 1941. She married David G. Bauer February 22, 1941 in Bay Port, MI. They moved...
Evelyn D. Kube
Sep 11, 2022
Evelyn D. Kube
Saginaw, Michigan
Passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at St. Francis Home, at the age of 88 years. The daughter of the late William Guettler and Edna (Goodman) Guettler Kaufmann. She was married to William Kube August 4, 1951. He passed away January 29, 1997.
She is survived by four sons: Gary (Carol), Larry (Cherie), David,...
Eric Andrew Jozwiak
Sep 8, 2022
Eric Andrew Jozwiak of Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 8, 2022, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 72 years old. Eric Andrew Jozwiak was born on March 15, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan, to the late Arthur Victor and Jean Marion (Slade) Jozwiak. He was...
Kevin Kenneth Buda
Sep 8, 2022
Buda, Kevin Kenneth of Saginaw, passed away unexpectedly at home on September 8, 2022, at the age of 52 years.
The son of the late Gerald H. Buda and Mary J. (VanAlst) Mularz was born on September 30, 1969, in Bay City, MI. He graduated from Garber High School in 1988 and joined the United States Army, where...
Audrey "Judy" Judith Lewis
Sep 7, 2022
Audrey “Judy” Judith Lewis
Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved mother, grandmother and loyal friend passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the age of 83 years.
The only child of the late Henry Schuyler and Audrey Judith (Westwood) Smith, Audrey was born on March 22, 1939 in Saginaw, Michigan. A graduate of Arthur Hill High School,...
Patsy Japcinski (Baldauf)
Sep 7, 2022
Patsy Japcinski (Baldauf)
Chesaning, Michigan
Passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at her home. Age 90 years.
She was born September 8, 1931, in Saginaw, the daughter of the late Harold and Beatrice
(Small) Baldauf. She married Bobbie Japcinski, June 27, 1952. He preceded her in death, November 6, 1994. Patsy was a homemaker in her...
Juan Gomez
Sep 6, 2022
Juan Gomez of Howell, Michigan
Beloved father, grandfather, boyfriend, brother, and uncle passed away unexpectedly at his home in Saginaw, on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. He was 48 years old. Juan Gomez was born on September 21, 1973, in Farmington, Michigan, to the late Juan Gomez and Christina (Knychalski) Lopez. He was employed as a machine operator with...
Viola Mae Newvine
Sep 4, 2022
Newvine, Viola Mae (Ferris) of Merrill, MI
Viola passed away on September 4, 2022, holding the hands of her family. Viola was born on September 30, 1930, to Jess and Esther Ferris in Flint, Michigan.
Viola was raised in Linden, and later moved to Whittemore where she worked as the town’s switchboard operator. She was known by everyone and well...
Sylvia Jean Burr
Sep 3, 2022
Sylvia Jean Burrof Saginaw, MIBeloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on September 03, 2022. Age of 74 years.The daughter of the late Howard and Vera (Pietsch) Menshardt was born on August 03, 1948, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was a proud graduate of Saginaw High School, class of 1966. Sylvia enjoyed working as an usher at the Temple Theater....
Nancy Marie Haag
Sep 1, 2022
Nancy Marie Haag of Saginaw, Michigan, formerly of Aurora, Colorado
Beloved aunt, cousin, and friend passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Covenant HealthCare. She was 84 years old. Nancy Marie Haag was born on March 8, 1938, in Saginaw, Michigan, to the late Paul T. and Bernice (Schaeding) Haag. She was a proud graduate of Saginaw High...
Betty Louise Beagle
Sep 1, 2022
Betty Louise Beagle
Hemlock, Michigan
Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at her home, with her family at her side, at the age of 97 years.
The daughter of the late Clarence and Marie (Cranz) Acker, Betty was born on May 28, 1925 in St. Louis, Michigan. She graduated from St. Louis High...
Esther Elizabeth LaGrow (Granger)
Aug 30, 2022
LAGROW (GRANGER), ESTHER E.
Cherished mother and grandmother passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2022.
Esther treasured her family above all else, selflessly caring for others. Even at 94, she was fiercely independent, was passionate about baking and cooking, and loved to host the celebrations to make sure everyone ate. Esther worked in retail for many years, touched many lives and...
Theresa F. Crandall
Aug 30, 2022
Theresa F. Crandall of Saginaw, Michigan
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at Symphony – Tri-Cities. She was 89 years old. Theresa F. Martin was born on January 29, 1933, in Saginaw, Michigan, to the late Fredrick P. and Mary C. (DuQuette) Martin. She...