Sarah Evelyn Vaillencourt; age 96; of Clarkston and formerly a long time resident of Lake Orion, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017. Sarah Stone was born in Dalton, Georgia on February 7, 1921. She married Raymond Vaillencourt on June 14, 1942. He preceded her in death on July 21, 2009 after 67 years of […]
Estelle M. Rzadkowolski; of Lake Orion; age 94; passed away January 4, 2017. Estelle is the beloved wife of the late Edward; loving mother of Bill (Posy) Rzadkowolski, Gloria Henry and the late Nancy Rzadkowolski; loving grandmother of Erin (Barry), Charlie (Jennifer), Madelyn, Adam, Jennifer (Andrew) and Sarah; and dear great grandmother of Kaelyn. Together […]
Donald D. Geppert; of Oakland; age 77; passed away on January 28, 2017. Donald was the loving husband of Barbara L. Geppert (Mason) for 49 years; loving father of David, Darlene (Steven) Baker, Daniel (Rebecca), and Dennis (Kelley); and dear grandfather of Natalie Marie, Leah Pauline and Owen Donald. Don retired from Detroit Edison after […]
John Francis DeRoso, age 70 of West Branch and formerly of Lake Orion, passed away on January 21, 2017 at The Villa at Rose City after a long illness. John had lived in West Branch for the past 26 years. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan, Oxford Lodge 84, […]
Velda Lee Upton Preston, our dear sweet Granny Vel, died peacefully at home on January 15, 2017, in Temple, TX, after 91 birthdays. Vel was born May 23, 1925, to Dorothy Lee (Rathbone) and Oscar Howard Upton in Pontiac, Michigan. A late snow covered the lilacs, which Howard dusted off in order to grace his wife and new […]
Raymond R. Burrowes, DVM, 85 years, of West Unity, Ohio and formerly of Lake Orion, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo with his family at his side. Ray was born August 9, 1931 in Lapeer, Michigan, the son of the late George and Alice (Hunt) Burrows. He was a 1950 […]
Ron Zilka; of Lake Orion; age 75; passed away January 11, 2017. Ron is the beloved husband of Brenda for 57 years; loving father of Wendy (Mark) Iacofano, Kim (David) Berkal, Rhonda Zilka and Kelly Zilka Snyder; and dear grandfather of Scott, Brian and Amy Arsen, Rachel, Jacob and Emma Berkal, Grace Cochran, Nick, Anna […]
Crystal Pauline Jewell; of Clarkston; age 82; went home to be with the Lord on January 4, 2017. Crystal is survived by her faithful husband of 61 years, Albert Murray Jewell; her four children, Glenida (Thor) Olafsson, Gregory (Claire) Jewell, Jeffrey (Denise) Jewell and Genise (Eric) Horsley; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren. She was […]
Joseph A. Csokas; of Lake Orion; age 73; January 2, 2017. Joseph is the beloved father of Justine (Scott) Myers and JoEllyn (Dennis) Graham; loving grandfather of Jaclyn, Steven, Cameron, Jacob and Mitchell; and dear brother of Tim (Linda) Csokas. Joseph owned and operated Renaissance Glass for many years and later retired from Oakland University. […]
Hildegard Konyen; of Metamora; age 88; passed away on January 2, 2017. Hildegard was the loving mother of Wilhelm (Diana) Lassel, Hildegard (Dean) Bonesteel and Heidi (Jeffrey) McQuistion; loving grandmother of Jason (Rachel) Lassel, Ben (Kelly) Lutz and Tiffany Townsend; dear great grandmother of David Lassel, Maxwell Lassel, Ila Lassel, Liesel Lutz and Max Townsend; […]