Obituaries

Sophia Dzurnak

February 07, 1920 to January 01, 2015

Sophia Dzurnak, 94, of Marysville, died Thursday, January 1, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was born February 7, 1920 in Freeport, Ohio to the late Jacob and Catherine Kovalcik. She married John J. Dzurnak on July 17, 1948 in Detroit. He… Read More

Richard F "Dick" Schmitt

December 03, 1936 to December 30, 2014

Richard Frank “Dick” Schmitt, 78, of Marysville, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014. He was born December 3, 1936 in Port Huron to the late Joseph and Anne Schmitt. He married Mariol Gillett on August 18, 1973 in Port Huron. Mr. Schmitt graduated… Read More

Annie R Taylor

November 08, 1932 to December 29, 2014

Annie Rhea Taylor, 82, of Marysville died December 29, 2014 in McLaren Port Huron. She was born November 8, 1932 in Fort Deposit, Alabama to the late Walter and Mattie Lou Perdue. She married Jack A. Taylor on March 11, 1952 in Montgomery, Alabama.… Read More

Patricia A Baird

November 30, 1934 to December 28, 2014

Patricia Ann Baird, 80, of Fort Gratiot Township, died Sunday, December 28, 2014. She was born November 30, 1934 to the late Floyd and Lavina Duncan. She married Frank Baird on November 2, 1951 in Angola, Indiana. Patricia was a top saleswoman at… Read More

Wilma M Gay

January 28, 1941 to December 27, 2014

Wilma Mae Gay, 73, of Port Huron, died Saturday, December 27, 2014 with her family that had been caring for her by her side. She was born January 28, 1941 in Shady Valley, Tennessee to the late William and Gertrude Yonce. She married Eugene Gay on… Read More

Robert Foss

August 03, 1927 to December 27, 2014

Robert H. Foss, 87, of Port Huron Township, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 after a year-long battle with leukemia. He was born August 3, 1927 in Port Huron to the late Harold P. and Loretta E. Foss. He married Edna A. Bartley on August 28,… Read More

Vernon L Dupree

October 21, 1928 to December 26, 2014

Vernon L. Dupree, 86, of Burtchville Township, died Friday, December 26, 2014. He was born October 21, 1928 in Port Huron to the late Joseph E. and Blanche Dupree. He married Mary Louise Cameron on October 24, 1953 in Port Huron. She preceded him… Read More

Robert M Pickett

June 23, 1944 to December 26, 2014

Robert Martin Pickett Sr., 70, of Port Huron Township passed peacefully in his sleep, Friday, December 26, 2014 at home. He was born June 23, 1944 in Port Huron to the late Ohmer & Ruth Pickett. Robert served in the National Guard from 1965-71. He… Read More

Julia E Cooke

July 16, 1926 to December 26, 2014

Julia Elizabeth “Dolly” Cooke, 88, of Fort Gratiot died Friday, December 26, 2014 at her daughter’s home in Avoca. She was born July 16, 1926 in Hale to the late Wesley B. & Julia Runyan. She married William Edward Cooke on August 23, 1947 in… Read More

Marie Anspach

December 27, 1922 to December 23, 2014

Marie Anspach, 91, of Marysville, died Tuesday, December 23, 2014. She was born December 27, 1922 in Port Huron to the late Steven and Dominica Grenenko and grew up in the Flint/Durand area on the family farm. She married Leonard Anspach in July… Read More

John T Jovanovich

August 17, 1937 to December 22, 2014

John Trendo Jovanovich, 77, of Port Huron, formerly of Brunswick, Ohio, died December 22, 2014. He was born August 17, 1937 in Bitola, Yugoslavia to the late Trendo and Stella Jovanovich. He married Joy on August 4, 1979 in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. Mr.… Read More

John A Eschenberg

November 10, 1948 to December 21, 2014

John A. Eschenberg, 66, of Kimball Township, died Sunday, December 21, 2014. He was born November 10, 1948 in Port Huron to the late Gordon and Addie Eschenberg. Mr. Eschenberg was employed with West Side Auto Parts prior to his retirement. He… Read More

Dorothy G Smith

August 07, 1922 to December 20, 2014

Dorothy G. Smith, 92 of Smiths Creek, passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2014. She was born on August 7, 1922 in Port Huron to the late Arthur and Eva Keeley, where she lived with six brothers and a sister. She married William (Delmar) Smith on… Read More

Betty J Gillis

January 11, 1926 to December 20, 2014

Betty Jean Gillis, 88, of Port Huron, died Saturday, December 20, 2014 after a long illness. She was born January 11, 1926 in Detroit to the late Howard and Hazel Hughes. She married Stanley E. Gillis on August 29, 1946 in Port Huron. He preceded… Read More

Richard F McTaggart

October 20, 1939 to December 19, 2014

Richard F. “Dick” McTaggart, 75, of Port Huron Township, died Friday, December 19, 2014. He was born October 20, 1939 in Port Huron to the late Frederick and Hannah McTaggart. Mr. McTaggart was employed at Yeager Bridge Company for 3 years and… Read More

David L Atfield

March 24, 1937 to December 18, 2014

David L. Atfield, 77, of Port Huron Township, died Thursday, December 18, 2014. He was born March 24, 1937 in Port Huron to the late Thomas and Edyth Atfield. He married C. Sue Eifert on September 7, 1957. Dave was a self-employed carpet installer… Read More

Jay Daniel

March 28, 1942 to December 18, 2014

Jay Jeffrey Daniel, 72, of Fort Gratiot went home to be with the Lord Thursday, December 18, 2014. He was born March 28, 1942 in Port Huron to the late Everitt and Elizabeth Daniel. He married Debra A. Papinaw on July 3, 1982 in Port Huron. Mr.… Read More

Alton Hill

November 22, 1936 to December 18, 2014

Alton Hill, 78, of Marysville, died Thursday, December 18, 2014 in his home. He was born November 22, 1936 in Detroit. He married Delores G. Finley on February 2, 1957 in Detroit. Mr. Hill retired from General Motors in 1984 after 30 years of… Read More

Elizabeth J Waddell

March 16, 1917 to December 16, 2014

E. Jean Waddell, 97, of Marysville, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014. She was born March 16, 1917 in Port Huron to the late Jay and Laura Cleland. She married A. Thomas Waddell on October 27, 1938 in Port Huron. He died December 3, 1985. Mrs.… Read More

Audrey M Durance

September 01, 1938 to December 15, 2014

Audrey Marie Durance Audrey Marie Durance, 76, of Marysville died Monday, December 15, 2014. She is survived by her husband, James; daughter, Jeri Jo Hinkle of Clinton Township; son, James of Monroe; granddaughters, Jessica, Laura, Michelle, Jamie… Read More

Curtis M Crews

October 30, 1948 to December 14, 2014

Curtis Michael Crews, 66, of Port Huron, died Sunday, December 14, 2014. He was born October 30, 1948 in Ferndale to the late John and Irene Crews. He married Delores Hill on July 28, 1973 in Port Huron. Mr. Crews was a press operator with Mueller… Read More

Amie H Neil

April 05, 1974 to December 13, 2014

Amie Heather Neil, 40, of Port Huron died unexpectedly in Mercy Hospital on Saturday, December 13, 2014. She was born April 5, 1974 in St. Clair to Devonna and the late Edward Bosman. Amie graduated from Marysville High School in 1992 and received… Read More

Michael J Daggett

February 19, 1960 to December 13, 2014

Michael James Daggett, 54, of Fort Gratiot died Saturday, December 13, 2014. He was born February 19, 1960 in Port Huron to Jim and Francile Daggett. Mr. Daggett graduated from Marysville High School in 1978. He was employed with the Times Herald… Read More

Myrtle L Devroy

August 16, 1931 to December 13, 2014

Myrtle Loree Devroy, 83, of Port Huron died Saturday, December 13, 2014. She was born August 16, 1931 in Lakeview to the late Norman and Freda Crittenden. Mrs. Devroy worked for Northern Telecom before her retirement. She enjoyed spending time… Read More

Robert E Helm

April 03, 1943 to December 11, 2014

Robert Edmund Helm, 71, of Port Huron, died Thursday, December 11, 2014. He was born April 3, 1943 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania to the late Robert J. and Ruth M. Helm. Robert practiced law in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Saginaw. He attended the… Read More

Doris Hartel

July 16, 1938 to December 12, 2014

Doris May Hartel, 76, of Fort Gratiot died Friday, December 12, 2014 in McLaren Port Huron. She was born July 16, 1938 in Port Huron to the late Harvey & Dorothy Smith. She married Lawrence L. Hartel Sr. on January 19, 1957 in Walkerton, Indiana.… Read More

Frances E Szyndlar

November 05, 1913 to December 11, 2014

Frances Eleanor Szyndlar, 101, of Fort Gratiot died Thursday, December 11, 2014. She was born November 5, 1913 in Detroit to the late Francis and Mary Woznack. She married Andrew Szyndlar in October of 1930 in Detroit. He preceded her in death in… Read More

Margaret Gardocki

July 13, 1925 to December 11, 2014

Margaret Moruz Gardocki, 89, of Port Huron, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2014 in Marwood Manor from complications of Alzheimer’s and COPD. She was born July 13, 1925 in Detroit in a house on Riopelle Street near the State Fair Grounds to… Read More

Mary Jane Haener

February 15, 1948 to December 08, 2014

Mary Jane Haener, 66, of East China, died December 8, 2014 in her home surrounded by her loving family after a courageous fight with a very rare and aggressive cancer. She was born February 15, 1948 in Baseline, Michigan. She married William… Read More

Theodore Currie

April 07, 1932 to December 08, 2014

Theodore “Ted” Currie, 82, of Marysville, died Monday, December 8, 2014 in Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, after a short illness. He was born April 7, 1932 in Detroit, to the late Helen and Edward Recor Currie Sr. He married his beloved… Read More