Obituaries
Margaret Thane
Oct 29, 2015
MARGARET ALBERTA THANE, 90, of Cass City, died Thursday, October 29, 2015 in Covenant Medical Center Select Specialty, Saginaw. She was born May 24, 1925 in Kinde to Thomas and Olive (Souva) Furness. Margaret married Willard Eugene Thane, October 27, 1956 in Caro. He died November 18, 2007. Margaret moved from Wilmot to East Tawas and lived there for 26...
Robert Hirn
Oct 28, 2015
ROBERT JOSEPH HIRN, 73, of Cass City died following a long illness Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in United Hospice of Marlette Residence Center, Marlette. He was born March 20, 1942 in Detroit to Francis and Marguerite (Weldon) Hirn. He married Mary Ann Spiekerman August 22, 1964 in St. Pancratius Catholic Church. Bob graduated from Central Michigan University in 1964 where...
Shirley Arquette
Oct 21, 2015
Shirley A. Arquette, 77, of Caro, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 in Covenant Medical Center Cooper Campus, Saginaw. She was born May 11, 1938 in Bach to Paul F. and Martha E. (Stark) Schenk. She married Joseph N. Arquette, December 3, 1955 in Detroit. He died January 9, 2006. Shirley enjoyed gardening and working outside with her flowers. Shirley is...
James Smithson
Oct 19, 2015
James W. Smithson, 74, of Cass City, died unexpectedly Monday, October 19, 2015 in Hills and Dales General Hospital, Cass City. He was born February 6, 1941 in Cass City to Roy and Alice (Robbins) Smithson. He married Joann Zawilinski September 21, 1963 in Cass City. Jim graduated from Cass City High School and was employed by General Cable working...
John Laszlo
Oct 18, 2015
John Laszlo, 81, of Deford, died October 18, 2015 in St. Mary's of Michigan following a brief illness. John was born on May 11, 1934 in North Branch to the late Stephen and Julia Takarics Laszlo. John married Janet Elaine Peters on September 2, 1960 in Deford. John worked for Cass City Concrete as a heavy equipment operator and later...
Florence Simmons
Oct 12, 2015
FLORENCE M. SIMMONS Florence M. Simmons , 65, of Kingston, died Monday, October 12, 2015 in McLaren Bay Region, Bay City. She was born June 18, 1950 at home in Pontiac to Robert Dewey and Eleanor Lucille (Simons) Bailey. She was married to George Skelton in 1967. She married Bill Simmons in 1975, he preceded her in death on October...
Hilda Zajac
Oct 11, 2015
HILDA MARTHA ZAJAC, 74, of Kingston, died following a long illness Sunday, October 11, 2015 in Medilodge Nursing Facility Cass City. She was born February 28, 1941 at home in Tuscola County to Oscar and Elsie (Bierlein) Bauer. She married Walter Edward Zajac December 20, 1969 in St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Richville, MI. Hilda worked as an office assistant for...
Richard Thies
Oct 4, 2015
Richard E. Thies, 67, of Deford died peacefully Sunday, October 4, 2015 in his home. He was born August 26, 1948 in Buffalo, New York to George Edward and Alice (Harvey) Thies. He married Betty Jean Bailey on March 23, 1991 in Fenton, Michigan. Richard held many jobs throughout his life. As a young man he worked as a short...
Caleb Hanby
Oct 1, 2015
Caleb J. Hanby, 28, of Cass City died following a year long battle with Rhabdomyosarcoma. He battled the cancer bravely and with so much pride for a full year and he courageously “won” his battle and will forever be our Superman. Caleb J. Hanby was born December 17, 1986 in Cass City, Michigan the first of two sons born to...
Ruth Dorman
Sep 29, 2015
RUTH MARGARITE SCHEMBER DORMAN, 96, of Tuscola County Medical Care Facility, Caro formerly of Cass City, died unexpectedly Tuesday, September 29, 2015 in St. Mary's Medical Center, Saginaw. She was born at home August 20, 1919 in Cass City the first of four children born to Rinerd and Mable (Klemmer) Knoblet. She married Archie Dorman August 20, 1972. He died...
Charles Auten
Sep 26, 2015
CHARLES STUART AUTEN, 88, of Cass City died unexpectedly Saturday, September 26, 2015 in Covenant Medical Center, Cooper Campus, Saginaw. He was born May 7, 1927 in Cass City the youngest of four children born to Meredith B. and Virginia (Wilsey) Auten. He married Lois Jean Jersey September 14, 1949 in Boyne City. They recently celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary....
Geneva Richards
Sep 19, 2015
GENEVA B. RICHARDS, 83, of Cass City, died following a long illness Saturday, September 19, 2015 in Northwood Meadows Medical Care Unit, Cass City. She was born September 19, 1932 in Independence, MO to E.Y. and Nellie (Smith) Hunker. She married Donald B. Richards June 21, 1958 in Harbor Beach. Geneva was a graduate of William Chrisman High School, Independence,...
William Sieggreen
Sep 16, 2015
WILLIAM JOSEPH SIEGGREEN, 71, of Cass City died Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center in Saginaw. He was born March 11, 1944 in Saginaw to Norman and Meletine Rita (Gase) Sieggreen. Bill served in the U.S. Navy for over 16 years including two tours as a Special Forces Operative in Vietnam. He then began a...
Arthur Caister
Sep 13, 2015
Arthur J. Caister, 83, of Cass City, died unexpectedly Sunday, September 13, 2015 in his daughter's home in Deford. He was born September 22, 1931 in Detroit the oldest of five children born to Wilford and Mary (Schweitzer) Caister. He married Marjorie Ann Bader April 12, 1952 in the Decker United Methodist Parsonage. Arthur was a graduate of Cass City...
Steven Depcinski
Sep 10, 2015
STEVEN JAMES DEPCINSKI, 27, of Cass City died unexpectedly Thursday, September 10, 2015. He was born June 30, 1988 in Bad Axe the second of three children born to Albert and Ann (Goniwiecha) Depcinski. He married Sara Lynn Lakie August 15, 2015 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Sebewaing. Steve graduated from Ubly High School in 2006. He started his own business,...
Lana Puterbaugh
Sep 4, 2015
LANA JEAN PUTERBAUGH, 60, of Snover, died Friday, September 4, 2015 in her home with her family by her side. She was born July 2, 1955 in Cass City to Ryerson and Dorothy (Pallas) Puterbaugh. Lana graduated from Cass City High School in 1973. She attended Delta College for a short time, studying photography. Lana worked on the family dairy...
Donald Smith
Aug 31, 2015
DONALD JACK SMITH, 78, of Decker died Monday, August 31, 2015 in his home. Don had been ill and in the hospital for the past 5 months with chronic pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He fought vigilantly and long enough to be able to go home to the house he was born in, where he died peacefully with his loving...
Lottie Bosbous
Aug 31, 2015
Lottie G. Bosbous, 93, of St. Clair Shores, died Monday, August 31, 2015 in Belle River Pines Assisted Living in Memphis following a short illness. She was born September 16, 1921 in Kingston to Stanley and Lottie (Kotonski) Adamczyk. She outlived her three husbands; Harold John Francis, John L. Cordero, and Mancer Bosbous. Lottie worked in research for Parke-Davis in...
Steven Weiss
Aug 26, 2015
STEVEN "STANLEY" JOHN WEISS, 40, of Cass City died unexpectedly Wednesday, August 26, 2015 in his home. He was born March 15, 1975 in Marlette to Dwayne and Judy (Dettloff) Weiss. Steve worked for Stimpel Drywall for 15 years. Steve is survived by his children: Steven Weiss of Peck, Miranda Weiss of Cass City; father, Dwayne Weiss of Brown City;...
Harriet Downing
Aug 23, 2015
Harriet M. Downing, 84, of Gagetown, died following a short illness Sunday, August 23, 2015 in Northwood Meadows Medical Care Unit in Cass City. She was born March 30, 1931 at home in Gagetown to Harry and Carrie (Crawford) Russell. She married John "Jack" Robert Downing June 30, 1956 in Gagetown. They lived their entire 58 years together in the...