Name: Carl A. Palmateer
Age: 92
Hometown: Cass City, MI
Funeral Date: April 26, 2024
Funeral service held 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2024 in Kranz Funeral Home, Cass City with Pastor Christian Wright of First Baptist Church of Cass City officiating. Interment in Novesta Township Cemetery. Military honors conducted by Cass City V.F.W. Post #3644 and the United States Navy Guard. Memorials may be made to Cass City V.F.W. Post #3644. Visitation: 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2024 in Kranz Funeral Home, Cass City 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2024 in Kranz Funeral Home, Cass City Arrangements by Kranz Funeral Home, Cass City
Carl is survived by his wife, Joyce; sons: Jim Palmateer, Carl (Frances) Palmateer, Jr., Joel Palmateer; daughter, Julie (Robert) Palmateer-Brown; step daughter, Pam Tyll; several grandchildren, great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his step daughter, Debra Ahern-O’Connor; sisters: Leota Anthes, Mabel Francis, Alma Darby, Marian Fredrick.
Carl A. Palmateer, Sr., 92, of Cass City, died peacefully Saturday, April 20, 2024 in Hills and Dales Healthcare, Cass City. He was born February 2, 1932 in Deford to Harvey and Vina (Spencer) Palmateer. He married Joyce C. McInally on January 20, 1967 in Caro. Carl attended Cass City High School and enlisted in the United States Navy. He served aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga and also performed shore patrol in Pensacola, Florida during the Korean War era. Carl was honorably discharged from the Navy having earned the rank of Petty Officer Third Class. Returning home and having earned a pilot’s license, he flew a fixed wing plane for the Tuscola County Sheriff’s Department. Carl’s job as a Tuscola County Sheriff’s Deputy led him to become the Chief of Police for the Village of Cass City. He also owned his own truck and worked for many trucking companies, eventually retiring from Holland Motor Freight. Carl was always on the go, with a good sense of humor, and the “gift of gab”. Carl was very community oriented and was a past member of the Cass City Rotary Club, Cass City Gavel Club, and the former Cass City Masonic Lodge. He was active as a Cub Scout Master and Boy Scout Leader for many years. Carl held the position of Village President of Cass City for eleven years. When he had the chance, he enjoyed deer hunting with his family and riding his motorcycle.
Name: Shirley Ann Dubs
Age: 89
Hometown: Pigeon
Funeral Date: April 25, 2024
Date of Birth: September 03, 1934
Date of Passing: April 23, 2024
Funeral Home: Champagne Funeral Chapel
Funeral services will be at 1:00pm Thursday, April 25th at the Champagne Funeral Chapel with Elder Kathy Swartzendruber and High Priest Terry Brown officiating. Burial will be in New Bay Port Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11:00am Thursday and continue until the time of the service. Memorials may be made to the Bay Port Community of Christ Church.
Shirley is survived by her sons Steve (Kathy) of Pigeon, Scott (Mary) of Pigeon and Larry (Deborah) of Reese; grandchildren Kristin (Josh) Sherman, Rebecca (Drew) Gokey, Jamie (Joe) Meyer, Matthew (Elisha) Dubs, Mary Kaye (Trever) Wichert, and step-grandchildren Jennifer (Jason) Sears, Adrienne (Marcus) Sting, Danielle (Josh) Woodruff, and Karleigh (Brent) Jimpkoski; great grandchildren Noah, Elijah, Adalynn, Massey, Teague, Brogan, Tyson, Colton, Forrest, and step great-grandchildren Riley, Kiera, Brielle, Easton, Emily, Madelyn, Jaidyn, Brentley and Raelynn; sister Janet (Ron) Heckman of Pigeon; brother-in-law Bob Ziel; and sisters-in-law Maybelle Deering and Ava Gies; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother Wayne Lawrence, sister Lucille Ziel and great-granddaughter Abigail Rae Gokey.
Shirley Ann Dubs, 89, of Pigeon, passed away Monday, April 22, 2024 at Huron County Medical Care Facility in Bad Axe. Shirley was born September 3, 1934 in Bay Port to the late Roy and Bernice (Quick) Lawrence. She graduated from Bay Port High School in 1952. On May 4, 1957 she married Jimmy B. Dubs at the Bay Port R.L.D.S. Church; he preceded her in death on March 22, 1996. Shirley was a faithful lifetime member of the Community of Christ Church in Bay Port.
Name: Maryo Cox
Age: 73
Hometown: Filion
Funeral Date: April 24, 2024
A Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 4 pm at the Kaufman Funeral Home in Bad Axe. Visitation will held on Wednesday from 1 pm until the service time at 4 pm. If you wish to offer your condolences to the Cox family, please go to www.kaufmanfuneralhome.com
Maryo is survived by her husband, James Cox of Filion, her son Aaron Cox of Filion, and daughter Shaun (Michael) Parrish of Kinde. Grandchildren, Olivia Cox, Emma Cox, Ethan Parrish, and Gus Parrish. Her brother, Bert Dalmayer, sister, Yvonne Scese, and sister- in- law, Jamie Cox. Many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Maryo Cox, age 73, of Filion passed away on Friday, April 19, 2024, after a brief illness. She was born on October 28, 1950 in Hengelo, Netherlands, daughter of the late Lambertus and Fredrika (Wiggers) Dalmayer. She married James Cox on August 16, 1969.
Name: Doris Joan Davis
Age: 89
Hometown: Bad Axe
Funeral Date: April 22, 2024
Per her wishes cermantion will occur, a Memorial Service will be held at MacAlpine Funeral Home Bad Axe, Monday, April 22 at 11:00 am with Rev. Linda Fuller officicating. Burial will be at Grand Lawn Cementry at a later date. A 90th Birthday celebration was planned for Sunday, April 21 from 1 to 4 at her home ( 675 Allan Court, Bad Axe) from 1 to 4 has been changed to a celebration of her life. Memorial can be made to the Thumb Breadbasket or Bay Shore Camp.
She is survived by daughters Rhonda(Douglas)Buehler of Pigeon, Roslyn (Charles) Nagel of Bad Axe, Rochelle (Fred) Kinnee of Ubly. Grandchildren Matthew (Ann) Buehler of Melbourne, FL, Garret (Joanna) Buehler of Columbus, OH, Crystal (Nathan) Stomack of Croswell, Nicole (Peter) Russo of Royal Oak, Great Granchildren, Lydia & Katherine Buehler, Cleo & Jensen Stomack, Landon & Blake Russo. Brother Harold Kropp, Pigeon, in-laws Barbara Kropp & Mary Kropp. She was proceeded in death by her parents, spouse, brothers Donald and Willard Kropp, in-laws, Roger Davis, Judy Davis, Lonnie Davis, Diane Kropp and nephew Donald Kropp Jr and niece Angela Kropp
Doris Joan Davis of Bad Axe passed away Friday, April 19, 2024 just two days before her 90th birthday celebration, at McLaren Thumb Region after a brief illness. She was born April 21, 1954 at the Pigeon Hospital to Solomon & Hattie (Fahndich) Kropp. She is a 1951 graduate of Pigeon High School. She married Roy Junior (RJ) Davis on August 1, 1953 at Salem EUB Church. She is a Member of the Salem Church. Doris was a devoted mom and homemaker taking care of not only her children, grandchildren and many other children through the years. She worked at Pigeon State Bank, Scenic Golf Course, Douglas Buehler, OD and Wash King Laundry from19 84 until its closing in December 2012. When Doris was 25 years old she was in a severe car accident. She broke her hip and was forced on bed rest for 11 weeks. Over the years she had four hip replacements and because of the accident and the hard work of the laundry caused many other health issues, none of which kept her from working hard. Since retiring, she loves doing puzzles and sending out hundrends of birthday & holiday card to friends and family. She loved watching the deer, squirrels and birds in her yard.
Name: George F. Diehl
Age: 79
Hometown: Port Hope, MI
Funeral Date: April 19, 2024
Date of Birth: August 11, 1944
Date of Passing: April 12, 2024
Funeral Home: Wujekl-Calcaterra & Sons
Visitation: Thursday @ 3-9pm with a 7pm Rosary at Wujek-Calcaterra & Sons (Shelby Twp.) 54880 Van Dyke on 25 Mile Rd. Funeral: Friday instate @ 9:30am at St. Anastasia Catholic Church 4571 John R (South of long Lake Rd) until time of Mass 10am. Grave-side service and burial: Saturday, April 20th @ 12pm. Lakeview Cemetery Port Hope, MI: 4429 Pochert Rd. Share memories with the family at their "On-Line Guest Book" @ WujeklCalcaterra.com.
Beloved husband of Diane for 55 cherished years. Loving father of Jeffrey (Michelle) Diehl. Proud grandfather of Ryan (Abigail) Diehl, Morgan Diehl, Carter Diehl, and Alexis Diehl. Step grandfather to Charlie, Tony, and Sarah Morgan. Dear brother of Richard (Carol) Diehl, James (Darlene) Diehl, Kathy (Chuck) Meissner. Predeceased by his parents John and Francis Diehl and stepfather Raymond Tschirhart, siblings Eileen Diehl, John Diehl, and Susan (the late Joseph) Gomouluch. Also survived by his sister-in-law Sharon Diehl.
DIEHL, George, F. | August 11, 1944 - April 12, 2024 | Age 79. George graduated from Our Lady of Lake Huron Highschool in Harbor Beach, MI in 1962. He then attended Delta College where he received and Associate's Degree. He went on to work at Ford Motor Company, then Champion Spark Plug Company where he became a Journeyman Pipefitter, and finally Chrysler LLC where he retired on June 30th, 2007. His pastimes included boating, fishing, pheasant hunting, golfing. card playing, and looking after flower gardens. Since 2019. George loved spending time at the family lake house north of Port Hope watching the wildlife and taking care of the flowerbeds. George took pride in his family and loved them dearly. He will be greatly missed by his family and all of his loved ones.
Name: Wave M. Manial
Age: 58
Hometown: Sebewaing, MI
Funeral Date: April 23, 2024
Date of Birth: August 11, 1965
Date of Passing: April 15, 2024
Funeral Home: Juengel & Mellendorf Funeral Home
A memorial visitation is planned for Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at Juengel & Mellendorf Funeral Home in Sebewaing from 2pm-8pm. The memorial service will be Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at New Salem Lutheran Church, 222 E. Grove St., Sebewaing. Visitation will begin at 9am until the time of service at 10:30am with a luncheon to follow. Memorial donations may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Share a memory at www.jmfuneralhome.com
Wave is survived by her husband, Mark; daughter, Sierra; father, Jerl “Babe” Carter; sister, Nancy (Kim) VanNortwick; brother, Ward Carter; and many nieces and nephews. Wave is preceded in death by her mother, Janet Carter; brother, Wade Carter; and in-laws: Charles Lindy and Rosemarie Manial.
Wave M. Manial, age 58, of Sebewaing, went to meet her Lord and Savior on Monday, April 15, 2024. Wave was born in Bay City on August 11, 1965, to Jerl “Babe” Carter and Janet (Winter) Carter. She graduated in 1983 from USA School. On September 23, 1995, she married Mark Manial at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sebewaing. She just recently retired from AAA Travel of Michigan after 33 years working as a travel agent and rep for the company. She loved attending all of Sierra’s extracurricular activities, heading down to Florida with her sister to visit Sierra, helping her dad and many others when they needed it, taking casino trips and vacations with Mark, being a member of the Sebewaing American Legion Auxiliary, spending time with her girlfriends, working on puzzles and watching Hallmark movies and crime television shows.
Name: Kathryn Grace Gazlay
Age: 41
Hometown: Bay Port, MI
Funeral Date: April 18, 2024
Date of Birth: April 30, 1982
Date of Passing: April 15, 2024
Funeral Home: Champagne Funeral Chapel
A memorial service will be at 11:00am Thursday, April 18th at Elkton Missionary Church with Rev. Paul Holcroft officiating. Friends may begin gathering at church after 10:00am. Memorials may be made to Elkton Missionary Church or Positive Alternatives of Bad Axe. www.ChampagneFuneralChapel.com
Katie is survived by her husband Garret, their faithful dog, Toby, 3 brothers Ben, Eric and Tim Anderson, father and mother-in-law Alan and Carla (Smith) Gazlay, sisters-in-law Gretchen (Clayton) Schutter and Bridget Gazlay as well as aunts, uncles, niece and nephews and many cherished friends. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Kathryn Grace "Katie" Gazlay, 41, of Bay Port, passed from this life into the arms of her Savior on Monday, April 15, 2024. Katie was born on April 30, 1982 in Marinette, Wisconsin to the late Arthur and Linda (Roach) Anderson and raised in Menominee, Michigan where she graduated from Menominee High School. She then attended Northern Michigan University where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and met her future husband, Garret Gazlay. They were married on April 29, 2006 at Marquette Missionary Church. In 2022 the couple relocated to Bay Port, Michigan to begin their ministry at Elkton Missionary Church. Katie enjoyed board games, audio books, movies and time with her girlfriends. She had a passion for the power found in the truth of the scriptures.
Name: Nancy Ann Kraft
Age: 92
Hometown: Pigeon
Funeral Date: August 03, 2024
Date of Birth: June 12, 1931
Date of Passing: January 20, 2024
Funeral Home: Champagne Funeral Chapel
A memorial service will be at 11:00am Saturday, August 3rd at St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church-Berne with visitation one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be made to St. John’s Ev. Lutheran School, 7369 Berne Road, Pigeon, MI 48755 or the Michigan Lutheran Seminary Foundation. www.ChampagneFuneralChapel.com
Nancy is survived by her three children, nine grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren; her son David (Sherri) of Pigeon, daughter Carol (Joel) Nelson of Muskego, Wisconsin and son Daniel (Elizabeth) of Williamston, Michigan; grandchildren Alyssa Kraft (Dan) of Austin, Texas, Stephanie (Allan) McLean of Shelby Township, Michigan, Matthew (Steph) Kraft of Western Springs, Illinois, Natalie (Micah) Walz of New Berlin, Wisconsin, Eric (Aly) Nelson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lindsay (Jamie) Langan of Mount Prospect, Illinois, Stuart (Amber) Neils of Petoskey, Michigan, Ella (Josh) Vaillancourt of Holt, Michigan and Grace Kraft of Grand Rapids, Michigan; great-grandchildren Shawn, Ethan, Brody, Cooper, Anna, Caroline, Layla, Mason, Zoey, Sadie, Jack, Lily, Theo and Sutton; Nancy is also survived by her brother, Robert Carpenter of Grand Rapids, sister-in-law Naomi (Gilbert) Wichert and many nieces and nephews.
Nancy Ann Kraft, 92, of Pigeon, was called home peacefully on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at home. Nancy was born June 12, 1931 in Grayling to the late George and Marian (Breinager) Carpenter. She was made a child of God through Holy Baptism on April 21, 1935. Nancy married Lowell E. Kraft on May 3, 1952 in Bronson, Michigan. They celebrated 70 years of marriage shortly before Lowell’s passing in 2022. Nancy’s sister, Mary Kay Prudden passed away in 2023. Nancy graduated from Pigeon High School in 1949. She attended Michigan State University and later Central Michigan University finishing the last two years of her teaching degree while her children were young. She taught second and third grades at the Pigeon Elementary School in the 1960’s. Nancy always enjoyed her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She taught them kindness, compassion, and love. Nancy was a gifted homemaker and enjoyed entertaining family and friends. Always an optimist, she was a talented seamstress with a fun sense of humor who enjoyed the outdoors, gardening and playing Bridge. She enjoyed traveling with Lowell and spending winters at their home in Boynton Beach, Florida. While in Florida they attended Divine Savior Lutheran Church in West Palm Beach. She has been a member of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church-Berne since 1952.
Name: Mary Ann Greyerbiehl
Age: 83
Hometown: Bad Axe, MI
Funeral Date: June 01, 2024
Services for Mary Ann Greyerbiehl will be held June 1st, 2024 at Colfax Cemetery. Our angel Mary Ann, we will miss you, never forget you, and always feel honored to be your family. If you wish to offer your condolences to Mary Ann’s family, please go to www.kaufmanfuneralhome.
Mary Ann is survived by two brothers, Edward Greyerbiehl of Columbiaville, William Greyerbiehl and special friend Marie Heleski of Bad Axe, four sisters, Diane Fields of Turner, Mi, Beth Laycock of Paris, TN, Barbara (Paul) Armstrong of Chatham, Va, and Patricia McCoy of Bad Axe, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her step father, William R. Boss, brother-in-laws Dennis Laycock, Richard McCoy, and Larry Fields and her special kitty Picky.
Mary Ann Greyerbiehl, age 83 of Bad Axe, passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2024 after a short illness. She was born on June 1, 1940 in Bad Axe, daughter of the late Jacob Henry Greyerbiehl and Stella (Dzukola) Boss. Mary Ann was a long time attendee of the Bad Axe Church of the Nazarene and their weekly Bible Study. Her faith was shown through her actions and attitude toward life. Mary Ann loved life and always stayed positive and cheerful even when life gave her immense challenges. At a very young age, she survived an accident that disabled her for the rest of her life, which she endured with grace and dignity. A beautiful smile was an ever presence on her face. For many years, Mary Ann enjoyed working at Thumb Industries Thrift Store up until age 80. Her deeply loved interests were her family, dolls, purses, music records, puzzles, yarn, coloring books with crayons, French fries and potato chips.
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