Ervin G. Yoas
Mar 25, 2023
Ervin George Yoas went home to be with the Lord March 25 on his 109th birthday at WellBridge of Pinckney in Pinckney, Michigan. Born March 25, 1914 in Newport, Michigan, Ervin was the son of the late Edward and Anna (Bauman) Yoas. Ervin attended Monroe High School for one year. He went on to graduate in 1931 from Michigan Lutheran...
Derek John Didario
Mar 24, 2023
Derek John Didario, 42 years, of Newport, Michigan, passed away unexpectedly from complications related to a recent open-heart surgery, on Friday, March 24, 2023 in his home. Born August 10, 1980 in Monroe, Derek was the son of Daniel J. Didario and Denise (Hall) Trosin. Derek was a 1999 graduate of Jefferson High School where he excelled at baseball. He...
Judith M. "Judi" Schafer
Mar 22, 2023
Judith M. "Judi" Schafer, 71 years of Carleton, Michigan, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Aspen Grove Assisted Living in Lambertville, Michigan. She was comforted by her husband and her three children. Born August 28, 1951, in Monroe, Michigan, Judi was the daughter of the late George and Helen (Gilday) Cuthbert. She was...
Eleanor Kathleen Morgan
Mar 22, 2023
Eleanor Kathleen Morgan, age 93 of Monroe, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in her home. Born October 11, 1929 in Brevard, NC, Eleanor was the daughter of the late Robert and Etta (Eubanks) Rider. On October 19, 1946 she married Richard C. Morgan in Pickens, SC. Together they raised eight children. He preceded her in death on July 10,...
Dell Allan Benes
Mar 21, 2023
Dell Allan Benes, 60 years, of Monroe, Michigan, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 in Monroe. Born May 14, 1962 in Flint, Michigan, Dell was the son of the late Robert A. and Virginia L. (Stevens) Benes. The family moved to the Monroe area in 1980. Dell was a 1980 graduate of Airport High...
Richard Dean Peplinski
Mar 19, 2023
Richard Dean "Dick" Peplinski, age 95 of Monroe, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023 at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital surrounded by his family. Dick was born on August 21, 1927, in Detroit Michigan. From the age of 7, he resided with the John and Bertha Van Wasshenova family in Newport, Michigan. He attended Clark School (a 1 room schoolhouse in...
Valerie R. Smelcer
Mar 16, 2023
Valerie Smelcer passed away, 16 March 2023 in Monroe, Michigan of natural causes. Valerie Ruth Lazette was born 1 May 1955, the first child of Rolland William and Margaret Donna (Russell) Lazette, in Monroe MI. She attended St. Michael School for 7 years and 6th grade at St. Charles School. She graduated from St. Mary Academy in 1973. Valerie attended...
Glenn Paris Keck
Mar 16, 2023
Glenn Paris Keck, age 82 of Monroe, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2023 at University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor. Born November 18, 1940 in Monroe, Glenn was the son of the late Fred and Pearl (Maddox) Keck. He attended Monroe Public Schools and enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving his country from July 1, 1959 until being honorably discharged...
Joseph L. Focht
Mar 10, 2023
Joseph L. Focht, age 74, of Monroe, passed away Friday, March 10, 2023 in his home surrounded by his loving family. Joe was born February 28, 1949 in Kenton, Ohio; he was the son of Morris and Shirley (Armentrout) Focht. He married Brenda J. Palmer on June 28, 1974. He was a 1967 graduate of Ida High School and obtained...
Harold F. Stein
Mar 4, 2023
Harold F. Stein, 78 years, a lifelong resident of Carleton, Michigan, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 4, 2023 in his home. Born May 16, 1944 in Carleton, Harold was the son of the late Donald T. and Wilhelmina (Rutkowske) Stein. Harold was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick Catholic Church. He attended St. Patrick Grade...
Thomas S. Lakin
Mar 3, 2023
Thomas S. Lakin, age 80, of Monroe, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023 in his home surrounded by his family. Tom was born May 28, 1942 in Wyandotte, he was the son of Stanley and Marian (Corrigan) Lakin. He married Maureen LaBeau November 6, 1965. He was a 1960 graduate of St. Patrick High School in Wyandotte and a member...
Christine Vining
Mar 2, 2023
Christine (Hudson) Vining, 89, of Monroe, Michigan passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Fountain View Nursing Facility where she resided since June, 2022. Born April 26, 1933 in Swainsboro, Emanuel County Georgia; she was one of eleven children born to the late John Samuel and Emma Jane Hudson. The Hudson family relocated to Monroe, Michigan in 1949. Christine...
Kenneth M. Wood
Feb 28, 2023
Kenneth M. Wood, age 91 of Monroe, passed away Tuesday evening, February 28, 2023 at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital. Born September 20, 1931 in Monroe, Ken was the son of the late Fred and Lois (Burchett) Wood. He served his country in the U.S. Army from March 2, 1953 until being honorably discharged on March 1, 1955. He was stationed...
Geraldine A. "Gerri" Lamarre
Feb 27, 2023
Geraldine "Gerri" Ann (Goodnough) Lamarre, 98 of Monroe died peacefully on February 27 with family by her side. Gerri was a resident of the Orchard Grove Assisted Living facility in Romeo, Michigan. Gerri was born February 10, 1925 in Monroe, she was the daughter of William J. and Anna (Engel) Goodnough. She married Theophile Lamarre November 11, 1949 in Maybee;...
Howard Arthur Servey
Feb 18, 2023
Lifelong Monroe resident Howard Arthur Servey, 79, passed away peacefully with his daughter at his bedside on Saturday, February 18, 2023, in Toledo, Ohio, where he had been seriously ill since November 2022. Howard suffered from dystonia and prostate cancer, and he was in the care of SouthernCare Hospice at Alexis Gardens for three months prior to his passing and...
Rodney A. Bosanac
Feb 14, 2023
Rodney A. Bosanac, age 81, of Monroe, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital. Rod was born July 31, 1941 in Monroe, he was the son of Michael and Dorothy (Trefen) Bosanac. He married his high school sweetheart Margaret A. Fisher on October 12, 1963 at St. Anne Church, Monroe. He was a 1959 graduate of...
Terry H. Powell
Feb 13, 2023
Terry Hugh Powell, age 78 of Monroe, passed away Monday, February 13, 2023 at Embassy of Swanton, Swanton, Ohio. Born March 3, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, Terry was the son of the late Hugh and Estelle (Chiodo) Powell. He graduated from Morningside High School in Inglewood, California and married the love of his life, JoAn H. Huber of Monroe...
Michael W. Lamarsh
Feb 11, 2023
Michael W. LaMarsh, age 81, of Monroe, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Toledo ProMedica Hospital. Mike was born August 27, 1941 in Detroit, MI. He was the son of Albert and Shirley (Bookham) LaMarsh. He married Joan V. Starr November 11, 1961 in Monroe, MI. He was a 1959 graduate of Airport High School and obtained his Bachelor's...
Jeremiah D. Mcbee
Feb 10, 2023
Jeremiah Durand McBee, 39, of Monroe, passed away Friday February 10th at Henry Ford Hospital with loved ones by his side. Jeremiah was born on March 14, 1983 in Monroe, Michigan to Jeff and Nancy (Barron) McBee. He graduated from Monroe High School in 2001. On February 4th, 2022, Jeremiah was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was lucky to...
Joann Muir
Feb 10, 2023
JoAnn Muir, age 83, of Monroe passed away Friday, February 10, 2023 at Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania. JoAnn was born April 17, 1939 in Powell, Tennessee; she was the daughter of Roscoe and Alta (Moore) DeFord. She was raised by her mother and stepfather, Reaford Parker. She married Kenneth C. Muir September 26, 1959. JoAnn was a member of Holy...