Obituaries

Gail Lynn Fritz

Gail Lynn Fritz

Feb 11, 2010

Gail Fritz, 55, of Shepherd, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at her residence. Her funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln Rd., Mt. Pleasant, with Pastor Chuck Marckel III officiating. Cremation will take place following the service. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until...

Mary J. Cole

Mary J. Cole

Feb 7, 2010

Mary Cole, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at Central Michigan Community Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Loren Kalinowski presiding. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home,...

Marie F. Kelly

Marie F. Kelly

Jan 29, 2010

Marie Kelly, 67, of Lake Isabella, passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, at Woodland Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, at St. Joseph The Worker Church in Beal City with Father David Jenuwine presiding. Cremation will follow and her ashes will be interred in St. Joseph Cemetery. The family will receive...

Patricia F. Meabrod

Patricia F. Meabrod

Jan 22, 2010

Patricia Meabrod, 84, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Detroit, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at the Laurels in Mt. Pleasant. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Will Prospero presiding. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Charles...

Gerald W. Mcdonald

Gerald W. Mcdonald

Jan 22, 2010

Gerald McDonald, 77, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away peacefully, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at Central Michigan Community Hospital, surrounded by his family, after a five month battle with pancreatic cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Thomas J. McNamara presiding. Burial will be in Calvary...

Brian T. Fulkerson

Brian T. Fulkerson

Jan 6, 2010

Brian Fulkerson, 59, of Weidman and formerly of Oakland County, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Central Michigan Community Hospital. His memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln Rd., Mt. Pleasant, with Pastor Joe Wentworth of Central Assembly of God officiating. The family will...

Arthur G. Florkey

Arthur G. Florkey

Jan 3, 2010

Arthur Florkey, 93, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Traverse City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at the Isabella County Medical Care Facility. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Noon on Saturday, Jan. 9, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Loren Kalinowski presiding. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to...

Rosaleen Ann Zoleski

Rosaleen Ann Zoleski

Jan 1, 2010

Rosaleen Zoleski, 83, of Mt. Pleasant passed away Friday, January 1, 2010 in Brighton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, January 4, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Loren Kalinowski presiding. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln...

John E. Wieber

John E. Wieber

Dec 29, 2009

John Wieber, 93, of Beal City, passed away Dec. 29, 2009 in Florida. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 on Friday July 23, 2010, at St. Joseph The Worker Church in Beal City with Father Patrick Jankowiak presiding. Cremation has taken place and his ashes will be interred in St. Joseph Cemetery. The family will receive friends at...

Alexander M. Towns

Alexander M. Towns

Dec 28, 2009

Alexander Towns, 57, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Grand Rapids passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. Cremation has taken place and a private memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. Alexander was born Aug. 29, 1952, in...

Darlene A. Block Riley

Darlene A. Block Riley

Dec 19, 2009

Darlene Riley, 76, of Beal City, entered eternal life on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at home, surrounded by her loving family and is now with her loving Lord and family members who have gone before her. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at St. Joseph The Worker Church with Father David Jenuwine...

Michael William Riley

Michael William Riley

Dec 17, 2009

Michael Riley, 63, of Lake Isabella, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, at Central Michigan Community Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church with Father David Jenuwine presiding. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Traverse City at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The...

Richard L. Enterline

Richard L. Enterline

Dec 15, 2009

Richard Enterline, 66, of St. Louis, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at Gratiot Medical Center in Alma. Cremation has taken place and his memorial service will be held in the spring. The family is being served by the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln Rd., Mt. Pleasant. Memorial contributions may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research...

Wayne J. Newman

Wayne J. Newman

Dec 9, 2009

Wayne J. Newman, 66, of San Diego, CA and formerly of Mt. Pleasant passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 at home. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln Rd., Mt. Pleasant with Joan Gornicki officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the...

Mary E. Kostrzewa

Mary E. Kostrzewa

Dec 6, 2009

Mary Kostrzewa, 74, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at home surrounded by family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Loren Kalinowski presiding and Father Richard Jozwiak concelebrating. Cremation will follow and her ashes will be interred at Calvary Cemetery at a...

Edna Pemberton

Edna Pemberton

Dec 3, 2009

Edna Pemberton, 71, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Central Michigan Community Hospital. Cremation has taken place and her ashes have been interred in West Branch.

Elizabeth C. Sweeney

Elizabeth C. Sweeney

Dec 1, 2009

In the company of her family, her priest, and the staff of the Isabella County Medical Care Facility, Elizabeth Sweeney died on the night of December 1, 2009, two months shy of her 100th birthday. When she was 16 years old, Elizabeth left the small German farming town of Kahla to visit an uncle who had immigrated to the United...

Aleeya Gonzalez

Aleeya Gonzalez

Nov 26, 2009

Just hours after being born on earth, our baby girl, Aleeya Ann Gonzalez, was born into eternal life on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Her funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln Rd. Family and friends are welcome to pay their respects one hour prior to the...

Elton Dean Smith

Elton Dean Smith

Nov 5, 2009

Dean Smith, 81, of Riverdale, passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at Prestige Way in Holt. His funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln Rd., with Pastor Lindow Koop of Strickland Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Lincoln Township Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Gerald Lee Riley

Gerald Lee Riley

Nov 5, 2009

Gerald Riley Jr., 45, of Alma and formerly of Mt. Pleasant passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at Gratiot Medical Center in Alma. His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at Alma Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Bob Mitchell officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Alma. The family will receive friends at...