January 2026
In Memoriam
A Special Supplement to the
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In Memoriam Carolyn Sue Bradford 8/19/1939 - 6/3/0225
Esther Frost 1/26/1925 - 6/30/2025
Hugh Leon Methner 1/4/1937 - 6/29/2025
Cleve Pomranky Jr. 7/19/1930 - 6/29/2025
Stacy Charles Krantz 7/19/1930 - 6/29/2025
Diane Lynn Nelson 1/11/1950 - 6/29/2025
Daniel W. Cobaugh 2/16/1944 - 6/21/2025
Raymond Warren Murphy 7/26/1933 - 7/4/2025
Charlotta Joanne Frisbie 9/13/1961 - 7/5/2025
Norbert G. Bennetts Sr. 4/23/1942 - 7/3/2025
Michael “Mike” Joseph Hutchison 10/25/1949 - 7/4/2025
Frederic Oonk 12/10/1938 - 6/30/2025
Alvin Cheesbro Jr. 6/1/1938 - 7/8/2025
Barbara Edes 3/6/1954 - 2025
Judith Marie Knudsen Brown 11/6/1943 - 7/4/2025
January 2026
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In Memoriam
Gerald A. Heinz 1/30/1936 - 4/29/2025
Brenda Lee Boman 2/22/1963 - 7/11/2025
Marta M. Friedrick 3/18/1929 - 7/7/2025
Dean Noack 1/20/1932 - 7/12/2025
Dr. Christopher Eric Weaver 2/22/1969 - 6/28/2025
Audrey Elizabeth Carroll 8/26/1947 - 7/11/2025
Harold “Harry” Mohr 8/24/1925 - 7/14/2025
Karen Ann Beikert 8/16/1954 - 7/14/2025
Michael Lee Sian 1/31/1967 - 7/18/2025
Margaret Agatha Heitzig 5/17/1940 - 7/11/2025
Ralph Gordon Czerepinski 9/24/1940 - 7/12/2025
Betty L. Koenders 4/6/1932 - 7/13/2025
Veronica “Violet” Putt 1/11/1930 - 7/19/2025
Robert “Bob” Rex Shelander 5/24/1946 - 7/18/2025
Geraldine Brigid “Geri” Ireland 2/3/1959 - 7/17/2025
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In Memoriam Darla Joy Palmer 1/4/1960 - 7/16/2025
Sally Ann McNamara 1/11/1943 - 7/21/2025
Lorraine Ann (Vroman) Senecal 5/7/1935 - 7/23/2025
Kimberly Heather Warmbier 1/29/1964 - 7/11/2025
Donald L. Clarke 4/30/1952 - 7/22/2025
“Love is eternal... the aspect may change, but not the essence.”
— Vincent Van Gogh
January 2026
Midland Daily News
In Memoriam
Grace Shriner 8/4/1927 - 6/11/2025
Lee Joe Pavlik 9/1291939 - 7/26/2025
Larry James Page 8/28/1946 - 7/26/2025
Matthew Ryan Barnes 6/11/1979 - 7/26/2025
Shirley Maxine Smith 12/12/1940 - 7/30/2025
Alice Nadine Collins 3/27/1937 - 6/14/2025
John Francis “Jack” O’Keefe, 6/4/1959 - 7/26/2025
Linda Lou Wilson 8/12/1950 - 7/28/2025
Ronald W. Fitch 1/31/1933 - 7/26/2025
Nancy J. Newman 2/8/1931 - 7/24/2025
Mimi Jean Bruder 7/25/1946 - 7/27/2025
Haskell “Hal” Hubert Shelton 6/5/1941 - 8/1/2025
Frank Altimore 7/10/1944 - 7/29/2025
Howard Michael “Mike” Nuber Jr. 1/16/1949 - 7/27/2025
Arthur “Art” Gindin, M.D. 9/10/1934 - 7/3/2025
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In Memoriam Steven Gayle Davis 11/18/1952 - 8/2/2025
Frank John Markevich II 2/1/1934 - 8/4/2025
William Reynold Albe 9/17/1942 - 7/30/2025
Joseph Thomas Wazny 3/21/1951 - 8/7/2025
Daniel Lee Clarey 7/2/1949 - 8/9/2025
Jerilyn Jane Walker 12/16/1941 - 8/10/2025
Donna Marie Mason 5/21/1934 - 8/3/2025
Evelyn “Evie” Mary (Servatius) Ducker 11/4/1931 - 8/8/2025
Shirlee Mae (Brant) Townsend 6/17/1932- 8/6/2025
Kenneth Michael Cislo 5/3/1949 - 7/29/2025
Danny “Dan” Mickael Hill 1/26/1949 - 8/2/2025
Elizabeth Perry 8/10/2025
Jean Stagg 7/29/1930 - 7/22/2025
Ruthan Marie McPhillips 12/28/1936 - 8/12/2025
Shirley E. Bork 1/2/1936 - 8/14/2025
January 2026
Midland Daily News
In Memoriam
Robert “Bob” Louis Jaime 6/14/1947 - 8/17/2025
Richard Allen Boyer 2/3/1933 - 8/19/2025
Michael L. Smalley 12/15/1968 - 8/10/2025
Lawrence Robert Sullivan 12/6/1942 - 8/20/2025
Carol Diane Steinbacker 8/19/1949 - 8/19/2025
Thomas James McCann Jr. 2/5/1934 - 8/18/2025
Janet Marie Haskell 8/24/1931- 8/20/2025
Janet Marie Falls 6/22/1942 - 8/16/2025
Neal Herman Mohowitsch 6/5/1945 - 8/20/2025
David Lee Longstreth 9/3/1948 - 8/22/2025
“Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.” — Dylan Thomas
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In Memoriam Barbara “Barb” Doty Broadwell 9/22/1928 - 8/16/2025
Anita Louise Horne Jenkins 6/20/1944 - 8/18/2025
James William Tolly 6/15/1928 - 8/23/2025
Diana Gray Billingsley 12/15/1940 - 8/26/2025
Debra Lee Tucker 1/29/1952 - 8/27/2025
Timothy David Landry 5/6/1951 - 8/10/2025
Theresa Jean McComb 6/12/1955 - 8/30/2025
Ernest “Ernie” Floyd Burgess, 3/24/1967 - 8/18/2025
Richard “Dick” Clemmer 1/24/1941 - 8/29/2025
Leora Lee (Homann) Nelson 1933 - 8/8/2025
David Raymond Schmelzer 10/9/1948 - 9/5/2025
Richard Nicholas Becker 2/2/1935 - 9/8/2025
Kathleen A. Brentlinger 8/5/1966 - 9/5/2025
Lewis “Louie” Arthur Thompson 9/10/1946 - 9/4/2025
Murray Northup Jr, 1938 - 9/8/2025
January 2026
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In Memoriam
Joan Anne Evans Conant 7/23/1931 - 9/8/2025
R. Ralph Brubaker 8/17/1930 - 9/10/2025
Tina M. Anderson 1980 - 7/28/2025
Martha Faye (Winslow) Melchi 2/13/1934 - 9/12/2025
Barbara Jean Laursen, 2/26/1940 - 9/4-2025
James “Jim” Alan Hopfensperger 8/16/1955 - 8/20/2025
Kenneth William “Ken” Copp Jr. 1/7/1932 - 9/14/2025
Joan Katherine Daleki 1931 - 9/16/2025
David Paul Ginther 8/9/1993 - 9/14/2025
Robert Glenn Strejc 8/24/1939 - 4/18/2025
Melody Ann Caney 8/12/1942 - 9/19/2025
Yvonne Elaine Hall 7/25/1937 - 9/12/2025
Dennis “Denny” Mahlon Dickerson 1/18/1954 - 9/1/2025
Donna Louise McKeage 12/1/1938 - 9/14/2025
Patricia B. (Steinka) Potter 5/15/1942 - 9/21/2025
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In Memoriam Edward Loyd Kowalski 4/15/1942 - 9/7/2025
Lucille May McDonald 11/15/1928 - 9/23/2025
Michael Phillip Prezzato 7/12/1964 - 9/19/2025
Keith Ollis 12/31/1951 - 9/19/2025
Thomas Harold Monto 2/25/1942 - 9/21/2025
Wilma Vivian Kasten 10/27/1925 - 9/25/2025
Nelson Edward Wagner 5/21/1951 - 9/15/2025
Earldine (Enszer) Foor 11/23/1929 - 9/16/2025
Dr. Steven G. Glinski 3/17/1950 - 9/29/2025
Craig Charles Druskins 11/2/1944 - 9/23/2025
Françoise Lise Thérèse Regnault McMurtrie 11/29/1924 - 9/23/2025
Judith T. Hubbard, 2/5/1942 - 9/27/2025
Beryl Joyce Hepinstall 8/1/1934 - 9/27/2025
R. Douglas Behr 7/20/1928 - 6/24/2025
Jack E. Wolfe 1/18/1945 - 9/12/2025
January 2026
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In Memoriam
Virginia “Jean” Genevieve Graham 1/30/1928 - 10/2/2025
Melba June Thomas 7/17/1932 - 9/27/2025
Richard Paul Iverson 1953 - 2025
Daniel Fleming 10/28/1959 - 10/4/2025
June Louise Blake 5/16/1929 - 10/8/2025
Barbara Alice Radosa 6/1/1936 - 10/9/2025
Mark Freund Sonnenschein 8/8/1957 - 10/2/2025
Florence Eva Fowler Dyste 11/12/1931 - 10/8/2025
Diane Marie Borin 9/30/1947 - 10/9/2025
Susan Anna Stanko 9/3/1948 - 10/8/2025
Mary “Jetty” Jeanette Chomistek 3/29/1930 - 10/7/2025
Robert “Bob” Klemish Jr. 6/23/1941 - 10/5/2025
John Martin Kernstock 4/11/1946 - 9/24/2025
Julius Ralph Schaberg 4/14/1932 - 10/8/2025
Henry A. Lincoln Jr. 1/29/1934 - 10/8/2025
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In Memoriam Brian John Lincoln 6/19/1963 - 10/11/2025
Joanne Katheryn (Vollmer) Brines 7/11/1930 - 10/11/2025
Linneaus Cuthbert Dorman 6/28/1935 - 10/10/2025
Rock Howard Gunnoe 3/31/1960 - 10/6/2025
Sharon “Sharry” Sue Mosher 8/2/1947 - 10/14/2025
Daniel Graiver 9/13/1947 - 10/14/2025
David Lee Petty 1944 - 9/29/2025
Dean Plummer 5/28/1932 - 10/17/2025
Helen Martin Glenn 2/3/1931 - 9/14/2025
Victor Malone 6/5/1936 - 10/12/2025
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
January 2026
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In Memoriam
JoAnn Marie Roman 7/23/1946 - 10/16/2025
Linda Mae Kern Nussbaum 10/30/1946 -10/15/2025
Larry Ray Bishop 10/24/1941 - 10/20/2025
Wayne Arlo Grove 1/6/1938 - 10/21/2025
Paul Allan Duso 9/8/1951 - 10/20/2025
“The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief — But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love.” — Hilary Stanton Zunin
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In Memoriam Nancy Ann Gee 5/31/1943 - 10/24/2025
Angela Sue Jerome 8/23/1966 - 10/25/2025
Christa A. Lane 11/20/1934 - 10/20/2025
Mary Lou (Brown) Eatherton 2/23/1930 - 10/22/2025
Orville “Bill” Bakel 12/13/1937 - 10/23/2025
Eugene “John” Owens 10/23/1935 - 10/28/2025
Dale John Emeott 12/5/1932 - 10/23/2025
Jo Ann Coty Janson 5/30/1938 - 10/30/2025
Robert “Bob” Hockaday 7/19/1936 - 10/29/2025
Robert Hamstead Fike 6/17/1931 - 10/28/2025
Joseph C. Bradley 7/12/1935 - 10/24/2025
Thomas Michael Muto 5/24/1941 - 11/1/2025
Dr. Gary Stephen Smith 8/23/1949 - 10/31/2025
Sherrill Kay Adamcik 3/11/1948 - 11/2/2025
James Wesley Brubaker 3/13/1940 - 11/1/2025
January 2026
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In Memoriam
Jean V. Pearson 3/26/1947 - 11/3/2025
Jorge Luis Pena 10/12/1986 - 11/2/2025
Kenneth Craig Lybolt 11/5/1945 - 10/17/2025
Ellen Waite Carpenter 8/18/1944 - 11/6/2025
Joan Anne Evans Conant & Robert Conant 7/23/1931 - 9/8/2025
Marcia G. Wilson 8/20/1934 - 10/12/2025
Linda Jean (Wells) Brennan 6/29/1942 - 11/5/2025
John L. “Jack” Donnan 8/8/1942 - 11/7/2025
Veronica Lee “Vicki” Kinne 6/17/1941 - 11/7/2025
Oliver “Ollie” Juengel 8/28/1927 - 11/9/2025
Barbara Ann “Barb” Walker 4/1/1938 - 10/28/2025
Gerald Matthew Tacey 11/2/1956 - 11/8/2025
Grace Edith Smith 7/4/1934 - 11/11/2025
Eileen “Pat” Gerhart 11/19/1926 - 11/11/2025
Robert “Bob” Hettler 1933 - 10/24/2025
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In Memoriam Polly Ann McKimmy 4/26/1961 - 11/11/2025
Patricia Ann Gray 7/20/1940 - 11/18/2025
Ray Donald Fitterling 2/20/1933 - 11/16/2025
Robert Erwin Miller 4/18/1927 - 11/20/2025
Albert Joseph Laforet II 1/19/1929 - 11/16/2025
Dorothy Ann Kriesel 12/11/1962 - 11/19/2025
Jonathan Deane Rogers 5/30/1946 - 11/14/2025
William “Bill” Arthur Dreyer 1938 - 11/17/2025
Anthony “Tony” Joseph Pitch 8/23/1941 - 11/12/2025
Connie Lesh 8/19/1944 - 11/16/2025
Alfred Anthony Hanus 10/23/1941 - 11/23/2025
Phyllis Jean Johnson 1/17/1930 - 11/22/2025
Jeffrey William Smith 7/5/1968 - 11/25/2025
William “Will” Richard Graczyk 9/3/1997 - 11/23/2025
William “Bill” E. Dennis Jr. 3/23/1936 - 11/18/2025
January 2026
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In Memoriam
Linda Ann Chapman 1/7/1950 - 11/29/2025
Brian Lee Hudson 8/2/1964 - 11/29/20
Penny S. Harris 3/6/1949 - 11/28/2025
Joan Eileen Hanson 4/12/1938 - 11/27/2025
Darcey Glen Cox, D.O. 7/22/1971 - 12/2/2025
Lowell Thomas Smith 8/6/1930 - 12/5/2025
Donna J. Roberts 1935 - 12/3/2025
Mary “Peggy” Margaret Ripke 2/21/1947 - 12/6/2025
Nicholas “Nick” Westphal 8/10/1985 - 11/22/2025
Marjorie (Potter) Hazzard 11/14/1935 - 12/11/2025
Brian Mohowitsch 8/20/1961 - 12/7/2025
Mary Pomranky 9/30/1935 - 12/8/2025
Mary Lynn Daborski 12/19/1950 - 12/12/2025
Craig Joseph Maxwell 8/1/1967 - 12/13/2025
Judith G. Mudd 6/27/1950 - 12/14/2025
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In Memoriam Heather Dean Marie Smith 8/14/1968 - 12/13/2025
Nickolas James Stamas 11/19/1933 - 12/15/2025
JoAnn Reeves 7/9/1926 - 12/15/2025
Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.
Randall Dyer 2/2/1958 - 12/11/2025
Barbara Katharine Schlosser 11/19/1940 - 11/26/2025
January 2026
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In Memoriam
Brent Begnoche 9/14/1953 - 12/15/2025
Donald Irving Herringshaw 11/19/1932 - 12/15/2025
Julienne Sequin 6/3/1950 - 12/19/2025
Lorraine Bylsma 1929 - 12/12/2025
Bethany Owen 6/10/1956 - 12/3/2025
Donald Findlay 8/30/1930 - 12/21/2025
Jerome “Jerry” Schafer 1939 - 12/23/2025
Betty Foland 7/15/1936 - 12/22/2025
Phyllis Fillmore-Miller 9/3/1933 - 12/23/2025
Ronald Siebenbrodt 5/30/1949 - 12/24/2025
Dennis Hall 6/14/1946 - 12/26/2025
Erma Whittaker 11/5/1928 - 12/26/2025
Wilma Bessie Hulse 2/20/1935 - 12/26/2025
Chase Cameron LaLonde 9/26/1988 - 12/27/2025
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