Obituaries

Honoring Lives and Memories - Obituaries for Families in Dearborn Heights, MI

Diane E. Vanallen

Diane E. Vanallen

Nov 24, 2015

VanAllen, Diane E. November 24, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Gary. Dearest mother of Angela Martin and Gary (Emily). Loving grandma of Jessey-Ann, Justin and Hunter. Great grandma of Michael and Gabriel. Dear sister of Adela Clark, Helen Majewski and Wanda Dziak. Memorial Visitation Saturday, December 12, from 11 am until time of Memorial Service at 2 pm at...

Walter R. Szelag

Walter R. Szelag

Nov 20, 2015

SZELAG, WALTER R. November 20, 2015. Beloved son of Helen and the late Walter. Dear brother of Henry (Carla), Martin (Cyndy), and Jimmy (Shawn). Loving uncle to Fred, Ben, Lee Ann, Christina, Adam, Jimmy Jr., and Raleigh. Walter was currently Captain of the Detroit Fireboat 1. He has also worked on the Detroit Princess, lake and ocean freighters and the...

Douglas A. Hill

Douglas A. Hill

Nov 13, 2015

HILL DOUGLAS A. “DOUG” November 13, 2015 Beloved husband of Deborah. Dearest father of Stephanie (Brian) Schuiling, Aaron (Kristine Bell), Justin, and Jeremy. Loving papa of Tiler and Kyleigh. Dear brother of Geoff (Kim). Private services have been held.

Jadwika Farah

Jadwika Farah

Nov 12, 2015

FARAH, JADWIKA November 12, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Honein. Dearest mother of Teresa (Paul) Jakubcanin, Juliana (Georges) Salamouni, Georges (Antoinette), Micheline , the late Youssef, and the late Michel. Loving grandma of 10 grandchildren and great-grandma of 4 great grandchildren. Dear sister of Mary De La Rosa. Visitation Sunday from 5-8 pm at Saint Michael Greek Melkite Catholic...

Mildred A. Ainsworth

Mildred A. Ainsworth

Nov 9, 2015

AINSWORTH, MILDRED A. November 9, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Vincent. Dearest mother of Marlene Dennis, Gary (Sue), Ron (Donna), and the late Diane (Alan Sr.) Moran. Loving grandma of Shelly, Matt, Andrew, Jonathon, Alan Jr., Shawn, the late Amber and great-grandmother of 11 great-grandchildren. Loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends Wednesday from 2-8...

Theresa M. Cortina

Theresa M. Cortina

Nov 9, 2015

CORTINA, THERESA M. November 9, 2015. Loving mother of Terry (Mary) and Ernie. Dearest sister of Lupe Setelo, Nettie Romero, and Natalia Plain. Loving grandma of Terry Stonestreet, Laura (Brian) Buchanan, Heather (Kevin) McLarney, John, and great-grandmother of Isabella Tallulah. Family will receive friends Wednesday 1-8 pm with Rosary at 7 pm at Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 25509 W. Warren,...

Paul N. Jones

Paul N. Jones

Nov 6, 2015

JONES, PAUL N. November 6, 2015. Beloved husband of Carolyn. Dearest father of John, David, Philip, Daniel Storer, Deborah Vanek, Steve Thomas, and Cheryl Kolbe. Loving grandpa of 17 grandchildren. Dear brother of Ronald, Judy Loescher, Vicki Butynski, and Pam Darling. Memorial Visitation Saturday 12 pm until time of Memorial Service at 1:30 pm at Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 25509...

Joseph P. Orzechowski

Joseph P. Orzechowski

Nov 6, 2015

ORZECHOWSKI, JOSEPH P. November 6, 2015. Beloved husband of Betty. Dearest father of Amy (Russ Gibbons) DeGraffenreid and Lynn Orzechowski. Loving grandpa of Brienna, Ethan and Ashton. Dear brother of Chuck, Phillip, Ursula Christian, Josephine Fiejoo, Lorraine Young, Bernadette Sanchez and Genevieve Anglin. Loving uncle to many nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends Tuesday 1-8 pm at Stanley Turowski...

Wanda A. Lowry

Wanda A. Lowry

Nov 5, 2015

LOWRY, WANDA A. November 5, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Robert. Dearest mother of Joyce (Don) Sova and the late John Lowry. Loving grandma of 3 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Dear aunt of several nieces and nephews. Private services have been held.

Patricia M. Pikulinski

Patricia M. Pikulinski

Oct 29, 2015

PIKULINSKI, PATRICIA. October 29, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Anthony. Dearest mother of Lynda (Tom) Leventis, Carol (Richard) Ott, and Mark. Loving Grandma of Eric, Andrea, Adam and Jordan. Great grandma of Alexander. Dear sister of the late Frank Tafelski the late Leonard Mier and Edward Mier. Family will receive friends Friday from 2-8 pm with a rosary at...

John H. Kay

John H. Kay

Oct 28, 2015

KAY, JOHN H. October 28, 2015. Beloved husband of Virginia. Dearest father of Kathy Hoskins, Patti (Rick) McMahon and John “Jack” (Barbara). Loving grandpa of seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Dearest brother of Dorothy (George) Aren, Larry (Marcia). Preceded in death by his brother Ronald and his great grandson David McMahon. Family will receive friends Saturday from 3-8 pm...

Earlene "Rusty" E. Nugent

Earlene "Rusty" E. Nugent

Oct 28, 2015

NUGENT, EARLENE E. “RUSTY” October 28, 2015. Beloved wife of Tom. Dearest mother of Tommy (Melissa). Loving NiNi of Trey and Lindsay. Dear sister of Judy (the late Walter) England, Bonnie (Jim) Judd, and the late Jimmy Baugh. Family will receive friends Sunday from 1-8 pm at Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 25509 W. Warren, Dearborn Heights. Funeral Service Monday 11:30...

Joanne P. Mercurio

Joanne P. Mercurio

Oct 28, 2015

MERCURIO, JOANNE P. October 28, 2015. Dearest mother of Mary Anne (Michael) Holly, John, Grace (Kenneth) Branchick, Rose (Robert) Pazdernik. Loving grandma of Yvette, Kyle, Michael, Lisa and Kari. Loving great grandma of Jack. Dearest sister of Judy (Richard) Anderson. Former wife of Anthony. Instate Monday at 9:30 am at St. Ronald Church until time of Mass at 10:30 am....

Roy J. Krawcke

Roy J. Krawcke

Oct 27, 2015

KRAWCKE, ROY J. October 27, 2015. Beloved husband of the late Joan. Dearest father of Janet, Patricia (Gordon) Cummins, John (Stephanie) and the late Kenneth. Loving grandpa of Jennifer (Mark) Bomgardner, Laura (Brian) Buchanan, Adriane (Albert) Garner, Amanda (Tyler) Campbell, Madison, and great-grandfather of Cameron Bomgardner. Family will receive friends Wednesday 1-8 pm and Thursday 1-8 pm with Rosary at...

Kelly M. Rafferty

Kelly M. Rafferty

Oct 25, 2015

RAFFERTY, KELLY M. October 25, 2015. Loving mother of Anthony Amir. Dearest grandma of Adin, Nevaeh, and Jayden. Dear daughter of Debra (Richard) Todd and the late Philip Rafferty. Sister of Carrie Chrapkiewicz. Granddaughter of Betty and the late Richard Susalla. Family will receive friends Thursday from 1-8 pm at Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 25509 W. Warren, Dearborn Heights. Funeral...

James F. Chronicle

James F. Chronicle

Oct 22, 2015

CHRONICLE, JAMES F. Feb. 28, 1927 – Oct. 22, 2015. Dearest husband of Frances. Loving father of five children; Charles (Janine), James (Carol), Karrie (Dave), Sandra (Dan), and Suzy (Tom); ten grandchildren, James, Charles, David, Thomas, Kevin, Kristina, Katherine, Lisa, Renee, Mollie; four great-grandchildren, Tyler, Sienna, Damon, Cameron. James was born in Detroit, served in the Navy during WWII, attended...

Geneva Rose Osborne

Geneva Rose Osborne

Oct 20, 2015

OSBORNE, GENEVA ROSE October 20, 2015. Dearest mother of Linda (Jose) Tosis, Lola (Mark) Isiminger, and the late Michael (Brenda). Loving Grannie of Donna, Jimmy, Jill, Nikki, Becky, Paul, Ryan, Angel, Sara, Jared and great-grandma of 7 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Bonnie Newman, Helen Stickrod, the late Naomi, Collier, Ruth, Charles, James, June, and Patty. Family will receive friends Thursday...

David Allen Marek

David Allen Marek

Oct 15, 2015

MAREK, DAVID ALLEN, October 15, 2015, age 54. Loving son of Virginia and the late Walter. Dearest father of David (Chelsea) and Magan. Dear brother of Walt (Sally) and Janet (Gary) Nesbitt. Loving papa of Kaitlin, MJ, Marshall and Maselynn. Loving uncle of Matt, Mike and Mark Marek, Gary and Ryan Nesbitt. Family will receive friends Saturday October 24, 2015...

Carmen J. Buttigieg

Carmen J. Buttigieg

Oct 12, 2015

BUTTIGIEG, CARMEN J. October 12, 2015. Beloved wife of the late John. Dearest mother of John (Sophie), Ann (Terry) Williams, Joseph (Ilene), David (Julie) and Rose(James) Kase. Loving Grandma of 11 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. Family will receive friends Wednesday from 5-8 pm with Scripture Service at 7 pm at Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 25509 W....

Ernest E. Briglio

Ernest E. Briglio

Oct 10, 2015

BRIGLIO, ERNEST E. October 10, 2015. Beloved husband of Mary. Dearest father of Lynda (Kip) McNichol and Jennifer (Sam) Porco. Loving nanu of Nicholas, Lucas, Emily, Gabriel and Sean. Dear brother of Mary Remington,Jeanette Baker and the late James. Family will receive friends Monday 1-8 pm with a rosary at 7 pm at Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 25509 West Warren,...