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Olga Turak 10/19/2001
Funeral services will be held today at Kolodiy-Lazuta funeral home in Parma, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Scranton Lackawanna Business College, she worked at the East Washington, Linda McPall of Okemos and James Shiley Jr. of Kalamazoo; one sister, Jennie Mae Rodgers of Gardner 10/7/2001
Memorial services were held Oct. 10 for Glendale, Gardner was born in Cincinnati, on Sept. 16, 1911. She was a volunteer for the Glen Arbor Chamber of Commerce, the Empire Museum and the Glen Lake Library.
Preceding her in death was her husband, Thomas C. Gardner, in 1985. Surviving are two sons, Thomas D. Gardner of Sannibel Island, Fla.
Private interment was held at Spring Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Altar Guild of the Glendale Presbyterian Church, 40 E. Fountain St., Glendale Ohio, Edward Nelson of Saint Clair Shores, and Michael (Pat) Currie and Richard (Jane) Nelson, both of Macomb County; sisters Margaret (John) Chioini of Birmingham, Va.; (Roland) Keim of Brimley and Barbara (Jerry) Sutter of Grand Rapids; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a step-mother, Anna Nelson; a son, John; brothers John and Frank; and a sister, Betty.
Burial was in St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Suttons Bay. Memorials may be given to Grand Traverse Area Right to Life, Munson Hospice or the Christian Home Foundation for Children and the Aged.
Maria Rose Gonda 10/12/2001
A funeral Mass will be held today at 11 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church for Maria Rose Gonda, who died Oct. 12 at her home in Elmwood Township. She was nine months old.
Maria was born on Dec. 25, 2000, the daughter of Michael Anthony Still and Jacqueline Ann Gonda, who both survive.
Also surviving are her brother, Shane; and grandparents Gerald (Beverly) Gonda and Robert (Mildred) Still. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Robert Coleman.
Visitation was held last night from 7-9 p.m. with a Rosary at 7:30 p.m. at Martinson Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be directed to the Right to Life organization.
Joseph R. Campbell 10/10/2001
Funeral services were held Monday for Downers Grove, Ill., and lifelong Leland summer resident Joseph R. Campbell, who died Oct. 10. He was 84.
Mr. Campbell graduated from Purdue University. He retired in 1981 as a mechanical engineer for Electro-Motive Division of General Motors after 43 years. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
Surviving are his wife, Adele M. Campbell; a son, Walter (Kathy) Campbell of Woodrodge, Ill; a daughter, Nancy Campbell of Downers Grove; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Interment was in Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook, Ill. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 999 North Main St., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137.
Gertrude C. Schlueter 10/7/2001
A funeral Mass was held yesterday at St. Marys Church for lifelong Lake Leelanau resident Gertrude Cecilia Schlueter, who died Oct. 7 at Munson Medical Center. She was 80.
Mrs. Schlueter was born in Boyne City on Nov. 18, 1920, the daughter of John and Mary (Kurth) Stallman. On Nov. 18, 1940, in Suttons Bay, she married Harvey “Herb” Schlueter, who preceded her in death in 1990.
Mrs. Schlueter was a member of St. Marys Church, and was a volunteer for social services. She was an artistic baker who made wedding cakes through her own bakery, and a decorator at Burwood Products.
Surviving are two sons, David Schlueter of Traverse City and Stephen Schlueter of Suttons Bay; two daughters, Linda Flynn of El Paso, Tennessee, Elizabeth Houdek of Gills Pier, Mary Vollink of Chicago and Cecilia Stenberg of Texas and Yvonne Lincoln Blakely of Manteca, Calif.; four sons, David (Anne Core) Kelly of Minneapolis, Greg Kelly of Eugene, Ore. and Scott and Todd Kelly, both of Traverse City; three sisters, Anita Chappel, Geraldine Quick and Karen Burkholder, all of Traverse City; and eight grandchildren.
Memorials may directed to the American Red Cross or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Blanche M. Aprill 9/22/2001
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Cedar resident Blanche M. Aprill, who died Sept. 22. She was 82.
Mrs. Aprill was born on Dec. 28, 1918, in Suttons Bay, the daughter of Rufus and Anna (Hanson) Tatch. In 1936 in Pontiac, she married Joseph Aprill, who preceded her in death in 1987.
Mrs. Aprill moved to Dearborn as a mother and homemaker, and lived in Cedar since 1973. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, and sewing and crocheting.
Surviving are her sons, Ralph (Phyllis) April of Beulah and Ronald (Dixie) Aprill of Empire; two daughters, Bernice (Fred) Lesinski of Lake and Sharon (Pete “Don”) Labadie of Cedar; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by a sister and a grandchild.
Interment was in Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be directed to the National Kidney Foundation, or the American Diabetes Association.
