Rosalie Deanna Thorne
July 11, 1938-Nov. 1, 2000
CARLETON - Services have been set for Rosalie Deanna Thorne, 62, of Carleton, who died Wednedsay.
Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Arthur Bobcean Funeral Home's Carleton location, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Max Schuster, pastor of Newport Community Church, Newport, will officiate. Burial will be in Michigan Memorial Park, Huron Township.
Surviving are her husband; four sons, William H. III of Carleton, Daniel G. II of Carleton, Donald L. of Deputy, Ind. and David A. of Onsted; a daughter, Michele C. White of Milan; two brothers, Robert of California and Jay of Gladwin; a sister, Yvette Straub of Wayne; nine grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
Marjorie McKinley
Feb. 12, 1923-Oct. 28, 2000
ERIE - Marjorie McKinley, 77, of Erie died Oct. 28 is Harborside Healthcare Center, Point Place, Ohio. She had been ill for years.
Cremation has occurred. No services are planned. Bennett Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Born Feb. 12, 1923 in Toledo, Ohio, she was the daughter of Charles and Martha (Hall) Kimberly. She married John McKinley on June 20, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio. She and her husband were the owners and operators of Lotus Harbor Marina.
Surviving are her husband; a son John C. of Erie, and a granddaughter.
Evelyn Eyler
Feb. 6, 1923-Nov. 3, 2000
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Evelyn Eyler, 77, of Asheville, N.C., formerly of Monroe and Milan, died Friday morning at St. Joseph Hospital, Asheville, N. C..
Cremation has occurred. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Asheville. Another memorial service is being planned for Williams Cemetery, Tazewell, Tenn.
Born Feb. 6, 1923, in Fork Ridge, Tenn., she was the daughter of Joshua Hill and Bessie (Brewer) Goin. She married Horace Williams on March 8, 1940, in Tazewell, Tenn. They lived in Monroe and they had been married 24 years when he died in 1964. In 1976, she married Gerald Wayne Eyler of Milan, and they lived their for 16 years until his death in 1992. She then moved to Asheville.
Surviving are three daughters, Carol Ledford of Asheville, Linda Bakhit and Brenda Farrell both of Texas; three stepchildren, 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Bobby J. Dembinski
May 24, 1950-Nov. 3, 2000
IDA - Services have been set for Bobby Jill Dembinski, 50, of Ida, who died at 1:25 p.m. Friday in St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo. She had been ill with cancer since 1989 and had been in the hospital since Monday.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 tonight and from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at Capaul Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Rev. Joseph Przybysz of St. Hedwig Catholic Church, Toledo, and Rev. John LaCasse of St. Joseph Catholic Church will officiate. Cremation will follow.
Born May 24, 1950 in Fostoria, Ohio, she was the daughter of Dale S. and Ila Marie (Hunker) Dick. She married Mark Dembinski on March 27, 1978 in St. Hedwig Catholic Church.
She worked as a registered nurse for the Lucas County (Ohio) Health Department for eight years, retiring this year due to her illness. She also worked for 10 years for H&R Block as a tax preparer.
She graduated in 1972 with the last class of the Maumee Valley Nursing School and had a master's degree in nursing. She was a member of the Ohio Nurses Association and received that group's Golden Lamp Award in 1996. She was a past treasurer of Ida Troop 538 of the Boy Scouts of America and past treasurer of Helping Hands of Monroe Inc. and St. Hedwig Catholic Church.
Surviving are her parents; her husband; a son, Peter, at home; a daughter, Victoria Dembinski, at home; a brother, David Lynn of Florida; and a sister, Mrs. Cindy (Richard) Smith of Maryland.
James Vernon Penney
Aug. 7, 1926-Nov. 3, 2000
FLAT ROCK - Services have been set for James Vernon Penney, 74, of Flat Rock, who died Friday.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, at Arthur Bobcean Funeral Home Inc., where a prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Rev. Frederick Misiolek of St. Roch Catholic Church will officiate. Burial will be in Michigan Memorial Park, Huron Township.
Born Aug. 7, 1926 in Kansas City, Kan., he was the son of James Burns and Mary Louise (McClain) Penney. He married Jean C. Cicchelli on Oct. 19, 1946 in St. Gregory Catholic Church, Detroit.
He was a hydraulic lab technician for P.S.I. Hydraulics in Livonia, retiring in 1988. He served in the Navy during World War II and was known as a professional putterer who loved his family and jazz. He was a member of St. Roch Catholic Church. He lived in Flat Rock for 46 years.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Jerry (Connie) of Negaunee, Thomas (Karen) of Brownstown, and David (P.J.) of Livonia; two daughters, Christine Penney and Nancy (Steven) Ernest, both of Flat Rock; a brother, David P. Murphy of Florida; 16 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Jessie M. Bedford
Oct. 2, 1925-Nov. 2, 2000
Services have been set for Jessie M. Bedford, 75, of Monroe, who died at 10:38 p.m. Thursday at Mercy Memorial Hospital emergency room. She had been in poor health for several years.
Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Earle Little Funeral Home, Bacarella Chapel, where a family wake service will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. She will lie in state from noon until services at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Second Missionary Baptist Church. The Rev. Carl J. Curry, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle.
Born Oct. 2, 1925, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., she was the daughter of Samuel and Cora (Madison) Johnson. She married Fred D. Bedford Jan. 9, 1961, in Toledo.
She had worked for 20 years for Monroe's former Gould Battery and for four years for Ford Motor Co.'s Monroe plant, retiring in 1971.
She came to Monroe from Tuscaloosa in 1948 and was a member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Second Missionary Baptist Church, Willing Workers, Nurses Guild and the former Tuscan Lodge 27, Order of the Eastern Star and its Golden Circle. She graduated from Industrial High School, Tuscaloosa.
Surviving are her husband and a brother, Willie of Monroe.
Lee Jay (Couch) Cousino
Feb. 19, 1979-Nov. 5, 2000
TOLEDO - Lee Jay (Couch) Cousino, 21, of Toledo, whose father once lived in Monroe County, died Sunday morning in Medical College of Ohio Hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Michael W. Pawlak Funeral Home, Temperance, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Donald Brewer, pastor of Augsberg Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Erie.
Surviving are his parents, Joseph F. and Cheryl A. of Toledo; a brother; a sister, and three grandparents, including Lorraine (Cousino) Crawford of Monroe.
Neal H. Daniels
April 20, 1919-Nov. 5, 2000
ROCKWOOD - Neal H. Daniels, 81, of Rockwood died Sunday in Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe. He had been ill for three weeks.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 tonight and from 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Ford Chapel of Allore-Martenson Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Larry Head, pastor of Lakeside Missionary Baptist Church, Newport, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, South Rockwood.
Surviving are his wife, Fay; four daughters, Nokomus Skidmore of Brownstown Township, Barbara (Ray) Fuson of Rockwood, Rhonda (Richard) Collins of Monroe and Judy Daniels; a brother, Ulyess of Harrogate, Tenn.; a sister, Beulah Brown of Harrogate; eight grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Dr. Charles E. Black
Dr. Charles E. Black, a longtime Monroe obstetrician-gynecologist who helped bring thousands into the world in a practice that spanned more than 40 years, died at 7:50 p.m. Saturday in Mercy Memorial Nursing Center. He was 78.
He had been in the nursing center for several weeks and had been in poor health for five years.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Earle Little Funeral Home, Bacarella Chapel. He will lie in state from 10 a.m. until services at 11 Wednesday in St. Paul's United Methodist Church. The Rev. Jacqueline Holdsworth will officiate. Monroe Post 1138, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will conduct graveside military services at Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle.
Surviving are three sons, Theo (Nancy) of Minnetonka, Minn., Timothy (Marilyn) of Paradise Valley, Ariz., and Daniel A. of Newport; three daughters, Beverly (Phillip) Curran of Houston, Patricia (John) Cunningham of Bloomfield Hills, and Jennifer M. Black of Monroe; three brothers, Thomas A. of Munster, Ind., Eugene W. of Hot Springs, Ark., and John L. of Lowell, Ind.; 10 grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
Eila (Heldt) Rothman
March 15, 1914-Nov. 4, 2000
MAYBEE - Eila (Heldt) Rothman, 86, of Maybee died Saturday at Arbor Hospice, Ann Arbor.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 tonight, from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 11 a.m. Wednesday until 1 p.m. services at Ochalek-Stark Funeral Home, Milan. The Rev. Michael Clemmer, pastor of London United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in London Cemetery, London Township.
Surviving are two sons, George (Gladys) and Aaron (Leta), both of Dundee; a daughter, Beverly of Wayne; 12 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.
Jerry A. Martin
April 8, 1944-Nov. 3, 2000
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Jerry A. Martin, 56, of Bowling Green died Friday in Toledo Hospital, Toledo. Two of his children live in Monroe.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 today at Dunn Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Robert Bolton will officiate. Burial will be in Wood County Memory Gardens.
Surviving are his wife, Linda; three sons, including Anthony Cochenour of Monroe; three daughters, including Diana Cochenour of Monroe, and five grandchildren.
Minnie Ann Weiss Custer
March 15, 1912-Nov. 5, 2000
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Minnie Ann Weiss Custer, 88, of Las Cruces, formerly of Monroe, died Sunday in Mesilla Valley Hospice.
Cremation will take place. Private services will be held in Las Cruces, under the direction of Graham Mortuary and Mesilla Valley Crematory. Burial will be in Custer Memorial Place at Woodland Cemetery, Monroe.
Surviving are two sons, Richard (Myrtlerose) on Monterey, Calif. and Thomas (Trish) of Las Cruces; two daughters, Darcia (John) Salopek and Elizabeth (Bob) Stout, both of Las Cruces; five grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Velva J. Smith
April 9, 1924-Nov. 4, 2000
ERIE - Services have been set for Velva J. Smith, 76, of Erie, who died Saturday at Harborside Healthcare-Point Place, Toledo.
Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Capaul Funeral Home, Ida. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Summerfield, Petersburg. The Rev. Albert Nelson, pastor of the church, will officiate. Cremation has taken place.
Surviving are two sons, David and Ronald, both of Erie; two daughters, Susan Smith of Erie and Linda Wylie of Temperance; three brothers, James of Dundee, Howard of Bowling Green, Ohio, and Chester of Jacksonville, Fla.; three sisters, Gertrude Reilly of Ida, Edna Angell of Temecula, Calif. and Clarabell Grodi of Toledo, and eight grandchildren.
LeRoy E. Reid
Oct. 14, 1965-Nov. 5, 2000
DETROIT - LeRoy E. Reid, 35, of Detroit, formerly of Maybee, died Sunday at Henry Ford Hospital.
Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Cover Funeral Home, Dundee, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Don Brown, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Dundee, will officiate. Burial will be in Northside Cemetery, Maybee.
Surviving are his mother of Detroit; four brothers, Oren of Chase and Gene, Russell and James, all of Detroit, and four sisters, Helen Heisler of Maybee, Rosemary Caldwell and Barbara Reid, both of Detroit and Caroline Reid-Ripple of Maybee.
William Arend
Dec. 7, 1933-Nov. 4, 2000
TOLEDO - William Arend, 66, of Toledo, formerly of Monroe County, died Saturday in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak.
A memorial service was held Monday at Glenwood Lutheran Church. Cremation has taken place, under the direction of Cremation Society of Michigan, Detroit.
Surviving are his wife, Daniela; two sons, Steven and Brian; a daughter, Debra; a brother, Richard of Monroe, and three grandchildren.
Philomena Marie Klaes
April 3, 1907-Nov. 6, 2000
HURON TOWNSHIP - Philomena Marie Klaes, 93, of Huron Township died Monday at Marycrest Manor, Livonia.
Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday at John Molnar Funeral Home, Brownstown Township, where a vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:15 a.m. Friday at the funeral home and at 11 at St. Stephen Catholic Church, New Boston. The Rev. Alexander Wytrwal will officiate. Burial will be in Michigan Memorial Park.
Surviving are three sons, Francis (Estelle), Jerome and Leo (Jean); two daughters, Mary Ann (Alden) Bodary and Pauline (Reid) Wagner; a brother; five sisters; 22 grandchildren, and 37 great-grandchildren.
Virgil Walter Hartline
July 18, 1932-Nov. 7, 2000
TEMPERANCE - Services have been set for Virgil Walter Hartline, 68, of Temperance, who died Tuesday morning in his home.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bedford Funeral Chapel. He will lie in state from 10 until services at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Lutheran Church. The Rev. Frank Paine will officiate. Burial will be in Whiteford Union Cemetery, Ottawa Lake.
Surviving are his wife, Faye; a son, Douglas (Maria) of Vienna, Va.; two daughters, Kathleen (Mark) Lederman of Toledo and Carole (Thomas) Larkins of Anchorage, Alaska; a brother, Harley of Lambertville; eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
Christopher W. Stotz
Feb. 7, 1983-Nov. 7, 2000
Christopher W. Stotz, 17, of Monroe died at 3 a.m. Tuesday in his home. The cause is under investigation by Wayne County medical examiner.
Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Rupp Funeral Home, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Larry Loree, pastor of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church, will officiate.
Surviving are a brother, Brandon A. at home, and four grandparents, Ronald E. and Lois (Maurer) Stotz of Monroe, Billy Vincent of Mayfield, Ky., and Nell Kitts of Garden City.
Carol Lee Coop
Jan. 21, 1962-Nov. 6, 2000
NEWPORT - Carol Lee Coop, 38, of Newport died Monday in Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit.
Friends may call from 1 p.m. Thursday until 7 p.m. servies at Arthur Bobcean Funeral Home, Flat Rock. The Rev. Frederick Misiolek, pastor of St. Roch Catholic Church, Flat Rock, will officiate. Cremation will follow, under the direction of Southern Michigan Services, Livonia.
Surviving are her husband, Russell; her father of Wisconsin; her mother, Joyce Sledge of Carleton; a son, Russell of Lincoln Park; two daughters, Danielle Coop and Amanda Coop, both of Newport, and a sister, Julie Schafer of Pinckney.
Eleanor Barbara ('Ellie' Goda) Miller
Dec. 9, 1922-Nov. 6, 2000
DUNDEE - Eleanor Barbara ('Ellie' Goda) Miller, 77, of Dundee, formerly of Ida, died at 10:04 p.m. Monday at Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight and from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Capaul Funeral Home, Ida, where a prayer service will be held at 8 Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ida. The Rev. John LaCasse, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Maplegrove Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Denny, of Florida; two sons, James Goda of Ida and Charles M. Goda of Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Barbara) Neidinger of Monroe and Mrs. Donald (Judy) Sweeney of Maybee; a brother, Robert Jr. of Toledo; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Dr. Kohler
TEMPERANCE - Services have been set for Dr. Gilbert R. Kohler, 59, of Temperance, a retired pastor, who once served at First Baptist Church, Monroe, who died Monday at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight and from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Michael W. Pawlak Funeral Home. He will lie in state from 10 until services at 11 Friday at Sylvania First United Methodist Church, Sylvania, Ohio. Officiating will be Dr. Matthew Collins, Dr. Kohler's son-in-law and pastor of Sandy Springs Christian Church in Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Alan Hanson of Samaritan Counseling Center of Toledo, and Dr. Michael Jenkins, pastor of Sylvania First United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Linda; two sons, Brian T. (Glen Hocutt) and Philip V., both of Seattle, Wash.; a daughter, Karen (Dr. Matthew) Collins of Lilburn, Ga.; a brother, Dr. Arnold B. of Cherry Hill, N.J.; four sisters, Claire Gantz of Dallas, Pa., Mrs. Fred (Elaine) Varker of Rockaway, N.J., Isabel Lehman of Norristown, N.J., and Mrs. Gene (Sandra) Meyers of Haddonfield, N.J., and two grandchildren.
(published December 6, 2000)
Sister Mary Ann Karle, IHM
Dec. 17, 1923-Nov. 7, 2000
Sister Mary Ann Karle, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 76, of Monroe, died Tuesday at Mercy Memorial Hospital.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at IHM Motherhouse at St. Mary Center where a memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at the center at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery on the Motherhouse campus. Rupp Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are two brothers, Joseph of St. Clair Shores and Raymond Muer of Maraga, Calif., and two sisters, Theresa Shaw of Dundee and Monica Carnell of Monroe.
Joseph A. Moran
June 23, 1926-Nov. 6, 2000
GRAND RAPIDS, Ohio - Joseph A. Moran, 74, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Monroe County and Toledo, died Monday.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight and from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, Maumee, Ohio, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens, Waterville, Ohio.
Surviving are two sons, Joseph (Melinda) of Defiance, Ohio, and Timothy (Diane) of Petersburg; a daughter, Linda (Jim) Suter of Ovilla, Texas; four brothers, Steve, George, Bob and Lawrence, all of Monroe; 10 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Dennis K. (Mo) Motylinski
June 7, 1947-Nov. 7, 2000
DUNDEE - Dennis K. (Mo) Motylinski, 53, of Dundee died Tuesday morning in Veterans Home, Grand Rapids.
Friends may call from noon to 9 Thursday at Cover Funeral Home, where the rosary will be prayed at 8 tonight. Services will be held at 9:45 a.m. Friday at the funeral home and at 10:30 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Maybee. The Rev. Michael Malawy, pastor of the church, will offiicate. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, where graveside military services will be conducted by Dundee Veterans Group.
Surviving are five brothers, Philip of Monroe, Thomas and Daniel, both of Dundee, Gregory of Maybee and Donald of Illinois, and five sisters, Mrs. Donald (Anne) Smith of Ida, Mrs. Delbert (Elizabeth) Cooley of Missouri, Mrs. Frederick (Nancy) Haas of Livonia, Mrs. David (Louise) Bonnette of Illinois and Catherine Mangan of Dundee.
