OBITUARIES

March 28, 2016

Navarro, Rosalie Yolanda, age 77 of Detroit, passed away March 28, 2016. She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Richard. Loving mother to Reneé Navarro, Rochelle Navarro, Regina Navarro Roell, Roberta (Jeff) Navarro Lemieux, Rick Navarro, and Rhonda Navarro. Beloved sister to Tom (Brenda) Muñoz, Jim (Sandra) Muñoz, Elizabeth Makara, Peter (Julie) Muñoz, and Paul (Kathy)...

March 28, 2016

Marjorie A. Hutchison; age 70, March 28, 2016 of Lincoln Park. Loving mother of Bobby, the late George Coleman and the late Thomas Rickeard. Dearest grandma of Shana, Tommy, Karen, Michael, Justin, Anthony, Alaura and Michelle. Dear sister Betty (Fred) Roumpz and the late Charles Rickeard. All Services Are Pending-Please Check Back: The Allen Park Chapel - Martenson Family...

March 27, 2016

MacDonald, Mary "Mae" Age 91. March 27, 2016.Loving daughter of the late John A. and Margaret MacDonald.Predeceased by 13 brothers and sisters. Dear aunt of many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. Visitation 1-9 p.m. Thursday with 7 p.m. Parish Rosary at The Allen Park Chapel of the Martenson Family of Funeral Homes, 10915 Allen Rd. (Corner of...

March 27, 2016

Decoteau, Florence J. Age 96, of Detroit. March 27, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Charles Decoteau. Loving mother of Judy Romatz, Carol Bunting and Dianne (Raymond) Ochoa. Proud grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother to many. Preceded in death by her husband Charles and a son Charles "Butch" Decoteau. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer...

March 26, 2016

McEachran, Veronica R., age 89, March 26, 2016 of Grosse Ile, Michigan. Beloved wife of the late Robert. Loving mother of Mary Ellen (Mike Veres) McEachran, Jim (Maria) McEachran and John McEachran. Also survived by her grandchildren Caitlin, Megan, Lauren and Bobby and her "adopted" grandchildren John (Lisa) Veres, Jennifer (Jonathan) Ladd and great-grandchildren Timmy, Melanie, Daniel, Ryan and...

March 25, 2016

Born in Newport, Dorothy was the daughter of Raymond and Isabel (Baron) Anteau. She married the love of her life, Donald Behnke, on March 17, 1945 in Detroit. Sadly he preceded her in death October 11, 1975. Dorothy dedicated her life to being a homemaker. Dorothy leaves to cherish her memory a grandson Mike (Karen) Mucker of Flat Rock;...

March 25, 2016

Matwiejczyk, Eleanore B.;age 85, March 25, 2016 of Trenton. Beloved wife of the late Edward. Loving mother of Rebecca, Eric (Sarah) and Gerald (Kelly). Dearest grandmother of Nicole and Diana Mullen, Marcia (Garrett) Miars, Mary, Sophia, Elise, Matthew, Jacob, Grant, Zachary, Scott (Melanie) and great-grandmother of Ethan, Lola, Weston and Mason Miars. Dear aunt of Ted (Maxine) Farbisz and...

March 24, 2016

Born in Wyandotte, Joseph was the son of Joseph and Stephanie (Sobeswski) Chojnowski. He married the love of his life, Rosetta Birch, in 1952. Sadly she preceded him in death in 2002. Joseph spent most of his career as a Police Officer with the Rockwood Police Department, retiring in 1991. His hobbies included playing bingo and going to the...

March 24, 2016

Biando, Lea M., age 56, March 24, 2016 of Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Beloved wife of Raymond. Loving mother of Raymond, Jr. (Melissa Ouellette), Michael (Terri), Kristen (Shawn) Purcell and Vince. Dearest daughter of Shirley and the late Louis Paganini Also survived by 9 grandchildren; her siblings Justin Williams and Mark Paganini.

March 23, 2016

Piatkowski, Stanley Anthony, age 81 of Trenton, passed away March 23, 2016. Loving husband of Roberta. Dear father of Susan (Michael) Perry, Linda Stewart, Michael David (Aimee), and Lora. Proud grandfather of Meradith, Brieana, and Andrew. Proud great grandfather of Esabella. Stanley was preceded in death by granddaughter Melissa and brother Larry.

March 23, 2016

Harold N. Ray; age 91, March 23, 2016 of Allen park. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy. Loving dad of Randall (Brenda) and the late Robert. Dear brother of Ervin Reh. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, other loving family members and friends. Donations in memory of Harold may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Click on the...

March 22, 2016

Joseph Andrew Venable; age 23, March 22, 2016 of Belleville. Loving son of Karen (Bill) Brown and Anthony (Tara). Dearest brother of Nicole, Robert, Marisa, Jennifer, Adam, Shauntayia and Ciara. Beloved grandson of Bruce & Evonne Venable and Linda (the late Jimmy) Bayus. Also survived by many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving family members and friends. Donations...

March 21, 2016

Gersky, Mark, age 51, March 23, 2016 of Redford Twp., MI. He is survived by his wife Denise; his children Marc Gersky, Nicholas Gersky and Andrea (Edward) Motyka; his grandchildren Abagail and Aiden; his step sons Michael (Melissa) Urso, Christopher (Ronda) Urso, Jonathan Urso, Kevin Cunningham and Tyler Cunningham; 8 step grandchildren; his parents Laurence (the late Joan) Gersy,...

March 21, 2016

Jessica M. Thomas, nee Hubbell, age 44, of Taylor, passed away March 21, 2016. A light has left our world to shine brightly down upon us forever, with our Lord and Savior. Jessica is survived by her mother, Carol Bajus, brother Kevin (Kristen) and her niece Melody, as well as her fiancé, Raymond Alkewich. On her mother's side she...

March 21, 2016

Veronica Christina Aquilina-Miller, age 62 of Allen Park, passed away March 21, 2016. Loving wife of Edward Miller, Sr. Dear mother of Christina (Phillip) Wall, Jennifer Steiner, Lance Aquilina, and Ed Miller, Jr. Proud grandmother of Justin, Joshua, Megan, Sarah, and Holly. Veronica is also survived by her siblings Richard, Lillian, Pedro Jr., Gloria, Alfred, Raquel, Mario, David, Joseph,...

March 21, 2016

March 20, 2016

Malinczak, Stephen A. "Steve". Age 53, of Trenton. March 20, 2016. Beloved son of Freda "Freddie" Boger. Loving brother of Susanne Bell and Stacy (Jeffrey) Robillard. Dear uncle of Samantha Murphy, Joseph Robillard and Christopher Robillard. Preceded in death by his father Stephen Malinczak Sr. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the...

March 20, 2016

Decoster, Pamela M. Age 55, of Lincoln Park. March 20, 2016.

March 19, 2016

Miller, Jean L.; age 82, March 19, 2016 of Trenton. Beloved wife of Billy for 62 years. Loving mother of Melissa Surmacz, Brenda Chabot, Bill (Colleen) and Thad. Dearest grandma of 9 and great-grandma of 3. Donations in memory of Jean may be made to the donor's charity of choice. Click on the multimedia tab to view Jean's video...

March 19, 2016

Guess, Donna L. Age 71. March 19th, 2016 of Allen Park. Beloved wife to the late James Guess Sr. Loving mother to James (Michelle) Guess Jr., Steven (Marcel) Guess, and Michael Guess. Caring grandmother to 11 grandkids and 6 great grandkids. Loving sister of Delbert (Shirley) Gentile, Charlotte (Rich) Moskaitis, Barbara (Bob) Verriest, Larry (Sheila) Barstad, Brenda (Bob) Brown,...