OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries
Jessie Mae Gordon
June 3, 2010
Gordon, Jessie Mae. Age 78, of Lincoln Park for 44 years. June 3, 2010. Beloved wife of the late Lawrence. Loving mother of Larry (Gloria), Debra (Dewayne) Whitaker, Lori (Larry) Vandergrift and Glenn (Connie). Proud grandmother of Kathy Meek, Larry Vandergrift, Kristy Gordon, Ashley Gordon and Kyle Gordon. Great grandmother of Jordan, William and Kayla. Dear sister of Edith...

Juanita A. Morris
June 2, 2010
Morris, Juanita A. Age 89. June 2, 2010. Beloved wife of the late Clayton. Loving mother of Marvin (Janice). Dearest grandmother of Keith and Jackie (Ray) Thoma. Great grandmother of Judy, Raymond and Chris. Also survived by 1 brother Loren Shaul.
Rosalie Agrusa
June 2, 2010
Beloved wife of Joseph. Loving mother of Jerry (Kathy) and Jo-Marie. Dear sister of Vince (Mary) Maniaci and Tony (Bert) Maniaci. Dearest Nana of Stephanie (Ivan) Estereicher
Bernadine D. Spencer
June 2, 2010
Spencer, Bernadine D., age 86, June 2, 2010 of Trenton. Beloved wife of the late Albert, Jr. Loving mother of Albert (Wonda) III, Robert, Barry (Tamara), Sandra Spencer, Gary (Laurie), Sheryl (Dan) Jackson, Michael (Kathy) and Patrick (Joan), Proud grandmother of 11, prouder great- grandmother of 4. Sister of Henrietta Spencer, Betty Underwood and Dorothy Vizza. Preceded in death...
Donald A. Miller
June 1, 2010
Miller, Donald A. Age 89. June 1, 2010 of Allen Park. Beloved husband of Geraldine. Loving father of Linda Wroblewski, Thomas and Gerald. Dearest grandpa of William (Diane) Wroblewski. Great-grandpa of Candice. Brother to Richard (Pat). Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Donald served his country during WW II, he was a minister and a lawyer by occupation....
Jay Jones
June 1, 2010
Jones, Jay. Age 39. June 1, 2010. Beloved husband of Amy. Cherished daddy of Max, Ella and Lola. Loving son of Jackie. Dearest nephew of Gary (Toni), Ron (Laurie) and Chet (Joyce). Son-In-Law to Jan (Norm) Maisel and Mark (Pam) Verleger. Brother-In-Law of Brent and Andy (Molly). Also survived by his beloved friends Kathi and Pam as well as...

Maria Mendoza
May 30, 2010
Maria is survived by her husband Nicholas of over 60 years; daughter Guadalupe Mendoza; 18 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren.
Paul N. Brickey
May 30, 2010
Brickey, Paul N. Age 72. May 30, 2010 of Riverview. Beloved husband of Norma. Loving dad of Michele (Frank) Jones, Barry, Amy Brickey (Steve Trimble) and Cherie (Brian) Price. Dearest grandpa of Elizabeth, Andrew, Alex, Ricky, Ashley, Nicky, Samantha, Steven, Jr., Alyssa, Sabrina and Zoey-Ann. Also survived by 3 sisters Connie Abbott, Carol Muscoe and Margaret Brown; 4 brothers...

Marge D. Walker
May 30, 2010
Marge D. Walker, age 81, of S.Rockwood,MI., passed away May 30, 2010, beloved wife of Otto, loving mother of Wayne (Joy) Walker, Larry (Holly) Walker and Angie (Jim) Brown, dear grandmother of Julie, Carmen, Morgan, Tyler, Jake, Samantha and Mallory, proud great grandmother of Nathan and Brooke. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Ray Silcox and...
Martha Vassel
May 30, 2010
Vassel, Martha. Age 89. May 30, 2010 of Dearborn. Beloved wife of the late Nicholas M. Loving mom of the late Nicholas A., Dorothy (John) Lysak and Ron (Linda). Dearest mother-in-law of Pat Vassel. Cherished grandma of Michelle, the late Nickie, Alan, Laurie and Nicole. Great grandma of 5. Sister to Walter and John Nester. Preceded in death by...
Marie N. Mcnabb
May 30, 2010
McNabb, Marie N. Age 90. May 30, 2010 of Grosse Ile. Beloved wife of the late Willis. Loving mother of Michael. Proud grandmother of Kelsey, Ashley and Kyle. Marie served her country during WWII in the US Army Nurse Corps and she retired from Downriver Guidance Clinic as a social worker in 1983.

Charles H. Latimer
May 29, 2010
Latimer, Charles H. age 85, May 29, 2010 of Newport. Beloved husband of the late Elizabeth. Loving father of Charles W. Dear brother of Esther Pattison and Everet Latimer. Charles was a long time member of Faith Lutheran Church, the Trenton Post VFW and the Downriver Veterans Honorguard. All services were private. Family suggests donations in memory of Charles...
Dorothy A. Dippel
May 28, 2010
Beloved daughter of the late Herbert and Anna Dippel. Dearest sister of Donald(Carol) and the late Lorenz Dippel, the late Charles Dippel and the late Elizabeth Myrand. Also survived by many nephews and one niece.
John A. Korka
May 28, 2010
John Allen Korka, age 63, beloved husband of Barbara (Payne), step father of Jeff Allen, Scott (Lynne) Allen and Chris Allen, dear brother of Jacquee (Tony) Rutherford and Patti (Chuck) Savitskie, uncle of Amanda (Dan) Goff, son of John Korka, proud grandfather of Chad, Dan, Eric, Megan and Krysta, great grandfather of Kylee. John retired from Cadillac Engine Plant...
Daniel W. Waddell
May 28, 2010
Loving father of Jason (Susan), Daniel (Tera), Justin and Danielle. Dearest Brother of Glenn (Lois), Diane, Michael (Denise), David (Mary) and Craig (Kim). Also, survived by many loving grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends.
Susan Lences
May 27, 2010
Lences Susan, Age 88, May 27, 2010 of Southgate. Beloved wife of 67 years to the late John. Loving mother of Suzanne Briganti, John (Rosemary) and Melody (Paul) Walsh. Dearest grandmother of Christopher, Terrence, Jon Eric, Courtney, Lauren, Ryan and great-grandmother of Dominic.
Colleen Marie Rolling
May 26, 2010
Rolling, Colleen M., age 54, May 26, 2010 of Trenton. Beloved daughter of Richard and Virginia Rolling. Loving sister of Teresa (Tom) Feeney, Kathie (Ted) Sauter, Michael (Vickie), David (Tammy), Mark (Ruth), Maureen (Greg) Starry and Tim (Erin). Loving aunt of 14
Carl A. Drexler
May 26, 2010
Carl A. Drexler, age 84, of S.Rockwood, MI., beloved husband of the late Virginia (VanWashenova), loving father of David Drexler, Rita Drexler, Annette (Mark) Jones, Ruth Drexler and Edna Drexler, dear brother of Donald Drexler, James Drexler, Albert Drexler, Florence (Albert) Wright, Vera Hartman and Sr. Rita Drexler, proud grandfather of Bobbiejo, William and Dustin Newman, great grandfather of...
Emily C. Vencelov
May 25, 2010
Vencelov, Emily C. Age 86 of Allen Park. Beloved wife of the late Ernest. Loving mother of Susan (Bill) Cambridge, Cheryl (Terry) Turner, Denise (Mike) Eregonara and Lori (Bos) Maiani. Also survived by 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
Gertrudis Baez
May 25, 2010
Baez, Gertrudis Age 94 of Detroit. Beloved wife of the late Roman. Loving mother of Antonia Serrano, Ines deJesus, Rita deJesus, Nemecia deJesus, Justo (Myrta) deJesus, Esteban (Carmen) deJesus, Sotero (Cathy) deJesus, Gregorio deJesus, Paslo (Ruth) deJesus, Juan (Nelly) deJesus, the late Angel deJesus and the late Candelario deJesus