Local Obituaries for Families in Bay City Michigan
Mary L. Machul
Jul 17, 2021
Mary went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at Bayfield Assisted Living at the age of 94 years. She was born on August 19, 1926 in Bay City to the late George and Evelyn (Maurer) Appold. Mary married Edwin Machul on May 27, 1972 and he preceded her in death on August 5, 1987 after...
James "Skinny" V. Slack
Jul 17, 2021
James passed away Saturday, July 17, 2021 at his residence with his family by his side at the age of 37 years. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan on July 30, 1983 to Douglas Slack and Karri Ann Harris (Brown). James was a member of the Ridin or Hidin motorcycle group and loved to ride his motorcycle. He also loved...
Michelle B. Appleby (Chace)
Jul 16, 2021
Michelle passed away Friday, July 16, 2021 with her family by her side at the age of 52. She was born October 5, 1968 to the late Arthur Byrd Chace Jr. and Rosemary Margaret (Ronayne) Chace in Pontiac, Michigan. Michelle was a new member of Riverside Methodist Church. she was a fantastic craft maker, great care taker for her family...
Keith R. Houghtaling
Jul 12, 2021
Keith passed away Monday evening, July 12, 2021 at Covenant Health Care-Cooper, Saginaw at the age of 64 years. He was born on October 22, 1956 in Bay City, Michigan. Keith graduated from T.L. Handy High School in 1974 and received a baseball scholarship. He later went on to play at Mott Community College. Keith lived in Florida for many...
Sue A. Eichhorn
Jul 11, 2021
Eichhorn, Sue A. Bay City, Michigan Sue passed away Saturday, July 11, 2021 at McLaren Bay Region. The daughter of the late Jack and Cora Winn was born October 15, 1942 in Bay City, Michigan. She was a member of St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church. She is survived by her husband, Allen Eichhorn. At the request of Sue cremation has...
Devin Karr Davidson
Jul 11, 2021
Devin passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 as the result of an automobile accident at the age of 20 years. He was born on June 29, 2001 in West Branch to Gary Jr. and Janet (Gingerich) Davidson. Devin was a 2019 graduate of Au Gres-Sims High School. He enjoyed going to the races, working on his trucks, ice fishing and...
Leslie G. Bauer
Jul 10, 2021
Leslie Gene Bauer passed away peacefully on July 10, 2021 at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Hospital in Saginaw, with his family by his side after a long battle with Parkinson's, at the age of 75. He was born on August 2, 1945 to the late Roland and Florence (Leinberger) Bauer in Bay City, Michigan. Les was retired from Harrison...
Margaret Ann (VanWert) Gwizdala
Jul 10, 2021
Mrs. Gwizdala passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Brian's House at the age of 93. The daughter of the late William and Margaret (Bokhart) VanWert was born December 22, 1927 in Bay City, Michigan. Mrs. Gwizdala was a member of St. Norbert Altar Society and enjoyed gardening, canning, baking, sewing, crocheting, camping and spending time with her grandchildren....
Louis J. VonGrey
Jul 9, 2021
Mr. VonGrey passed away on Friday, July 9, 2021 at the Bay Valley House at the age of 84. The son of the late Louis and Bernice (Cushman) VonGrey was born July, 20, 1936 in San Jose, California. Mr. VonGrey was a member of Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Eagles Club 1010, American Legion Post 18, Teamsters Union 486/406 and...
James R. Parks Sr.
Jul 8, 2021
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and dear friend Jim passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021 at his home with his family surrounding him at the age of 80 years. Jim was born on June 26, 1941 to the late Wilfred and Thelma (Burdett) Parks. He was married to the love of his life and best friend Margaret A....
Gary Engel
Jul 5, 2021
Mr. Engel passed away at his residence on Monday, July 5, 2021 at the age of 71. The son of the late Frank and Florence (Gallagher) Engel was born November 28, 1949 in Bay City, Michigan. Gary served two tours in the US Army during the Vietnam conflict and enjoyed going for walks, scratching lottery tickets and cooking. Mr. Engel...
Curtis Lee Williams
Jul 1, 2021
Curtis passed away Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Brian's House at the age of 60 years after a 10 year battle with cancer. He was born on December 7, 1960 in Bay City to the late Willard and Patricia (Peters) Williams. Curt has resided in Bay City all of his life and was a graduate of Bay City Western. He...
Cynthia A. Gromaski
Jun 30, 2021
Cynthia passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at McLaren Bay Region at the age of 64. She was born June 9, 1957 to the late William and Esther (Klemm) Gromaski in Bay City, Michigan. She enjoyed boating, camping, traveling and spending time with her family. She her spent many winters in Naples Florida and loved spending time with her two...
Edwin D. Ekkens
Jun 28, 2021
Edwin passed away Monday, June 28, 2021 at his residence with his family by his side at the age of 81 years. He was born on November 1, 1939 to the late Clarence and Gertrude (Laskas) Ekkens. Edwin proudly served in the United States Marine Corp and was honorably discharged. He owned and operated Bishop Young Furniture until 2002 when...
Richard "Dick" David Bender
Jun 27, 2021
Richard passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021 at Bayfield Assisted Living with his family by his side at the age of 89. He was born in Bay City, Michigan to the late David and Ella (Dowd) Bender on October 4, 1931. Dick was a member of Bethel Ev. Lutheran Church. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting, fishing, camping, square dancing,...
Cheryl V. Morley
Jun 25, 2021
Cheryl passed away Friday, June 25, 2021 at Close to Home Assisted Living at the age of 77 years. She was born in Grayling, Michigan on June 23, 1944 to the late Gordon and Aileen (Purvis) Pond. On July 7, 1979 she married Jack O. Morley and they were married for 41 years until he passed away on October 16,...
Harold D. Spitnale
Jun 23, 2021
Harold passed away at his home, with his family by his side on June 23, 2021 at the age of 81. He was born on September 27, 1939 in Midland, Michigan. Harold was a plain and simple husband, and a very hard worker. He loved sitting outside on his porch, fishing, going camping, and his dog, Hollar. Harold is survived...
Roberta Roth (Gephart) Rogers
Jun 23, 2021
Obituary Roberta Roth (Gephart) Rogers, age 90, formerly of Venice, FL, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at Park Village Pines in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Roberta & Rudean (her twin) were born on December 22,1930 in Charlotte, Michigan to Rudolph & Veldean Roth. After earning a bachelor's degree in education from Western Michigan University, Roberta married Wilfred Gephart in June...
Dorothy H. Tithof
Jun 20, 2021
Dorothy passed away Sunday, June 20, 2021 at New Hope Bay Assisted Living at the age of 97 years. She was born in Bay City on February 1, 1924 to the late Frank and Sophie (Lemiasz) Slezak. On June 22, 1946 she married the love of her life Joseph A. Tithof. They spent 62 years together until he passed away...
Neil W. Nitschka
Jun 19, 2021
Neil passed away Saturday, June 19, 2021 at Covenant Medical Center - Harrison at the age of 69. He was born to the late Wayne and Alice (Kuch) Nitschka on April 18, 1952, in Bay City Michigan. He attended TL Handy High school and went on to receive his Forestry Degree from Michigan Tech. Neil worked for the Bay County...
