Jerry C. Carpenter; age 76 of Lake passed away Sunday, June 19, 2022 peacefully at his home. Jerry was born March 6, 1946 the son of Norman and Jessie (Bailey) Carpenter. He was a country boy, a fisherman, a hunter, a dog lover, mechanic, builder, and an excavator. He married Susan Headapohl in 1982 and Read More…
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Obituary: Daniel Dysinger Sr
Daniel Dysinger Sr. 88 of rural Clare passed away July 5, 2022, at MyMichigan Medical Center, Midland. Dan was born on October 9, 1933, to Leon S. and Helen I. (Williams) Dysinger in rural Clare. Dan is survived by brothers Duane, Donald (Linda) Dysinger, sisters Nancy (Jim) Lloyd and Carol (Ron) Larrance all of Clare. Read More…
Obituary: Sandra Jean Fritz
Sandra Jean Fritz, age 81 of Lake, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, July 4, 2022, surrounded by her family. On July 29, 1940, Sandra was born the daughter of Lewis and Myrtle (Green) Cooley in Waterloo, NY. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Fritz on January 16, 1965, in New York and Read More…
Obituary: Donna Rae Robinson Geyer
Donna Rae Robinson Geyer a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away on July 3, 2022 with her family by her side.Donna was born in Evart, Michigan on May 24, 1939, the daughter of the late Clarence and Bertha (Pope) Robinson. She was preceded in death by three infant sisters. She married her Read More…
Obituary: Patricia Ann “Millie” Stork
Patricia Ann “Millie” Stork, age 74, of Clare, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Saginaw. She was born the daughter of Woodrow and Helen G. (Lucas) Millspaugh on Feb. 11, 1948, in Goodrich Michigan. Millie married Douglas Stork on August 15, 1970 in Atlas, Michigan, and he survives Read More…
Postcard from the Pines: Thanks for the Memories
Twenty years ago I was given a wonderful, thoughtful hand-crafted gift from a good friend, a sister member of the Ever Ready Club and faithful reader of the Postcard. It required a good deal of work and planning and even enlisted the secret aid of my daughter.One afternoon while working at the Potting Shed, Carl Read More…
Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Holiday’s over — time to make summer memories
We had some fun over the weekend enjoying a beautiful Fourth of July at Brooks Lake in Newaygo and celebrating my brother Jim’s 90th birthday.Like the song, Jim was “born on the 4th of July” and, naturally is a pretty patriotic guy.Of course, I think he is basically a pretty great guy. He is the Read More…
Faces in the Crowd: Lindsay Sandelius
Lindsay Sandelius, a 2009 Pine River graduate, initially went to school to become a physical therapist’s assistant.However, while doing her clinicals, she quickly realized that wasn’t the career for her. She was meant to be a teacher. So she switched to early childhood education and never looked back.These days, you can find Lindsay at the Read More…
Osceola commissioners approve part-time assistant
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – The Osceola County Board of Commissioners voted at Tuesday’s meeting to approve the part-time Coordinator’s assistant to work up to 29 hours a week as designated by the coordinator, Tim Ladd.“It previously had been for 29 ½ hours,” commissioner Roger Elkins of Evart, said. “It expired Dec. 31 and she Read More…
Marion woman receives 4 to 20 for meth conviction
By John RaffelCorrespondent EVART – Osceola County prosecuting attorney Tony Badovinac reported on July 1, Isaac Wilkinson, 20 years old of Evart Michigan was sentenced to 18.75 years to 50 years for his unprovoked assault on a 3-year old child who suffered several stab wounds.Wilkinson pled no contest to Child Abuse first degree, a life Read More…