Obituaries
Margo Criscuolo
Mar 18, 2012
Margo Criscuolo, age 63, of Plymouth, passed away on March 18, 2012. Loving mother of Nicole (Jim) Donlin and Dominic (Jonelle) Criscuolo. Proud grandmother of Chloe, Turner, Cooper and Alexander. Friends may visit the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, 280 South Main, Plymouth, on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, beginning at 3:00pm until 6:00pm with a memorial service at 5:00pm. Memorials may be...
Edelle Beattie Howell
Mar 17, 2012
Edelle Howell Beattie, age 87, of Bay City, died peacefully March 17, 2012. She was born February 10, 1925, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Swedish immigrants Matt and Selma (Westerberg) Edson. At the age of two, she moved with her family to Flint, Michigan, where she spent her youth in a tight knit Swedish community. As a young woman, she worked...
Hector L. Perez
Mar 17, 2012
Hector L. Perez, age 70 of Plymouth, passed away on March 17, 2012. Born in Mexico City, Mexico to the late Jose Manuel Perez Bravo and Carlota Perez Lorenzo. At the age of 18, Hector moved to the United States. Soon after arriving he would join and proudly serve in the United States Air Force and then attend the University...
James Sarnovsky
Mar 14, 2012
James Sarnovsky passed away in Columbus, Georgia on March 14, 2012 at the age of 66. Jim is survived by his children, Jay ( Paula ), Marcus ( Laura ) and Jillian ( Dan ) Schoenborn. His grandchildren, Jackson, Hadley, Nola and Tayah and siblings Judy ( Bob ) Iwasko, Joe ( Christy ) and John ( Molly ) and...
Ann Dorothy Evans
Mar 9, 2012
Ann Evans, age 78, passed away at Botsford Hospital on Friday morning, March 9, 2012, with her family beside her. Ann was born in Calumet, Michigan, on June 7, 1933, the daughter of Matthew and Ann (Hrebec) Verbanac. Her family moved to the Old Redford section of Detroit when she was eight years old, and it was there she finished...
Rex A. Smith
Mar 8, 2012
Rex A. Smith, age 94, longtime resident of Plymouth, passed away on March 8, 2012. Loving husband of the late Janette. Beloved father of Roxana (Kenneth) Jacobs, and the late Harlie Smith. Proud grandfather of Melissa (Jeffrey) Snyder, Michelle (Michael) DeYoung, Adam (Theresa) Smith and Ethan (Sarah) Smith. Proud great grandfather of Sarah, Rebecca, Madison, Mackenzie, Harley Kate, Lindsay and...
Thomas Puzzuoli
Mar 8, 2012
Thomas Puzzuoli, age 85, passed away at Providence Park Hospital in Novi, on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Tom was born in Benwood, West Virginia, on July 9, 1926, the son of Benedetto and Concetta (Panetta) Puzzuoli. His family moved to Detroit, where he spent his youth and attended the Detroit Public Schools. He proudly served in the United States Army...
Caroline Jane Weage
Mar 7, 2012
Caroline Jane Weage, age 91, passed away on March 7, 2012, at Angela Hospice in Livonia. Caroline was born in Saginaw, Michigan, on April 28, 1920, the daughter of John F. and Johanna (Koudelka) Beyer. Caroline loved music, playing varied instruments including the piano, trumpet and drums, and also teaching music. During World War II, she played drums with the...
Joseph John Bida, Jr.
Mar 4, 2012
Joseph John Bida, Jr., age 89, passed away at St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Joe was born in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania, on July 10, 1922, the son of Joseph J. Sr. and Cecelia (Saleski) Bida. He served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He saw action during...
Thomas W. Lemon
Mar 4, 2012
Thomas W. Lemon, age 85, of Northville, passed away on March 4, 2012. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 46 years, Martha. He is the loving father of Ailsa (Craig) Blunk and Robert Lemon. Proud grandpa to Adam and Gavin Blunk. Beloved uncle to Andrew (Liz) Copland, friend to many others, and dad to his loving...
Barbara Lee Kupel
Mar 4, 2012
Barbara Lee Kupel, age 63, of Westland, passed away on March 4, 2012. Loving mother of Ann (Bob Crete) Stewart and Kim (Eric) Foreit. Proud grandmother of Haley, Corey and Gabriel. Dear sister of Sandy (Pat) Faint and Teri Clark. A memorial service will be held (times and dates to be announced). Arrangements entrusted to the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, Plymouth.
Carmelo Umile
Feb 29, 2012
Carmelo Umile, age 89, passed away at St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, on February 29, 2012. Carmelo was born in Castelvetrano, Sicily, on April 5, 1922, the son of Agostino and Lucia (Bonano) Umile. He resided in Sicily until 1958, when he came to the United States with his wife, Rosa, whom he married in 1957. In Sicily he...
Howard A. Oldford
Feb 27, 2012
Howard A. Oldford, age 75, of Plymouth, born March 29, 1936, and passed away February 27, 2012. Loving husband of 48 years to Patricia. Beloved father of Thomas (Beth) Oldford, Martha McGraw and John (Heather) Oldford. Preceded in death by daughter Sarah Oldford and by parents Stewart and Jeanne (Arfmann) Oldford and step mother Adelia Oldford. Proud grandfather of Clare,...
Karen Andrea Castino
Feb 26, 2012
Karen Andrea Castino passed away suddenly on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Karen was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on July 2, 1940, the daughter of Edward S. Gertrude (Lonegan) Glica. She worked at Castino Industries, an injection molding company which has two locations, one in Romulus and one in Arkansas. Karen loved to travel, especially where it was warm and...
Mildred Jane Ritchey
Feb 23, 2012
Mildred Jane Ritchey, age 81, passed away at St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia on Thursday, February 23, 2012. Mildred was born in Brenizer, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 1930. Her early years and schooling took place in Pennsylvania. She met and married her husband, Thomas E. Ritchey, in Pennsylvania in 1960. Mildred's greatest joys were her husband and her two...
Irene Mary Hart
Feb 20, 2012
Irene Mary Hart passed away on February 20, 2012, at the marvelous age of 100. Irene was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of John A. and Angeline ( Szychowska ) Augustyn. Early in her life the family moved to the Detroit area where Irene finished her schooling. Shortly after the completion of the Second World War she married John Hart,...
Ruth M. Potts
Feb 17, 2012
Ruth M. Potts, age 93, of Plymouth, passed away on February 17, 2012. She was born in Milan, Michigan, to parents Ernest and Blanche Bordine. She moved to Plymouth when she was only 14 years old and never left. She would have to bury two husbands, Gordon Paul Roy in 1948 and David Murray Potts in 1954. Ruth was blessed...
Camille A. Ebersole
Feb 16, 2012
Camille A. Ebersole passed away February 16, 2012, at the age of 66. She was born in Detroit, on December 13, 1945, to Cyril B. and Bernice A. (Troost) Rodman. She is survived and greatly loved by her husband, James, and her children, Daniel (Janice) Ebersole and Denise (Kevin) Cadwell. She is the dear grandmother of Steven Cadwell and the...
Norma S. Schmeman
Feb 16, 2012
Norma S. Schmeman, life long resident of Plymouth, passed away February 16, 2012, at the age of 97. She was born February 23, 1914, to Coda J. and Myrtle G. (Walker) Savery. She is the beloved wife of the late George. Dear mother of Pamela (Kurt) Siefert and Wendell (Margaret) Sikes. Dearest sister of Myrilla Schrader, and dear aunt of...
Josephine McMeekin
Feb 16, 2012
Josephine McMeekin, age 88, of Livonia, passed away on February 16, 2012. Loving mother of Virginia Schoger, Craig (Karen) McMeekin and John Paul McMeekin. Preceded in death by her son, Gordon McMeekin, and her daughter, Amy McMeekin. Proud grandmother of Scott (Dana) McMeekin, Holly McMeekin, Amber Clark, James McMeekin, Joseph McMeekin, Justin McMeekin and Sarah Decker. Great grandmother of Victoria,...





