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ILLA JEAN (SHALLA) MACIEJEWSKI

Illa Jean (Shalla) Maciejewski, 80, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022, at MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena with her family by her side. Illa Jean Shalla was born March 30, 1942, in Alpena, Michigan to the late Casimer and Florence (Kurtz) Shalla. On Oct. 10, 1964, she married the love of her life Thomas William Maciejewski. They made Alpena their lifelong home. Illa worked as a GTE telephone operator for many years and always talked about how she enjoyed her job. Illa looked forward to her monthly GTO Club meetings and was very active as a Red Hatter. Illa had a passion for reading ...

Gertrude Adelheid Dowling

DOWLING, Gertrude Adelheid, 95, of Alpena, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bannan Funeral Home in a future edition of The Alpena News.

KENNETH DIETLYN

Kenneth Dietlyn, 87, of Ossineke, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at home. Kenneth was born June 6, 1935, in Rogers City, Michigan to the late Henry and Margaret (Shepke) Dietlyn. He served in the United States Army. On March 2, 1988, he married Ursula Depkat. Kenneth enjoyed square dancing, German Club, and bowling. Surviving are his wife, Ursula; two daughters; two grandchildren; five stepchildren; seven step grandchildren; 11 step great-grandchildren; four siblings, Jim (Janet) Dietlyn, Ralph (Mary) Dietlyn, Margaret Dietlyn, and Julie (Rick) Szakaly. Ken was preceded in ...

RAYMOND WALTER MODRZYNSKI

Captain Raymond Walter (Butch) Modrzynski 5/15/1926-7/28/2022 Captain Raymond Walter (Butch) Modrzynski was born May 15, 1926, in Rogers City, Michigan, to Stanley and Frances (Romel) Modrzynski. He passed away at Bowman Place in Three Rivers, Michigan, on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the age of 96. Butch was the second oldest of 12 children, attended St. Ignatius Catholic School, and then Rogers City High School where he lettered in football the season of 1942. That next summer (June 1943) he went to work as a deckhand on the Great Lakes freighters and ended up making sailing ...

Helen V. ‘Babe’ Berg

BERG, Helen V. ‘Babe’, 98, of Rogers City, died in Rogers City on Aug. 4, 2022 while holding her granddaughter’s hand. She is survived by granddaughter, Melissa; great-grandson, Kaiden; several nieces and nephews; great nieces and nephews; and great-great-nieces and nephews. Beck Funeral Home will announce a complete obituary when the date is set for her memorial service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to St. Luke Episcopal Church or to a charity of your choice. Online condolences may be addressed through beckfuneralhome.org

Raymond J. Stepanski

STEPANSKI, Raymond J., 94, of Alpena, died on July 19, 2022. Ray is survived by four children: Julie (Donald) Bey; Karen (James) Breitschuh; Jane Stepanski; Keith; five grandchildren: Daniel, Matthew, Courtney (Charlie), Jillian (Trevor), Sarah; one great-grandson; brother Joseph Jr.; and sister Theresa Dignan; along with several nieces and nephews. Family and friends will gather for visitation on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Church of All Saints Parish of Alpena. Mass of Christian Burial begins at 12 noon with Fr. Michael Lingaur officiating followed by military ...