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Obituaries

Cole Francis Brilinski

Cole Francis Brilinski, 17, Ossineke passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. Cole was born in Alpena on June 11, 2008. He has worked as a carpenter, enjoyed riding motorcycles and fishing. Surviving are his father, George Brilinski; mother, Jessica (Shawn Muszynski) VanDusan; siblings, Montana ...

Lawrence Holly

Lawrence "Ed" Holly, a longtime resident of the Traverse City area but late of Kingsley, Michigan entered into eternal life on Aug. 11, 2025. He was born of parents Lawrence D. and Erma L. Holly on Nov. 20, 1934 in West Branch, Michigan, one of four children raised to adulthood in West ...

Mark Aaron Lewis

Mark Aaron Lewis, 59, of Kentwood passed away along with his sister Tamyra, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, as the result of an automobile accident. Mark Aaron Lewis was born in Alpena on Nov. 26, 1965, to Jerry and Ethelene (Dove) Lewis. Family was very important to Mark. Heading north for deer ...

Tamyra Sue Northern

Tamyra Sue Northern, 61, Prior Lake, Minnesota passed away along with her brother Mark, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, as the result of an automobile accident. Tamyra Sue Lewis was born in Alpena on Jan. 17, 1964, to Jerry and Ethelene (Dove) Lewis. Tamyra lived in Prior Lake, Minnesota in a wonderful ...

Helene Kay Meyer

Helene Kay Meyer, 90, of Alpena, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at MyMichigan Medical Center – Saginaw. Helene Winifred Kay was born on January 4, 1935, to the late Basil and Lillian (Davenport) Kay, in Rochester, New York. The family lived on a small farm located on ...

Theodore Adolph Townsend

Theodore Adolph Townsend, 84, of Black River, passed away Monday, August 11, 2025, at MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena. Ted was born on June 13, 1941, in Detroit, to the late Boyd and Helen (Paul) Townsend. He worked as a deputy for the Alcona County Sheriff's Department, retiring as a ...