HELASH, Orest T., 89, of Alpena, died on March 8, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his wife Janet Heiller (Dehn), his two children, Amber (Paul) Nolan, of Alpena, and Missy (Ken) Buchanan, of California, and 11 grandchildren, Kegon, Ashley, Autumn, Shania, Jaden, ...

HOMANT, Patricia E., 85, died on March 11, 2022. She is survived by her children, Cathy (Jim) Matuszak, Ed (Deb) Homant and Jeff (Ashley) Homant. She also leaves behind seven grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. Memorial visitation will take place at St. Anne Church of All Saints ...

Royal Roger Urlaub, 87, of Alpena passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at his home. Royal was born Dec. 15, 1934, in Hawks, Michigan to the late LeRoy and Florence (Claus) Urlaub. On April 21, 1956, he married Pauline Miller. Royal worked at Abitibi for 40 years, retiring in 1996. He was ...

URLAUB, Royal ‘Roger’, 87, of Alpena, died Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bannan Funeral Home in a future edition of The Alpena News.

Muskegon, Michigan Mr. Gerald Lee ‘Jerry’ Grulke, age 66, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022. He was born in Alpena, Michigan on Jan. 25, 1956 to Kenneth & Joan (Gibbons) Grulke. Jerry graduated from Alpena High School and Western Michigan University with a BA in Business. He was ...

PAKE, Lewis Robert, Jr., 50, of Alpena, died unexpectedly at home Sunday, March 6, 2022. Lewis is survived by his wife, Cyndi Pake, three daughters, Natasha, Amber, and Ashley Pake, his stepson, Mykel Nelson, his brother Robert (Debra), his sister, Mary (Duane) Haske, one stepbrother, Manuel ...