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RICHARD JOHN BOYK SR.

April 3, 1951 - Nov. 11, 2023 Richard John Boyk Sr. age 72 of Posen passed away unexpectedly at home on Nov. 11, 2023. He was born April 3, 1951 in Alpena to Otto and Helen (Marculewicz) Boyk. He was a lifelong resident of the area and was proud of the family’s fourth-generation Boyk Family Farm. He is survived by three children, Reyanne Gallippo of Ypsilanti, Richard Boyk Jr. of Grass Valley, California and Rebecca Boyk of Alpena; five grandchildren Eliza, Harvey, Richard III, Cayden and Jorja; siblings, Bernard, Julie (Tom) Goodall and Marie (Allen) Momrik; along with his ...

Fredrick Raymond Weber

WEBER, Fredrick Raymond “Fritz,” 75, of Lachine, died at MyMichigan Health in Midland on Oct. 9, 2023. Beck Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

PATRICIA M. POKORZYNSKI

Oct. 29, 1932 - Nov. 11, 2023 Patricia M. Pokorzynski, 91, of Alpena passed away peacefully at her home on Nov. 11, 2023, surrounded by her family. Patricia Marie Suszek was born Oct. 29, 1932, in Alpena to the late Joseph and Joanna (Straka) Suszek. She married Eugene Pokorzynski on ...

JOAN V. POWERS

Dec. 28, 1935 - Nov. 11, 2023 Joan V. Powers, 87, of Alpena, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 at Turning Brook of Alpena. Joan was born on Dec. 28, 1935, in Rogers City to the late Herman and Evelyn (Karsten) Vogler. Joan graduated from Rogers City High School in 1953 ...

JEAN DRING VESELENAK

May 29, 1941 - Sept. 27, 2023 Jean Dring Veselenak, age 82, died peacefully during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Jean Alice Dring was born on May 29, 1941 to George and Alleyne (Cheney) Dring in Chicago, Illinois. She attended school in Blue Island, Illinois where she lived with her family until her graduation in 1959. She attended Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, finishing her education in the spring of 1963 with a primary-school teaching degree. She was soon hired to teach third grade in Flint, Michigan. While in Flint, Jean met Joseph H. Veselenak, a ...

James Ralph Budnick

BUDNICK, James Ralph, 82, of Rogers City, died at the Brook in Rogers City on Nov. 11, 2023. Beck Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.