~ Walloon Lake Deaths Recorded ~
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1903
Franklin Winfield "Frank" Davis, 49, accidently killed when moving a house located on Walloon Lake, died 4 March 1903.
1910
John Vansaw/Van Saw, 80 or 81, lived in Clarion, then Walloon Lake for 13 years, a Civil War veteran, passed August 1910.
1915
William Johnstone, owner of considerable Walloon Lake property, died in Bartlesville Oklahoma in July 1915.
1916
Mrs. Julius Dick, summer resident of Walloon Lake for 30 years, and resident of Huntington IN died in Petoskey in November.
Mrs. Ella Hersey, resided in Walloon Lake many years, died 26 February in Flint MI.
H.A. Walton, Resort Township, shores of Walloon Lake, resident died November 1916.
1917
Henry Frank, builder and proprietor of the Hotel Frank (Later the Thomas House on South Shore), died June 1917.
1920
Mrs. Caroline Schoof, Resort Township resident and family namesake for Schoof's Creek, died July 1920 at her farmhouse.
1921
Mr. and Mrs. O.V. Parrish, well known in the Walloon summer colony died in Hamilton, Ohio.
(Mr. Parrish died January 10, 1921 and Mrs. Parrish died January 7, 1921.)
1923
Mrs. Henry (Eliza) Frank came to Walloon Lake when Fort Wayne Camp was established, owned Hotel Frank, and died February 1923.
Walter E. Wardrop, 58, died in June, following a long illness from dropsy, had owned one of the early Walloon Lake farmsteads.
1928
Harlow E. Wheaton, 66, died on his Walloon Lake farm 28 March 1928.
1930
George M. North, 50, first came with his parents to Walloon Lake in 1888, and taught schools in Emmet County, died November 23, 1930.
1932
Mrs. John (Edna) Ferris daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Olds (residents of West Arm of Walloon Lake), died 23 February 1932.
Mrs. Josephine Garmon Shumaker, 64, died at her St. Louis Club summer home on Walloon Lake on 26 August 1932.
1934
George Brill, born 1865, one of the oldest Walloon Lake residents, passed away September 1934.
1937
Frances V. Wager Merrill, 67, with husband Ransom, operated a boat livery, boat manufacturing company, and bath house at Walloon Lake,
passed away 6 August 1937.
1938
Leon Merrill, 40, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Merrill of Walloon Lake, passed away from carbon monoxide on 2 November 1938.
1939
Clayton Bixby, after the death of his father, took over the Fern Cottage, but, has passed away at 68 at his Florida winter home.
Ralph Connable, Walloon Lake Resorter, and former Petoskey resident, passed away 19 April 1939 in a Cleveland hospital.
Roy Brown, operator of Walloon Lake's bathing house, a gas station, and Brown's Boat Works, died 18 October 1939.
1940
Adelbert Kitts, 90, Walloon Lake pioneer who owned a Caldonia Heights Lot, died 12 March 1940.
Ransom T. Merrill, operated a boat livery, boat manufacturing company, and bath house at Walloon Lake, died 21 October 1940
1941
Fred Shepard, long time Walloon resident, and operator of Shepard's General Store at the Foot died 21 March 1941.
Ernest Ecker, 17, a Walloon Lake resident, suffered fatal injuries in a car accident between Walloon Lake and Boyne City 28 July 1941.
Emmele Jensen, came to America in 1889, married Peter Jensen, and lived in the Village of Walloon passed away 29 November 1941.
Peter Jensen, a Village resident passed away just two weeks after his wife Emmele (above) in December 1941.
1942
H.H. Goodwin, father of Keith Goodwin, passed away in July 1942.
Alfred Edward Hass, 69, Pioneer of Walloon Lake and business man, died December 1942.
1944
Charles J. Parrish, summer resident of Walloon Lake since 15 years of age, died 15 June 1944.
1948
Edward C. Kuhn, who purchased the former Beeman Cottage in 1941 died about 6 October 1948 in Cincinnati Ohio.
1949
Mrs. Jessie C. Buckley, 57, of Walloon Lake, died 11 April 1949 in Little Traverse Hospital, Petoskey, Michigan.
1950
Mrs. Sarah E. Cole, 83, came to Bear Lake in 1871 with her parents, died February 1950.
Robert T. Steele, Walloon Lake resident since 1914, died September 25, 1950.
1951
Carl H. Goodwin, 44, died at his Walloon Lake Home, November 1951.
Mrs. Henry (Marie) Grund, former Walloon Lake business owner, passed away October 1951 in Grandvue Hospital, East Jordan, Michigan.
Grace Hall Hemingway, mother of author Ernest, 79, long time Walloon Lake Resident, died 28 June 1951 in River Forest, Illinois.
William H. Hoagland, owner of Summerest Cottage near the WLCountry Club, passed away 10 January 1951.
1953
Kenneth Mainland, husband of Sunny Hemingway, and resident of Walloon Lake cottage Windemere, died 24 January 1953.
Mrs. Charles (Lulu Vansaw/Van Saw) Houts of Walloon Lake died unexpectedly June 1953.
1954
Louis Cass, a former Melrose township resident died December 27, 1954, in Mio, Michigan.
Hatta Carlille Whitfield, 84, North Shore Walloon Lake resident, died after a long illness in December 1954.
1955
Edith Abbott, 71, a Walloon Lake resident was killed in a car/truck accident at the M-75 & US-131 intersection on September 13, 1955.
A.J. Crago, 79, pioneer businessman, owned Crago's Delicatessen at The Foot, died March 1955.
Myron Gray, who had a summer home near Pansy Point Walloon Lake, died 26 November 1955.
1956
Joseph Veith, 82, operated the Cream Pitcher Tea Room for 15 years, passed away March 1956.
Mrs. Margaret Hass, 75, a Walloon Lake resident since 1911, died 8 March 1960, in Largo, Florida.
1958
Raymond Roth, 61, founder of Petoskey's Wimpy's hamburger drive-in, and member of Walloon Lake Yacht Club. died 2 December 1958.
1959
Vern Vansaw/Van Saw, 65, former Walloon Lake resident and retired Ford Motor Company engineer, died November 1959.
1963
Marcelline Hemingway Sanford, author and lecturer passed away 9 December 1963.
1964
Royce Nickey, 53, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Veith who had the Cream Pitcher in the village, died August 1964.
1966
Stanley Russell Jensen, 46, lived at Walloon Lake except 5 years during WWII, passed away April 1966.
Edward A. "Ed" Behan, 55, died 26 May 1966, in Ann Arbor after a tragic fall at his Walloon Lake cottage.
Mrs. Charles (Cora Howell) Halbke, 73, daughter of Walloon Lake Pioneer residents, died September 1966.
Stella Mantz of Walloon Lake died September 1966.
Herbert Miller, 89, of Resort Twp, a charter member of the Walloon Lake Yacht Club, died September 1966.
1967
Peter Blain of Walloon Lake died January 1967.
August Jenson of Walloon Lake died July 1967.
John "Jack" Trarop of Walloon Lake died May 1967.
1968
Robert R. Brown, 70, a Walloon Lake cottager died in Anderson IN.
Mrs. Susan M. Olds, 97, a Walloon Lake summer visitor for 90 years, died 13 June 1968 in Petoskey, MI.
Dlasky "Dee" Whittaker, co-owner of D's Gas Station in Walloon Lake Village, died May 1968.
Harriett Simpson of Walloon Lake died June 1968.
1969
Richard Van Pelt Robinson, 57, Walloon Lake cottage designer, died February 24, 1969, in Naples, Florida.
Thomas Scroggie of Walloon Lake Village died May 1969.
Goldie Starr of Walloon Lake Village died August 1969.
1970
Mabelle Masters, longtime resident of Walloon Lake died May 1970.
1971
Mrs. Jack (Margeret L) McHalpine, 51, formerly of Manton 8 years ago, died at home at Walloon Lake November 4, 1971.
1972
Harry S. McKInnon, 90, a Walloon Lake Sweet Pea Lane cottager, died in Lake City, Florida, in January 1972.
Donald K. Goodwin, 50, attended Melrose Schools, married Dorothy Carroll at Walloon Lake, died March 1972.
Leo Vansaw/Van Saw, 82, born in, and former Walloon Lake resident, passed August 1972 at daughter's home in Flint, Michigan.
Clara Delaney of Walloon Lake died September 1972.
Emma Falk of Walloon Lake died October 1972.
Arthur W. Morgan, 61, Walloon Lake resident and brother to Esther Simpson, passed away November 1972.
Minnie Perrault of Walloon Lake died November 1972.
Michael H. White of Walloon Lake died 15 December 1972.
1973
Guy Cotanche of Walloon Lake died January 1973.
O.W. Dey died in his winter home in San Bernadino California on 25 February 25 1973.
George Biallas of Walloon Lake died April 1973.
Catherine Miller of Walloon Lake died August 1973.
1974
Irwin Holden of Walloon Lake died January 1975.
Mollhy Nelson of Walloon Lake died August 1974.
Ida Breithaupt, 80, owner of Hemlock Point Resort on Walloon Lake died August 1974.
John Harrington, founder of Radio Station WJML, established Harrington Marine and Resort on Walloon Lake, died 17 September 1974.
Virgil Delaney, owner of the Junction Inn, died November 1974
1975
Miss Dorothy Mary Connable, 82, resided in the family's home on Walloon Lake, and passed away in a Petoskey Hospital.
Mayme Scroggie resident and teacher of Walloon Lake died March 1975.
Lenord Brower operated Browers Grocery at The Foot about 15 years, then retiring to Florida, died 20 January 1975 in Kokoma, Indiana.
Charles Hill of Walloon Lake died September 1975.
1976
J. Srigley of Walloon Lake died January 1976.
Edith Klont of Walloon Lake died January 1976.
Charles A. Gallarno, 90, Walloon Lake Summer resident died in Birmingham, Michigan, February 1976.
Raymond Boak of Walloon Lake died June 1976.
Mable Jensen Ward, 53, helped with husband Rod's ministry at the Walloon Lake Church, passed away June 1976.
Clara Smith of Walloon Lake died November 1976.
Clara Smith of Walloon Lake died November 1976.
1977
John Kenroy of Walloon Lake died January 1977.
Arthur Anderson, 39, longtime Walloon Lake resident passed away in Ingham Medical Center in Lansing in 1977.
Ruth Biallas of Walloon Lake died May 1977.
Madge Dey, co-owner of Dey's Rock Shop, died September 1977.
Ernest Everts of Walloon Lake died December 1977.
Margaret "Curtis" Hermann, Walloon Lake and St. Louis, Missouri, resident, died near French Lake in Emmet County.
Esther Whittaker, 76, owned Whittaker's grocery and gas station in Walloon Lake, died in 1977.
1978
Herman A. Breithaupt, 82, author of several food books, and owner of Hemlock Point Resort on Walloon Lake died January 1978.
Mary Wiles of Walloon Lake died July 1978.
John L. Crouse, 61, Walloon Lake summer resident for many years, died 19 September 1979.
1979
Henry McPherson of Walloon Lake died April 1979.
Eloise Nickey of Walloon Lake died May 1979.
Mildred N. Balke, 87, a summer resident of Walloon Lake for 70 years, died at her lake cottage 20 July 1979.
Fanian Lalonde of Walloon Lake died October 1979.
1980
Ann Anderson of Walloon Lake died July 1980.
Lloyd Anderson of Walloon Lake died July 1980.
Donald Sollenberger of Walloon Lake died September 1980.
1981
Viola M. McKInnon, 103, a Walloon Lake Sweet Pea Lane cottager, died in Claremont, New Hampshire.
Roy Michell of Walloon Lake died August 1981.
1982
Ralph Schott of Walloon Lake died April 1982.
Gerald Hennessy of Walloon Lake died May 1982.
John Eimers of Walloon Lake died September 1982.
Harland S. "Harry" McKinnon Jr., 75, builder and operator of the Village Inn Ski Lodge, passed away 14 October 1982.
Ted Zoberski of Walloon Lake died December 1982.
1983
Karl Wondrazek of Walloon Lake died 7 May 1983.
Joseph "Dale" Cooper, 70, lived on the very location before the Walloon Lake Library, passed away 24 May 1983.
Mildred Erb of Walloon Lake died May 1983.
Helen Cameron of Walloon Lake died June 1983.
Madge Scroggie of Walloon Lake Village died June 1983.
Edith A. Larson, 68, of Melrose Township had worked for Whitfield Canning Co. died 2 August 1983.
William Neilson of Walloon Lake/Clarion died October 1983.
1984
Marion Agnes Davis, a 17-year cottager of Walloon Lake, died June 1984 at 85 years old.
Rena Croup of Walloon Lake died August 1984.
Alice Ellenberger of Walloon Lake died September 1984.
1985
James Ehinger of Walloon Lake died April 1985.
Adelbert Taylor of Walloon Lake died April 1985.
Esther Simpson of Walloon Lake died November 1985.
Matilda "Tillie" Wondrazek of Walloon Lake died December 1985.
1986
Mildred Breidenstein of Walloon Lake died March 1986.
W. Ecker of Walloon Lake died April 1986.
Margaret Sherk, hair dresser and resident of Walloon Lake Village, died April 1986.
Margaret L. Atkinson, 75, built a North Shore cottage in 1949, to spend every summer, passed away 23 June 1986.
Amy Jose McCuen, 66, longtime Walloon Lake summer resident, died 27 June 1986.
Olive Veith, 98, owned and operated the Cream Pitcher Tea Room from 1930-1942, passed away 25 July 1986.
Ivan Wiles of Walloon Lake died November 1986.
1987
Frank Burns of Walloon Lake died April 1987.
Harry E. Griffin of Walloon Lake died 21 September 1987.
Neva Hursh of Walloon Lake died September 1987.
Irene A. Stubbs of Walloon Lake died 15 October 1987.
Carl Skornia, Bay Township supervisor, passed away during a meeting on 8 December 1987.
1988
Leo L. Ecker, longtime resident and marina worker of Walloon Lake, died 10 March 1988.
1989
Lawrence Elliott of Walloon Lake died 26 February 1989.
James C. Socia of Walloon Lake died 13 March 1989.
Guy Burr, 77, who lived all of his life in Northern Michigan, much near Walloon Lake, died 16 June 1989.
Steven G. Whitfield, 35, spent his younger summer months for years at Walloon Lake, died 19 July 1889 in Littleton, Colorado.
Walter Doane "Bo" Randall, 80, (expert knife maker) who lived on Randall's Point on Walloon Lake, died 25 December 1989 in Florida.
Natalie R. Yaich, Girl Scout Leader and resident of Walloon Lake, died 12 September 1989.
1990
Arthur B. Edson, Sr., 70 spent his childhood in the Walloon Lake area, passed away 17 May 1990.
Frederick Wehrenberg of Walloon Lake died 29 August 1990.
Marcelyn M. Hamlin, 55, owner of March's Inn and The Pied Piper roller rink in Walloon Lake, passed away 19 October 1990.
1991
Frederick E. Artz, 88, honeymooned at Walloon Lake in 1932, passed away 1 January 1991 at home in Naples, Florida.
Lucretia B. Taylor of Walloon Lake died May 1991.
Vergene G. Whitfield of Walloon Lake died 22 July 1991.
Joseph F. Peterson, 55, of Dearborn and Walloon Lake, died August 13, 1991, in an airplane crash in Lake Charlevoix.
Dianne Sue Taylor of Walloon Lake died November 1991.
1992
Margaret H. "Peggy" McCutcheon of Walloon Lake Village died 9 March 1992.
James C. Whitfield, owner of Whitfield Packing Company in Walloon Lake Village, died 27 June 1992.
Stacy S. Mccracken of Walloon Lake died 25 July 1992.
W.Arthur Cullman, 77 died in October 1992 of a heart attack in Manhattan, having spent summers on the South Shore of Walloon since 1963.
Vivian (Sherk) Cooper, 70, lived on the very location before the Walloon Lake Library, passed away 17 December 1992 in Kalkaska MI.
1993
Helen M. Urman, 93, caretaker for South Shore residents (Including the Wilsons and Mrs. J.B. John), passed 8 March 1993.
Arthur C. Sedstrom of Walloon Lake died 22 May 1993.
Emma P. Kenroy of Walloon Lake died June 1993.
Marion J. Starr, 71, Walloon Lake business owner of Sail Inn Grill, died 18 July 1993 in Hernando, Florida.
Harriet E. Baker of Walloon Lake died 6 September 1993.
George Tupy of Walloon Lake died October 1993.
Kenneth W. Tillotson of Walloon Lake died 19 December 1993.
1994
Charles W. Norton II, 74, and wife Ruth Ann managed the Walloon Lake Thomas House, died 16 April 1994 in Harbor Springs Care Facility.
Ronald D. Cooper, 48, lifetime resident of Walloon Lake, passed away 14 September 1994.
Henry A. Beadell, 85, Walloon Lake summer resident, died 6 October 1994 at his summer home.
1995
Phyllis A. Boyer of Walloon Lake died 7 January 1995.
Myrtle Schott of Walloon Lake died February 1995.
Elizabeth M. Sedestrom of Walloon Lake died 23 March 1995.
Lucilla A. Pawlak of Walloon Lake died 18 May 1995.
Addie E. March, co-owner of March's Inn of Walloon Lake Village died 8 June 1995.
Winona V. Dunnette of Walloon Lake died 5 August 1995.
Leila M. Evers of Walloon Lake died September 1995.
Julia M. Kondziela of Walloon Lake Village died 25 October 1995.
Melvin L. Holden of Walloon Lake died 25 December 1995.
1996
Wilma L. Grubaugh, 86, moved to Walloon Lake in 1944, passed away in Brutus 29 April 1996.
Mary "Delores" Matthew Hull, 81, passed away 17 April 1996.
Elwin M. Pell of Walloon Lake died 28 April 1996.
Gertrude Scroggie Fineout Neymark of Walloon Lake died 15 May 1996.
Gordon E. Greenman of Walloon Lake died 3 June 1996.
Allan Cameron Sr., 93, Vice-President of Continental Can Co. and member of Walloon Lake Country Club died 14 October 1996.
Frank J. Rose of Walloon Lake died 29 October 1996.
Hazel Patrick Reycraft Hoffman died 22 December 1996, having divided her time between Walloon Lake and Wequetonsing.
1997
Roland R. Jensen, 70, grew up in Walloon Lake, and passed away 21 February 1997 in Avon Park, Florida.
Donald V. Kondziela of Walloon Lake died 1 March 1997.
Charles T. McCutcheon "Ted," boatbuilder of Walloon Lake died 5 May 1997.
Elsie E. Gehring of Walloon Lake died 20 July 1997.
T.V. Borisch of Walloon Lake died 15 August 1997.
Rear Admiral J.Parke Sager, U.S.N. retired, 85, who spent many summers at the family Walloon Lake cottage died 19 August 1997.
Willis E. Planck of Walloon Lake died 23 November 1997.
Orville L. Powell of Walloon Lake died 21 November 1997.
1998
Esther (Rehkopf) Garrett, 99, grew up at Lake Grove Hotel on Walloon Lake died March 3, 1998.
Dorothy L. Goodwin of Walloon Lake died 14 March 1998.
Joseph Kuzmik of Walloon Lake died 9 March 1998.
Mary Weaver Beadell, 85, Walloon Lake summer resident, died 6 May 1998 in Naples FL.
Stanley P. Wozniak of Walloon Lake died 9 June 1998.
Frank Edmond Robinson, 103, born in Walloon Lake, and longtime resident, died 8 August 1998.
Lucille M. Shafer of Walloon Lake died 12 September 1998.
Virden Leroy Wheaton, 84, worked for Walloon Lake resorters in the late '30s, lived in Resort Township, and died September 24, 1998.
1999
Edgar H. Lotspeich of Walloon Lake died 9 February 1999 in Fort Myers, Florida.
Darline E. Powell of Walloon Lake died 15 February 1999.
Virginia M. Duval of Walloon Lake died 28 March 1999.
Henrietta A. Cotanche of Walloon Lake Village died 29 May 1999.
Evelyn B. McKinnon, 86, builder and operator (with husband Harland), of the Village Inn Ski Lodge, passed away 30 November 1999.
Ann Roche Kidd, Wildwood Harbor area of Walloon Lake resident, died 21 December 1999.
2000
Edward Prince of Walloon Lake died 15 January 2000.
Robert H. Yaich of Walloon Lake died 28 March 2000.
2001
Devere L. Washburn of Walloon Lake died 14 February 2001.
Norman Padgett of Walloon Lake died 13 March 2001.
Norma J. Peck of Walloon Lake died 1 April 2001.
Karl August Buettner, 84, died at his Walloon Lake home 16 July 2001.
William A. Fisher of Walloon Lake died 30 August 2001.
2002
Robert M. Briede of Walloon Lake died 8 March 2002.
Dorothy (Whitfield) Ericks, 72, long ago Walloon Lake resident, passed away in Tallahassee, Florida, on 1 June 2002.
Alfred J. Hass of Walloon Lake who ran a maintenance service and Walloon Lake Water System, died 12 June 2002.
Grace Ballard Lotspeich of Walloon Lake passed away 17 July 2002 at Northern Michigan Hospital.
2003
George O. Fishburn of Walloon Lake died 26 February 2003.
Martha R. Cawthra of Walloon Lake died 13 March 2003.
Pierce Bray, 79, a Walloon Lake summer resident since 1975 and active member of the Walloon Yacht Club, passed away 13 August 2003.
John Cleveland "Jack" Kidd, active in Walloon Civic activities died 18 October 2003.
2004
Patricia A. Adam of Walloon Lake died 13 January 2004.
Roberta M. Karamol George, 78, of Walloon Lake passed away at her home on 6 February 2004.
2005
Joanna "Joan" Lee Hass, 74, held various jobs in Walloon Lake village, died 25 January 2005.
Dr. David N. Mikhail of Walloon Lake died 28 March 2005.
Carlile, John Webster Sr., 89, Walloon Lake summer resident, died 8 September 2005 in Durham, North Carolina.
Sandra F. Edison of Walloon Lake died 8 October 2005.
George P. Stubbs of Walloon Lake died 5 December 2005.
2006
Harold E. Wagenschutz of Walloon Lake Village died 11 January 2006.
Ralph Henry Oelz Jr. of Walloon Lake died 11 May 2006.
Betty L. Conkright Urman Upton of Walloon Lake died 2 July 2006.
Cecilia "Cee" Cullman, 92, Walloon Lake summer resident since 1963, died on Walloon's South Shore 7 August 2006.
Charles Hauser Breithaupt, 76, owner of Hemlock Point Resort and past president of Walloon Lake Association, died 4 October 2006.
Thomas W. Hunter of Walloon Lake died 24 October 2006.
Henry J. Cawthra of Walloon Lake died 16 November 2006.
Robert H. Peck of Walloon Lake died 12 December 2006.
Roger Hull, son of Ted and Delorus Hull, passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2006.
2007
Joann Dorsz, of Walloon Lake, died 27 May 2007.
Alma M. Perin of Walloon Lake died 3 July 2007.
Rodney M. Ward, pastor and resident of of Walloon Lake died 24 July 2007.
Roxanne M. Silk of Walloon Lake died 28 September 2007.
Lloyd Meadows of Walloon Lake died 28 November 2007.
Kenneth T. Harrold of Walloon Lake died 26 December 2007.
Jane Sager Mangini, 65, who spent many summers at the Walloon Lake family cottage, died 27 December 2007.
Evelyn M. Lorusso of Walloon Lake died 31 December 2007.
2008
David L. Billings of Walloon Lake died 23 April 2008.
Newell Hoyt McCuen, 88, member of Walloon Lake Country Club and president of the Walloon Lake Association, died 8 May 2008.
Thomas F. Taber of Walloon Lake died 7 July 2008.
Ernest Campbell Macintyre, 94, long time Walloon Lake resorter, died 25 August 2008, in Petoskey, Michigan.
Audry M. Meadows, worker at Melrose School of Walloon Lake died 31 August 2008.
Robert Vratanina of Walloon Lake died 7 December 2008.
2009
Florence E. Haviland of Walloon Lake died 23 June 2009.
Joseph W. Breidenstein (developer of Springbrook Hills), of Walloon Lake died 11 July 2009.
Charles R. Usher of Walloon Lake died 24 July 2009.
Terrence "Terry" Brochu, 52, grew up in the Village of Walloon Lake, and passed away November 16, 2009.
Judy McKinnon Davis, 61, grew up living with her family in the Village Inn Ski Lodge, passed away in Clear Lake, Texas, 12 December 2009.
2010
George P. Scully of Walloon Lake died 19 January 2010.
Jennie Pawlak of Walloon Lake died 22 February 2010.
Paul W. Witt of Walloon Lake died 24 February 2010.
Dorothea H. Vratanina, teacher in Petoskey and resident of Walloon Lake died 13 August 2010.
Corinne King Behan Golden of Walloon Lake died 20 August 2010.
Cliff J. Vaughan of Walloon Lake died 25 October 2010.
2011
Gordon H. Etheridge of Walloon Lake died 13 February 2011.
Alean M. Moody of Walloon Lake died 5 April 2011.
Pietro P. Vinotti, noted sculptor and resident of Walloon Lake died 10 April 2011.
Patrick K. Collins of Walloon Lake died 14 May 2011.
Geraldine Green of Walloon Lake died 24 June 2011.
Barbara A. Brochu of Walloon Lake died 26 July 2011.
Mary A. Pospieszynsk of Walloon Lake died 25 August 2011.
Ed Korthase of Walloon Lake, cottage builder and well driller, passed away 3 October 2011.
Paul P. Kondziela, 77, was born and raised in Wallooon Lake, attending Melrose School, and passed away December 30, 2011.
2012
Ruth Ann Norton, 87, with husband Chuck Norton managed the Thomas House on Walloon Lake, died 14 January 2012 at home in Petoskey.
Barbara Joa Pritchard, 86, WLCC member, became full-time Walloon Lake resident, passed away on 9 July 2012.
Matthew Stuart Cavell, 84, met his wife Marjorie as childhood friends at Walloon Lake, passed away in Ft. Wayne on October 20, 2012.
Lester "Herbie" Stevens long time resident of Walloon Lake village passed away 27 October 2012.
Ida Mae Jensen Sarasin passed away in her family farmhouse in Walloon Lake on December 1, 2012.
2013
Richard Charles "Dick" Hermann, died in his Walloon Lake home on 23 March 2013.
Carol Hemingway Sanford Collidge, 88, daughter of author Ernest's sister Marcelline Hemingway, died 19 April 2013 in Falls Church, Virginia.
Cathy Stevens, grew up in Walloon Lake, passed away 27 October 2013.
Margaret "Peggy" Wilson Macintyre, 98, long time Walloon Lake resorter, died 23 October 2013 in Petoskey, Michigan.
Dean F. Schoel, 79, of Walloon Lake passed away November 11, 2013, in Fort Wayne IN where he had been born.
2014
Theodore Wayne Ringer, 74, member of the Walloon Lake Country Club, passed away 17 January 2014.
Bette Nussbaum Swanson, 97, who spent summers at Walloon Lake, passed away July 14, 2014.
Frank Pritchard, 91, WLCC member, WL Association member, passed away 4 October 2014 at home on Walloon Lake.
Kenneth James Starr, 96, Walloon Lake business owner, died 28 October 2014 in Petoskey, Michigan.
2015
Beverly Ann Holden, longtime Walloon Lake resident, born 17 April 1929 passed away in Petoskey MI on 10 May 2015 at age 86.
Marjorie Alice Lohman, 95, who spent summers at Walloon Lake, died December 10, 2015.
2016
Darlea S. Whittaker Matthew, a lifelong residen of Walloon Lake, passed away at home 3 March 2016.
2017
Wayne Ramsey, 74, of Melrose Township died 18 January 2017.
Myrtle Armstrong Neff, 93, in 1981 retired to the west arm of Walloon Lake, and passed away 28 January 2017.
Dawn Tillotson, died 25 March 2017.
Donna Cameron Call Hamby, 82, summered on Walloon Lake, and passed away 23 May 2017.
Kenneth David Brochu, the longest serving volunteer on Melrose Fire Force, passed away June 15, 2017.
George Varnum Whitfield, 89, grew up in Walloon Lake, and passed away in Petoskey 22 June 2017.
Sarah "Sally" Borisch, longtime Walloon Lake resident, passed away in Grand Rapids, MI, 26 July 2017.
Patricia Ann Heisel, 84, Walloon Lake Country member along with husband William, passed away July 30, 2017.
Dane Leroy Jepsen, 72, worked at Si's Marine in Walloon Lake, passed away August 31, 2017
John MacDonald, 72, of Naples Florida and Walloon Lake died at his Walloon Lake home 7 October 2017.
Robert Walter Marquardt, 76, a member of Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy Board, died 23 October 2017.
Robert Padgett, 83, of Clarion and Walloon Lake died November 24, 2017 at Bay Bluffs in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
2018
Barbara Gratsch, lived in and attended school in the Village of Walloon Lake, passed away in 2018.
Miriam Taylor Hyde, 97, who became a permanent resident of Walloon Lake after years as a summer resident, died 5 January 2018.
Richard McMurray, 95, who had a Walloon Lake cottage, passed away 27 January 2018.
Ronald Schurman, 78, who passed away 9 February 2018, had spent more than 30 years on Walloon Lake.
Arlene Korthase, enthusiastic Flywheeler from Walloon Lake, passed away 28 February 2018.
Larry Jensen, 73, lifelong Walloon Lake Resident, died 23 February 2018
Margaret Bray, 61, who summered at 1934 North Shore Drive in Walloon Lake, died 20 March 2018.
Nancy Wehrenberg, 92, Walloon Lake cottage owner since 1925, passed away 5 June 2018 in Petoskey, Michigan.
Patrick Carl Hershey, 70, Walloon Lake vacationer when young, resident the last 11 years of life, died 17 June 2018.
Brice Toland Voran, 76, retired to Walloon Lake, passed away 18 September 2018.
Dale Bachelor, 83, Walloon Lake resident, passed away 15 December 2018.
Violet Irene Openshaw Sturtz Lilley, 99, of Walloon Lake, died 19 December 2018.
2019
James Kurtz Gery, 51, died in a snow-mobile accident at the WLCC (one of his Walloon Lake "happy places") on March 2019.
Alice Faye (Johnson) Muessig, 84, Walloon Lake summer resident, died 23 March 2019 in Petoskey, Michigan.
Gloria Pearl Hull, 86, of Clarion, passed away 25 March 2019.
Mary Elizabeth MacDonald, 56, summer resident of Walloon Lake, passed away 2 April 2019 in New Lothrrup, Michigan.
Royce Edward DeLaney, 90, son of owner of Junction Inn in Walloon Lake, died 9 April 2019 in East Jordan, Michigan.
Peirce Erb, of Walloon Lake, passed away 9 May 2019.
Maud Dorothy Bray, 92, of Willoughby OH and 1934 North Shore Drive, Walloon Lake, passed away 20 May 2019.
Robert Dundon, 76, died at his home on Walloon Lake 25 May 2019.
Louise B. Gratsch, 99, moved to Walloon Lake with her family in 1950 to begin a landscaping business, passed away 7 July 2019.
Phyllis Cotanche, 86, passed away at her home in Walloon Lake village on 14 July 2019.
Eva May (Hall) Stevens, 98, a resident of Walloon Lake for 80 years, passed away in Petoskey on 11 September 2019.
Arthur Clay LaPpin, 93, previous proprietor of the Village Resort, died 20 September 2019.
2020
Joan Louise (Jones) O'Neill, 86, previously of the North Arm of Walloon Lake, died 4 February 2020.
Delores (Busse) Wehrenberg, 97, resident of Walloon Lake, active with the Walloon Lake library, passed away 10 February 2020.
Jean Lois (Collinson) North, lived on Wildwood on Walloon, passed away 5 March 2020.
George Knox White, 73, Arrowhead Lodge, spent summers on Walloon Lake, passed away 3 May 2020.
Joyce (Gottschalk) Koehler, 91, who enjoyed her cottage on Walloon Lake, passed away 20 May 2020.
Wade William "Bill" Smith, 83, who spent summers at the Walloon Lake cottage, passed away 30 May 2020 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Ivan Bearup, 79, of Walloon Lake, passed away 10 July 2020.
Judith Ann Hayward, 86, happiest at her Walloon Lake cottage, died 5 August 2020.
Margaret (Corey) Zaiger Heikkila, 96, lived in the log house near the Walloon Junction, died 7 August 2020.
Ellen Diana Laurie, 81, who with husband Donald, had owned a gas and convenience store in Walloon Lake, passed 30 August 2020.
Robert W. "Bob" Charlton, 68, settled on Walloon Lake in 1996, died 1 November 2020.
Phyllis Ruth Devine, 102, of Mt. Pleasant and 70 summers at Walloon Lake, died 4 November 2020.
Frances Clements Georgeson whose father Whitney McGuire owned originally called "My Kentucky Home" cottage (now Bellaire),
passed away 26 December 2020.
2021
Ernest Hemingway Mainland, life time Walloon Lake Windemere Cottage resident, passed away 12 January 2021.
Bruce G. Cotanche, Walloon resident since 1960, passed away in his Walloon Lake home on 14 January 2021.
Shirley Anderson Toaz, 94, active in Walloon activities, like the library, died at her Walloon Lake home on 21 January 2021.
Kurt Damschroeder, son of Al and Jane Damschroeder year around residents on Walloon Lake, passed away 30 January 2021 in Park City UT.
Robert L. White, 89, who spent his summers on Walloon Lake, passed away 1 February 2021.
Guy Trevlyn Warfield III who gathered for 80 summers at Walloon Lake with family and friends, passed away 22 February 2021.
James Sterling Sanford, 91, spent every summer of his life on Walloon except one year, has passed away 19 May 2021.
Ruth Ann Herzog, Naples and Boyne City resident and Walloon Lake Country Club member died 26 June 2021.
Jack L. Jones, life long Walloon Lake resident, and previous owner of Bear Creek Township's Jones Landing Park land, died 26 June 2021.
Patricia "Pat" Weber of Walloon Lake for over 40 years passed away 26 June 2021.
Melvin Arthur "Art" Budden, spent retirement years on Walloon Lake, passed away 14 August 2021.
William Ashley "Bill" Freehan, Detroit Tigers team member for 15 years, and Walloon Lake resident, passed away 19 August 2021.
Richard M. Ice, 98, who enjoyed the family's "Nod-a-Way" West Arm cottage, passed away 13 September 2021.
Virginia Mae Cooper, member of Walloon Lake Community Church, passed away 7 October 2021.
Charles James "Chuck" Ghesquiere, Jr., a president of Walloon Lake Country Club, died 19 October 2021.
Rolene Ruth Jensen Zacharda, 95, born a twin to Roland in Walloon Lake, passed away 18 October 2021.
Jean Jackson Budden, wife of Art Budden, spent many happy Walloon Lake gatherings at their lake home, died 27 November 2021.
Allene "Lena" Turpin Carlile, 78, member of the Walloon Lake Country Club, passed away 6 December 2021 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.
Lois Eileen Kircher, Walloon Lake FOOT resident and Kircher Family and Boyne Resort Family MATRIARCH, passed away 12 December 2021.
Judith Planck, 82, long time resident of the village, passed away 17 December 2021.
2022
Bruce Monarch "Rusty" Smith who died on his birthday, loved spending his summers on Walloon Lake, died 10 January 2022.
Frederick G. "Fred" Koehler, 93, served as president of the Walloon Lake Association, passed away 12 January 2022.
Carlie Ellen Broman Steele, 90, passed away 22 February 2022.
Larry D. "Mose" Matthew, 90, involved community member of the Foot, passed away 26 February 2022.
Joseph Loren Brubaker, 96, who enjoyed membership in the Walloon Lake Country Club, passed away 27 February 2022.
Sandra Ann Andrews, who treasured her Willowloon cottage time on Walloon, passed away 2 March 2022.
Alice "Jane" Smith, 98, moved to her Walloon Lake cottage in 1973, helped to create Walloon's library, and passed away 2 March 2022.
Jane D. Ferger who spent summers on Walloon Lake where she enjoyed being a member of the country club, passed away 4 March 2022.
Edward Francis "Hap" Castleberry, who enjoyed his Walloon Lake summers, passed away 17 March 2022.
Dennis R. Christensen, 78, husband of Walloon Village resident Betty Meadows, now residents of Boyne City, died 8 April 2022.
Stephen Sloneker Marcum passed away 11 April 2022.
Lester A. Hoel spent his last few summers on Walloon Lake, and passed away 19 April 2022 in San Francisco, California.
James L. "Jim" Hatch, 83, Walloon Lake cottage owner since 1975, passed away in Valparaiso, Indiana, 17 May 2022.
William A. "Bill" Heisel, almost 96, was immersed in Walloon Lake happenings, passed away 23 May 2022.
Roger Srigley, 84, one time owner of the Walloon Lake Inn and Melrose Township Supervisor, passed away 6 June 2022.
John "Jack" Roberts, moved to their summer Walloon Home in 2002; enjoying golf and friends, passed away 14 June 2022
Thomas "Bud" Gordon Jackson, moved from Mt. Pleasant to Walloon Lake in 1971; passed away 5 August 2022.
Murray M. Follette, Jr., 81, now a Boyne City resident had attended elementary grades in Melrose School, passed away 1 September 2022.
Edmund George "Ed" Brochu, 89, moved to Walloon Lake with his family in 1962, passed away in Harbor Springs, 4 September 2022.
Susan Jane Olert Dowell 74, who spent many summers at beloved Walloon Lake, passed away 10 October 2022 in Pensacola, Florida.
[Susan Olert Dowell was preceded in death by parents Dr. Frederick and Sarah Olert, and, siblings Mary, Grace, Sarah "Sally" and Frederick]
William "Bill" Norcross, a life long resident of Walloon Lake, and local businessman, passed away 7 December 2022.
Donna (Miller) Billiau, an avid Antique Flywheelers participant, passed away 8 December 2022.
Georege Abbott Coburn, 84, who built his home near Walloon Lake in 1974, and collaborated on a Hemingway documentary,
passed 12 December 2022
2023
Mary Gwen Malloy Vratanina, who grew up in the Village of Walloon (The Foot) passed away in Athens, Georgia, on 26 January 2023.
Beverly Anne McKenney, with husband Joe, built their cottage on Walloon Lake. Beverly passed away 13 February 2023.
Mary Whitfield Erb, was born in the Petoskey Hospital on Lake Street in 1932, grew up on Walloon Lake, and passed away 18 February 2023.
Harold Arnold Leach, born 1932, built three rental homes, Sunterra, on Walloon Lake and passed away in Florida 15 April 2023.
William Henry Barringer, 74, enjoyed his great-grandfather's built 1902 home, passed away 24 April 2023 in Washington D.C.
Donna Reycraft Bender, 81, spent childhood at the Perry Hotel, owned by her parents, summered at Birch Point, and passed 21 May 2023.
Margaret Smith, 91, along with husband Dave, co-developed Wildwood on Walloon, passed away 18 June 2023.
Lee H. Gery, 83, built his Walloon Lake summer home in 1972, was a member of Walloon Lake Country Club, and passed 3 August 2023.
Albert Raymond Stephenson, 81, attended Melrose School, and grew up in Walloon Lake, passed away 3 October 2023.
Andrea Bristol Reinert, 74, lived on Walloon Lake for nearly 40 years, passed away 18 October 2023.
Robert Ward Mackie, 90, almost a life long resident of Walloon Lake Village, passed away 18 November 2023.
Dean D. Burns, 83, had strong Walloon Lake ties living at the family lake cottage, and working at Masters, passed away 1 December 2023.
Robert "Bob" Maldegen, a 40 year resident of Walloon Lake, often cruising the lake in his Woody, passed away 26 December 2023.
2024
Elizabeth "Betty" Benson, 89, a permanent resident of Walloon Lake since 1988 in her "Storm Haven" home, passed away 5 January 2024.
Dean E. Kleinschrodt, met his wife Deane at The Sail Inn Grill. They always lived near the lake. Dean, 83, passed 15 January 2024.
David Leslie Bonnell, 85, of Walloon Lake passed away at his home 22 January 2024.
Donald John Burkhardt, 80, an avid outdoorsman, finding joy on Walloon Lake, passed 23 January 2024.
Arnold Peter "Arnie" Morawa, 83, born Valentine's Day 1940, lover of Walloon Lake, passed in San Diego , California, on 9 February 2024.
Maxine Celeste Stevens Whitfield, 94, long-time Wallooner, passed 13 February 2024.
Article and accompanying photo below were written in 1952 by Ted McCutcheon of Walloon Lake.
He noted in the article that "the fluted axe head illustrated was found at Walloon Lake."
He noted in the article that "the fluted axe head illustrated was found at Walloon Lake."