~ THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF WALLOON LAKE ~
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Residents of the Village ~ List of Residents with Photos and Information Below
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Anderson Family/Lloyd
Barrett/Donald and Laura Family Biallas Family Beadell/Henry's Family Burns Family Butler/Leland Family Brill Family Brochu/Ed and Barbara Brown/Teachout/Kleinhans Family Carroll/Elver & Hazel Cawthra Family Cooper Family Conkright Family (below with Urman family) Corey Family Cotanche/Guy & Henrietta Ulrich Family DeLaney Family Ecker Family Edson Family Ellis/ Ben AND March/Ray and Addie AND Hamlin/Hal and Marcelyn Elliot/Dave and Marsha Everts/Ernest "John" and June Family Fineout Family Frank Family Garringer/Ike Goodwin Family Gratsch Families/Bill and Evelyn, AND Cliff and Louise and children Barb, Beth and Tom Griffin/Harry and Lena Grubaugh Family Grund/Henry and Fred Shepard Hass & Murner Families Hermann Family Holmberg Family ~ Andy Howard/ David Hull/Ted and Delores with children Jerry, Roger, and Jimmy Jensen Family and Sarasin Family Kenroy Family Kent/Clyde and Flashman Family Kircher/ Lois and Friend Pat Weber Kondziela Family McCaughrin/Harold "Doc" McCutcheon/Ted and Margaret "Peg" Family Mackie/ Ward, Creo, Bob, Bill Malloy Family March Family Massey/Glenn, Charlotte, Dennis Masters/ Walt Meadows/Lloyd and Audry's Family Miller Family Padgett Family Pawlak/ Bill Peabody/Mary Kent Peck Family Planck Family Renwick/Ross, Lucille, Varn, Rosemary AND Spalding Family Scroggie Family Sherk/Chuck and Margaret with children Susie and Mike, and Relatives Simpson/Si, Esther and son Bob Starr/Alva and Goldie with son Ken and Marion Starr Sheatsley/ John and Eliza Jane Starr/Ken and Marion Stevens/Carl and Elfie and Family/Lester Stevens and Family Swan/Stanley K. Taylor/Ralph and Pat Buckley and Daughter Louisa Tillapaugh Family/David and Anna Galligher AND Edwin and Ella Vanderhoof Tillotson Family Urman and Conkright Families Vansaw/John Wagenschutz/ Salliejo, Clyde, Maribeth Ward/Rod and Mable Jensen Wasoski Family Whitfield Family Whittaker/Esther and Diasky "Dee" and son Dean (Ginny) AND daughter Darlea (Mose Matthew) Yaich/Robert and Natalie and Lucy Ecker Yaich |
James C. Whitfield, Sr., described specific residents of Walloon Lake as follows:
"Another individual I took a definite fancy to was Clyde Kent. He was a tall, gangling farmer who had very good ideas on many subjects and I got Clyde to help me in putting up some buildings and sought his advice about a number of problems. A good and conscientious worker, he always had the correct idea of just how things should be done. And his laugh could be heard a mile. He was a fine man. Another who drew my attention and praise was Joe Miller, a big husky man who had lost an arm in an accident as a young man. He and his wife raised a large family in spite of his handicap and Joe often worked for me when I grew up. He could wield an axe as proficiently as a two handed man as well as handle a shovel. He used a D-handled shovel and managed it with marvelous skill. They were both grown men while I was only a boy but I respected them for being real men and good friends. Heinie Grund was also one whom I looked up to. He was what is known as a ‘character’, of stocky build and medium height he was a jovial person and was always joking. A woman resorter asked him once what school he had graduated from and he said, ‘Shetland University.’ Of course there was no such university, but the woman didn’t realize that and took his reply as truth.
Bud Brill was also one of the local ‘characters’, but of a different kind. Bud worked for years for Alfred Hass both junior and senior, digging ditches for their water mains and generally being the one person who knew where the lines and meters were buried, no small task. Bud had been born and raised in his parents' house all his life... and continued to live there after his parents died.
These fellows were locals, that is, they lived in Walloon. We were considered resorters, as we did not have Walloon as our permanent residences...
~ James C. Whitfield, Sr.
James C. Whitfield, Sr., described specific residents of Walloon Lake as follows:
"Another individual I took a definite fancy to was Clyde Kent. He was a tall, gangling farmer who had very good ideas on many subjects and I got Clyde to help me in putting up some buildings and sought his advice about a number of problems. A good and conscientious worker, he always had the correct idea of just how things should be done. And his laugh could be heard a mile. He was a fine man. Another who drew my attention and praise was Joe Miller, a big husky man who had lost an arm in an accident as a young man. He and his wife raised a large family in spite of his handicap and Joe often worked for me when I grew up. He could wield an axe as proficiently as a two handed man as well as handle a shovel. He used a D-handled shovel and managed it with marvelous skill. They were both grown men while I was only a boy but I respected them for being real men and good friends. Heinie Grund was also one whom I looked up to. He was what is known as a ‘character’, of stocky build and medium height he was a jovial person and was always joking. A woman resorter asked him once what school he had graduated from and he said, ‘Shetland University.’ Of course there was no such university, but the woman didn’t realize that and took his reply as truth.
Bud Brill was also one of the local ‘characters’, but of a different kind. Bud worked for years for Alfred Hass both junior and senior, digging ditches for their water mains and generally being the one person who knew where the lines and meters were buried, no small task. Bud had been born and raised in his parents' house all his life... and continued to live there after his parents died.
These fellows were locals, that is, they lived in Walloon. We were considered resorters, as we did not have Walloon as our permanent residences...
~ James C. Whitfield, Sr.
Many of the residents of the Village of Walloon Lake were buried in Maple Hill Cemetery
(Also known as Clarion Cemetery) in nearby Clarion MI.
(Also known as Clarion Cemetery) in nearby Clarion MI.
The 1954 News article below mentions several of the Walloon Lake residents of that year.
1 April 1954 ~ Either the Petoskey or the Boyne City Newspaper
~ Lloyd Anderson Family ~
Judith "Judy", Arthur "Art", and Barbara "Barb
Judith "Judy", Arthur "Art", and Barbara "Barb
Arthur Anderson
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About 1958 ~ Walloon Lake Public Beach
The photo above was taken right beside the Walloon Lake Public Beach at The Foot. The old tire held sand to play in. L>R: David Howard, Art Anderson, Richard Kenroy, and Lane Starr inside the tire. It appears that the community raft is in the background on the left with the barrels underneath it waiting to be put into the water.
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Glenda Planck was always around Walloon Lake because
she was a good friend and sister-in-law to Judy Anderson Planck.
she was a good friend and sister-in-law to Judy Anderson Planck.
April 2021 ~ Petoskey News Review
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21 December 2021 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Donald and Laura Barrett Family ~
Article Below: Laura Barrett competed for Ms. Senior Michigan in 1990.
25 May 1990 ~ Petoskey News Review
Mr. Donald Barrett
Mr. Donald Barrett, formerly of Petoskey, died Oct. 3, 2002.
A memorial service was held Monday, Oct. 7, at Good Shepherd UMC, where he was an active member.
Mr. Barrett is remembered as a pioneer in the resort business, building a ski area called Walloon Hills with two other men.
He remained in the resort business, employed by the Walloon Lake Country Club as general manager for 27 years before retiring to Higgins Lake. Mr. Barrett was an avid sportsman, breaking many records in various sports as a young man. He was a Spartan fan and an avid golfer in his retirement.
He served in the Korean War. He was president of the Walloon Lake School Board for nine years, charter member of Walloon Lake Club trustee of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, and served on many service committees.
He will be best remembered as a kind and gentle person, thinking of everyone first before himself. He had the power of going out of one's self in appreciating whatever noble and loving in another.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Laura; three sons, Ted of Dunedin, Fla., Timothy and Terry of Petoskey; two grandsons, Jonathon and Lee Barrett; and one brother, Thomas Barrett, of Dearborn.
Memorials are being accepted in Mr. Barrett's name for a "new building fund," and can be mailed to Good Shepherd UMC, 149 E. Robinson Road, Roscommon, Mich. 48653.
Mr. Donald Barrett, formerly of Petoskey, died Oct. 3, 2002.
A memorial service was held Monday, Oct. 7, at Good Shepherd UMC, where he was an active member.
Mr. Barrett is remembered as a pioneer in the resort business, building a ski area called Walloon Hills with two other men.
He remained in the resort business, employed by the Walloon Lake Country Club as general manager for 27 years before retiring to Higgins Lake. Mr. Barrett was an avid sportsman, breaking many records in various sports as a young man. He was a Spartan fan and an avid golfer in his retirement.
He served in the Korean War. He was president of the Walloon Lake School Board for nine years, charter member of Walloon Lake Club trustee of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, and served on many service committees.
He will be best remembered as a kind and gentle person, thinking of everyone first before himself. He had the power of going out of one's self in appreciating whatever noble and loving in another.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Laura; three sons, Ted of Dunedin, Fla., Timothy and Terry of Petoskey; two grandsons, Jonathon and Lee Barrett; and one brother, Thomas Barrett, of Dearborn.
Memorials are being accepted in Mr. Barrett's name for a "new building fund," and can be mailed to Good Shepherd UMC, 149 E. Robinson Road, Roscommon, Mich. 48653.
Petoskey News Review
3 December 2021 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Biallas Family ~
23 June 1926 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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8 February 1945 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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1977 ~ Petoskey News Review
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14 July 2020 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Henry Beadell's Family ~
22 JUne 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Brill Family ~
11 June 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Bessie B. (Brill) Brown was born 24 February 1892 and died 12 March 1971. She was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Clarion MI. She married Vernon E. Brown (1886 ~ 1955)
10 August 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
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7 June 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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7 June 1945 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
George F. and Effie L. (Tripp) Brill had four children:
Bessie B Brill Brown (1892 - 1971) George I Brill (1897 - 1918) Lawrence D Brill (1906 - 1985) Henry Brill (1912 - 1912) |
~ Brochu/Ed and Barbara Family ~
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Barbara Ann Brochu
July 28, 2011 ~ Petoskey News Review Barbara Ann Brochu of Walloon Lake passed from this life on July 26, 2011, at home surrounded by her loving family at the age of 77. Barb was born on Feb. 3, 1934, to Albert and Anna (Kulakowski) Malec in Grand Rapids where she grew up and attended school. On April 19, 1952, she married Edmund G. Brochu in Grand Rapids. The couple made their home there until 1961 when they moved north settling in Walloon Lake. Barb was an active member of the Walloon Lake community. For many years she served on the election board of Melrose Township and was a strong supporter of the Melrose Township Fire Department. She was also a member of the Friends of Crooked Tree District Library. Barb was a faithful member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, serving as a funeral luncheon volunteer and as a volunteer with Brother Dan's Food Pantry. She enjoyed a number of hobbies, crocheting and quilting, reading, gardening as well as camping. Her family includes her husband, Ed, and their children, grandchildren and extended family members; daughter, Susan (Dennis) Hoshield, and their children, Amy (Brian) Meinecke, Audrey (David) Marvin, Sherrie Glezman and Eric Hoshield; daughter, Lizabeth Compton, and her children, Benjamin (Ashley) Compton, Emily (Nick) Hnatiw, Joshua Compton and Travis (Casey) Seevers; son, Steven (Gina) Brochu, and their children, Jason and Corey Brochu and Christina (Kevin) Mikowski; daughter, Nancy (Dennis) Maxwell, and their children, Ryan (Amy) Maxwell and Nick (Ashley) Maxwell; son Terrence preceded Barb in death and his children include Terrence J. and Kiley Brochu, as well as Miranda May and Zachary Crinnion and their mother, Maureen; son Dennis "Bruno" (Kerry McGinn), and their children, Alisha Clark and Brandie, Ryan, Shawn DeGroff and Whitley Brochu; son, Kenneth, and his children, Katie (Ralph) Lemieur and Brenda Pinney; son Greg also preceded Barb in death, his family includes his wife, Jeaneen, and their children, Jaynie and Brandon Brochu; son, William Brochu (Lisa Keating), and their children include Andrew and Kayla Brochu and Zac and Marcus Keating. Preceding Barb in death were her brothers, Stan and Paul Malec, and sisters, Wanda Francomb and Stella Kathan. It was with a smile and a hug that Barb welcomed everyone into her heart and home ... then she fed you. She was kind and compassionate and always there with a sympathetic ear, giving kind words of support and wisdom to her family and close friends. Barb's motto has always been, "With faith, family and friends, you can accomplish anything." Both Barb and her husband, Ed, have been the foundation and pillars on which their family stands. She will be sorely missed and forever loved. A funeral Mass celebrating Barb's life will take place at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 29, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church; the Rev. Dennis Stilwell will act as celebrant. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today, Thursday, July 28, at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church gathering space, with a rosary service planned for 7:30 p.m. Friends wishing to remember Barb with a charitable contribution, in lieu of flowers, are asked to consider Hospice of Little Traverse Bay or Cancer Crusaders. Family and friends are also welcome to share memories or offer condolences online at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com. |
Terrence 'Terry' Brochu, 52
November 17, 2009 ~ Petoskey News Review Terrence “Terry” Brochu, 52, of Boyne City, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 16, 2009. Terry was born May 8, 1957, in Grand Rapids, the son of Edmund and Barbara (Malec) Brochu. He grew up in the village of Walloon Lake and attended St. Francis School and later Petoskey High School, graduating in 1975. He worked as a machinist at Bendix/Honeywell for many years but most recently as craftsman/carpenter. Terry spent many hours gardening and woodworking, but loved spending time with his dog, Moon, and cat, Angel. He is survived by his two children, Terrance “TJ” and Kiley Brochu, their mother Kathlyn Denise; companion, Maureen Crinnion and her children, Zachary Crinnion and Miranda May; his parents, Edmund and Barbara Brochu; three sisters, Susan (Dennis) Hoshield of Petoskey, Lizabeth Compton of Larks Lake and Nancy (Dennis) Maxwell of Conway; four brothers, Steven (Gina) Brochu of Posen, Dennis “Bruno” (Kerry McGinn) of Petoskey, Kenneth Brochu of Walloon Lake and Bill Brochu of Petoskey; many aunts, great-aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; and special friend, Dave Pelligrini. He was preceded in death by his brother, Greg Brochu. Mass of the Resurrection will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at St. Francis Church in Petoskey with the Rev. Dennis Stilwell officiating. Visitation will be 1-2 p.m. at St. Francis. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be sent to Terrance Brochu, P.O. Box 759/1 Coit Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503. Arrangements were handled by the Charles G. Parks Funeral Home in Petoskey. 
17 October 2017 ~ Petoskey News Review
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8 September 2022 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Brown/Teachout/Kleinhans Family ~
On 11 July 2017 Pat DiFranco wrote a brief summary of her family which descends from Roy and Maude (Teachout) Brown Kleinhans. In 1908 Roy Brown owned at The Foot; the bathhouse, the gas station, and the Boat Livery. Miss Maude Teachout (later married Roy Brown) was the minister for the United Brethren Church in Clarion, nearby to Talcott (not yet named Walloon Lake). The Village of Talcott/Walloon Lake did not have a church until The United Brethren Church moved to Talcott and was dedicated 2 October 1898.
"I grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and enjoyed trips 'up north' with my mother.
My grandmother was Maude and Roy's adopted daughter Lina, born in 1900. She married William Donaldson, a pharmacist, and they had three children, two boys and a girl (my mother).
I know my mother and her older brother went to high school in the Charlevoix area, but at the time I was born (early 1950s) my parents and grandparents were living in Muskegon, Michigan. My grandfather was a druggist at Benson's Pharmacy in Muskegon for many years. My grandmother had trained as a nurse in the 1920s, but was a housewife after she married my grandfather.
My mother spent summers as a child visiting her grandparents, Maude and Roy, and she told me that Maude ran the bath house at Walloon Lake. I remember my mother talking about 'Grandpa Teachout' too.
Those summers were a very happy time for my mother. Years later (I believe around 2000 or 2001) on a trip "up north" with my mother, she took me to Walloon Lake and pointed out the location of where the bath house used to be and pointed out the ferry landing.
My grandmother's younger sister, Ione, (born in 1912) married Kenneth Hamilton. In the mid '80s My mother and grandmother went to visit them in the Boston area where they lived with their son and daughter-in-law. My husband and I were living in NYC at the time, and we went to Boston to see everyone.
The census of 1900 lists a nephew, Robert Teachout, living with Maude and Roy. This was before they adopted my grandmother and had Ione. Robert is not mentioned in the later census reports.
I have a family heirloom inherited from my mother. This was obviously passed down from her mother. It is a wooden cabinet with a removable front and a secret compartment. This was handmade by her grandfather, Roy Brown. So, in addition to running his businesses and his band, he also built this cabinet. I wish I had met him, but he died in 1939.
In her later years Maude moved in with my grandparents, and I believe she died in the late 1950s.
My sister has old photos from my mother's and grandmother's collection. The next time I go visit her I will go though them to see if I can spot any Walloon Lake shots.
That is about all I know at this point. I wished I had asked more questions when I was kid, and even as an adult, but at least the internet can help fill in the blanks. I was so thrilled to see your website. It really gives a pretty complete picture of what it was like to live in Walloon Lake back then."
~ Pat DiFranco
"I grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and enjoyed trips 'up north' with my mother.
My grandmother was Maude and Roy's adopted daughter Lina, born in 1900. She married William Donaldson, a pharmacist, and they had three children, two boys and a girl (my mother).
I know my mother and her older brother went to high school in the Charlevoix area, but at the time I was born (early 1950s) my parents and grandparents were living in Muskegon, Michigan. My grandfather was a druggist at Benson's Pharmacy in Muskegon for many years. My grandmother had trained as a nurse in the 1920s, but was a housewife after she married my grandfather.
My mother spent summers as a child visiting her grandparents, Maude and Roy, and she told me that Maude ran the bath house at Walloon Lake. I remember my mother talking about 'Grandpa Teachout' too.
Those summers were a very happy time for my mother. Years later (I believe around 2000 or 2001) on a trip "up north" with my mother, she took me to Walloon Lake and pointed out the location of where the bath house used to be and pointed out the ferry landing.
My grandmother's younger sister, Ione, (born in 1912) married Kenneth Hamilton. In the mid '80s My mother and grandmother went to visit them in the Boston area where they lived with their son and daughter-in-law. My husband and I were living in NYC at the time, and we went to Boston to see everyone.
The census of 1900 lists a nephew, Robert Teachout, living with Maude and Roy. This was before they adopted my grandmother and had Ione. Robert is not mentioned in the later census reports.
I have a family heirloom inherited from my mother. This was obviously passed down from her mother. It is a wooden cabinet with a removable front and a secret compartment. This was handmade by her grandfather, Roy Brown. So, in addition to running his businesses and his band, he also built this cabinet. I wish I had met him, but he died in 1939.
In her later years Maude moved in with my grandparents, and I believe she died in the late 1950s.
My sister has old photos from my mother's and grandmother's collection. The next time I go visit her I will go though them to see if I can spot any Walloon Lake shots.
That is about all I know at this point. I wished I had asked more questions when I was kid, and even as an adult, but at least the internet can help fill in the blanks. I was so thrilled to see your website. It really gives a pretty complete picture of what it was like to live in Walloon Lake back then."
~ Pat DiFranco
1 January 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
5 October 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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13 August 1931 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Photo Below (Left): Royal B. Teachout was the father of Maude Teachout who married Roy Brown.
After Roy Brown died in 1939, Maude married Ellis Kleinhans in 1942.
Royal Teachout was in the 1880 census with a daughter Maud born in 1879.
In 1930 Royal Teachout was living with his daughter Delta M. Teachout.
After Roy Brown died in 1939, Maude married Ellis Kleinhans in 1942.
Royal Teachout was in the 1880 census with a daughter Maud born in 1879.
In 1930 Royal Teachout was living with his daughter Delta M. Teachout.
11 June 1937 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Roy Brown and Lenora "Maude" Teachout married in 1899.
After Roy Brown died in 1939, Maude married to Ellis Kleinhans whose obituary is shown below left.
Obituary center below: Maude's sister Delta M. Teachout died in 1956.
Maude's obituary is shown below right.
After Roy Brown died in 1939, Maude married to Ellis Kleinhans whose obituary is shown below left.
Obituary center below: Maude's sister Delta M. Teachout died in 1956.
Maude's obituary is shown below right.
24 November 1951 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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26 July 1956 ~ Petoskey News Review
Maud Kleinhans' obituary (right) stated that she married Ellis Kleinhans in 1942. The Emmet County website states their wedding date was 10 July 1942. Maud's obituary also stated that she married Roy Brown in 1899, but the Emmet County website states their wedding date was 5 October 1898. |
11 August 1970 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Burns Family ~
Frank "Bert" and Mildred and children Lucinda, Barbara and Irvin
Frank "Bert" and Mildred and children Lucinda, Barbara and Irvin
Bert Burns inspired wonderful Walloon Lake memories because he provided an ice rink for the residents of the Village of Walloon to use for free, much like Jonathan and Matt Borisch are doing now in 2013-2014. Pinky McCutcheon, who now lives in New Jersey, added to those ice rink memories when she wrote the following:
"Bert Burns froze his parking/outdoor area beginning in at least the winter of 1952. Before that, we struggled to skate on the lake which was a challenge because of the ice quality. I remember people shoveling large areas on the lake near the Foot, and sometimes we shoveled paths to skate on so we could play tag and other games. The rule was we had to stay on the paths. What was that game? Chasing the Geese or something like that which we also played in the snow on a round pie grid, the paths marking the slices. It was wonderful and beautiful gliding on the lake if the ice had frozen smoothly. But everyone was relieved when Bert took up the ice skating cause. Other men helped him freeze his spot, but he was in charge, of course, and he probably did most of the maintenance. Maybe Barb (Bert's daughter) worked on him because she was a sports enthusiast. In the shop were his vats for curing hides, his potbelly stove, and much needed warmth. There was also an ice skating rink on the school playground so we could skate during recess, but after Bert began freezing his parking area the ice skating at the school stopped. It was no longer necessary.
Before Bert owned that shop, it was a boat building shop. My dad worked there for Foster Boat Works before World War II and learned how to make 17s. He also lived there, and I am sure he was quite rugged. Maybe his beard served as a face-warming device. He would laugh at that theory.
During night skating we always found the constellations and enjoyed the Northern Lights--nothing unusual for people in Walloon, but I have never seen them in New Jersey. We're too far from the North Pole."
"Bert Burns froze his parking/outdoor area beginning in at least the winter of 1952. Before that, we struggled to skate on the lake which was a challenge because of the ice quality. I remember people shoveling large areas on the lake near the Foot, and sometimes we shoveled paths to skate on so we could play tag and other games. The rule was we had to stay on the paths. What was that game? Chasing the Geese or something like that which we also played in the snow on a round pie grid, the paths marking the slices. It was wonderful and beautiful gliding on the lake if the ice had frozen smoothly. But everyone was relieved when Bert took up the ice skating cause. Other men helped him freeze his spot, but he was in charge, of course, and he probably did most of the maintenance. Maybe Barb (Bert's daughter) worked on him because she was a sports enthusiast. In the shop were his vats for curing hides, his potbelly stove, and much needed warmth. There was also an ice skating rink on the school playground so we could skate during recess, but after Bert began freezing his parking area the ice skating at the school stopped. It was no longer necessary.
Before Bert owned that shop, it was a boat building shop. My dad worked there for Foster Boat Works before World War II and learned how to make 17s. He also lived there, and I am sure he was quite rugged. Maybe his beard served as a face-warming device. He would laugh at that theory.
During night skating we always found the constellations and enjoyed the Northern Lights--nothing unusual for people in Walloon, but I have never seen them in New Jersey. We're too far from the North Pole."
8 February 1978 ~ Petoskey News Review
Frank A. "Bert" Burns
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Mildred Eleanor Burns, age 97, of Melrose Township, went to be with her Lord on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at Tendercare of Gaylord.
Mildred was born on July 19, 1914, the daughter of Frank and Zola (Easton) Laurie in Melrose Township. She grew up in the area and graduated from Boyne City High School. Mildred later married Frank Burns who preceded her in death. She was involved in many community organizations and was very active in the Boyne City United Methodist Church. Mildred enjoyed serving others and spending her summers on Walloon Lake. Mildred is survived by her children, Lucinda Burns, Barbara Kaiser and Irvin Burns; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; sister Lillian (Bob) Crouch; brother Jim Matthew and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank, and sister, Helen Canter. A funeral service for Mildred will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Boyne City United Methodist Church with visitation being held from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Pastor Wayne McKenney will be officiating. Burial will take place at Maple Lawn Cemetery in Boyne City. The family has requested that memorial donations in Mildred's name be directed to the Boyne City United Methodist Church or the Walloon Lake Public Library. Family and friends wishing to share a thought or memory of Mildred are encouraged to do so online at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com. Stackus Funeral Home of Boyne City is serving the family. |
~ Leland Butler Family ~
30 December 1940 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Leland and Margaret were parents to three children:
Elaine 1919-1993 Married Herschel L Everts Irene 1922-1940 William 1923 Missing in WWII Merchant Marine Man, Wife Burn To Death As Flames Raze Their Home Walloon Lake - (Special) Leland Butler, 56, and his wife, Margaret, 47, were burned to death when their home on M-75, two houses west of the skating rink and on the south side of the road, burned to the ground early this morning. When the fire was discovered the entire interior of the two-story frame home was in flames. It is believed that Mr. and Mrs. Butler died in their beds. The bodies were recovered at 6 a.m. this morning near the charred remains of the beds. Richard Erber of Boyne City, driving through Walloon Lake at about 1 a.m. this morning, was the first person to see the fire. He alerted the Walloon Lake fire department but by that time the flames had gained such headway that there was no chance to save the building. Both the Petoskey and the Bear Creek-Resort township fire departments went out to the fire. When the fire was burning it was not known definitely that the Butlers were in the house. Earlier in the evening they had told neighbors they might go fishing. Two parties of Walloon Lake people were out fishing and it was believed that the Butlers might be with either one or the other party. When Erber saw the burning house he went up to it and tried to find out if anyone was inside. He said the entire interior of the building was burning and that just as he reached the building there was an explosion inside that blew out the front windows. Efforts of the three fire departments to bring the blaze under control were futile and the house burned to the ground. Firemen were not able to recover the bodies until about 6 o'clock this morning. The remains were taken to the Peters Funeral Home in Petoskey. Mr. and Mrs. Butler have one daughter, Mrs. Herschel Everts of Clarion. Mr. and Mrs. Everts visited the Butlers last night and nearly left their daughter with the grandparents for the night, but finally decided to take the child home with them. Mrs. Butler was a native of the Walloon Lake area. Mr. Butler had been working as a carpenter for Thomas Cronkright, Walloon Lake contractor. Up until about a year ago he was employed at the AC Spark Plug plant in Flint. Walloon Lake residents said that Mr. Butler had recently finished remodeling his home. The work included installation of a new furnace and chimney in the home. State Police from the Gaylord post investigated the fire this morning but were unable to determine how the blaze started. There was little left except the cement block foundation and the still smoldering embers in the basement. Funeral arrangements for the couple were to be completed this afternoon. ~ Published 11 April 1949 Petoskey Evening News |
14 April 1949 Otsego County Herald Times in the Elmira section: "The late, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Butler, burned to death in their home at Walloon Lake early Saturday, were cousin of Mrs. Jasper Cremeans and Mrs. Casmer Polus, of Elmira. |
Two Photos Below:
Left Photo: Leland Butler's sister Elaine "Butler" Everts, and wife Margaret "Donovan" Butler in the back row;
niece Sharon Everts and grandmother Frances "Chapman" Butler in the front row.
Right Photo: Everts (probably Herschel, Leland's sister Elaine's husband) at left, and Leland Butler at right.
Left Photo: Leland Butler's sister Elaine "Butler" Everts, and wife Margaret "Donovan" Butler in the back row;
niece Sharon Everts and grandmother Frances "Chapman" Butler in the front row.
Right Photo: Everts (probably Herschel, Leland's sister Elaine's husband) at left, and Leland Butler at right.
Submitted by Larry Randall
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Submitted by Larry Randall
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11 April 1949 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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10 June 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review
23 August 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Carroll Family ~
15 April 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
Elver and his wife Hazel were known to most of the villagers of Walloon Lake as the postmaster and postmistress. Both were interesting people, as witnessed by the story of Elver's Tall Tale in the December 1995 news article pages 3 & 5 from the Walloon Lake Villager... which also involves Alva "Frank" Starr who was a Walloon Lake resident and business owner. AND in the 1 January 1953 Northern Michigan Review report of the Centennial Tall Tale Contest. Also, Elver was often the correspondent of Walloon Lake news for the Petoskey newspapers.
1 May 1953 ~ Northern Michigan Review article continued in right column...
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1 May 1953 ~ Northern Michigan Review article continued in right column...
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1 May 1953 ~ Northern Michigan Review article continued from left column...
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~ Cawthra Family ~
The article below told of the H.S. Cawthra Family,
along with several other Walloon Lake community members.
along with several other Walloon Lake community members.
9 November 1929 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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7 February 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Martha R. Cawthra
March 27, 2003
Martha R. Cawthra, 87, (born 6 September 1915) of Walloon Lake, passed away on March 13, 2003, in Naples, Fla. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by the Fuller Funeral Home in Naples, Fla.
Henry J. Cawthra
November 20, 2006
Henry Jordan Cawthra, 92, (born 4 September 1914) of Walloon Lake, passed away Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, at the Sunnybank Retirement Community in Petoskey. A memorial service will be held at the Moira Hill Farm in July 2007, with the time and date to be announced. Arrangements were handled by Charles G. Parks Funeral Home in Petoskey.
March 27, 2003
Martha R. Cawthra, 87, (born 6 September 1915) of Walloon Lake, passed away on March 13, 2003, in Naples, Fla. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by the Fuller Funeral Home in Naples, Fla.
Henry J. Cawthra
November 20, 2006
Henry Jordan Cawthra, 92, (born 4 September 1914) of Walloon Lake, passed away Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, at the Sunnybank Retirement Community in Petoskey. A memorial service will be held at the Moira Hill Farm in July 2007, with the time and date to be announced. Arrangements were handled by Charles G. Parks Funeral Home in Petoskey.
~ Cole Family ~
Mrs. Sarah Cole was born in 1867 and came to Bear Lake, now Walloon Lake, when about four years old.
11 February 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
~ Cooper Family ~
1 May 1957 ~ Petoskey News Review
24 May 1983 ~ Petoskey News Review
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17 December 1992 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Sharon L. COOPER, 45
Sharon L. COOPER, 45, of Melrose Township, died Dec. 3, 1988, at Little Traverse Division, Northern Michigan Hospitals. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Walloon Lake Community Church. Pastor Russell D. Aseltime will officiate and burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Clarion. Sharon COOPER was born July 22, 1943, in Petoskey, the daughter of Joseph "Dale" and Vivian (SHERK) COOPER. She attended school in Petoskey and graduated in 1962. She resided at Walloon Lake and for a number of years was employed with the Essex Wire Co. in Boyne City. She is survived by: one daughter, Kelly Marie COOPER of Walloon Lake; two sons, Brad Michael COOPER and Brian Ronald COOPER, both of Walloon Lake; her mother, Vivian COOPER; one brother, Ronald COOPER; one niece, Trina Lea COOPER and one nephew, Travis Ronald COOPER, all of Walloon Lake. The family suggests memorials to the Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan. Envelopes for that purpose are available at the Stone Funeral Home. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. ~ 1988 Petoskey News Review |
15 September 1994 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Photo Below: 1962 Neptune Water Show with Ron Cooper and Don Barrett...
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey Newspapers (1962)
~ Corey Family ~
8 January 1991 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Photo Below: L>R: Orpha Corey, Marcylyn March, and Laurenne Morgan appeared to have on uniform style tops, and were together for a special gathering with each one wearing a corsage. They were bowlers.
Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor
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12 August 2020 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Guy and Henrietta Ulrich Cotanche Family ~
Guy and Henrietta Ann Ulrich Cotanche lived with their children in Harbor Springs until about 1941 when the family moved to Walloon Lake. The Cotanche Family lived in a house on the left, barely past the big corner heading to The Foot. Guy and Henrietta's children were Mary, Bruce, and Nancy. Bruce married Phyllis, the daughter of Elver and Hazel Carroll who also lived in Walloon Lake village. In 2014, Bruce and Phyllis still live in the Village of Walloon Lake. Mary passed away 8 December 2014 as noted in her obituary to the left.
May 1994 ~ Petoskey News Review
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December 2014 ~ Petoskey News Review
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September 1998 ~ Petoskey News Review
18 December 2018 ~ Petoskey News Review
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17 July 2019 ~ Petoskey News Review
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14 January 2021 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ DeLaney Family ~
25 January 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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25 January 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Stone Funeral Homes, Petoskey, Michigan
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2 August 2019 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Ecker Family ~
1 July 1908 ~ The Petoskey Record
28 July 1941 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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20 April 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1965 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1971 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1976 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1975 ~ Petoskey News Review
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13 April 1977 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1987 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1981 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1986 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1988 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1988 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Jonathan Lee Mathers, 28
Jonathan Lee Mathers, 28, of Boyne City, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 1999, at Charlevoix Area Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, at the Charlevoix Assembly of God Church in Charlevoix. The Rev. Joseph Johnston of the Charlevoix Assembly of God will officiate.
Jonathan was born March 21, 1971, in Petoskey, the son of John and Linda (Eckers) Mathers. He graduated from Boyne City High School in 1990. He had worked for the East Jordan Iron Works since 1990 as a handler/caster.
On Dec. 6, 1997, he married Stephanie Agnew.
Jonathan enjoyed snowboarding, fishing, mud trucks and motor bikes.
Survivors include his wife, Stephanie, of Boyne City; an unborn child; parents, John and Linda Mathers, of Boyne City; brother, Aaron Mathers, of Boyne City; sisters, Becky (Kerry) Woiteshek of Boyne City, and Jennifer Mathers of Boyne City; mother-in-law, Nancy Richardson, of Charlevoix; father-in-law, Stephen (Carol) Agnew, of Charlevoix; brother-in-law, David Agnew, stationed in Okinawa; grandparents, Bob (Lucy) Yaich of Walloon Lake, and Lilly Richardson of Bad Axe. Jonathan was preceded in death by his sister, Renee, in 1994.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. A fund will be set up at a later date.
Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City is in charge of arrangements.
~ Petoskey News Review June 2999
Jonathan Lee Mathers, 28, of Boyne City, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 1999, at Charlevoix Area Hospital.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, at the Charlevoix Assembly of God Church in Charlevoix. The Rev. Joseph Johnston of the Charlevoix Assembly of God will officiate.
Jonathan was born March 21, 1971, in Petoskey, the son of John and Linda (Eckers) Mathers. He graduated from Boyne City High School in 1990. He had worked for the East Jordan Iron Works since 1990 as a handler/caster.
On Dec. 6, 1997, he married Stephanie Agnew.
Jonathan enjoyed snowboarding, fishing, mud trucks and motor bikes.
Survivors include his wife, Stephanie, of Boyne City; an unborn child; parents, John and Linda Mathers, of Boyne City; brother, Aaron Mathers, of Boyne City; sisters, Becky (Kerry) Woiteshek of Boyne City, and Jennifer Mathers of Boyne City; mother-in-law, Nancy Richardson, of Charlevoix; father-in-law, Stephen (Carol) Agnew, of Charlevoix; brother-in-law, David Agnew, stationed in Okinawa; grandparents, Bob (Lucy) Yaich of Walloon Lake, and Lilly Richardson of Bad Axe. Jonathan was preceded in death by his sister, Renee, in 1994.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. A fund will be set up at a later date.
Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City is in charge of arrangements.
~ Petoskey News Review June 2999
~ Edson Family ~
May 1990 ~ The Petoskey News Review
~ Ellis/ Ben Family ~
(See March and Hamlin Family connection farther below)
(See March and Hamlin Family connection farther below)
11 February 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Mrs. Ben Ellis was the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Camburn.
Ben Ellis, Walloon Pioneer, Dies at 91
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18 June 1953 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
Russell Parlett was the husband of Marie Ellis,
the daughter of Ben Ellis. |
~ David Elliott ~
9 January 1964 ~ Petoskey News Review
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8 June 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review
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7 August 2002 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Ernest "John" and June Evert Family ~
(Lived in Clarion, Children attended Walloon Lake School)
(Lived in Clarion, Children attended Walloon Lake School)
January 1978 ~ Petoskey News Review
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January 2001 ~ Petoskey News Review
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2 August 1969 ~ Petoskey News Review
Carol "Everts" Van Pelt and Richard "Dick" Van Gilder were married
13 June 1995 in Lansing, Michigan.
Carol has since passed away, as has her brother Ivan Everts.
13 June 1995 in Lansing, Michigan.
Carol has since passed away, as has her brother Ivan Everts.
~ Fineout Family ~
13 May 1921 ~ The Charlevoix County Herald
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Carl Stevens and Raymond Fineout ~ From the Photo Album of Arthur Stevens
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4 May 1956 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Frank Family ~
The 13 April 1916 Fort Wayne News from Fort Wayne Indiana Page 11:
The Frank's Golden Wedding Observed.
The pleasant and comfortable home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Frank, of Walloon Lake, was the scene of a most delightful social affair on the afternoon of Mondav, April 10, 191G, the occasion being their golden wedding. From 2 o'clock until 6 the constant coming and going of their host of friends made an informal gathering, which was most enjoyable. Dainty and delicious refreshments were served In the dining room, where the table was decorated with a jar of beautiful roses. The other rooms were bright with carnations and daffodils, a large bowl of the latter being sent from Oregon for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Frank were the recipients of a number of useful and beautiful gifts, among them being an elegant gold-headed cane for each of them, which were presented in behalf of the company by Mrs. Roy Brown, in her usual happy manner. Numerous telegrams of congratulations were received from friends, who were unable to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Frank came to Walloon Lake about twenty years ago from Fort Wayne, Ind., and entered into the resort business, establishing Hotel Frank, on the south side of the lake. A few years ago they retired from business, built themselves a home in the village of Walloon Lake, and are spending the last years of their lives among a host of friends. The out-of-town guests were Mrs. L. B. Carpenter, of Pellston; Miss Mary March Batik, of East Jordan, and Miss Rose Lewis, of Frederic.
The Frank's Golden Wedding Observed.
The pleasant and comfortable home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Frank, of Walloon Lake, was the scene of a most delightful social affair on the afternoon of Mondav, April 10, 191G, the occasion being their golden wedding. From 2 o'clock until 6 the constant coming and going of their host of friends made an informal gathering, which was most enjoyable. Dainty and delicious refreshments were served In the dining room, where the table was decorated with a jar of beautiful roses. The other rooms were bright with carnations and daffodils, a large bowl of the latter being sent from Oregon for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Frank were the recipients of a number of useful and beautiful gifts, among them being an elegant gold-headed cane for each of them, which were presented in behalf of the company by Mrs. Roy Brown, in her usual happy manner. Numerous telegrams of congratulations were received from friends, who were unable to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Frank came to Walloon Lake about twenty years ago from Fort Wayne, Ind., and entered into the resort business, establishing Hotel Frank, on the south side of the lake. A few years ago they retired from business, built themselves a home in the village of Walloon Lake, and are spending the last years of their lives among a host of friends. The out-of-town guests were Mrs. L. B. Carpenter, of Pellston; Miss Mary March Batik, of East Jordan, and Miss Rose Lewis, of Frederic.
~ Ike and Olive "Ollie" Garringer Family ~
Isaac W. Garringer ~ 28 April 1871 > 14 December 1958
Olive E. Garringer ~ 6 September 1878 > 2 February 1954
Jack J. Garringer ~ 5 June 1922 > 6 April 2015
Olive E. Garringer ~ 6 September 1878 > 2 February 1954
Jack J. Garringer ~ 5 June 1922 > 6 April 2015
6 June 1922 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Submitted from the Collection of Ross Renwick
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9 April 2015 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Goodwin Family ~
14 June 1901 ~ The Independent Democrat
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1 March 1911 ~ The Petoskey Record
18 October 1923 ~ The Levering Local
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Carl L. Goodwin ~ 1878 > 1949
Lilah G. Goodwin ~ 1917 > 1975
Grace M. Goodwin ~ 1884 > 1964
Vern Goodwin ~ 1912 > 1937
Donald K. Goodwin ~ 1921 > 1972
Lilah G. Goodwin ~ 1917 > 1975
Grace M. Goodwin ~ 1884 > 1964
Vern Goodwin ~ 1912 > 1937
Donald K. Goodwin ~ 1921 > 1972
18 September 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
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20 July 1942 ~ Emmet County Graphic
11 October 1951 ~ Northern Michigan Review
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13 March 1972 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Gratsch Families ~
Cliff and Louise and children Barb, Beth and Tom
Bill and Evelyn
Cliff and Louise and children Barb, Beth and Tom
Bill and Evelyn
1 September 1962 ~ Petoskey News Review
2 March 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Cliff was part owner in Walloon Hills Ski Area.
Cliff Gratsch
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1970s Advertisement ~ Cliff Gratsch built and managed the Cliff Dweller Lodge at the Foot of Boyne Mountain.
13 July 2019 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Griffin Family ~
Harry and Leona Griffin were very active with the local Walloon Lake Church and its Youth Group. Harry is included in several of the Youth Group photos included on this web site on the Youth Group webpage...
22 September 1987 ~Petoskey News Review
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6 September 2011 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Grubaugh Family ~
17 May 1973 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1996 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Grund AND Shepard Families ~
10 May 1923 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
From the article above:
"Fred Shepard and wife stopped here to see his brother Frank and family Friday, enroute home to Walloon Lake from their sojourn in Florida the past winter. Mrs. Henry Grund of Walloon Lake spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Fritz." |
9 January 1939 ~ Petoskey Evening News
14 June 1951 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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~ Hass Family ~
26 June 1913 ~ The Petoskey Record Page 2
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13 September 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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2 November 1917 ~ The Petoskey Evening News
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4 January 1939 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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17 December 1942 ~ Northern Michigan Review
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29 April 1926 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
8 March 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
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12 June 2002 ~ Petoskey News Review
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25 January 2005 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Hermann Family ~
Richard "Dick" and Cynthia
Richard "Dick" and Cynthia
Richard "Dick" Hermann
(January 24, 1933 - March 23, 2013)
Richard Charles “Dick” Hermann, 80, of Walloon Lake, died peacefully at home on March 23, 2013. A devoted, loving husband and father, Dick will be missed.
Dick was born on January 24, 1933 in Highland, IL to Erna Pabst and Ewald Emil Hermann. He grew up in Highland, IL and Walloon Lake, MI and attended Highland High School for two years and then graduated in 1950 from St. Louis Country Day School. He was in the Harvard graduating Class of 1954 and then attended The Coast Guard Academy’s Officer’s Candidate School (OCS) in New London, CT. Upon completion of OCS, he was assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Woodbine as 3rd in command and Operations Officer (under Capt. Ernest H. Burt and later Frank Carter) in Grand Haven, MI for about a year and a half.
On April 21, 1956, he married Margo Curtis in Petoskey, MI before departing for Miho, Japan, where he was the Commanding Officer of a loran station for 13 months. Upon leaving active duty, Dick was Operations Officer in St. Louis for a short time and continued in the Coast Guard Reserves for several years. In 1957, he went to work for the Container Division of Alton Boxboard Company (which was later bought by Jefferson Smurfit Corporation). He became National Accounts Sales Manager for Smurfit in the Container Division and worked for the same company for over 38 years before his retirement in August, 1995. Dick and Margo had three daughters, Joanne, Wendy and Tina before Margo’s death in 1977. In 1984, Dick married Cynthia Beadell Poel.
Beyond his family, Dick’s great loves were sailing and Walloon Lake. In his retirement, he devoted countless hours to promoting and preserving both. He served as President of the Walloon Lake Association and President of the Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy. Realizing the decline in sailing on Walloon Lake and hoping to reverse this trend, he helped launch the non-profit sailing school, Walloon Sailors, Inc. (organized to teach sailing on the lake) and served as president of that organization for a number of years. He also served on the Melrose Township Planning Commission as chairman and on the Zoning Board.
To say that he was a “people person” would be an understatement. Whether on an airplane (where he spent much of his working life), in a restaurant, or at the grocery store, Dick would strike up a conversation with everyone! Often a tease and always ready with a joke, brain-teaser, or political opinion, he could challenge and endear all he encountered. He could remember details about the people he would meet and was wonderful at connecting people at parties or in business with common interests or backgrounds.
Quick with a wink, a smile and a laugh, he was sentimental about people and places that mattered to him, saving countless old letters, cards and newspaper clippings featuring those he loved. In the stacks of tattered Valentine’s cards, Father’s Day letters, and medical journal articles, were a reflection of those who mattered most and he couldn’t part with them. He would often brag about his accomplished brother or impressive kids and grandkids. He adored his wife, Cynny, and always wanted to be right by her side.
As so much of him was larger than life, his love of sailing (and sailing fast!) was no exception. Whether in a big boat or small dinghy; on a lake, a river, or the open ocean, Dick was a brilliant sailor. In a boat, be was truly “at home” and he loved to command his crew and push his boat to optimum performance. Crewing for Dick meant you worked hard and with intensity, but it also meant you often crossed the line first. Sailing against Dick, for many, proved to be frustrating and disappointing, as the blast of the horn signaled his finish before your own.
Dick is survived by his wife, Cynthia, her children, Lisa Poel and Janine (Scott) McClain, his daughters, Joanne (Mark) Desmond, Wendy (Rick) Steele, and Tina Harlan; his grandchildren, Stephen, Alex and Hailey Hushak, Brooke and Jake Steele, Christopher and Dylan Harlan, Jenna Estepp, Kasee (John) Bosch, Zack McClain and four great-grandchildren. Dick is also survived by his brother, Robert (Polly) Hermann; nephews, Robert (Debbie), Barry and Montague Hermann as well as several grand-nieces and nephews, and special caregiver and friend, Crystal Smith of Walloon Lake.
A celebration of Dick’s life will be held on April 20, 2013 at 2:00PM at the First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Walloon Sailors, Inc.: PO Box 536, Walloon Lake, MI 49796, Walloon Lake Association: PO Box 621, Petoskey, MI 49770, or Hospice of Little Traverse Bay: One Hiland Drive, Petoskey, MI 49770.
Stone Funeral Home is serving the family.
(January 24, 1933 - March 23, 2013)
Richard Charles “Dick” Hermann, 80, of Walloon Lake, died peacefully at home on March 23, 2013. A devoted, loving husband and father, Dick will be missed.
Dick was born on January 24, 1933 in Highland, IL to Erna Pabst and Ewald Emil Hermann. He grew up in Highland, IL and Walloon Lake, MI and attended Highland High School for two years and then graduated in 1950 from St. Louis Country Day School. He was in the Harvard graduating Class of 1954 and then attended The Coast Guard Academy’s Officer’s Candidate School (OCS) in New London, CT. Upon completion of OCS, he was assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Woodbine as 3rd in command and Operations Officer (under Capt. Ernest H. Burt and later Frank Carter) in Grand Haven, MI for about a year and a half.
On April 21, 1956, he married Margo Curtis in Petoskey, MI before departing for Miho, Japan, where he was the Commanding Officer of a loran station for 13 months. Upon leaving active duty, Dick was Operations Officer in St. Louis for a short time and continued in the Coast Guard Reserves for several years. In 1957, he went to work for the Container Division of Alton Boxboard Company (which was later bought by Jefferson Smurfit Corporation). He became National Accounts Sales Manager for Smurfit in the Container Division and worked for the same company for over 38 years before his retirement in August, 1995. Dick and Margo had three daughters, Joanne, Wendy and Tina before Margo’s death in 1977. In 1984, Dick married Cynthia Beadell Poel.
Beyond his family, Dick’s great loves were sailing and Walloon Lake. In his retirement, he devoted countless hours to promoting and preserving both. He served as President of the Walloon Lake Association and President of the Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy. Realizing the decline in sailing on Walloon Lake and hoping to reverse this trend, he helped launch the non-profit sailing school, Walloon Sailors, Inc. (organized to teach sailing on the lake) and served as president of that organization for a number of years. He also served on the Melrose Township Planning Commission as chairman and on the Zoning Board.
To say that he was a “people person” would be an understatement. Whether on an airplane (where he spent much of his working life), in a restaurant, or at the grocery store, Dick would strike up a conversation with everyone! Often a tease and always ready with a joke, brain-teaser, or political opinion, he could challenge and endear all he encountered. He could remember details about the people he would meet and was wonderful at connecting people at parties or in business with common interests or backgrounds.
Quick with a wink, a smile and a laugh, he was sentimental about people and places that mattered to him, saving countless old letters, cards and newspaper clippings featuring those he loved. In the stacks of tattered Valentine’s cards, Father’s Day letters, and medical journal articles, were a reflection of those who mattered most and he couldn’t part with them. He would often brag about his accomplished brother or impressive kids and grandkids. He adored his wife, Cynny, and always wanted to be right by her side.
As so much of him was larger than life, his love of sailing (and sailing fast!) was no exception. Whether in a big boat or small dinghy; on a lake, a river, or the open ocean, Dick was a brilliant sailor. In a boat, be was truly “at home” and he loved to command his crew and push his boat to optimum performance. Crewing for Dick meant you worked hard and with intensity, but it also meant you often crossed the line first. Sailing against Dick, for many, proved to be frustrating and disappointing, as the blast of the horn signaled his finish before your own.
Dick is survived by his wife, Cynthia, her children, Lisa Poel and Janine (Scott) McClain, his daughters, Joanne (Mark) Desmond, Wendy (Rick) Steele, and Tina Harlan; his grandchildren, Stephen, Alex and Hailey Hushak, Brooke and Jake Steele, Christopher and Dylan Harlan, Jenna Estepp, Kasee (John) Bosch, Zack McClain and four great-grandchildren. Dick is also survived by his brother, Robert (Polly) Hermann; nephews, Robert (Debbie), Barry and Montague Hermann as well as several grand-nieces and nephews, and special caregiver and friend, Crystal Smith of Walloon Lake.
A celebration of Dick’s life will be held on April 20, 2013 at 2:00PM at the First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Walloon Sailors, Inc.: PO Box 536, Walloon Lake, MI 49796, Walloon Lake Association: PO Box 621, Petoskey, MI 49770, or Hospice of Little Traverse Bay: One Hiland Drive, Petoskey, MI 49770.
Stone Funeral Home is serving the family.
~ Melvin and Beverly Holden Family ~
27 July 1992 ~ Petoskey News Review
Beverly Ann Holden born 17 April 1929 passed away in Petoskey MI on 10 May 2015 at age 86.
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December 1995 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Anton "Andy" and Hanna Holmberg Family ~
3 May 1911 ~ The Petoskey Record
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Mrs. Anton "Andy" Holmberg (Hanna) died 9 September 1899. An obituary has not been located. |
16 December 1942 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Obituary Above: See additional information about Kate Holmberg's son Ted Hull and her daughter Mrs. Whittaker below on this same page. Katherine "Kate" Caldwell was first married to John Hull of Cadillac, Michigan where she had Ted Hull.
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27 January 1943 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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23 June 1975 ~ Petoskey News Review
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20 July 1984 ~ Petoskey News Review
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29 January 1997 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Ted and Delores Hull with children Jerry, Roger, and Jimmy ~
7 July 1961 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1 November 1971 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1984 ~ Petoskey News Review
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18 December 1941 ~ Northern Michigan Review
1 February 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Petoskey News Review ~ Submitted by Norm Stevens
Ted and Delores Stackus Hull had three children; Jerry, Roger [photo above], and Jimmy. Roger passed away in 2006, and Jimmy passed away from a car accident while still in college in the Upper Peninsula; both were quite young at their time of passing. Ted and Delores are both deceased by 2014, and possibly Jerry who had been living in California is still alive?
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Obituary Below: James Robert "Jimmy" Hull, the son of Ted and Delorus Hull,
was killed in a car crash in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1967.
was killed in a car crash in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1967.
17 April 1967 ~ Petoskey News Review
13 July 1990 ~ Petoskey News Review
Roger Hull, son of Ted and Delorus Hull, passed away in LasVegas, Nevada, in 2006. |
19 April 1996 ~ Petoskey News Review
26 January 1955 ~ Petoskey News Review
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8 August 2001 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ JENSENS/Sarasin/Ward Family ~
(also see Urman Family farther below)
(also see Urman Family farther below)
Additional information about the Jensen and Sarasin Family and their farms, and windmills,
may be accessed on the following web pages by clicking HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
Photo Below: Peter and Emmele Jensen
may be accessed on the following web pages by clicking HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
Photo Below: Peter and Emmele Jensen
Submitted by Dawn Sarasin
5 December 1941 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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15 December 1941
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18 December 1941 ~ Northern Michigan Review
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15 January 1942 Northern Michigan Review article below tells about Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Emmele Jensen having died just two weeks apart in the last months of 1941. Also that FOUR WL boys were born then… the boys would have been:
Roger Hull Norm Stevens Jim Whitfield Jr. Frank Kondzielas. 
15 January 1942 ~ Northern Michigan Review
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24 May 1948 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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8 April 1966 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Three Photos Below: Peter and Emmele Jensen, Catherine and Edward Jensen, and Gladys and August Jensen are buried in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Clarion, Michigan, near to Walloon Lake.
Photo Submitted by Dawn Sarasin
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Photo Submitted by Dawn Sarasin
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Photo Submitted by Dawn Sarasin
28 January 1972 ~ Petoskey News Review
July 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review
21 February 1997 ~ Petoskey News Review
4 December 2012 ~ Petoskey News Reveiw
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27 February 2018 ~ Petoskey News Review
6 November 2021 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Dorothy Ada Jensen, 92
Dorothy Ada Jensen, 92, of Walloon Lake, passed away peacefully at Bortz Health Care in Petoskey on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City with a gathering of family and friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Pastor Jeff Ellis will be officiating. Cremation has taken place.
Dorothy was born on May 25, 1920, in Boyne City, as the daughter of Delbert and Maggie (Essenberg) Towne. She graduated from Boyne City High School in 1939.
On Nov. 29, 1941, she married Stanley Jensen in Petoskey.
Dorothy is survived by her children, David (Lynn) Jensen of Saginaw, Minn., Larry Jensen of Walloon Lake and Nancy (Robert) Perry of Coloma, Mich. She had eight grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jay, Jim and Albert; and her husband, Stanley.
Dorothy wore many hats, from being a housekeeper, working in a creamery, being a school cook, an assembler for United Technologies and always being the best mother that anyone could ask for. She always put everyone first, and then she took whatever was left and still made it special.
She loved to sew, cross-stitch, read, play bingo, cook and share pictures and stories of her family to everyone and anyone.
Family and friends wishing to share a thought or memory are encouraged to do so online at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com.
Dorothy Ada Jensen, 92, of Walloon Lake, passed away peacefully at Bortz Health Care in Petoskey on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City with a gathering of family and friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Pastor Jeff Ellis will be officiating. Cremation has taken place.
Dorothy was born on May 25, 1920, in Boyne City, as the daughter of Delbert and Maggie (Essenberg) Towne. She graduated from Boyne City High School in 1939.
On Nov. 29, 1941, she married Stanley Jensen in Petoskey.
Dorothy is survived by her children, David (Lynn) Jensen of Saginaw, Minn., Larry Jensen of Walloon Lake and Nancy (Robert) Perry of Coloma, Mich. She had eight grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jay, Jim and Albert; and her husband, Stanley.
Dorothy wore many hats, from being a housekeeper, working in a creamery, being a school cook, an assembler for United Technologies and always being the best mother that anyone could ask for. She always put everyone first, and then she took whatever was left and still made it special.
She loved to sew, cross-stitch, read, play bingo, cook and share pictures and stories of her family to everyone and anyone.
Family and friends wishing to share a thought or memory are encouraged to do so online at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com.
~ Jensen/Ward Family ~
Rod (1921 ~ 2007) and Mable Jensen (1923~1976) Ward
Rod (1921 ~ 2007) and Mable Jensen (1923~1976) Ward
11 November 1944 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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9 January 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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29 July 1954 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1960)
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19 March 1959 ~ Emmet County Graphic
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2 April 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
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11 June 1976 ~ Petoskey News Review
Rodney Ward, 86, of Walloon Lake, died July 24, 2007; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.
27 July 2007 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ John Kenroy Family ~
11 June 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Clyde Kent Family and Flashman Family ~
17 February 1920 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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3 March 1920 ~ Petoskey Evening News
27 September 1921 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Mrs. Clyde Kent was Ona Belle Flashman. Clyde and Ona Belle had six children. Lester, Nellie, Jennie, Ruth, Charles "David", and Betty. Jennie Married Joseph Leo Miller and lived most of their lives in the roundish stone house across the main road from the top of the road out of Clarion. Most of Leo and Jennie's children have remained in the Walloon Lake/Clarion area. Ona Belle's mother Katherine "Kate" Wheaton Flashman, after being widowed by James Phillip Flashman in 1921, lived with the Kents in the stone house on US 131 near the road which turns off to Clarion. On the 1902 Plat, James and Kate owned property in Talcott (Walloon Lake). Their home was located two houses past where the Walloon Lake Community Church stands in 2014 on the same side of M-75 as the church.
1909 ~ Two children in center were Clyde and Ona Belle Flashman Kent's son Lester (1904~1945) and daughter Nellie (1908~1983)
6 December 2007 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Lois Kircher ~
6 December 2013 ~ The Graphic Weekly
Obituary Below:
Lois Eileen Kircher, Walloon Lake FOOT resident, and Kircher Family and Boyne Resort Family MATRIARCH, passed away 12 December 2021.
16 December 2021 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Kondziela Family ~
4 December 1952 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (April 1968)
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26 June 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1995 ~ Petoskey News Review
6/4/2007
Eleanor R. Kondziela, 70
Eleanor R. Kondziela, 70, of Petoskey, died May 31, 2007, at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at Stone Funeral Home. The Rev. David Behling will officiate.
Eleanor was born Dec. 15, 1936, in Petoskey the daughter of Raymond and Ruth (McIntyre) Todd.
She grew up in Petoskey and attended Petoskey schools where she graduated from Petoskey High School in 1955.
In 1956 she married Robert Kondziela of Walloon Lake.
Eleanor went to work for Northern Michigan Hospital in 1967 where she continued to work in the radiology department. She was a member of the Tuesday night bowling league for many years, and also was a board member of the Little Traverse Historical Society. She was also very active in her high school graduation reunion committee and stayed active with the retirees at Northern Michigan Hospital.
Eleanor will be missed by her many friends she has made over the years, including her family of friends at Northern Michigan Hospital. But most of all she will be missed by her family who she loved raising and being with.
She in survived by her four children Deborah Kondziela of Orchard Lake, Mich., David Kondziela (Zetti) of Blue River, Colo., Dan Kondziela of Gurnee, Ill. and Karen Sandstedt of Manistee, Mich.; four grandchildren, Alex, Cara, Jack, Lily and brother Dick Todd of Austin, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Little Traverse Historical Society, envelopes will be available at Stone Funeral Home where friends may call from 1:30 p.m. until the time of services on Tuesday.
Eleanor R. Kondziela, 70
Eleanor R. Kondziela, 70, of Petoskey, died May 31, 2007, at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at Stone Funeral Home. The Rev. David Behling will officiate.
Eleanor was born Dec. 15, 1936, in Petoskey the daughter of Raymond and Ruth (McIntyre) Todd.
She grew up in Petoskey and attended Petoskey schools where she graduated from Petoskey High School in 1955.
In 1956 she married Robert Kondziela of Walloon Lake.
Eleanor went to work for Northern Michigan Hospital in 1967 where she continued to work in the radiology department. She was a member of the Tuesday night bowling league for many years, and also was a board member of the Little Traverse Historical Society. She was also very active in her high school graduation reunion committee and stayed active with the retirees at Northern Michigan Hospital.
Eleanor will be missed by her many friends she has made over the years, including her family of friends at Northern Michigan Hospital. But most of all she will be missed by her family who she loved raising and being with.
She in survived by her four children Deborah Kondziela of Orchard Lake, Mich., David Kondziela (Zetti) of Blue River, Colo., Dan Kondziela of Gurnee, Ill. and Karen Sandstedt of Manistee, Mich.; four grandchildren, Alex, Cara, Jack, Lily and brother Dick Todd of Austin, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Little Traverse Historical Society, envelopes will be available at Stone Funeral Home where friends may call from 1:30 p.m. until the time of services on Tuesday.
Paul P. Kondziela
(August 23, 1934 - December 30, 2011)
Paul P. Kondziela, 77 of Petoskey, died December 30, 2011 at his home surrounded by his family following a year long battle with cancer.
Paul was born and raised in Walloon Lake, Michigan on August 23, 1934 to Donald and Julia (Dubel) Kondziela. He attended the Melrose Elementary School, St. Francis School and graduated from Petoskey Public Schools. He later attended University of Michigan.
On November 10, 1956, Paul married the love of his life, Audrey R. Mummert and together they made their home in Petoskey. Together they owned The Basket Shop in Petoskey and Paul served as Sales manager of and Northern Office Suppliers until 1979 at which time He became a Realtor and later an Associate Broker.
He was member of the Lions, Elks, long time member of Petoskey Bay View Country Club. Paul served on the Zoning Board of Appeals and was the secretary of the Michigan Bear Hunters for a number of years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and golf as long as he was physically able. He and his wife loved to polka dancing and attended many festivals and were members of the “WOW” polka dancing group.
Paul is survived by his wife of 55 years, Audrey; two daughters, Terri Seymour and Lori Mendez of Santa Barbara, California; three grandchildren, Casey and Hannah Mendez and Tyler Seymour; four brothers, Robert (Lynn) Kondziela of Tennessee, John Kondziela of Maryland, Frank (Renee) Kondziela of Chicago, Edward (Pat) Kondziela of Grand Rapids, MI; and by a sister, Margaret (Robert) Danzeisen of New Jersey.
Paul was preceded in death by his parents and by a sister, Jean Selden of Port Huron.
A memorial mass will be held on Wednesday, January 4th at 10:00am at the St. Augustine Catholic Church in Boyne Falls with Fr. Duane Wachowiak officiating.
Arrangements are by the Stone Funeral Home.
~ Harold "Doc" McCaughrin ~
2010 ~ The Petoskey News Review
~ Ted and Peg McCutcheon Family ~
3 July 1958 ~ Emmet County Graphic
3 July 1958 ~ Emmet County Graphic
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3 July 1958 ~ Emmet County Graphic
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March 1992 ~ Petoskey News Review
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6 May 1997 ~ Petoskey News Review
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In later years Ted McCutcheon carried on his boat building business in Charlevoix, Michigan.
3 August 1983 ~ Charlevoix County Press
~ Mackie Family ~
Ward, Creo, and sons Bob and Bill
Ward, Creo, and sons Bob and Bill
Billy Mackie at 20 months about 1944 ~ Submitted by Mike Pater
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Bob and Bill with their father Ward Mackie
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Siblings Bob and Bill Mackie
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Bill Mackie with a fine Walloon Lake catch
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L>R: Chuck and Margaret Tillapaugh Sherk, Creo Abell Mackie, Rose Garringer, Effie Stevens, Vivian Sherk Cooper
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22 April 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1973 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Malloy/Llewellyn Family ~
3 November 1949 ~ Northern Michigan Review
12 March 1953 ~ Northern Michigan Review
3 July 1961 ~ Petoskey News Review
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August 2014 ~ Petoskey News Review
14 Aprl 2017 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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19 August 2019 ~ The Little Traverse Historical Museum display of the "Lasting Legacies: The Women of Little Traverse Bay" with Gwen Malloy featured...
Obituary Below: Mary Gwen Malloy Vratanina passed away 26 January 2023 in Athens, Georgia.
10 March 2023 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ March/Hamlin Family ~
In the book titled Resort Township Remembers on page 126 the March Family is described because they lived in Resort Township, which borders Walloon Lake. The Albert March family was a family of 12 children: "Laura, William, Anna, Alfred, Ada, Pearl, Gertrude, Bessie, Marcelline, Edwin, Raymond and Cecilia... Their son Ray, later built the March Inn and had the well-known Roller Skating Rink on Highway 131 near Walloon Village. Another descendant of the March family was a granddaughter of Edwin's, Jackie Merta, who became President of the Charlevoix Chamber of Commerce"
Family of Albert March
Photo Above: Family of Albert March
Back Bow: Laura, Anna, Alfred, Ada, Pearl, Edwin, Albert, Octelia (holding Cecilia) Bessie
Front Row: Gertrude, Raymond "Ray", Marcelline.
Back Bow: Laura, Anna, Alfred, Ada, Pearl, Edwin, Albert, Octelia (holding Cecilia) Bessie
Front Row: Gertrude, Raymond "Ray", Marcelline.
1 March 1922 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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28 March 1927 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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15 January 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
The above obituary for Ray March's brother told Ray's Family Line.
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The Petoskey High School has honored various contributing area citizens by inducting them into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The photo above shows a portion of the honors attributed to Walloon Lake resident Ray March, and PHS graduate. Ray March was extremely athletic, among his many other notable characteristics.
1926 Petoskey High School Track Team ~ Ray March Center Front
Petoskey High School Basketball Team ~ Ray March Center Front
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13 January 2005 ~ The Petoskey News Review
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7 September 1971 ~ Petoskey News Review
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June 1995 ~ Petoskey newspaper
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18 September 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (May 1982)
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February 1995 ~ Petoskey News Review
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6 April 1953 ~ Petoskey Evening News
16 April 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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15 April 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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22 October 1990 ~ Petoskey newspaper
10 April 2009 ~ The Petoskey News Review
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~ Massey Family ~
Glenn, Charlotte, Dennis
Glenn, Charlotte, Dennis
~Masters Family ~
Walter J. Masters Sr. was born in 1874 and died 26 March 1936.
He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery Petoskey MI.
He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery Petoskey MI.
30 December 1908 ~ The Petoskey Record
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Mabelle Scroggie Masters
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Mildred E. Masters Breidenstein
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Walt D. Masters, Jr.
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Walt Masters Jr. created an imaginary creature he named the Bucalrus, a cross between a buck deer and a walrus which had escaped from a traveling circus and mated. The offspring was named the Bucalrus. He also gave that name to his pontoon-type workboat. I remember that someone had actually painted the likeness of a Bucalrus, and the painting hung on the wall of Masters Boat Works. Does anyone know whatever happened to that painting? I would love to see a picture of the painting to include on this website. I almost get teary-eyed thinking about the Bucalrus, and about all of the good memories about Walloon... and Walt Masters was such a character himself, and so meaningful to the entire character of the village. And, of course, if I think of Walt, I think of Art Anderson pushing Walt's wheelchair. My mind just flies from one memory to another. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
Anyone who knew Walt Masters has a story... Dick Ecker tells: "I too remember seeing the colorful Bucalrus painting over the door adjoining the showroom to the boat works. Also, Walt had a beautiful German Luger pistol with a fine holster parked in his dresser drawer. He let me look it over once. He refused my offer to buy same."
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1938 Petoskey High School Yearbook ~ Walter Masters and Al Murner (Walloon Lake Residents)
1938 Petoskey High School Yearbook
1968 Reunion of PHS Class of 1938 ~ Walt Master and Arthur Stevens (Walloon Lake Residents)
24 June 1968 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Meadows/Lloyd and Audry's Family ~
1990 ~ Petoskey News Review
Obituary Below: Lloyd and Audry Meadows' daughter Betty married Dennis R. Christensen of Boyne City.
14 April 2022 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Miller Family ~
Orpha (Young) and Joe Miller ~ Submitted by Dean Kleinschrodt
19 March 1924 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Orpha (Young) Miller standing beside her little round rock house on US 131 ~ Submitted by Dean Kleinschrodt
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1983 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1997 ~ Petoskey News Review
Harold Miller ~ Submitted by Dean Kleinschrodt
~ Padgett Family ~
17 March 1977 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
~ Pawlak/ William "Bill" ~
1947 Petoskey High School Petosegan Yearbook ~ William "Bill" Pawlak
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10 August 1950 ~ Northern Michigan Review
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22 May 1995 ~ Petoskey News Review
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2 July 2018 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Mary Kent Peabody ~
The article below of "A Life Well-Lived on Walloon"
was written by another longtime Walloon Lake resident Lauren Macintyre,
previously printed in the Summer 2020 issue of "The Wallooner"
a publication of the Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy.
The article below of "A Life Well-Lived on Walloon"
was written by another longtime Walloon Lake resident Lauren Macintyre,
previously printed in the Summer 2020 issue of "The Wallooner"
a publication of the Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy.
~ Robert "Bob" H. Peck Family~
Norma Jean Peck, 68, of Walloon Lake, died April 1, Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City.
Robert "Bob” H. Peck, 76, of Walloon Lake, died Dec. 12, 2006 ; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.
Norma Jean Peck, 68, of Walloon Lake, died April 1, Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City.
Robert "Bob” H. Peck, 76, of Walloon Lake, died Dec. 12, 2006 ; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.
~ Planck Family ~
12 May 1954 ~ Petoskey Evening News
~ Renwick Family ~
Ross, Lucile, and children Varn and Rosemary AND Spalding Family
Ross, Lucile, and children Varn and Rosemary AND Spalding Family
21 May 1940 ~ Petoskey Evening News
25 May 1990 ~ Petoskey News Review
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28 August 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
26 August 1943 ~ Northern Michigan Review
~ Scroggie Family ~
14 October 1908 ~The Petoskey Record
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10 August 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
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8 February 1912 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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14 July 1935 ~ Petoksey Evening News
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May 1928 ~ Perhaps a Charlevoix newspaper
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Photo Below: Walloon Lake friends and neighbors gathered for a precious early 1940s photo.
Back Row L>R: Tom and Maude Scroggie wit Elfie and Carl Stevens.
Front Row L>R: Gertie Scroggie Fineout, Dean Scroggie, Ginger March, Art Stevens.
Dean Scroggie and Art Stevens were good friends who entered the military together.
Ginger March, niece to Ray March, was in the wedding of Lester and Effie Stevens.
Ginger's sister Isabelle married Moose Fineout. Ginger and Isabelle lived Downstate.
Back Row L>R: Tom and Maude Scroggie wit Elfie and Carl Stevens.
Front Row L>R: Gertie Scroggie Fineout, Dean Scroggie, Ginger March, Art Stevens.
Dean Scroggie and Art Stevens were good friends who entered the military together.
Ginger March, niece to Ray March, was in the wedding of Lester and Effie Stevens.
Ginger's sister Isabelle married Moose Fineout. Ginger and Isabelle lived Downstate.
Submitted from the Collection of Arthur Stevens
Dean Scroggie and Art Stevens ~ From the Photo Album of Arthur Stevens
20 July 1959 ~ Petoskey News Review
Tom and Madge Scroggie celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversay in 1963
(Article and Video both below regarding their special anniversary)
2 January 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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10 January 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Tom and Madge Scroggie were celebrating their wedding anniversary. Their son-in-law was Gerald Fineout who was a part-owner of Walloon Hills, so their party was held at the Walloon Hills Ski Lodge. This movie was digitized from an 8mm camera. It includes views of the ski hills out the windows as the camera pans the many Walloon Lake people attending the party (See celebration description in the above article).
Petoskey Review, Thursday, February 15, 1912:
PIONEER WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Dean Scroggie, Resident of Charlevoix County, Thirty-Three
Years, Died Friday.
Mrs. Dean E. Scroggie, for thirty years a resident of Hayes township, near Bay Shore, died at five o'clock Friday afternoon at her home at the age of fifty-six years. She had been ill some time and was confined to her bed, but the physician believed she was improving until Friday afternoon, when she appeared to experience a stroke, probably apoplexy, which terminated in death.
Margaret Copping, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hakins, was born May 10, 1855, in Ontario, Canada, and later moved to Fall River, Mass., where she was united in marriage in August, 1879, with Dean E. Scroggie. From Fall River, they moved to northern Michigan and settled on the homestead which they occupied at the time of her death.
In addition to the husband, Mrs. Scroggie is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Walter Masters, of Walloon Lake; Mrs. George Teager, Detroit; Misses Gertrude, Mayme and Georgia Scroggie, who teach in various schools near their home. Two sons, Thomas and Dean, Jr., are left to mourn the deceased woman, Thomas being a teacher at Boyne Falls, and Dean a member of the household in Hayes township. Mrs. George Zipp, of Liberty street, Petoskey, is a sister of Mr. Scroggie, while Dean Burns, of Wachtel avenue and Mrs. A. W. McMaster, of Madison street, are cousins.
Brothers of Mrs. Scroggie who survive her are: Will Copping, Arlington, Vermont; Thomas, Samuel and James Copping, Fall River, Mass., and George and John Copping. The sisters are: Mrs. George Cornell and Mrs. Charles Hart, Fall River, Mass., and Mrs. William Holtby, Armstrong, British Columbia.
The funeral was held at ten o'clock Monday morning at the home with Rev. George A. Weaver in charge. Interment in Greenwood.
2 October 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
23 January 1913 ~ The Petoskey Record Page 8
2/Lt. Dean S. Scroggie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scroggie of Walloon Lake and Detroit was killed on May 13, 1943 when his army fighter plane crashed into a river west of Galesville., Maryland. Lt. Scroggie was on a routine training mission when the accident occurred. He entered the service with his friend Art Stevens in December of 1941 and was commissioned with Stevens at Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 16, 1943.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (18 February 1943)
Sgt. James Russell Spalding, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Spalding of Walloon Lake, was killed August 16, 1943 near Pueblo, Colorado when a four-engined bomber in which he was riding crashed and burned. A graduate of Petoskey High School, Sgt. Spalding was well known to many Petoskey and Walloon Lake Residents. He entered the services of the U.S. Army on May 1, 1942.
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1944 ~ The Armistice Day dance brought a full house to the Walloon Lake Community Hall.
Petoskey News-Review, Saturday, July 9, 1966:
Mrs. Scroggie
Rites Monday
Services for Mrs. Rose M. Scroggie, 85, of 728 1/2 Spring-st., Petoskey, who died at Petoskey Geriatric & Care Center Friday evening, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Stone Funeral Home. Rev. Kenneth Truman will be in charge and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
She was born Nov. 13, 1880 in Sherman, Mich., and came to this area with her parents who had a farm at Bay Shore. She was married to Arthur Anderson in 1897 in Petoskey and he died in 1914. She was married to Dean Scroggie in October of 1926 in Petoskey and they made their home at Walloon Lake. Mr. Scroggie died in 1934.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Dennis and Mrs. Meyer of Petoskey; three sons, Lloyd Anderson of Walloon Lake, Andrew Anderson of Bay Shore and Albert Anderson, R-1 Petoskey; 19 grandchildren; two half-sisters, Mrs. Edith Wheat of Traverse City and Mrs. Clara Howe of Ann Arbor; two half-brothers, Myron Compton of Tampa, Fla. and Forest Compton of Traverse City.
Friends may call at the Stone Funeral Home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Scroggie
Rites Monday
Services for Mrs. Rose M. Scroggie, 85, of 728 1/2 Spring-st., Petoskey, who died at Petoskey Geriatric & Care Center Friday evening, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Stone Funeral Home. Rev. Kenneth Truman will be in charge and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
She was born Nov. 13, 1880 in Sherman, Mich., and came to this area with her parents who had a farm at Bay Shore. She was married to Arthur Anderson in 1897 in Petoskey and he died in 1914. She was married to Dean Scroggie in October of 1926 in Petoskey and they made their home at Walloon Lake. Mr. Scroggie died in 1934.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Dennis and Mrs. Meyer of Petoskey; three sons, Lloyd Anderson of Walloon Lake, Andrew Anderson of Bay Shore and Albert Anderson, R-1 Petoskey; 19 grandchildren; two half-sisters, Mrs. Edith Wheat of Traverse City and Mrs. Clara Howe of Ann Arbor; two half-brothers, Myron Compton of Tampa, Fla. and Forest Compton of Traverse City.
Friends may call at the Stone Funeral Home Sunday afternoon.
6 August 2015 ~ Greenwood Cemetery Petoskey MI
May 1996 ~ Petoskey News Review
~ Allan Sherk Family ~
(Allan E. Sherk ~ 1874 > 1962)
Chuck (1909~ ), Margaret (1909~1986), and children Susie and Mike
(Allan E. Sherk ~ 1874 > 1962)
Chuck (1909~ ), Margaret (1909~1986), and children Susie and Mike
6 July 1936 ~ Petoskey Evening News
23 May 1940 ~ The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
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21 May 1940 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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22 June 1944 The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
1 September 1949 The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
17 May 1951 The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
20 September 1962 The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
19 June 1962 The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
16 September 1971 The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
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21 April 1986 ~ Petoskey News Review
About 1954 ~ Margaret, Mike, Susie, and Chuck
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14 October 1992 The Leader and Kalkaskian newspaper
The photo below L>R: Bill?, Margaret Tillapaugh Sherk, Chuck Sherk, Chuck's sister Beth, and Dale Cooper who married Chuck's sister Vivian.
Submitted by Susie Sherk
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~ Simpson/Florin "Si" (1900~1962), Esther (1912~1985) and son Bob ~
22 December 1930 ~ The Petoskey Evening News
Bob Simpson ~ Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor
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29 September 1962 Florin W. "Si" Simpson passed away.
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14 June 1968 ~ Petoskey News Review
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24 November 1972 ~ Petoskey News Review
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13 November 1985 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Obituary Below: Bob Simpson married Anne Korthase, the daughter of Norval Max Korthase. The Korthase Family maintained Walloon Lake area properties for many, many years.
13 January 2016 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Obituary Below: Dane Jepsen will be remembered by many people familiar with Walloon Lake and Si's Marine.
"Dane spent many years as a certified boat mechanic at Si's Marine in Walloon Lake." 
7 September 2017 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Alva (1892~1958) and Goldie Sheatsley (1891~1969) Starr ~
28 January 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News "Clarion" Section
From a 7 November 1914 newspaper account:
Walloon Lake Young People Married in Petoskey Saturday
A pretty autumn wedding occurred Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Madlem, on Howard Street, when Miss Goldie Sheatsley, sister of Mrs. Madlem, and Alva F. Starr, of Walloon Lake, were united in marriage by Rev. G.A. Weaver. The ceremony took place at 6 o’clock and was witnessed by the near relatives and close friends of the bride and groom. Following the wedding ceremony the guests were seated in the prettily decorated dining room where a three course dinner was served by Miss Mildred Madlem. Both the bride and the groom are well known at Walloon Lake, where they have resided for many years. They have a delightful home there all furnished and they went there Saturday evening following the dinner.
Alva and Goldie Starr held new son Kenneth Starr
8 November 1917 ~ The Petoskey Evening News
Kenneth "Kenny" Starr was born in Tacoma WA, but later on his family, including younger siblings, brother Miles, and sister Doris, lived in the Village of Walloon Lake at "The Foot". Alva was a Navy military person so his family moved around the country several years before returning to settle in the Village of Walloon Lake. Alva was the FIRST parachute trainer in the Lakers Naval Station in New Jersey. At that time military only needed 16 years to retire, which was what Alva did. By 1939 Alva was living again in Walloon Lake MI when Kenny enlisted and Kenny was then in Hawaii. Sometime while Kenny was gone into the military, and WWII had begun, Alva taught in a parachute school, and also was a naval inspector in war plants. Kenny remembered that one of the war plants was in Ludington MI.
The John and Eliza Jane Burnside Sheatsley Family
Ken Starr's mother Goldie's Family in the photo above L>R: Dora, Daisy, John, George, and Goldie the youngest child with parents John and wife Eliza Jane Burnside Sheatsley. Goldie is also in the photo above this photo, with her husband Alva Starr and son Ken. The Sheatsley Family owned the Sheatsley Saw Mill and also a farm near the corner of River Road and Springvale Road. Eliza Jane Burnside Sheatsley in the photo above was related to General Burnside who served in the Civil War.
Sheatsly Saw Mill ~ Submitted by Bob Brower from a printing on a Walloon Lake church bulletin
1 July 1908 ~ The Petoskey Independent
3 June 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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10 May 1911 ~ The Petoskey Record
10 October 1916 ~ Petosksey Evening News
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30 January 1913 ~ The Petoskey Record
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8 November 1917 ~ The Petoskey Evening News
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31 March 1922 ~ Petoskey Evening News
11 September 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
~ Kenneth James (1917~2014) and Marion Bush (1922~1993) Starr ~
Dr. King, a Methodist minister of the North Shore Drive of Walloon Lake, married Kenneth Starr and Marion Bush Howard on 13 October 1956.
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1961 ~ In the driveway of the Ken and Marion Starr home on the main drag of Walloon Lake, near the school, stood Rodger Howard with brother Lane Starr. Notice the little cabins across the road.
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25 August 1958 ~ Petoksey News Review
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2014 ~ Petoskey News Review
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20 July 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review
1966 - Ken and Marion Starr's Family ~ Marion, David Howard, Karla Howard Buckmaster, Rodger Howard, Lane Starr, and Ken.
Photo taken in Chicago at the site of Rodger's wedding to Judith Thiel.
25 May 2019 ~ Clarion Cemetery
~ Stevens Family ~
Carl (1893~1976) and Elfie Parady (1894~1980) Stevens
Lester (1918~2012) and Eva (Hall) Stevens and children Norm and Cathy
Carl (1893~1976) and Elfie Parady (1894~1980) Stevens
Lester (1918~2012) and Eva (Hall) Stevens and children Norm and Cathy
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8 September 1927 Otsego County Herald Times: "David Huxtable and family visited Sunday with Carl Stevens and family at Walloon Lake." 
28 August 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
11 May 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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21 June 1954 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Arthur Stevens who served in WWI stood between his parents Carl and Elfie Stevens. This photo may have been taken in Scottfield IL when Art's folks went to visit him when he first went into the military. ~ Submitted from the Photo Album of Arthur Stevens
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Submitted from the Photo Album of Arthur Stevens
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Vergene Whitfield, Maxine Stevens Whitfield, Lester Stevens, Milford Stevens, Myra Stevens Brower, Art Stevens (5 of the 7 children of Carl and Elfie Stevens at the home of James C. and Vergene Whitfield)~ Submitted by Norm Stevens
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In about 1939, Eva May Hall (later Stevens) was introduced as the WALLOON LAKE QUEEN! 
4 February 2011 ~ Petoskey News Review
 20 August 2011 ~ 70th Wedding Anniversary party for Let and Eva May "Effie" Stevens held in the Walloon Lake Community Hall
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1946 Petoskey High School Yearbook ~ Doris Starr and Maxine Stevens (Walloon Lake Residents)
Maxine Stevens married George Whitfield.
Lester Stevens and son Norm ~ Submitted by Norm Stevens
Stevens Brothers, Russell, Arthur, and Lester, by Moira Farm near The Foot of Walloon Lake ~ From the Photo Album of Arthur Stevens
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Photo Above: Cathy Stevens, far right back,
passsed away 4 July 2013 in Colorado. Lester Stevens, passed away 27 October 2013. 
Maxine Stevens Whitfield ~ Submitted from the Scrapbook of Arthur Stevens
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28 March 1950 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1976 ~ Petoskey News Review
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2002 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Lester Stevens
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Lester "Herbie" Stevens
(January 6, 1918 - October 27, 2012) Lester "Herbie" Stevens, 94, of Walloon Lake, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, at McLaren Northern Michigan hospital. A memorial service for Lester will take place 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Stone Funeral Home, Petoskey. The Rev. James Mitchum will officiate. Lester was born Jan. 6, 1918, in Comstock Park, Mich., the son of Carl and Elfie (Pardy) Stevens. Before the age of 1, his family moved to Walloon Lake. Lester attended school in Walloon Lake and then Petoskey High School, where he graduated in 1936. On Feb. 7, 1941, Lester married Eva May Hall in Walloon Lake. He has lived in Walloon Lake his entire life, where he was one of the first members of the Melrose Township Fire Department. Lester worked for Michigan Bell Telephone Company starting out as a truck driver and worked his way to first line supervisor. He worked for Bell Telephone for 40 years and retired in 1976. Lester was a member of Petoskey United Methodist Church, Elks Club of Traverse City for 72 years, Kiwanis Club for 34 years, and served on the Walloon Lake School Board for 15 years. He loved to golf and also enjoyed woodworking, hunting and snowmobiling. Lester is survived by his wife, Eva; son, Norman Stevens and his wife, Kathy, of Livonia; daughter, Cathy Stevens of Aurora, Colo.; two granddaughters, Michelle Brunet and her husband, Dan, Lisa Haller and her husband, Ryan; four great-grandchildren, Zachary and Ashlyn Brunet, Andrew and Paige Haller; three sisters, Maxine Whitfield and husband, George, of Walloon Lake, Myra Brower and husband, Bob, of North Carolina, Marlene Jones and husband, Albert, of Denver, Colo.; and many nieces and nephews. Contributions in memory of Lester may be made to the Diabetes Association or to the charity of choice. Envelopes will be available at Stone Funeral Home, where friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday. |
1938 Petosegan ~ Art Stevens
Arthur Vernon Stevens, 81
March 5, 2002
Arthur Vernon Stevens, 81, of Petoskey, died Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at Bortz Health Care of Petoskey. A memorial service for Arthur will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Stone Funeral Home in Petoskey. The Rev. Russell Stevens will officiate. A memorial gathering will be held from 1 p.m. until the time of service. Arthur was born May 31, 1920, at Walloon Lake, the son of Carl and Elfie (Parady) Stevens. He grew up at Walloon Lake and was a graduate of Petoskey High School class of 1938.
MILFORD R. STEVENS, 77, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died unexpectedly at home on Monday, Feb. 1, 1999. He was born May 30, 1921, in Walloon Lake, Mich. He was a retired office manager from DeBruyn Concrete Services in Traverse City.
Services will be private. Arrangements were handled by the Johnson-Pittman Funeral Home in Naples.
March 5, 2002
Arthur Vernon Stevens, 81, of Petoskey, died Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at Bortz Health Care of Petoskey. A memorial service for Arthur will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Stone Funeral Home in Petoskey. The Rev. Russell Stevens will officiate. A memorial gathering will be held from 1 p.m. until the time of service. Arthur was born May 31, 1920, at Walloon Lake, the son of Carl and Elfie (Parady) Stevens. He grew up at Walloon Lake and was a graduate of Petoskey High School class of 1938.
MILFORD R. STEVENS, 77, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died unexpectedly at home on Monday, Feb. 1, 1999. He was born May 30, 1921, in Walloon Lake, Mich. He was a retired office manager from DeBruyn Concrete Services in Traverse City.
Services will be private. Arrangements were handled by the Johnson-Pittman Funeral Home in Naples.
24 November 2010 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Russell Stevens and Friend John Pater of Petoskey ~ From the Photo Album of Arthur Stevens
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Art Stevens with Sisters Maxine, Marlene and Myra, at Moira Hill Farm near The Foot of Walloon Lake ~ From the Photo Album of Arthur Stevens
25 January 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
17 June 2015 ~ Petoskey News Review
A combined memorial service was held for Lester Stevens (6 January 1918 ~ 27 October 2013) and his daughter Cathy Stevens (19 April 1947 ~ 4 July 2013) at the Clarion Cemetery, followed by a gathering in the park at Walloon Lake. |
17 September 2019 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Stanley K. Swan (1913~1951)
4 January 1951 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
~ TAYLOR FAMILY ~
~ Ralph and Pat Buckley Taylor and Daughter Louisa Taylor ~
~ Ralph and Pat Buckley Taylor and Daughter Louisa Taylor ~
Photo Below: Millard Taylor, Louisa Taylor (Hand), Adelbert "Ralph" Taylor (1914~1985) with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Del Taylor.
Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor
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16 March 19950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Photo Below: L>R: Pat Milne Taylor, Laureen Milne Morgan, Louisa Taylor Hand, Esther Morgan Simpson, Art Morgan, Si Simpson
1940s ~ Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor
Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor ~ L>R: Howard Hand, Del Taylor, Millard Taylor
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Mid 1970s Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor ~ Kay Hand, Laureene Morgan, Jerry Hand, Louisa Taylor Hand, Pat Milne Taylor, Ralph Taylor
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1954 ~ The Taylor Family submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor ~ L>R: Louisa, Ralph and Pat
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1957 ~ Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor ~ Louisa Taylor
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Louisa Ann Taylor Northup
Louisa Ann Taylor Northup, 77 of Petoskey, formerly of Walloon Lake and Boyne Falls, MI went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 14th, 2016, at home with her daughter Kathy at her bedside.
She was born on June 6, 1939 in Petoskey, MI to Ralph and Pat (Buckley) Taylor of Walloon Lake. Louisa grew up in the Village of Walloon Lake, canoeing, swimming, sledding, and of course roller skating. She was baptized and confirmed into The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod at Zion Lutheran Church in Petoskey, MI. Louisa attended Petoskey High School her freshman through junior years. She graduated from Tawas City High School, Tawas City, MI in 1956.
Louisa met and married USAF Airman Gene Gross in December 14, 1957. The life of an Air Force family lead to living in Southern and Northern California and Japan. During her 5 year stay in Japan, she attained a third degree black belt in Karate.
Louisa was always available to chaperone every class field trip and Girl Scout trips. She visited Mt. Fugi, Tokyo and Kamakura.
Louisa and daughters returned to Walloon Lake in 1973. She was employed at (then) Northern Michigan Hospitals and later, the Petoskey Public Schools Administration. after the death of her father, Louisa and her mother Pat moved to their winter home in Punta Gorda, FL where they remained until Pat’s death from Alzheimer’s in 1991.
Louisa returned to Michigan permanently and was bless to be reunited with her teenage sweetheart, Nels Northup. Shortly thereafter, they married in Gladwin and returned to Boyne Falls.
Louisa was active with the Boyne Valley Lion’s Club and was past President. Louisa volunteered her time, talent, and treasure with Christ Lutheran Church and Charlevoix County Humane Society.
Louisa is survived by five daughters and their families; Kathryn Taylor Gross, and children Andrea Hopf---Zach and Alexandria, Allison Hopf and Shane Beal—Shaun and Jesse; Anthony Hopf and Alyssa Hopf; Kimberly Taylor Martin and children Madeline and Benjamin Martin; Lynell (Denny) Northup Wakely –Gabe and Gannon Switzer; Lori (Bill) Northup Bailey, Justin and Lacey Bailey and Family; Jennifer (Tony) Northup Witer, Marie and Riley Berning and family, Jessica, Allison, Elizabeth, and Faith
Visitation will be held 4:00 to 7:00 PM Monday, December 19th at Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City.
A funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, December 20th at Christ Lutheran Church in Boyne City. Burial will take place at Maple Hill Cemetery in Clarion.
She was born on June 6, 1939 in Petoskey, MI to Ralph and Pat (Buckley) Taylor of Walloon Lake. Louisa grew up in the Village of Walloon Lake, canoeing, swimming, sledding, and of course roller skating. She was baptized and confirmed into The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod at Zion Lutheran Church in Petoskey, MI. Louisa attended Petoskey High School her freshman through junior years. She graduated from Tawas City High School, Tawas City, MI in 1956.
Louisa met and married USAF Airman Gene Gross in December 14, 1957. The life of an Air Force family lead to living in Southern and Northern California and Japan. During her 5 year stay in Japan, she attained a third degree black belt in Karate.
Louisa was always available to chaperone every class field trip and Girl Scout trips. She visited Mt. Fugi, Tokyo and Kamakura.
Louisa and daughters returned to Walloon Lake in 1973. She was employed at (then) Northern Michigan Hospitals and later, the Petoskey Public Schools Administration. after the death of her father, Louisa and her mother Pat moved to their winter home in Punta Gorda, FL where they remained until Pat’s death from Alzheimer’s in 1991.
Louisa returned to Michigan permanently and was bless to be reunited with her teenage sweetheart, Nels Northup. Shortly thereafter, they married in Gladwin and returned to Boyne Falls.
Louisa was active with the Boyne Valley Lion’s Club and was past President. Louisa volunteered her time, talent, and treasure with Christ Lutheran Church and Charlevoix County Humane Society.
Louisa is survived by five daughters and their families; Kathryn Taylor Gross, and children Andrea Hopf---Zach and Alexandria, Allison Hopf and Shane Beal—Shaun and Jesse; Anthony Hopf and Alyssa Hopf; Kimberly Taylor Martin and children Madeline and Benjamin Martin; Lynell (Denny) Northup Wakely –Gabe and Gannon Switzer; Lori (Bill) Northup Bailey, Justin and Lacey Bailey and Family; Jennifer (Tony) Northup Witer, Marie and Riley Berning and family, Jessica, Allison, Elizabeth, and Faith
Visitation will be held 4:00 to 7:00 PM Monday, December 19th at Stackus Funeral Home in Boyne City.
A funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, December 20th at Christ Lutheran Church in Boyne City. Burial will take place at Maple Hill Cemetery in Clarion.
16 January 1917 ~ Petoskey News Review
10 February 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
13 February 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Item above: Mrs. Buckley was a sister to Ed Tillapaugh whose family is listed below.
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11 April 1949
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Submitted from the Collection of Louisa Taylor ~ Jessie Milne Buckley and daughter Pat Buckley Taylor
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~ Tillapaugh Family ~
Edwin (1867~1953) and Ella Inez Vanderhoof (1874~1967) Tillapaugh
Karl Edwin Tillapaugh (1904~1959)
Kenneth D. Tillapaugh (1913~1985)
Edwin (1867~1953) and Ella Inez Vanderhoof (1874~1967) Tillapaugh
Karl Edwin Tillapaugh (1904~1959)
Kenneth D. Tillapaugh (1913~1985)
Submitted from the Collection of Susie Sherk
Edwin Tillapaugh in the photo above was the son of David and Anna Galligher Tillapaugh.
Edwin had a brother Charles who had a tragic death felt by the entire community.
Charles was only 18 years old when he was killed.
Edwin had a brother Charles who had a tragic death felt by the entire community.
Charles was only 18 years old when he was killed.
7 November 1883 ~ The Petoskey Record
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7 November 1883 ~ The Petoskey Record
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31 May 1945 ~ Northern Michigan Review
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20 March 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review (Eva Tillapaugh was a sister to Margaret Tillapaugh Sherk)
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The newspaper misspelled
Ella Tillapaugh's last name in her obituary. 
26 December 1967 ~ Petoskey News Review
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13 April 1983 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Tillotson Family ~
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Tillotson were pioneers and grocery store owners in Bay Shore, Michigan.
Additional information about the Tillotson Family may be accessed by clicking HERE.
Their son Harold (wife Eunice Willis) had a son Kenneth married to Dawn in the newsletter photo below
Kenneth Tillotson was a resident of Walloon Lake with the home almost at the top of Short's Hill.
The newsletter below is from Ken and Dawn's daughter Cindy Tillotson Reed and her husband Carl.
Additional information about the Tillotson Family may be accessed by clicking HERE.
Their son Harold (wife Eunice Willis) had a son Kenneth married to Dawn in the newsletter photo below
Kenneth Tillotson was a resident of Walloon Lake with the home almost at the top of Short's Hill.
The newsletter below is from Ken and Dawn's daughter Cindy Tillotson Reed and her husband Carl.
2015 Cindy Tillotson Reed Family Newsletter
Cindy Tillotson Reed and husband Carl are back in the United States (to stay) as of April 2023.
2023 Cindy Tillotson Reed Submitted
~ Urman & Conkright Family ~
15 January 1942 ~ Northern Michigan Review
12 December 1963 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
8 March 1993 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Jack L. Urman, 83, of Walloon Lake, died Dec. 14, 2006; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City
6 January 1971 ~ Otsego County Herald Times (Jack Urman becomes manager for Gaylord Printing.)
Betty Conkright Urman's parents were Thomas I. Conkright (1899-1959) and Nina B. Hetrick Conkright Johns (1899-1967). Thomas and Nina Conkright were both buried in the Boyne Valley Township Cemetery Boyne Falls MI.
Betty Conkright Urman's brother Tom R. Conkright (1936-1983) and sister-in-law Donna N. Conkright (1937-1999) were also buried in the Boyne Valley Township Cemetery Boyne Falls MI. The Conkright Family lived in the Village of Walloon Lake only a few doors from the Melrose School toward the main highway. |
Betty L. Conkright Urman Upton, 76 Betty L. Upton, 76, of Walloon Lake, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2006, at home surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born on Nov. 2, 1929, in Boyne Falls, the daughter of Tom and Nina (Hetrick) Conkright. On Jan. 24, 1953, Betty married George Urman Jr., who preceded her in death on Jan. 3, 1969. She married Lewis E. Upton Jr. on Sept. 30, 1989. Betty graduated from Midland High School in 1947. She worked for Michigan Bell for many years, after which she went to work as a bookkeeper for F.O. Barden Lumber Company from 1967 until she retired in 1992. She was a member of The First Presbyterian Church and Order of The Eastern Star in Boyne City. Betty enjoyed, along with her best friend and mother-in-law Helen Urman, going to her children's and grandchildren's sporting events. As a widowed mother, Betty raised her four children in an outstanding manner. When she married Lewis, Betty extended her love to his family as well. She enjoyed vacationing with Lewis and spending her retirement years wintering in Florida. Betty is survived by her husband, Lewis; children, Gary (Vicki) Urman of Mackinac Island, Mary Lou (Rob) Bayha of Petoskey, Tom (Sheila) Urman of Petoskey, Victor (Liz) Urman of Boyne City; stepchildren, Brad (Joni) Upton of Arvada, Colo., Scott (Deborah) Upton of Canton, Gregg (Lisa) Upton of Gaylord, Judy (Mark) Forreider of Novi, brother, Dick (Mickey) Conkright, of Gaylord; sisters, Joan (Ron) Locke of Petoskey, Marcella (Ben) Jockwig of Waterford; 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Nina Conkright; husband, George Urman Jr.; brothers, Edwin, Floyd and Tom Conkright. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, July 7, at Boyne City First Presbyterian Church, with pastor Bob Keiser officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to First Presbyterian Church Building Fund or Little Traverse Bay Hospice. Stackus Funeral Home of Boyne City is serving the family. ~ Petoskey News Review |
~ John Vansaw ~
5 August 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
~ Wagenschutz Family ~
Harold and Doris Starr Wagenschutz and children Salliejo, Maribeth, and Clyde
Harold and Doris Starr Wagenschutz and children Salliejo, Maribeth, and Clyde
1946 Petoskey High School Petosegan Yearbook ~ Doris Starr
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About 1959 ~ In front of the Sail Inn Grill ~ David Howard, Salliejo Wagenschutz, Clyde Wagenschutz, Maribeth Wagenschutz.
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~ Wasoski Family ~
Ivalue Miller Wasoski ~ Submitted by Dean Kleinschrodt
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Elsie (Miller) Kleinschrodt, "Mom" Orpha Miller, with (Probably) Paul Wasoski ~ Submitted by Dean Kleinschrodt
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Paul and Mary Wasoski ~ Submitted by Dean Kleinschrodt
~ Whitfield Family ~
7 December 1954 ~ Petoskey Evening News
1 August 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
4 September 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
27 October 1948 ~ Petoksey Evening News
Jim Whitfield, Sr., Margaret Sherk and her son Mike Sherk
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26 April 1978 ~ Petoskey News Review
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11 September 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
24 February 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
20 August 2011 ~ Mary Whitfield Erb photo taken at the 70th Wedding Anniversary party for Let and Effie Stevens held in the Walloon Lake Community Hall
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19 July 1989 ~ Petoskey News Review
24 July 1991 ~ Petoskey News Review
June 1992 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Dorothy Whitfield Ericks
June 6, 2002 ~ Petoskey News Review: Dorothy Whitfield Ericks passed away June 1, 2002, in Tallahassee, Fla., where she had made her home for the last two years. She was born Oct. 8, 1929, in Findlay, Ohio, to James and Vergene Whitfield. She grew up at Walloon Lake, attended school in Petoskey and graduated from Wayland Academy at Beaver Dam, Wis., in 1947. On March 21, 1954, she married William "Bud" Ericks. They resided in Petoskey until 1961 when they moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He preceded her in death in 1991. 
30 June 20-2017 ~ Petoskey News Review
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11 December 2015 ~ Petoskey News Review
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14 May 2019 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Written and submitted by longtime Wallooner Lauren Macintyre continues below...
Written and submitted by longtime Wallooner Lauren Macintyre continues from above...
Within a couple of weeks of Lauren Macintyre interviewing Mary Erb for the article above, Mary passed away.
In Mary's own true style, she had written her own obituary below.
In Mary's own true style, she had written her own obituary below.
Photo Below: Mary Whitfield Erb relaxed in the yard of the Bay View Inn.
Photo accompanied Mary Erb's obituary below (Undated photo)
In a Nutshell- Written by Mary Erb
If you are reading this, or if it’s being read to you, it’s because I have checked into a new place with no area codes, zip codes, computer applications, or passwords to remember.
It all began for me on August 29, 1932, when Dr. Dean Burns delivered me to James and Vergene (Glidden) Whitfield, at the old Petoskey Hospital on Lake Street. Growing up on Walloon Lake was anything but a hardship. Summers were spent building sandcastles, swimming, waterskiing, and attending Camp Daggett. Winters were equally traumatic with activities centered around sledding, tobogganing, ice-skating, and building snowmen. I went to Central Elementary School in Petoskey through the fourth grade.
When WWII started, my parents, brothers, George and Jim, and sister, Dorothy moved to Saginaw where my father worked as an engineer designing aircraft propellers at the Chevrolet Plant. The new urban environment introduced me to jacks (also known as knucklebones), hopscotch, softball, and Saturday afternoon matinees. If you don’t know what some of these are, just” google” them.
Following a family tradition, in 1945, I began attending high school at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, WI, graduating in 1949.
While attending Central Michigan University, I met my husband, Pierce Erb, and we were married for 68 years before he passed away in 2019. We raised a wonderful daughter, Deborah, who had the good sense to marry Gary Green, the best son-in-law one could have. Their lovely daughter, Erin, also had the good sense to marry my terrific grandson-in-law, Daham Sol. Both Pierce and I always felt very fortunate to have had such a caring, supportive, fun family.
As for my working years, it all began in 1944, behind a lunch counter in Saginaw, after I received my Social Security card at the age of 12. In the ensuing years, I worked at Gattle’s Linens, Maters Boat Works, Petoskey Beverage Company, and Boyne Mountain, in bookkeeping and office management positions.
Community service was always important to me, which led to my being the Melrose Township clerk for 16 years, and later, treasurer of the Crooked Tree Library. In the late 1990s, interest developed in having a dedicated building for the library at Walloon Lake and I soon became involved with that worthwhile effort. As members of The Friends of the Library, Cynthia Hermann collaborated with me to publish Walloon Yesterdays, a pictorial history of Walloon Lake, with proceeds going towards maintaining the new library.
Retirement was another wonderful time of my life. It afforded me more time for two favorite past times, downhill skiing and traveling. Pierce and I camped and skied our way through the United States together. I was later joined by various friends on wonderful trips to New Zealand, the fjords of Norway, the Swiss Alps, and other European destinations.
With the passing of time and children in our lives, I joined several Petoskey ladies with whom I met monthly for pot-luck lunches while the kids were in school. We remained a very close-knit group for well over 50 years. There were also several ladies who played an important role in my life. Katie Littmann, whom I have known since I was eight, Cynthia Hermann, Rosemary Renwick, Penny Marshall, Sheryl Goodrich, and Rose Thelen are especially dear to me. My family and I would also like to thank Hospice of Michigan and the Comfort Keepers for the loving care they gave me.
As you probably know, it is always sad to lose someone you love, and I dearly miss those who preceded me in death, my parents; my husband, Pierce; my brother, George, and his two sons, Gary and Steve; my sister, Dorothy, her husband, Walter Ericks, and their daughter, Judy.
My survivors include my brother, Jim Whitfield; daughter, Debbie (Gary) Green; granddaughter, Erin (Daham) Sol; niece, Lynn Ardman; nephews, Mark, Scott & JC Whitfield, David and Walter Ericks, and numerous cousins.
I will end with the following, “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming, WOW, What a ride!!”
By the way, please consider donations in my memory to the Crooked Tree District Library (CTDL), PO Box 518, Walloon Lake, MI. 49796.
The very best to all of you…. Love, Mary.
Mary Erb passed 18 February 2023. Mary's obituary is accessible at the Nelson Funeral Home by clicking HERE.
If you are reading this, or if it’s being read to you, it’s because I have checked into a new place with no area codes, zip codes, computer applications, or passwords to remember.
It all began for me on August 29, 1932, when Dr. Dean Burns delivered me to James and Vergene (Glidden) Whitfield, at the old Petoskey Hospital on Lake Street. Growing up on Walloon Lake was anything but a hardship. Summers were spent building sandcastles, swimming, waterskiing, and attending Camp Daggett. Winters were equally traumatic with activities centered around sledding, tobogganing, ice-skating, and building snowmen. I went to Central Elementary School in Petoskey through the fourth grade.
When WWII started, my parents, brothers, George and Jim, and sister, Dorothy moved to Saginaw where my father worked as an engineer designing aircraft propellers at the Chevrolet Plant. The new urban environment introduced me to jacks (also known as knucklebones), hopscotch, softball, and Saturday afternoon matinees. If you don’t know what some of these are, just” google” them.
Following a family tradition, in 1945, I began attending high school at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, WI, graduating in 1949.
While attending Central Michigan University, I met my husband, Pierce Erb, and we were married for 68 years before he passed away in 2019. We raised a wonderful daughter, Deborah, who had the good sense to marry Gary Green, the best son-in-law one could have. Their lovely daughter, Erin, also had the good sense to marry my terrific grandson-in-law, Daham Sol. Both Pierce and I always felt very fortunate to have had such a caring, supportive, fun family.
As for my working years, it all began in 1944, behind a lunch counter in Saginaw, after I received my Social Security card at the age of 12. In the ensuing years, I worked at Gattle’s Linens, Maters Boat Works, Petoskey Beverage Company, and Boyne Mountain, in bookkeeping and office management positions.
Community service was always important to me, which led to my being the Melrose Township clerk for 16 years, and later, treasurer of the Crooked Tree Library. In the late 1990s, interest developed in having a dedicated building for the library at Walloon Lake and I soon became involved with that worthwhile effort. As members of The Friends of the Library, Cynthia Hermann collaborated with me to publish Walloon Yesterdays, a pictorial history of Walloon Lake, with proceeds going towards maintaining the new library.
Retirement was another wonderful time of my life. It afforded me more time for two favorite past times, downhill skiing and traveling. Pierce and I camped and skied our way through the United States together. I was later joined by various friends on wonderful trips to New Zealand, the fjords of Norway, the Swiss Alps, and other European destinations.
With the passing of time and children in our lives, I joined several Petoskey ladies with whom I met monthly for pot-luck lunches while the kids were in school. We remained a very close-knit group for well over 50 years. There were also several ladies who played an important role in my life. Katie Littmann, whom I have known since I was eight, Cynthia Hermann, Rosemary Renwick, Penny Marshall, Sheryl Goodrich, and Rose Thelen are especially dear to me. My family and I would also like to thank Hospice of Michigan and the Comfort Keepers for the loving care they gave me.
As you probably know, it is always sad to lose someone you love, and I dearly miss those who preceded me in death, my parents; my husband, Pierce; my brother, George, and his two sons, Gary and Steve; my sister, Dorothy, her husband, Walter Ericks, and their daughter, Judy.
My survivors include my brother, Jim Whitfield; daughter, Debbie (Gary) Green; granddaughter, Erin (Daham) Sol; niece, Lynn Ardman; nephews, Mark, Scott & JC Whitfield, David and Walter Ericks, and numerous cousins.
I will end with the following, “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming, WOW, What a ride!!”
By the way, please consider donations in my memory to the Crooked Tree District Library (CTDL), PO Box 518, Walloon Lake, MI. 49796.
The very best to all of you…. Love, Mary.
Mary Erb passed 18 February 2023. Mary's obituary is accessible at the Nelson Funeral Home by clicking HERE.
~ Whittaker Family ~
Diasky "Dee" (1926~1968) and Esther (1900~1977)
Whittaker/Esther and Diasky "Dee" and son Dean (Ginny) AND daughter Darlea (Mose Matthew)
Diasky "Dee" (1926~1968) and Esther (1900~1977)
Whittaker/Esther and Diasky "Dee" and son Dean (Ginny) AND daughter Darlea (Mose Matthew)
Esther Hull (Whittaker) with brothers Aner and Ted... one child unidentified
20 May 1968 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
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Esther Whittaker
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6 June 1957 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
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Dean E. Whittaker
11 March 2018 ~ Petoskey News Review
12 March 2022 ~ Petoskey News Review
Karl and Matilda "Tilly" Wondrazek
1983 ~ Petoskey News Review
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1985 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Robert H. ( 1916~2000 ) and Natalie R. (1919~1989) Yaich ~
Robert H. Yaich, 83, of Walloon Lake; died March 28, 2000; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.
Robert Yaich later married Lucy Ecker whose husband Leo had passed away. Leo Ecker's obituary is above under the Ecker name.
Lucy A. Ecker Yaich, 87, of Grandvue Medical Care Facililty Boyne City, passed away June 4, 2014.
Robert H. Yaich, 83, of Walloon Lake; died March 28, 2000; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.
Robert Yaich later married Lucy Ecker whose husband Leo had passed away. Leo Ecker's obituary is above under the Ecker name.
Lucy A. Ecker Yaich, 87, of Grandvue Medical Care Facililty Boyne City, passed away June 4, 2014.
August 1959 ~ Emmet County Graphic article accompanied photo below left...
August 1959 ~ Emmet County Graphic photo/text accompanied article above...
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13 September 1989 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Ritva Sirkia, AFS Student lived with the Yaich Family in Walloon Lake in 1963.
