Glenn Londer of Ortonville; Died December 30, 2020. He was 80. He was born on April 1, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Martin and Freda (nee: Schwartz) Londer. He is survived by five children, Lisa Marie Londer, Mark Lawrence Londer, Justin Glenn Londer, Jonathan Gerald Londer and Abigail Evelyn (Ahmed) Bharoocha; two grandsons, […]
James Jay Boyl of Ocala, FL, formerly from Oxford, left this world on December 28, 2020 to be reunited with his son, Scott Boyl, on what would have been Scott’s 36th birthday. Born on March 9, 1955, Jim was 65 years old. Jim was deeply loved by his surviving wife, Nina; his sons Jeff Boyl […]
Barbara LaVada Davidson died on Dec. 30, 2020. She was 94 years old. She was born Barbara LaVada Blaylock to Galen Sr and LaVada Blaylock, on January 11, 1926, of Pontiac. She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. Donald C. Davidson, brothers William Blaylock and Galen Blaylock Jr, grandsons Kevin and Kurt Davidson […]
Charles (Chuck) H. Wolle Sr., 83, of Leonard passed away early Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Ascension Hospital in Rochester Hills surrounded by his loving family. Charles was born on November 10, 1937 in Rochester to Chriss and Helen (Walberg) Wolle. He was a longtime resident of Leonard. Charles attended school in Leonard, Almont and […]
Last week the Rochester North-Oakland Elks Lodge #2225 presented Oxford-Orion FISH a check for $1,490.94. “Your Elks club has been very generous to FISH,” FISH’s Michelle Behm said. Pictured from the left are FISH’s Dana Stone, Sue Black, Behm, and from the Elks, Jason Judkins and Kari Cameron. Photo by D. Rush.
There’s a lot to say about the year 2020. Plenty went on in the Oxford area. Local governments from Addison Township to Oxford Village governed. Students studied. Merchants and ‘mom & pop” businesses did their best to make a profit. M-24 was torn up, right down to the dirt. There were elections — both local […]
Hard to believe I am sitting here penning the last column of one of the worst years in recent history. Of course COVID-19 was the number one topic throughout most of the year, and it probably will be well into 2021. Gosh, 2020 started out so nice. Here’s the first paragraph of of the first […]
A traveling exhibition, “Michigan in the Civil War”will make a stop in Oxford from Jan. 11 to Feb. 28. Oxford Public Library acquired the exhibit from the Detroit Historical Society. It features 10 free-standing kiosks, each examining a different theme in Michigan’s role in the war. Over 60 artifacts and photos give visitors insight into […]
In our 38th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area saw decreases in recent cases, an increase in total cases, while COVID related deaths remained the same. According to numbers provided by Oakland County, last week we reported there were a total of 949 cases from Leonard, west to Oxford; this week, 979 cases. […]
In our 37th week of reporting local COVID numbers, our area saw a decrease in recent cases, but an increase in total number of cases. There were no new COVID related deaths reported. According to numbers provided by Oakland County, last week we reported there were a total of 919 cases from Leonard, west to […]