William Schramm, 80

William John Schramm, age 80, of Lake Orion passed away December 9, 2021. Beloved husband of Judith; dear father of William Schramm Jr, Kathleen Schramm (Rob Leggitt), and Paul (Christine) Schramm; proud Grandpa of Ryan, Will, Sam, Sophia, Carson, Matthew and Tyler; additional family Ann Marie (Neil) Dennis; dear Brother of Mary Ann (Butch) DePaula, […]

Some resources from Sandy Hook

Editor John Voket of The Newtown Bee in Newtown, CT reached out to us last week. The Bee and its staff covered the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy nine years ago.  “We are so saddened and upset by this latest attack on children right in your own community – and just want you and your team […]

Local businesses doing their part to help

Local businesses doing their part to help

Donation accounts organized By Don Rush We here at The Oxford Leader have seen lots of good will pouring out of people and businesses in the aftermath of the Nov. 30 shootings/killings at Oxford High School. Two local financial institutions, Oxford Bank and Genisys Credit Union want to warn folks to be careful when donating […]

As the nation turns its eyes to Oxford

As the nation turns its eyes to Oxford

By now there’s nary a soul in the entire United States of America who hasn’t thought of the Oxford community and the victims of a school shooting which left four students dead plus six more students and one teacher wounded from the gun fire. Our community newspaper The Oxford Leader was already ready for press […]

Gladys Graves, 99

Gladys Pearl (Stewart) Graves was born on December 2, 1922 and passed away exactly 99 years later. She lived a quiet and contented life grounded in her faith, family and pride of country. She is survived by her Daughter, Pamela Graves Phelps Mate. Grandchildren, Angela (Peter) Kolar, Tony (Lori) Phelps, Bob (Lana) Phelps, Ryan (Cindy) […]

Eric Keller, 63

Eric William Keller, age 63, of Metamora, unexpectedly went to be home with the Lord on Sunday December 5, 2021. Eric was born January 22, 1958 in Sacramento, CA, the youngest of Charles and Hilda (Calonje) Keller. He graduated from high school in Tucson, AZ in 1976. He then went on to enroll into the […]

Gladys Graves, 99

Gladys Pearl (Stewart) Graves was born on December 2, 1922 and passed away exactly 99 years later. She lived a quiet and contented life grounded in her faith, family and pride of country. She is survived by her Daughter, Pamela Graves Phelps Mate. Grandchildren, Angela (Peter) Kolar, Tony (Lori) Phelps, Bob (Lana) Phelps, Ryan (Cindy) […]

Eat for the cause . . . Oxford Strong

Eat for the cause . . . Oxford Strong

A couple of area eateries have reached out to us that I wanted to share. These two businesses don’t want fame or slaps on the backs . .. they just want to help. Locally, Scott Taylor and Crew at Sick Pizza downtown Oxford are (duh) making pizzas. Here’s the groovy part they are not selling […]

Tragedy at Oxford High School, shooter in custody

Tragedy at Oxford High School, shooter in custody

Five minutes of hell. That’s all it took from the first 911 call to when a 15 year old male Oxford High School sophomore was taken into custody. The teen surrendered to authorities without a struggle after firing up to 20 rounds from a semiautomatic handgun, killing three students and wounding eight others including one […]

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