Harold Wade Johnson passed away at home on Jan. 29, 2019. He was 83. Harold was born on May 24, 1935 in Pontiac. After graduating from Pontiac Central High School, he married his high school sweetheart, Nancy McClure, on Aug. 13, 1956. He served in the U.S. Army as a military police officer from 1954 […]
Marilyn Duguid, of Oxford, passed away on Jan. 29, 2019. She was 84. She was born to Harlan and Mildred Kaser on Feb. 6, 1934 in Detroit. Marilyn was the beloved mother of Cynthia Duguid, Linda (James) Fitzpatrick and the late Paul Duguid. Grandmother to Brent Williams, Leah (James) Earhart, Jason (Marilyn) Fitzpatrick, Christopher Fitzpatrick […]
Rosse “Claire” Middleton passed away peacefully at home in Oxford on Jan. 15, 2019 surround by family and friends. She was 74. She was preceded in death by her parents Cleon and Jane ( Lomprey) Middleton and youngest brother Tim. Claire is survived by daughter Beth (Jerry) Frederick of Pueblo West, CO, her son Dylan […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Carl Olson announces his passing due to complications from lung disease on Monday Jan. 14, 2019. He was 76. Born on Aug. 9, 1942 Pete grew up in Clawson. After serving his country as a maintenance technician for the missile program in the U.S. Army, […]
Robert Clement Evans, of Punta Gorda, Florida, originally from Oxford, passed away Jan. 20, 2019. He was 96. Robert, a 1941 graduate of Oxford High School and a longtime Oxford resident proudly served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946. He married a girl from Oxford, Jean Lillian Hall, in 1945. Bob […]
Sonja Noel Ewald, of Oxford, passed away on Jan. 7, 2019. She was 80. Sonja was the beloved daughter of the late Carl and Audrey Buechler; loving mother of Charles Ewald Jr. and Martha Ewald; and loving nanny of Kristen Ewald and Caitlin Ewald. She is also the loving sister of Carla (Darryl) Lamberston. Sonja […]
Lorraine Rose (Kurtz) Happke passed away on Jan. 11, 2019. She was 90. Lorraine was born Dec. 27, 1928 in Pierz, Minnesota, to the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Waytashek) Kurtz. She was united in marriage on Oct. 16, 1954 to Norbert Theodore Happke; also from Pierz, Minnesota. The couple moved to Oxford, where they raised […]
Former Oxford resident Bonnie Dempsey Caverly passed peacefully on Dec. 15, 2018 in Surprise, Arizona. She was 84. Bonnie was raised in Oxford, which throughout her years and adventures, she always considered her most beloved home. Bonnie and her husband Art were business owners in Oxford before moving to Florida in the mid-1970s. Predeceased by […]
Barry J. Ruff, a lifelong resident of Oxford, died unexpectedly on Jan. 5, 2019. He was 67. He was preceded in death by his parents, John William Ruff and Dorothy Louise Ruff, as well as his brother, Jeff Ruff. Barry is survived by his loving wife, Elizabeth (whom he married in 1979), his sister Karen […]
Allan Neef passed away peacefully on Jan. 1, 2019, at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, with his three children at his side. He was 90. Allan was born Jan. 17, 1928 to Laura and Arthur Neef and lived most of his life in the Grosse Pointes. He was active in the practice of law since earning […]