Alan Gerard Hitch was born on Feb. 14, 1966 in Utica and passed away Aug. 29, 2021. He was 55. He is the son of John Francis Hitch, Jr. and Josephine Ann (Jo Ann) Terzo Hitch. His siblings are Ramona (Hitch) Norton and brothers Paul Hitch and Carl Hitch. Alan was preceded in death by […]
Myrna Madilene Detroyer,of Oxford, passed away on Oct. 15, 2021. She was 73. Myrna was the beloved wife of Dennis Michael Detroyer for 34 years; loving mother of Amy (Rick Martinez) Cicchini, Mary (Jim) Pettinato, Christopher (Alisha) Clark, Andrew Clark and Denny Detroyer Jr.; loving nana of Kori, Joey, Teddy, Rowyn, Kendra, Chloe, Christopher, Quinn, […]
Oxford resident Dawn Salswedel passed away on Oct.13, 2021. She was 88. Survived by her brother-in-law Dale (Jan) Salswedel; sister-in-law Judy Cochran; three children, DuAnne (Cook) Salswedel, Debra Dearing and Darrin (Lily) Salswedel; four grandchildren, Christy Cook, Katelyn (Jon) Perry, Zoe Salswedel and Trey Salswedel; and one great-grandson, Aiden Perry. Mrs. Salswedel married her high-school […]
Former Oxford resident Cheryl L. Crisman of Traunik died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 at U.P. Health Systems Marquette. She was 62. She was born on January 21, 1959 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Clifford and Doris (Smith) Crisman. Cheryl grew up in Oxford and graduated from Oxford High School. She raised her two sons […]
Born in Great Britan on Dec. 8, 1937, Frederick G. Dickman passed away on Oct. 2, 2021. Fred is the beloved husband of Jean (Ellard) Dickman for 56 years; father of Wendy Mlynarek and Philip Dickman; father-in-law to Robert Mlynarek and Sherry Dickman; and doting grandfather – “Papa” – to Justin and Ryan Klotz and […]
James Leszczynski passed away on Sept. 13, 2021. He was 79 years old. He was born on Dec. 20, 1941. James, aka Jim, Jimmy, Umpie, Uncle Jimmy, Husband and Dad – a man little in statue but huge in effervescent energy, endless borderline inappropriate humor and the sweetest and strongest personality ever to walk this […]
Michael R. Dean Sr., age 71, a resident of Oxford for 24 years, died Thursday, March 4, 2020. Michael was known as a “Car Guy” for his love of classic cars, especially the Chevy Corvette. He was a member of multiple Masonic organizations, and particularly enjoyed traveling for Scottish Rite reunions and getting his passports […]
Oxford resident Mary Catherine Gibbs, 92 passed away on Sept. 21, 2021. She had three of her six children by her side when she took her last breath. Mary Catherine was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1929. Mary’s parents Harold and Margaret Drachslin soon after moved to Hornell New York along with her […]
Geraldine Mary Morley (Burgard), 88 of Oxford, passed away Sept.17, 2021 with family by her side. She was born in Monroe, Michigan on June 1, 1933 and moved to Oxford when she was 10 years old. Geraldine is survived by her children Michael (Linda) Morley, Thomas Morley, Ruthanne (Richard) Dudley, Bryan (Annie) Morley, Wanda (Wally) […]
Margaret Faye Basela, age 76, passed away September 15, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born September 17, 1944 in Detroit, the daughter of Arby and Lorine (Jackson) Chandler. She graduated from Pershing High School in Detroit in 1962. She worked for many years as a security officer for General Motors. She married her […]