Duane J. Baker age 80, of Fountain peacefully passed away on Monday, May 23, at Tendercare of Ludington. Duane was born on September 14, 1935 in Grand Rapids, MI to the late Jack and Irene (Laine) Baker. Duane attended Berlin High School and graduated with the class of 1955. He married Marilyn J. Bekkering on March 26, 1955 in Grand…
Five years ago Meghan McKenzie was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a year after she moved to Ludington to be with her fiancé, Brandon Cory. SLE is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. It can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, brain, and other organs. The underlying cause of autoimmune diseases is not…
Merle M. Cornell of Ludington passed away on May 24, 2016 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center of Ludington. Dennis M. Grant, 64, of Ludington passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Each year since the early 1900s, a group of veterans gathers about a week before Memorial Day and places flags on the graves of veterans in Lakeview and Pere Marquette cemeteries, a similar ritual takes place at the other cemeteries in the county. The group is a tradition that has been carried on…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Members of the Pere Marquette Township Fire Department were mourning the loss of one of their brothers tonight. Dennis “Denny” Grant, died this afternoon, a day after he was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Logan Township. Denny joined the on-call department in 1986 and worked his way up the ranks.…
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