Deaths 2025

The following deaths have been reported to Mason County Press in 2025:

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• Judy Kay (Laird) Granger, 85, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
• Roger Eugene Vernier, 56, of Free Soil, died on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
• Alfred Hiliarion Ardolf, 99, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
• Richard “Dick” George Hoffman, 82, of Scottville, died on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
• Stephen Thomas Nichols, 69, of Pentwater died on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
• Robert Blackbrun Neal, 85, of Ludington, died on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.
• Tod Howard Howell, 56, of Scottville, died on Friday, January 3, 2025.
• Stella Germaine (Schiller) O’Donnell, 94, of Ludington, died on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
• Sharon Rae Bialik, 83, of Muskegon, died on Sunday, January 5, 2025.
• Robert “Bob” Miller, 88, of Branch, formerly of Muncie, Ind., died on Sunday, January 5, 2025.
• Frederick S. Smart, 72, of Branch, died on Monday, January 6, 2025.
• Nancy Ann Nicewander, 89, of Ludington, died on Monday, January 6, 2025.
• Roselinda Martin, 85, of Branch, died on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
• Loretta Ann Cox, 85, of Free Soil, died Friday, January 10, 2025.
• Louise Joan Hornung, 100, of Ludington, died on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
• Curtis Lon Griffis, 76, of Ludington, died on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
• David Lee Luskin, 74, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
• Steven Troy Miller, 50, of Carr Settlement, died on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
• David W. Johnson, 80, of Scottville, died on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
• Bruce Howard Stafford, 44, of Ludington, died on January 18, 2025.
• Patricia Ann Porter, 64, of Ludington, died on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
• Diana Marie Bennett, 66, of Ludington, died on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
• Brenda Gail Stalter, 48, of Ludington, died on Monday, January 20, 2025.
• Geraldine Alma Rogers, 88, of Manistee, died on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
• Carol L. Fitch, 90, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
• Bruce M. Claveau, 76 of Ludington, former resident of Scottville, died on Friday, January 24, 2025.
• Cory Dean Kuipers, 41, of Ludington, died on Sunday, January 19, 2025.
• Lily Ann Ledesma, 64, of Ludington, died on Monday, January 27, 2025.
• Ronald W. Ortquist, 84, of Ludington, died on Monday, January 27, 2025.
• William Ronald Crilley, 85, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
• Donald Joseph Killips, 34, of Ludington, died on Thursday, January 30, 2025.
• Linda Marie Jankowski, 76, of Ludington, died on Friday, January 31, 2025.
• Edgar “Al” Allen Williams, 84, of Ludington, died on Friday, January 31, 2025.
• Patricia Ann (Buckley) Cunningham, 82, of Ludington, died on Saturday, February 1, 2025.
• Timothy James Cunningham, 68, of Fountain, died on Sunday, February 2, 2025.
• Martha Ann (Lindsey) Mielke, 77, died on Sunday, February 2, 2025.
• Billy Howard Curran, 70, of Ludington, died on Monday, February 3, 2025.
• Virgie Dee Haner, 68, of Ludington, died on Monday, February 3, 2025.
• Dianna Marie Fye, 73, of Baldwin, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
• Dorothy Caroline Cartier, 101, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
• Eugene “Gene” Jackson Campbell, 86, of Ludington, died on Wednesday February 5, 2025.
• John Peter Husted, 52, of Ludington, died on February 4, 2025.
• Mary Evelyn Stuart, 72, formerly of Ludington, died on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
• Beatrice Marie Hipley, 93, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 
• Michael Keenan, 85, of Scottville, died on Friday, February 7, 2025.
• Marilyn “Mo” Jane Desmet, 84, of Hamlin Township, died on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
• Deborah Susanne Soberalski, 70, of Ludington, died on Sunday, February 9, 2025.
• Flossie A. Miller, 92, of Pentwater, died on Monday, February 10, 2025.
• John A. Dieterich, 76, of Fountain, died on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
• Lynn Moyer Tooman, 70, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. 
• Charlotte Ann Mazur, 77, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
• Robert Hamilton Jensen, 78, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
• Diana Lynn Harris, 68, of Ludington, died on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
• Harlan E. Pleiness, 98, of Custer, died on Friday, February 14, 2025.
• Leawana “Kay” Youman-Kennedy, 66, of Ludington, died on Friday, February 14, 2025.
• Janis Arlene Compeau, 69, of Ludington, died on Sunday, February 16, 2025.
• Joy Beth Warner, 80, of Ludington and Clarksville, died on Monday, February 17, 2025.
• Charles Lavern Dewyer, 66, of Custer, died on Monday, February 17, 2025.
• Garth Roger Beebe, 93, died on Monday, February 17, 2025.
• Harry Wallace Raymond, 102, of Hart, formerly of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
• George Allen Bray, 71, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. 
• Samantha Jo Bateson, 16, of Custer, died on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
• Karl William Schmiege, 79, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
• Randy LaVerne Smith, 67, of Custer, died on Friday, February 21, 2025.
• Thomas “Tommy” Ray, 60, of Custer, died on Friday, February 21, 2025.
• Elaine Frances Paul, 78, of Scottville, died on Sunday, February 23, 2025.
• William Clarence Wheaton, 65, of Ludington, died Monday, February 24, 2025.
• Leonard “Lenny” Feldberg, 76, of Tallman and Ludington, died on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
• Robert Dunaway, 91, of Scottville, died on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
• Bernard Bovee Sr., 73, of Fountain, died on Friday, February 28, 2025.
• Fred Nylan Dettmer, 83, of Ludington, formerly of Rockford, died on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
• Stuart Richard Shelly, 90, of Scottville, died Saturday, March 1, 2025.
• Mary Bowne, 82, of Ludington, died on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
• Robert Joe Cook, 69, of Branch, died on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
• Pamela Zygutis, 63, of Fountain, died on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
• Marlene Kay Dell, 72, of Newaygo, died on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
• Roger A. Leonard, 58, of Ludington, died on Friday, March 7, 2025.
• Henry Lewis VerSluys, 88, of Branch, died on Saturday, March 8, 2025
• Margaret Mary (Thompson) Walunas, 102, of Ludington, died on Sunday, March 9, 2025.
• Rebecca Marie (Jensen) Jarmer, 49, of Ludington, died on Saturday, March 9, 2025.
• Constance Lynn (Chosky) Rossman, 78, of Fountain, died on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
• Reno F. Cooper, 31, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
• Donna Ellen Nelson, 92, of Ludington, died on Friday, March 14, 2025.
• Pauline Margaret Kokx, 84, of Ludington, formerly of Hart, died on Friday, March 14, 2025
• Terry Lynn Cooley, 67, of Ludington, died on Friday, March 14, 2025.
• Donna Ellen Shaw Nelson, 92, of Ludington, died on Friday, March 14, 2025.
• Marcia Marie Prince, 62, of Fountain, died on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
• Debra Anne (McLain) Gajeski, 72, of Custer Township, died on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
• Lynda Ann Wrenn, 59, of Scottville, died on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
• Debra Ann Munoz, 71, of Ludington, died on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
• Marlene Kay Cory, 86, of Ludington, died on Monday, March 17, 2025.
•  Howard “Sonny” Jacob Guenthardt Jr., 83, of Ludington, died Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
• Michelle Renee Patrick, 53, of Ludington, died Thursday, March 20, 2025.
• Lowell Eugene Anderson, 71, of Fountain, died on Friday, March 21, 2025.
• Ida Ruth Frazier, 89, of Ludington, died on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
• Janice Aileen Dunham, 69, of Ludington, died Saturday March 22, 2025.
• Lee Alan Ferdon, 67, of Ludington, died on Monday, March 24, 2025.
• William “Bill” Knutson, 59, of Fountain passed away on Monday, March 24, 2025.
• Dolores D. Weavers, 88, of Ruby Creek, died on Monday, March 24, 2025
• Ernest Marshall Cameron, 69, of Ludington, died on Friday, March 28, 2025.
• Goldie Marie McIntosh, 90, of Custer, died on Friday, March 28, 2025. 
• Margaret Mary Keith, 87, of Ludington, died on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
• John Blaine Hulick, 72, of Lebanon, Tenn., formerly of Ludington, died on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
• Jerry Lee Brown, 66, of Branch, died on Thursday, April 3, 2025,
• Raymond Willard Watkins, 85, of Branch, died on Friday, April 4, 2025.
• Judith Marlene Bullion, 72, of Custer, died on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
• Gerry Lee Hansen, 80, of Ludington, died on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
• Julie Ann Horowski, 62, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
• Michael T. Barnwell, 61, of Scottville, died on Friday, April 11, 2025.
• Robert “Bob” Lee Peters, 86, of Fountain, died Saturday, April 12, 2025.
• Mary Jane Blazek, 93, of Irons, died on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
• Roger Lee Comstock Jr., 61, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
• Janice Louise Leatherman, 62, of Scottville, died on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
• Daniel Robert Vargas Jr., 64, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Ludington, died on Friday, April 18, 2025.
• Dennis Lee Kalisch, 65, of Scottville, died on Monday, April 21, 2025.
• Frank “Tom” Waters, 88, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
• Edward Raymond Appledorn, 54, of Ludington, died on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
• Mark Rinkevicz, 59, of Scottville, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
• Patricia “Pat” Jean Johnson, 88, of Ludington, died on Monday, April 28, 2025.
• Scott David Alexander, 63, of Ludington, died on Monday, April 28, 2025
• Walter Gordon Harthun, 81, of Ludington, died Tuesday, April 29, 2025
• Diane Michele (Jankoviak) Sommerfeldt (Jankoviak), 42, of Fountain, died on Wednesday, April 30, 2025,
• Edward T. Chmielewski, 89, died on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
• Lawrence Allen Brower, 76, of Ludington, died on Friday, May 2, 2025.
• Donna Marie Thomas, 68, formerly of Scottville, died on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
• Daniel James Tanis, 74, of Ludington, died on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
• Robert Mathew Kemmer, 67, of Ludington, died on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
• Arthur “Art” Donald Hauck Sr., 88, of Free Soil, died on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
• Nellie Ann Ardolf, 80, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
• Ronald Sorensen, 82, of Custer, died on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
• Alfonso Padron, 87, of Scottville, died on Thursday, May 9, 2025.
• Hilda (Hernandez) Jankowski, 76, of Ludington, died on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
• Mary Louise Meissner (née Canada), 99, of Ludington, died on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
• Judy K. Miller, 82, of Pentwater, died on Sunday, May 11, 2025. 
• Frederick John Manning, 82, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
• Clifford Reed, 83, of Scottville, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
• Sally Louise (Porter) Currier, 71, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
• Sallie Mae Carto, 82, of Ludington, died on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
• Mary Ann Perkins, 78, of Ludington, died on Friday, May 16, 2025.
• Gloria Alice (Lenon) Taylor, 88, of Ludington, died on Saturday, May 17, 2025. 
• Raymond Carl Hanson Jr., 76, of Ludington, died on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
• Judee Ellen Larsen, 82, of Scottville, died on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
• Charlotte Marie (Lathrop) Betka, 70, of Ludington, died on Thursday, May 22, 2025 
• Helen Gladys Larson, 93, of Ludington, died on Friday, May 23, 2025.
• Ruth Ann Donald, 79, of Free Soil, died Saturday, May 24, 2025.
• Ronald Earl Roothame Jr, 68, of Ludington, died on Monday, May 26, 2025.
• Dawn Marie (Gulembo) Flores, 64, of Scottville, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
• Robert Richard Conley Jr., 55, of Custer, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
• Caroline Marie Baker, 91, of Ludington, died on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
• James “Jim” Louis DeRooy, 74, of Scottville, died Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
• Carolyn Sue Hood, 73, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
• Mildred K. Beard, 98, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
• Loretta Lee Moore, 83, formerly of Carr Settlement, died on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
• Sandra J. Crossman, 73, of Free Soil, died on Friday, June 6, 2025.
• Robert “Bob” Louis Lake, 78, of Scottville, died on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
• Frederick John Keson, 58, of Ludington, died on Friday, June 6, 2025.
• Gary Allen Moberg, 68, of Ludington, died on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
• Kieara Xaviera Stockwell, 16, of Ludington, died Saturday, June 7, 2025.
• Larry J. Sorensen, 77, of Ludington, died on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
• Lester “Les” Theron Lichte, 93, of Ludington, formerly of Farwell, died on Monday June 9, 2025.
• James Edward Martin, 90, of Ludington, died on Monday, June 9, 2025.
• Sharon Kay Bluhm, 73, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
• Janet Marie Sanders, 74, of Ludington, died on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
• Keith Paul Keegstra, 70, of Ludington, died on Saturday, June 14, 2025.

  Raymond Snay Jr., 58, of Branch, died on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
• Sheree Lynn (Case) Nicholson, 67, of Ludington, died on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
• Sue Petipren, 87, of Scottville, died on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
• Arlen Thomas McCloskey, 76, of Scottville, died on Friday, June 21, 2025.
• David Henry Honomichl, 80, of Branch, died on Saturday, June 21, 2021.
• Deb Wright, 76, of Ludington, died on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
• Sally Lee Carter, 74, of Ludington, died on Sunday, June 22, 2025.
• Loretta Rita Barber, 96, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
• Barbara Ann Traver, 95, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. 
• Josie (Josephine) Watson, 91, died on Friday, June 27, 2025.
• Sally B. Burmeister, 90, of Ludington, died on Friday, June 28, 2025. 
• Thomas James Bentz, 30, of Scottville, died on Monday, June 30, 2025.
• Richard Lee Biers, 76, of Free Soil, died on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
• Lois Irene (Pratt) Haus, 98, of Ludington, formerly of Pentwater, died on Thursday July 3, 2025.
• Richard R. Brezinski, 96, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
• Hollyn Marie Tompkins, 73, of Ludington, died Friday, July 4, 2025. 
• Jo Dereske, 77, of Ludington, died on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
• Patricia Lee (Sisko) Dettmer, 83, of Ludington, formerly of Rockford, died on Monday, July 7, 2025.
• Lisa Ann Morrill, 59, of Ludington, died on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
•  June Ina Short, 98, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
• Gary Salerno, 71, of Pentwater,  died on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
• William Herschel Wilde, 69, of Manistee, died on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
• Bonnie Kate Griffin, 86, of Ludington, died on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
• Jeri Sue Fleetwood, 70, of Ludington, died on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
• Margaret Jane “Maggie” McKee, 64, of Fountain, died on Monday, July 21, 2025.
• Debora Ann Fouts, 72, of Scottville died on Monday, July 21, 2025.
• Lavern “Vern” Welch, 72, of Fountain, died on Monday, July 21, 2025.
• Terry Lee Simons, 73, of Ludington, died on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
• Denise Ruth Burns, 80, of Ludington, formerly of Manistee, died Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
• Jose Juan Arenas, 55, of Ludington, died on Friday, August 1, 2025.
• Michael M. Magee Jr., 69, of Ludington, died on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
• Mark Allen Steigenga, 75, of Ludington, died on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
• Kraig Steven Yeck, 43, of Muskegon, died on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
• Jason Matthew Fox, 50, of Ludington, died on Monday, August 4, 2025.
• David Christian Boomgaard, 88, of Irons, died on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. 
• Katharine Ann “Katie” (Mudrovich) McPike, 81, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, August 5, 2025
• Earl Levern Hilden, 95, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
• Darlaine Marie Edel, 85, of Scottville, formerly of Hart, died on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
• Donald Willis Barnett, 95, of Ludington, died Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
• Butch Petzak, 85, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
• Henry Wilford Copenhaver Jr., 68, of Ludington, died on Friday, August 8, 2025.
• Lou Ann Sellon, 74, of Branch, formerly of Wellston, died on Sunday, August 10, 2025.
• Kenneth Steven Smith, 67, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
• Hugh “Hughie” Martin Ruggero, 69, of Ludington, died on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
• Zeferino Villanueva Jr., 55, of Pentwater, died on Friday, August 15, 2025.

Updated on Aug. 18, 2025