Deaths, 2026

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

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• James “Jim” Carl Kuk, 75, of Ludington, died on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
• Katherine Joy Devers, 63, of Ludington, died on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
• Gladys Marie McKinney, 75, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
• Robert “Bob” Olsen, 79, of Ludington, formerly of Free Soil, died on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
• Mary Elaine (Jebavy) Krieg, 73, of Ludington, died on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
• Verna Lee Fugere, 77, of Ludington, died on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
• David T. Kozicki, 75, of Riverton Township, died on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
• Tina M. Revolt, 61, of Baldwin, died on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
• Carol A. Chapman, 70, of Branch, died on Monday, January 12, 2026.
• Jane Marie Durfee, 71, of Scottville, died on Tuesday,  January 13, 2026.
• Doris E. Reid, 98, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
• Ronald James Schultz, 79, of Ludington, died on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
• Virginia “Ginny” Laman, 87, of Ludington, died on Thursday, January 15, 2026. 
• Kelly LeRoy Lemire Sr., 63, of Fountain, died on Thursday, January 15, 2026 
• Richard J. Moreschini, 93, of Dublin, Mich., formerly of Muskegon, died on Sunday, January 18, 2026.
• Robert Michael “Mike” Brockwell,  57, died on Sunday, January 18, 2026
• Amy Elizabeth (Williams) Jalocha, 43, of Free Soil, died on Monday, January 19, 2026.
• Kenneth Samuel Hoadley, 64, died on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
• Marjorie Elaine Morang, of Free Soil, died on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
• Vito “Daniel” Astrowski, 96, of Ludington, died on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
• Lorree Kay (Hammond) Keating, 70, of Ludington, died on Sunday, January 25, 2026.
• Therese Ann Trapper, 68, of Ludington and Whitehall, died Monday, January 26, 2026
• Timothy Allen Segelstrom, 59, died on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
• Bradley Allen Blood, 80, of Ludington, died Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
• Linda Carol (Brown) Ayers, 86, died on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
• Gary Lee Finkbeiner, 68, of Ludington, died on January 28, 2026
• Sally Faye Iles, 82, of Ludington, died Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
• Richard Winters, 56, of Scottville, died on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
• Richard Joseph St. Hilaire, 79, of Ludington, died Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
• Dixie Lee Bogvad, 88, of Ludington, died on Thursday January 29, 2026.
• Mary E. Haynor, 68, of Ludington, died Thursday, January 29, 2026.
• Benjamin Earl Dibble, 93, of Ludington, died on Monday, February 2, 2026.
• Lee Harold Boulton, 73, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
• Rev. B. Douglas Niemi, 86, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
• Ellen Rae (Durham) Schroeder, 70, of Ludington, died on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
• Charlotte Marie Betka, 95, of Ludington, died Thursday, February 5, 2026
• Scott Jerome Russell, 86, of Custer, died on Saturday, February 7, 2026.
• Florice M. Lynn, 82, of Ludington, died on Saturday, February 7, 2026.
• Edith Chittum Dallinger, 75, of Ludington, died on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
• Craig Johnston, 69, of Texas, died on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
• James ‘Jim’ Virgil O’Brien, 85, of Ludington and Irons, died on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
• Veronica “Roni” A Loch, 74, of Ludington, died on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
• Karen Ann Johnson, 53, of Irons died on Friday, February 13, 2026.
• Paul Jeffery Schroeder, 74, of Ludington and Muskegon, died on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
• Donald Edward Allen, 63, of Scottville, died on Sunday, February 15, 2026
• Kimberly Renee Hornacek, 69, of Scottville, died on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
• Melvin Claypool, 96, of Scottville died on Monday, February 16, 2026.
• Scott A. Warden, 81, of Scottville died on Sunday, February 22, 2026.
• Edward Alan VandenBerg, 90, of Ludington, died on Monday, February 23, 2026.
• Ronald Francis Heglund, 68, of Scottville, died on Friday, February 27, 2026.
• Larry Arnold Rogner, 77, of Ludington, died on Sunday, March 1, 2026. 
• Margaret Anne (Sjoholm) Hayes, 85, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
• Beth Clemensen, 73, of Scottville, died on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
• Barbara Mary Bailey, 81, of Scottville, died on Sunday, March 1, 2026
• Daniel “Dan” Blackstone, 75, of Walhalla, died on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
• Nancy Joanne Anderson, 82, of Ludington, died on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
• Linda Marlene (Boals) Olson, 86, of Ludington, died on Friday, March 6, 2026.
• Deborah Juanita Krajkiewicz, 65, of Scottville, died on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
• John “Jack” David Courtland, 97, of Muskegon, formerly of Mason County, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
• Sally Ann Barnett, 72, of Branch, died on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
• Raymond E. Galinski, 93, of Ludington, died Friday, March 13, 2026.
• Bruce L. Gillett, 66, of Ludington, died on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
• Nellie May Anderson, 102, of Ludington, died on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
• Darlene Kay Dodson, 78, of Fountain, died on Sunday morning, March 15, 2026.
• Lyle H. Griffith, 92, of Custer died on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
• Timothy Kevin Hoyer, 68, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
• Christopher Lloyd Barnes, 52, of Ludington, died Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
• Elma Jean Heuschele, 84, of Baldwin died on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
• Robert Joseph Thurow, 84, of Scottville, died on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
• Otto William Wendt III, 83, of Fountain, died on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
• Sgt. James Paul Vernier, 22, of Fort Carson, Colorado, formerly of Free Soil, died on Monday, March 23, 2026.
• Lynette Marie Lehman, 61, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Ludington, died on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
• James F. Hartman, 79, of Scottville, formerly of Hillsdale, died Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
• Pamela Jo Beal, 87, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
• Earl William Standish Jr., 70, of Ludington, died on Friday, March 27, 2026.
• Carolyn S. McVicker, 69, of Fountain, died on Friday, March 27, 2026.
• Kimberly Mae Koslow, 55, of Ludington, died on Monday, March 30, 2026.
• Patricia Ada Kipen, 81, of Ludington, died on Monday, March 30, 2026.
• William “Bill” Koster, 66, of Ludington, died on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
• Tamara Ann Dunklow, 67, of Traverse City, formerly of Ludington, died on Thursday, April 2, 2026
• Kevin D. Duncil, 56, of Scottville, died on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
• Roger Duane Sanders, 87, of Scottville, died on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
• Barbara Jean Genung, 82, of Custer, died on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. 
• Ruth Mae (Warner) Freese, 94, of Ludington, died on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
• Diane Lynn (Gerbers) Paniagua, 61. of Ludington, died on Thursday, April 9, 2026.  
• Margaret Sue Hagan, 94, of Ludington died on Friday, April 10, 2026.
• Carol Lynn Hawk, 60, of Hillsdale, formerly of Ludington, died on Friday April 10,2026.
• Maureen “Missy” Ellen (Francis) Keough, 60, of Ludington, died on Monday, April 13, 2026.
• Evelyn Marie Suman, 88, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
• Mary Louise Ulrich, 83, of Ludington, died on Thursday, April 16, 2026.

Updated April 16, 2026

Listing of 2025 deaths.