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Obituaries

Mary (Mae) McCarthy

Mary (Mae) McCarthy passed away peacefully on Friday, February 27, 2026. Mary was born August 27, 1931, in Mossblown, Ayshire, Scotland, to William and Mary Price. She was raised alongside her sister, Veronica (Robert) Adair, and her brother, William Price. In her youth, Mary attended St. ...

Richard Melvin Lainson

Murietta, CA - Richard Melvin Lainson died after a long illness on January 30, 2026, at 89 years of age in Murrieta, California. He was born on February 27, 1936, in York, Nebraska, to Clarence Ray Lainson (a WWI veteran) and Dorthy Alice (Sherman) Lainson. “Dick” was the youngest of three ...

Don Parling

WATERSMEET, MI - Don Parling, age 89, a resident of Watersmeet, MI since 1993, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on February 22, 2026 at the Seasons of Life Hospice House in Woodruff, WI. Don was born in Ithaca, MI on July 14, 1936 to Vern and Cordie Parling. He married his wife ...

Richard “Byrd” Kramer

CHASSELL, MI- The world lost a good man when Byrd Kramer passed away on February 20 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. He was kind, gentle, honest, generous, funny, and well loved by everyone who knew him. He was born Richard L. Kramer in Bradford, PA and enrolled in the US Air Force after ...

Esther Harriet Johnson

SKANDIA, MI - Esther Harriet Johnson, age 61, of Skandia Township, passed away on February 24, 2026. Esther was born on July 12, 1964, in Munising, Michigan, the daughter of Raymond and Harriet (Credland) Kienitz. She was raised on the family farm in Chatham and graduated from Eben High ...

Richard “Byrd” Kramer

CHASSELL, MI - The world lost a good man when Byrd Kramer passed away on February 20 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. He was kind, gentle, honest, generous, funny, and well loved by everyone who knew him. He was born Richard L. Kramer in Bradford, PA and enrolled in the US Air Force after ...