Joan “Joanie” Edith (Ziemkowski) Schwass, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2026. She was 92. Joanie was born on September 15, 1933, to Harry and Claudia (Laird) Ziemkowski. She graduated from Ludington High School in 1951. After graduating Joanie was accepted into the nurse training program at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon where she began a lifelong career in the medical…
Rose (Motyka) Forman, 103, of Ludington, passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2026. Rose was born on Feb. 12, 1923, in Amber Township, Mason County and was the proud daughter of Polish immigrants Joseph and Agnes (Zasadnia) Motyka. She celebrated the extraordinary milestone of becoming a centenarian in 2023, marking a century richly lived and deeply cherished. Rose attended Eagle…
Ford Adelbert Taylor, 74, of Ludington, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Ford was born on March 14, 1952 in Ludington, the son of Adelbert and Clare (Huff) Taylor and graduated from Mason County Eastern High School with the class of 1970. In 1986, he married Karolyn Wollschlager in Ludington and they would have celebrated 40 years together this month. Ford…
Betty M. Gambicki, 98, of Ludington, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Betty was born on July 2, 1927, in Petoskey, to the late Bernard and Evelyn Blair. Her family moved to Saginaw where she graduated from Saginaw High. In 1948, she married Chester Cymbal and they started a family. In the early 1960s, they moved to Ludington and…
Yvonne Jeanette Carlson, 90, of Ludington passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2026 at home. She studied art at West Shore Community College and with private instructors. She shared her love of west Michigan through her paintings of lakes, sand dunes, rivers and birch trees and represents the many places she frequented with her family. Her artwork is displayed in…
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