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.
• 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.

Updated on March 12, 2025