Obituaries

Shirley Gean Salow

of Jackson, MI, age 90, died Monday, December 14, 2020, at Jackson County Medical Care Facility . She was born May 14, 1930, in Norvell, Michigan, the daughter of Everett & Adeline Agnes (Schneidenbach) Moore.  Shirley graduated from Chelsea High School in 1948. She was mother to seven children. She worked for Marzon Electric and Ruhland Electric in Howell. Shirley was a former member of Zion Lutheran Church.

Ralph Stephen Erskine

of Stockbridge, MI, age 69, died Monday, December 7, 2020, at his home with his family and pets at his side. He was born May 27, 1951 in Ann Arbor, the son of Ralph R. and Dolores V. (Edick) Erskine.  Ralph worked as a Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer at the University of Michigan, retiring in 2012, after 28 years. He enjoyed dirt biking, and fishing, especially in Canada. Steve was a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He was involved in T-ball and Cub Scouts with Steve Jr. and was always a present father.

Milissa Dawn (Wright) Cramer

of Fort Myers, Florida, formerly of Chelsea, MI & Nashville, TN, age 59, died Friday, December 11, 2020 at Hope Hospice in Ft. Myers, FL. She was born October 19, 1961 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the daughter of Donald L. and Lawanda D. (Davis) Wright.  Milissa graduated from Chelsea High School in 1979  She moved to Tennessee about 15 years ago, and worked in the office for the Tennessee National Guard, and later for the Home Depot in Nashville.  She moved to Florida due to medical conditions to be near her family.

Arlene Dobberstein Harvey

Of Chelsea, Michigan , age 95, died at her home in Silver Maples of Chelsea on December 14, 2020 and is now at peace, with her Lord and Savior. The daughter of Clarence and Laura Koengeter, she was born on May 5, 1925, on a farm south of Chelsea. She enjoyed being her Dad’s helper on the farm and attended a one-room school for the first 8 years of her education. The foundation of her faith was received at Zion Lutheran Church, Rogers Corners, where she was baptized, confirmed and married. She graduated from Chelsea High School in the class of 1942 and from Cleary College in 1943. She was a secretary at the University of Michigan for two years and then attended Capital University in Columbus, Ohio for three years. In 1948, she married Ralph A. Dobberstein of Dayton, Ohio. He was a WWII veteran and later a US Forester. They were blessed with four children, the joys of their lives: Tom; twins: Mary & Gary; and Tim. During their married life, they lived in Rome and Newnan, Georgia; Vallonia, Indiana and Ann Arbor, Michigan. She retired after fifteen years from Concordia College in Ann Arbor, as accounting supervisor.