of Garden City, MI, formerly of Chelsea, age 45, lost his battle with cancer on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at U of M Hospital. He was born February 6, 1970 in Saginaw, the son of John L. & Mary Ellen Cox. Ed graduated from Chelsea High School in 1988. He served in the US Air Force before working at iConnect, and later at Tegrit Software Ventures.
Of Grand Rapids, Michigan, formerly of Chelsea, age 79, died Thursday, August 6, 2015 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was born May 11, 1936 in Salyersville, Kentucky, the daughter of Amos & Frances (Bailey) Auxier. Bobbie was a member of Faith Baptist church for many years. She also attended Dexter Gospel for several years.
of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Grand Rapids, age 93, died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born September 27, 1921 in Williamson, WV, the daughter of Charles Clendennin & Charma Leota (Fulton) Parsons. She married Jack Franklin Davidson Sr. and she is survived by their two children, Jack (Georgeana) Franklin Davidson Jr. of Sparta, MI and Charma Kay (Robert D. Dick) Shoemaker of Chelsea, MI, and two grandchildren, Harley Davidson and Scott-Paul Shoemaker.
Age 86, died unexpectedly Sunday, August 2, 2015 at Silver Maples of Chelsea. She was born August 9, 1928 in Berwyn, Illinois, the daughter of Paul Leander & Bessie (Boileau) Bates. Betty graduated with a Bachelors Degree in vocal Music Education of Arts from Cornell College in Iowa, and received her Masters in Music from the University of Michigan. She taught vocal music while in college. Betty sang in the choir at the First United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor for over 45 years, where she and Jim were long-time members.
of Chelsea, Michigan, age 98, died Sunday, July 26, 2015 at Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born May 2, 1917 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Edward & Olga (Ernst) McCallum. She was the oldest of 4 children.She has been preceded in death by her siblings Glendora Rodriquez, Beatrice Letsis and Duane McCallum. On Nov. 14, 1936, she married Sheldon “Bake” Baker in Saline, MI, and he preceded her in death on March 2, 1995. They lived in Plymouth, MI until 1958 when they moved to Rogers, AR with the Daisy Manufacturing Company. Skip returned to Michigan in 2006.