Jane Marie Schneider of Ann Arbor, Michigan, age 89, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2026, at Brookdale of Ann Arbor. She was born January 3, 1937, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the daughter of George & Helen (Klager) Swartout.
Jane graduated from Ann Arbor (Pioneer) High School in 1955.
Richard Scott Hastings of Chelsea, Michigan, age 63, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Trinity Health in Ann Arbor. He was born April 13, 1962, in Port Huron, Michigan, the son of Darryl Jon (Sue) Hastings & Blanche Kaye (Smith) Ryan.
Richard graduated from Washtenaw Community College with a degree in graphic arts. He worked at Dawn Food Products for 12 years, and had many side jobs, including construction. His most important job was being at home, raising his kids and being involved in their lives. He could build anything, was especially good at woodworking, and was a great artist. Richard loved hunting, fishing, and gardening. He was a loving & caring person. He was rowdy and wild until mellowed out as the “Papa” to his grandchildren.
Peter Mark Kersten (Paula Marrie Kersten) was born in Westland on August 2, 1967, and passed away Saturday, January 10, 2026. She was adopted by Donald and Kathleen Kersten in Ann Arbor. Peter graduated from Pioneer High School. He completed the automotive program at WCC and was 6 credit hours short of a BS in psychology from EMU. He had a medical discharge from the US Marine Corp. Peter worked at a variety of jobs, including restaurants, landscaping, and over-the-road trucking. He was married for 10 years.
Steven Albert Easudes, age 79, was a father, grandfather, husband, well-liked local realtor, former motorcycle mechanic, aviation enthusiast, and wizard with all things electrical. With his wife, Anna, he built a Greek Revival-style house on a 10-acre plot in Chelsea, furnished it with antiques (the jade green kitchen stove dated to about 1925), and spent fifteen years there raising sheep and llamas, accompanied by several border collies who enjoyed herding the sheep, the llamas, the cats, local wildlife, and Steve and Anna themselves. In recent years, with their cats and their remaining border collie, Steve and Anna retired to a smaller place in downtown Chelsea.
This all came to an end on the night of Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital. With his son beside him, Steve succumbed to the severe injuries he had sustained in a series of falls at the nursing home where he had been sent for physical therapy after a brief hospitalization.
Jack passed away January 8, 2026, after a long illness. He was born January 12, 1932, in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, the only son of Effie Belinda and Cecil Arnold Hicks. Jack received his Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Manitoba, and a Masters of Commerce from the University of Toronto. After a very short period as a navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force, he worked as an engineer for Canadian Westinghouse, and in various engineering management positions for Sperry Rand Canada. In 1970, he emigrated to the United States, to form Digital Electronic Automation, Inc., where he remained as President until his retirement in 1991.