Robert Steven “Steve” Walker
Robert E. “Bob” Noch
Robert E. “Bob” Noch of Chelsea, Michigan, age 91, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2026, at the Chelsea Hospital. He was born May 7, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Fred G. and Olga L. (Herman) Noch.
Bob was an active member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chelsea, and worked at the K-Mart Headquarters in Detroit, for 43 years. He enjoyed composing music and writing poems. Bob and his family moved to Taylor, after World War II, and moved to Southgate, in 1970. Later, they lived in West Bloomfield, Gregory, and at the end, Bob lived at the Chelsea Retirement community.
Paula Curtis
Paula Curtis of Jackson, Michigan, formerly of Chelsea, age 98, went to be with her Lord, Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at Legacy Assisted Living in Jackson. She was born January 18, 1927, in Aalen, Germany, the daughter of Edward and Monika (Bauhammer) Hefele.
Paula came to America in February of 1952. She was a longtime resident of Sharon Township, having lived there since 1953. Paula was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Chelsea, Sharon Township Women's Guild, and German Club. Over the years she worked as a nanny, at Kroger in east Detroit in 1952, and was a devoted employee for 23 years at Cedar Knoll Rest Home in Grass Lake. She moved to The Pines in 2015. Paula had an immense love for gardening, especially her flowers, baking, and cooking. You never visited her and went home hungry.
Joseph Arthur “Joe” Esty
Joseph Arthur “Joe” Esty of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Ann Arbor, Livonia, Princeton, NJ, and Del Ray, FL, passed away Monday, January 5th, 2026, at the age of 88, at the Chelsea Retirement Community in Kresge. He was born June 28th, 1937, in Plainfield, NJ, the son of Dr. Geoffrey and Valerie (Wrightmyer) Esty.
Joe went to George School Preparatory, a Quaker school in Newtown, PA, and earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Union College in NY, in 1959. Joe worked as a Civil Engineer Manager for Pennwalt Wallace and Tiernan for 37 years. He was a member of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Farmington, Ann Arbor, and Boca Raton. Joe was an avid Detroit and Michigan sports fan. He loved playing tennis, hiking in the Everglades, bicycling, and running, and enjoyed traveling with his wife Gail. He also enjoyed playing guitar with his son, Geoff, for family and friends, and at open-mic nights throughout the area, under the name Joe Troubadour.
Joyce Ann Boltz
Joyce Ann Boltz of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, age 93, passed away Monday, January 5, 2026, at the Chelsea Retirement Community in Glazier Commons. She was born August 9, 1932, in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Kenneth & Gertrude I. (Graham) Graham.
Joyce was a member of the Chelsea First United Methodist Church. She worked as a farmer's wife, a seamstress, office manager and a financial secretary at the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. Joyce also did wallpapering and was a volunteer at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.