Mary Lou Jury
of Chelsea, MI, age 98, died Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born March 15, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Fred Palmer & Mary (Costello) Todd. Mary Lou taught Church school, sang in the choir, led small exercise & discussion groups. She worked on many committees in the minister’s wives groups. She worked for Blue Cross & Blue Shield and a library during her early life, then focused on being a mom and minister’s wife. She was active at Chelsea Retirement Community and volunteered in their Thrift Shop and Gift Shop.
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Doris Staples died peacefully Aug. 28, 2018 at the Chelsea Retirement Community (CRC). The only child of George and Lena Tremlin, Doris was born on Feb. 15, 1922, in Pinconning, MI. Following the death of her father when she was 18 months old, Doris and her mother, a teacher, lived in Flint until Lena’s death in 1938, when Doris moved to Millington, MI to live with her grandmother Julia Egle and aunt Florence Egle. As a teenager, Doris played piano and loved to dance. She dipped ice cream cones for 10 cents an hour at a local drug store and later, as part of America’s World War II effort, worked at a factory in Frankenmuth during summer breaks.
of Chelsea, MI, age 82, died Friday, August 24, 2018 at the Chelsea Retirement Community. He was born September 6, 1935 in Chelsea, Michigan, the son of Emmett Matthew & Oleta (Hutzel) Hankerd.
of Chelsea, Michigan, age 91, died unexpectedly Friday, August 17, 2018 at his home. He was born March 27, 1927 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the son of Clarence Carl & Ethel (Schock) Bauer. Howard lived in Chelsea for 30 years, coming from Ypsilanti. He retired from Ford Motor Company in Ypsilanti. Howard was a Boy Scout leader in Troop 754 of Belleville. He was a long-time member of Tri-County Sportsman's Club in Saline. Howard loved to visit with everyone he saw.