Betty Ruth Damren
of Chelsea, MI, formerly Ann Arbor, MI, age 99, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born July 19, 1918 in Ames, Iowa, the daughter of Frank & Florence (Wilcox) Jessup, and grew up on a farm near Adrian, Michigan. Betty was a retired educator, living at the Chelsea Retirement Community. Her undergraduate degree was from Eastern Michigan University. After Pearl Harbor, she volunteered for the Red Cross and was stationed in London during some of the perilous times of World War II. She and her husband Samuel N. Damren married after the war and moved to Ann Arbor. She received graduate degrees from the University of Michigan and worked at the University's Children's Psychiatric Hospital and the Ann Arbor Public Schools as a reading specialist during her career. She was a long-time volunteer with Arbor Hospice and Friends in Need.
Age 59, died Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Allegiance Hospital in Jackson. He was born December 9, 1958, the son of John & Irla M. (Scripter) Rosentreter. 
of Saline, Michigan, formerly of Chelsea, age 79, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Linden Square in Saline. She was born March 2, 1938 in Garrett, Kentucky, the daughter of Granville and Nannie (Hicks) Stanley. Peggy was a homemaker and loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening and flowers.