Lauri JoAnne Robertson
Of Chelsea, MI, formerly of Detroit & Canton, age 69, died peacefully Tuesday, May 19, 2020 in her home. She was born April 1, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Richard & Geneva "Monell" (Nix) Moore. Lauri graduated from Henry Ford High School in Detroit in 1969. Family was everything to Lauri, and she especially loved watching her grandkid’s sporting events. She was crafty, and enjoyed shopping. Lauri enjoyed sporting events, the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings were her favorite teams. Lawrence G. Salyer
Gary A. McConnell
Age 85, died peacefully Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Tanglewood Assisted Living in Fenton, Michigan. He was born February 23, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Harold & Katherine (Wendelin) McConnell. He grew up in Milwaukee, and graduated from Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1955. He served two years in the US Army at Fort Lee, Virginia, from 1955-57. Gary worked for S. Abraham & Sons (SAS) in the shipping department for 40 years. Gary moved from Milwaulkee, WI, to Manchester in 1997. He was a member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor. He is first cousin to the late Rudolph Wendlin (artist for Smokey Bear).
Rosemary Kent Glenn
Aged 89, died peacefully of natural causes on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2020, with her family nearby in her apartment in the Silver Maples of Chelsea Retirement Neighborhood in Chelsea, MI. Born May 12, 1930, in Evanston, IL, to Charles Sledge Kent and Irene Isabella Schuler Kent, Rosemary spent her early years in Maine before the family moved to lower Michigan. She was a 1948 graduate of Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, MI, and graduated from Western Michigan University in 1951 with majors in English and Education. She met the love of her life, Robert B. Glenn, in a Shakespeare class. They wed in 1950 and shared 68 years of a very happy, successful, and busy marriage.
Martha Jo (Lutchka) Miller
of Gas City, Indiana age 74, died Monday, May 4, 2020 at the Wesleyan Health and Rehab Center in Marion, Indiana. She was born January 8, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Barbara (Blass) Lutchka. She was baptized at the Bushnell Congregational Church in Detroit, MI. Martha graduated from South Lyon High School in South Lyon, Michigan in 1964. She attended Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1968 and Masters degree in 1969. She was a member of Tau Beta Sigma a band fraternity. She received her teaching license in 1971 as a speech therapist and taught at the South Lyon elementary school. She taught there until she married Lewis Miller in 1974, who worked at the Environmental Automobile Certification division of the EPA at Ann Arbor, MI. She moved with her husband for the next 30 years when he began working for the Veterans Administration moving to various locations within the United States. The first move was to MN, then TX ,PA, IN. OR, NB, and OK. They retired to Gas City, IN in 2003, where she resided until her death.