Rebecca “Becky” Akcasu
of Stockbridge, MI, formerly of Dowagiac, Ann Arbor, and Burbank, CA, age 58, died Saturday, January 21, 2017 at her home with her family at her side. She was born February 2, 1958 in Dowagiac, Michigan, the daughter of Robert & Rosemary (Trowbridge) Sprague.
Becky went to school in Dowagiac and spent her senior year at Interlochen. She earned her undergraduate degree in art at the University of Michigan. Becky worked in the Advertising Art Department at the Ann Arbor News. She then went to Washtenaw Community College and became an RN. Eventually, she worked at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in the neonatal intensive care unit in Ann Arbor. In 1998, she moved with her family to Burbank, CA, where she worked in the NICU at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. In 2015, they returned to Michigan, moving to Stockbridge so they could keep their horses, Festus and Belle, at their home. Becky returned to St. Joe until she was stricken with cancer. A life-long horse lover, she belonged to a horse camping group in California called “The Hoof Pack." She loved to cook and bake, and enjoyed making homemade pizza for her family. She will be missed, especially at family Pizza Night.
of Saline, MI, age 84, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at the Arbor Hospice Residence in Ann Arbor. She was born June 10, 1932 in Fort Loramie, Ohio, the daughter of Kora G. and Lula (Baucher) Harrod. Mrs. Booker graduated from Ft. Loramie High School, Defiance College, and Eastern Michigan University. She taught elementary school 25 years in Ohio, Maine, and Michigan. Since 1977, she was involved in women's work of the United Church of Christ, and honored as Woman of the Year in 1987. She belonged to Washtenaw Area Retired School Personal and served with her husband, Rev. Booker, in many churches. Bertha was very active with the Evangelical Homes Boards.
Jackson, Michigan, formerly of Chelsea, age 85, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Legacy Assisted Living in Jackson. He was born February 2, 1931 in South Lyon, Michigan, the son of John & Diana (Budreau) Seyfried. Richard enjoyed the outdoors: fishing, hunting, camping, cutting wood, and going up North to “Fletcher’s Floodwater”. He was a US Army Veteran. Richard was a plumber with Local 190.