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Trillis M. Boyer

of Bayonet Point, FL, formerly of Chelsea, MI.  Age 90, died Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Golfside Hospice in Hudson, Florida. She was born September 26, 1925 in Owosso, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph E. & Mildred M. (McCully) Eaton.

Trill was born in Owosso, lived in Grand Ledge, Mulliken, spent 25 years in Chelsea and 11 years in Milford, MI before moving to Bayonet Point, FL in 1980.   She was a Dental Assistant at U of M, retiring in 1972. She was active in the United Methodist Church (Head Usher for past 12 years and on the Worship Committee as well as head of registration in SHARE program for 6 years).

Patricia Flora Gregen

of Dexter, MI, age 89, died Monday, September 12, 2016 at Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born March 16, 1927 in Ecorse, MI, the daughter of Edward and Flora (Acres) Culbert

   She married John Gregen, and he survives.

    A memorial service was held Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, 11:00 am at St. James Episcopal Church in Dexter, with Rev. Carol Mader officiating.  Her ashes here interred at the St. James Memorial Garden.  Arrangements by Cole Funeral Chapel, Chelsea.

Joyce A. (Grob) Lovely

of Dexter, Michigan, age 70, went home to be with her family and Lord on Monday, August 22, 2016 at her home in Dexter. She was born December 7, 1945 in Jackson, Michigan , the daughter of Roy & Bertie (Fitzpatrick) Whitaker.   Joyce enjoyed working in her flower gardens, reading, going to the casino, playing bingo, and her wonderful rescued cats. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, the Grob and Lovely families, friends and her cats.  

Evelyn Elizabeth Faucett

   Evelyn Elizabeth Faucett was born on February 28, 1917 in Moradabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her parents, Robert Isaac Faucett and Myrtle Bare Faucett, were Methodist missionaries in India for many decades as were her grandparents, Charles Lysander Bare and Susan Winchell Bare.

Donna Lorraine Reincke

Age 90, of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Traverse City, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016.  Donna was born on December 2, 1925, in Traverse City, Michigan, to Hollis L. and Bertha Marie (Bisel) Hubbell.  Upon graduating from Traverse City Central High School, where she had been an excellent student, sung in the choir, and performed in school plays, she pursued her goal to become a nurse.  Her nursing career started at Wayne State University; however, it ended suddenly due to a serious illness. An even greater dream was fulfilled in January 1947 when she married her high school sweetheart, Wesley Reincke of Suttons Bay. They spent the next 67 years together making a home, raising a family, moving to Lansing, and returning to Traverse City (where they lived in the same house for 55 years), traveling, building a cottage, and working towards an early retirement. In retirement, they enjoyed life at their summer home on Lake Leelanau and spending winters in Florida and Alabama.