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Dianne Louise Elliott, 83, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Nicholas Wiesen Bentzien, 25, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Details


Richard Edmund Jakee Jr, 64, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Kathleen Joyce Donner, 84, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Dorothy Marie Evancho, 93, Empire, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Thomas Woods, 84, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Details


Joanne F. Popa, 91, Solon Twp., Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Mary A. Schlee, 94, Suttons Bay, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Elinor A. Swenson, 74, Suttons Bay, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Steven Nelson Purvis, 75, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


William Charles Rankin, 98, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Ronald J. Neirgarth, 73, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Dora P. Eastman, 71, Peshawbestown, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Esther E. Crocker, 94, Suttons Bay, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


George M. Janus, 67, Northport, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Michael A. Shackleton, 83, Suttons Bay, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Maxine Mae Diller, 94, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Angeline Elizabeth Corner, 96, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Ken Ronald Jeffery, 80, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Richard J. Krahn, 73, Suttons Bay, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


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