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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


Marie A. Marek, 85, Suttons Bay, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Vern Baxter, 89, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Details


Hedy Klara Arpagaus, 88, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


Annette A. Deibel, 99, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Details


Brian Michael Douglas, 44, Cadillac, Reynolds Jonkhoff Details


Barbara Jean Tibbetts, 96, Traverse City, Reynolds Jonkhoff Details


Patricia L. McNeil, 57, Lake Leelanau, Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau Details


Marie Agatha Grace Ronayne, 88, Interlochen, Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services Details


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