June 12, 2025

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Obituaries

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Phillip Murray Zelickman

Phillip Murray Zelickman of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Livonia, age 82, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at his home in the Prairie Cottages of Chelsea Retirement Community. He was born August 31, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Herbert Hyman and Jean Jenny (Efros) Zelickman. Phil was a Master Plumber. He served in the ...

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Connie Kay Strautz

Connie Kay Strautz (85) of Dexter, passed away on June 6, 2025, after a long illness. Born and raised in Plymouth, Michigan, Connie graduated from Plymouth High School in 1957 and worked as a telephone operator at Bell Telephone Company, now AT&T. In 1964, she married widower Robert L. Strautz and helped him raise his ...

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Edith Alma (Adams) Bershas

Edith Alma (Adams) Bershas, 96, of Chelsea, Michigan passed away peacefully on May 31, 2025, after a brief illness surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard “Dick” Bershas in 1988 and her parents John and Edith Adams. Known as Alma to her friends and family, she was born February 21, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan. Alma graduated from Southeastern High School on June 20, 1947 and was in the top of ...

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Barbara Jean Robinson

Barbara Jean Robinson, age 73, of Grass Lake, Michigan, passed away peacefully at her home on May 30, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Born on October 22, 1951, in Jackson, Michigan, Barb was the daughter of Wayne and Helen (Heim) Harvey. A lifelong resident of the Chelsea area, she graduated from Chelsea High School, ...

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Olga Jean Mangold

Olga Jean Mangold, of Saline, Michigan, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2025, surrounded by family. Born September 13, 1930, in Jackson, Michigan, Olga earned a degree in accounting with a minor in art from Michigan State College. A six-week bike tour across Europe sparked her lifelong love of travel, ...

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B. Frances Hunn

B. Frances Hunn, age 80, of Chelsea, MI, passed away on May 29, 2025 at her home surrounded by family. Fran was born on August 2, 1944 in Ypsilanti, MI, the daughter of George “Frank” and Marion E. (Daggett) Campbell. She married Michael Mullaly in 1963, and they raised their three kids, Edward, Pamela, Tamera, ...

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Daniel Henry Polens

Daniel Henry Polens of Dexter, Michigan, age 55, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Michigan Medicine. He was born May 12, 1970, in Mt. Clemens, MI, the son of Robert and Emilie (Otte) Polens. Daniel graduated from Chelsea High School in 1993. He moved out on his own in his ...

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Audrey Kay Ritt

Audrey Kay Ritt passed from this life on May 28th, 2025 after a short stay in the hospital.  Audrey was born in Barryton, Michigan on December 3rd, 1940 to Cecil and Lillian (Hart) Darnell.  She grew up poor but her family shared a rich love of music.  They had a tradition of gathering around the ...

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Dean William DeVoe, Sr. 

Dean William DeVoe, Sr. of Stockbridge, Michigan, formerly of Chelsea, age 81, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2025, from heart failure. He was at home with the support of his family and hospice services. He was born August 30, 1943, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Arthur William and Viola Winifred (Burnett) DeVoe. Dean grew ...

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David Charles Lixey

David Charles Lixey (Formerly of Grosse Ile, Michigan), born April 3, 1943, son of Harvey and Katherine Lixey, passed away peacefully at the Chelsea Retirement Communities in Chelsea, Michigan on May 18, 2025. David spent many years living in a small home on Grosse Ile, Michigan, where he volunteered his time at the local animal ...

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Joanne Randall

Joanne Randall, of Munith, MI, passed away at her home on March 23, 2025. Joanne was born and raised in Northwestern Iowa, the oldest daughter of Richard and Dorothy Van Voorst. She grew up on their family farm in Sioux Center, a small and close-knit community known for its expansive fields and rich Dutch heritage. ...

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Mary Agnes Parsons

Mary Agnes Parsons, age 98, formerly of Chelsea, passed away on May 4, 2025 at her home in Apache, OK. She was born on November 5, 1926 to Melburn Embury and Mary (Culhane) Kniss in Jackson, Michigan. On July 27, 1943, she married the love of her life, Donald Emery Parsons, in Neosho, Missouri where ...

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Antonius “Tom” Vandervoort

Antonius “Tom” Vandervoort, of Chelsea, Michigan, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2025. He was 92 years young, born on April 13, 1933, in Sassehnheim, Netherlands. Known to all as Tom, he lived life to the fullest, living by the motto “work hard, play hard.” Tom’s passion for hockey was a lifelong affair, and he ...

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Tracy Ann (Synk) McDowell

Tracy Ann (Synk) McDowell passed away peacefully on the morning of May 10 from metastatic breast cancer, at the age of 63. She fought her disease with courage and grace, with her family always by her side.  Tracy was born April 30, 1962, to Bernard R. and LaVerne A. (Zidek) Synk in Berea, OH. She ...

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Melita (Paberzs) Vedejs

Melita (Paberzs) Vedejs passed away peacefully in her home in Chelsea, MI on May 11, 2025.  She was born on March 14, 1941, in Tukums, Latvia, in the middle of World War II. The Paberzs family of Lina and her 4 children (Father Janis was taken away to dig trenches for the Germans) was fortunate ...