Obituaries

Whitley C. “Scriv” Scrivner

of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Colorado, age 94, died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Chelsea Retirement Community. He was born August 14, 1922 in Tatum, New Mexico, the son of Clarence & Pearl (Rhea) Scrivner.   Scriv was an engineer at Sandia Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM. After retirement, he taught mathematics at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO.  He also worked with Habitat for Humanity and with many friends as a carpenter and helper.  He had a quick wit, a smart mind, and great love. 

On Feb 12, 1943, he married Katherine Batsel, at the First Baptist Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and she survives.  Other survivors include two daughters, Karen Rhea of Ann Arbor and Jenny Scrivner of Scottsdale, AZ, and 4 grandchildren. Scriv was preceded in death by his parents, 4 brothers, 4 sisters, and a son, Michael.

Donald F. Boehlke

age 79, died March 3, 2017 in Rives Township, Jackson County, Michigan.  He was born Dec. 22, 1937 in Albion, Michigan, the son of August Frederick & Lina Etta (Colmenter) Boehlke.  No public services are planned. Arrangements were entrusted to Cole Funeral Chapel in Chelsea.

John C. Allen

John Charles Allen, fondly known as Junior, of Ann Arbor passed quietly among his beloved family at the University of Michigan Hospital in the early hours of March 4, 2017. He was born on August 16, 1934 to John Wesley Allen and Freda Schultz Allen. He met Jean Irene Groeb at a dance in the Pittsfield Union Grange in 1950 and they married on May 6, 1955. They were married almost 62 years and had five children.

He was a hard-working man, who served in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He was a welder and a self-taught engineer who fabricated parts and designed machines for shops and factories in the Ann Arbor area for decades, first as a business owner and later with Bennett Installation and Marsh Plating until his retirement in 1996. Even after his official retirement, John returned to Marsh Plating to work on special projects.

Bernice Marie Vivian "Bunny" Norlander

Age 95, passed away on March 2, 2017 at Legacy Assisted Living in Jackson, Michigan. Bunny was born on April 3, 1921 in Virginia, Minnesota to M. William and Hilma (Alanen) Anderson.  Bunny moved to Michigan in 2014 to be closer to her children but spent most of her 95 years in Virginia having graduated from Roosevelt High School and Virginia Junior College. She retired as Vice President of Northern State Bank of Virginia after 34 years in banking.