Howard Willson
Of Manchester, MI, age 84, died Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ypsilanti. He was born October 9, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Harry & Ruth (Mills) Willson. A lifelong airplane aficionado, he was a pilot and even built his own kit-plane, an Avid Flyer. Howard retired from Chrysler, where he had worked as an engineer for 34 years until his retirement in 2000.Lauri JoAnne Robertson
Of Chelsea, MI, formerly of Detroit & Canton, age 69, died peacefully Tuesday, May 19, 2020 in her home. She was born April 1, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Richard & Geneva "Monell" (Nix) Moore. Lauri graduated from Henry Ford High School in Detroit in 1969. Family was everything to Lauri, and she especially loved watching her grandkid’s sporting events. She was crafty, and enjoyed shopping. Lauri enjoyed sporting events, the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings were her favorite teams. Rosemary Kent Glenn
Aged 89, died peacefully of natural causes on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2020, with her family nearby in her apartment in the Silver Maples of Chelsea Retirement Neighborhood in Chelsea, MI. Born May 12, 1930, in Evanston, IL, to Charles Sledge Kent and Irene Isabella Schuler Kent, Rosemary spent her early years in Maine before the family moved to lower Michigan. She was a 1948 graduate of Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, MI, and graduated from Western Michigan University in 1951 with majors in English and Education. She met the love of her life, Robert B. Glenn, in a Shakespeare class. They wed in 1950 and shared 68 years of a very happy, successful, and busy marriage.
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Gary A. McConnell
Age 85, died peacefully Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Tanglewood Assisted Living in Fenton, Michigan. He was born February 23, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Harold & Katherine (Wendelin) McConnell. He grew up in Milwaukee, and graduated from Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1955. He served two years in the US Army at Fort Lee, Virginia, from 1955-57. Gary worked for S. Abraham & Sons (SAS) in the shipping department for 40 years. Gary moved from Milwaulkee, WI, to Manchester in 1997. He was a member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor. He is first cousin to the late Rudolph Wendlin (artist for Smokey Bear).