Obituaries

Lois J. Chiesa

of Chelsea, Michigan, age 87, died Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born January 18, 1931 in Arma, Kansas, the daughter of Frank L. & Mary (Dugoni) Wilson.

  Lois did volunteer work for many years at Bayshore Windmill Village, Freedom Village, and Beaumont Hospital.  She liked to say, “Think of me with a smile or don't think of me at all.”

Terry Allen Loomis

Of Chelsea, MI, age 65, died Monday, December 17, 2018 at his home. He was born October 9, 1953 in Flint, Michigan, the son of Douglas LeRoy & Donna Evelyn (Lee) Loomis.  Terry enjoyed golfing, shooting pool, playing his keyboard & seconds on anything to eat.

He is survived by one daughter, Teri Nicole "Nikki" (Larry) Carter of Montrose; one brother, Mark Loomis; three sisters, Kathy Loomis, Connie (Gary) Elder, Darry Chaney; his stepmother, Veronica Loomis; three stepbrothers, Dennis (Donna) Pelon, Stephen (Julia) Pelon, Mark Pelon; four stepsisters, Carolyn Norton, Cynthia (Mohammad) Jarrad, Claudette (Edward) Coughenour, Charlotte Sanchez; six beloved grandchildren, Molly, Lawrence, Natalie, Eden, Avalynn, and Lydia.  He was preceded in death by both parents and stepbrother Greg.

Lyle Tindall

Age 72, died Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Superior Woods Heathcare Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan. He was born September 14, 1946 in Ypsilanti, the son of Donald J. & Evelyn Wilhemina (Haack) Tindall.  Lyle graduated from Ypsilanti High School, and then attended Cleary College. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. Lyle worked for the UAW Ford plant in Ypsilanti. He was a proud member of Alcoholics Anonymous and the UAW Local #849, where he was chairman of the Retirees Chapter for many years. Lyle was also a member of the UAW Veterans Committee, and on the Board of Directors of People Driven Credit Union in Ypsilanti.  Lyle liked his motorcycle, and was part of the Road Warriors senior motorcycle club.

Bonnie J. Lausted

At the feisty age of 97, Bonnie Jean slipped away peacefully in the night, Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at Atria Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was born November 23,1921 in Kewanna , IN, the daughter of Don & Edna (Smith) Nafe. When her parents moved to Michigan to work in the Willow Run Bomber plant during WWII, Bonnie was in nursing school in Indianapolis, Indiana. When she graduated she too moved to Ypsilanti where she met Gwen Carl Morhous. She was a young nurse at the old Beyer hospital and he, the supervising architect of the new.

Bonnie was a very bright, independent woman who in some ways was way ahead of her time. She found her intellectual love as an emergency room nurse supervisor, where the excitement of a busy emergency room kept her energized and passionate about great emergency patient care. She had amusing stories to tell and if anyone ever needed emergency care, they’d want her on their team. In another lifetime, she might have become a very successful doctor. She was very proud of her nursing career having worked at one time or another at all the local hospitals. She even worked at the Chelsea hospital at it’s beginning when it was just one building with an emergency clinic.