Alice BARRIE

BARRIE, Alice of Orion Township; passed away August 2, 2019. Preceded in death by her husband Woody and her siblings Albert Bates, Samuel Bates and Pearl Pennybacker; loving mother of W. Lee (Sharon) Barrie, Sandy Lawrence and Gary (Joanne) Barrie; beloved grandma of Sam (Nancy), Adam (Trish), Gretchen (Pete), Amy (Johnathon), Josh, Jeff (Patti), Julie […]

Patricia Ann ANDRUS

ANDRUS, Patricia Ann “Patti” of Waterford; passed away July 26, 2019; age 66.  Preceded in death recently by her longtime companion Harrison “Harry” Miller.  Loving daughter of Louise and the late Kenneth Andrus.  Beloved sister of Gloria Ross, Joann (Richard) Martello, Richard (Susan) Andrus and Mark Andrus.  Also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, extended […]

Reverend Monsignor Robert S. Humitz

Humitz, Reverend Monsignor Robert S. “Fr. Bob” passed away peacefully August 1, 2019; age 85. Longtime Catholic priest serving many parishes faithfully for 59 years. Preceded in death by his parents Steven and Matilda Humitz and brother James Humitz. Loving brother of Timothy Humitz and brother in law of Kathy Humitz. Devoted uncle of John […]

L. Brooks Patterson passes away

L. Brooks Patterson passes away

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson died at 5:30 a.m., Aug. 3, at his Independence Township home surrounded by family and friends after a battle with pancreatic cancer.  Patterson announced we was battling the disease this past March.  In an article in The Clarkston News, he passed on a message to our community, “Tell everyone […]

James “Curt” BAILEY

BAILEY, James “Curt”; of Waterford; July 29, 2019; age 72; husband of Dianne for 50 years; father of Laura (Tony) Graham, Thomas (Jodie) Bailey & Kevin (Rosa) Bailey; grandpa of Bayla & Althea Graham, Kendall, Payton, Harper, Addison, Sydney & Brianna Bailey; son of Ray (late Eula) Bailey; brother of Bud (late Trudy) Bailey, Betty […]

John G. THOMAS

THOMAS, John G.; 1/20/1924 – 7/27/2019; of Clarkston, MI; husband of Roberta; father of  Paul (Karen) Thomas, Dan (Candy) Thomas , Elaine (Rodrigo) Andrade and the late Irene (Rich) Love;  Grandpa of Angie (Gordie) Golec, Kaitlin (Mark ) Petersen, DJ Thomas, Jessica (Matt) Miller, Trisha (Aaron) Nelson, Lindsay Hiro, Colin Weber, Chris Weber, Meredith Russell, Barak […]

H. Robert STROM

  STROM, H. Robert; of Wixom, formerly of Pontiac, passed away unexpectedly July 27, 2019; age 77; husband of Maria (Graziano); father of Dr. Scott (Kelli) Strom & Annemarie (Isaac) Robinovitz; grandpa of Taylor & Jacob. He was preceded in death by his parents Doris Ann (Price) and H. Eric and siblings Sandra, Norman and […]

M. LaVonne KAUL

KAUL, M. LaVonne; born Sept. 27, 1918 in Springdale, AR; of Clarkston, formerly of Pontiac, MI; passed away July 25, 2019 at age 100; preceded in death by her husband Vernell & infant son Gary; mother of Tim (Linda) & Mike; grandma of Gary (Lisa) & Ryan (Lorie);  great grandma of Garrison, Kaelyn, John & […]

David John

David John, age 83, of Tellico Village in Loudon, a former Clarkston resident for 20 years, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, from a glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. Born on October 6, 1935, in Buffalo, NY, to Victor and Josephine John, he grew up in Pleasant Ridge, Mich. After his graduation from Michigan […]

Celeste Steinhelper Wood

Wood, Celeste Steinhelper, of Clarkston, passed away on July 20, 2019 at the age of 46, after a courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer.   She is survived by her beloved husband of 19 years, Jared; her daughter, Emerson (14); her parents, Chuck and Sharon Steinhelper; her sister Heather Wiley; her half-siblings Kim and Chris Steinhelper; and her nephews, Luke and Brayden Wiley and Grant Steinhelper.  Celeste graduated from Clarkston High […]