DETROIT — David J. Johnson, age 74, of Detroit, passed away on December 30, 2025 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. A full obituary will be forthcoming. A service will take place at the Skradski Funeral Home in Gladstone at a later date. The Skradski Family Funeral Homes of Delta County are ...

MANISTIQUE — David P. Slining, longtime Manistique resident, passed away on December 30, 2025. The family is planning a small burial service in the Summer of 2026 at the family plot in Fernwood cemetery in Gladstone, MI. If you wish to honor David and let his legacy of love for animals ...

RAPID RIVER - Kay Lorraine Gleeson of Rapid River, Michigan, passed away on December 30th in the company of her soulmate, James. She was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1947 to Lynn and Patricia Kindy. Kay attended the University of Michigan, where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi ...

Betty Lou (Birchmeier) Rochefort, 92, of Escanaba, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Betty is the daughter of Anthony and Olive (Schuster) Birchmeier and was born on October 20, 1933 in Maple Grove, MI. She attended St. Michael's Catholic School until the tenth grade. She lived in ...

MONTAGUE — John Anthony Kahl Jr. was born April 15, 1977, to parents John and Renee Kahl in Escanaba, Michigan. He married his wife, Caresse Joy Kahl (Day), on March 29, 2003, and together they raised two children, Logan Anthony Kahl (22) and Madison Paige Kahl (18). In 2013, the family moved ...

ESCANABA — Lorraine “Lori” I. DeMars, age 93, of Escanaba, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at the Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba. Lori was born on June 6, 1932 to Norman Tebear and Irene (Gardner) Collins-Myers. She was raised as a daughter by loving grandparents William and ...