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Obituaries

Sunday, March 10, 2013

In Memorial: This Week's Wyandotte Obituaries

A look at the people from Wyandotte who died during the past week.

This week, Wyandotte lost these beloved residents and community members. Our hearts and thoughts go out to their families and loved ones. Sam Alfano Jaime E. Sturgill Steven Peter Vioglavich This information was gathered from Czopek Funeral Directors, H.F. Thon Funeral Home, R.J. Nixon Funeral Home and Legacy.com. If someone from Wyandotte was missed, please post a link to the online obituary in the comments section below.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

In Memorial: This Week's Wyandotte Obituaries

A look at the people from Wyandotte who died during the past week.

This week, Wyandotte lost these beloved residents and community members. Our hearts and thoughts go out to their families and loved ones. Thomas C. Garber Elmer Gee William J. Reinka Jr. This information was gathered from Czopek Funeral Directors, H.F. Thon Funeral Home, R.J. Nixon Funeral Home and Legacy.com. If someone from Wyandotte was missed, please post a link to the online obituary in the comments section below.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

In Memorial: This Week's Wyandotte Obituaries

A look at the people from Wyandotte who died during the past week.

This week, Wyandotte lost these beloved residents and community members. Our hearts and thoughts go out to their families and loved ones. Frances Balkus Joan Elsesser Orpha Abbagail Kline West Jacobson Vincent Mannino Mike Palazzolo Sandra Lynn Tharp This information was gathered from Czopek Funeral Directors, H.F. Thon Funeral Home, R.J. Nixon Funeral Home and Legacy.com. If someone from Wyandotte was missed, please post a link to the online obituary in the comments section below.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Visitation Begins Today for Family of 3 Killed in Crash

Dawn Gatesy worked for 16 years as a paraprofessional for Wyandotte Public Schools. She, along with her husband, William Jr., and son, William III, died in a one-vehicle crash on I-94 on Monday.

Family and friends will gather today to mourn the loss of a mother, a father and their son -- all of whom were killed in a vehicle crash Monday afternoon. William Gatesy Jr., 55, was driving the family's 2013 Ford Explorer on I-94 in Calhoun County, which is east of Grand Rapids, when it left the freeway and slammed into a tree at about 3:30 p.m. His 53-year-old wife, Dawn Gatesy, and their 28-year-old son, William Gatesy III, also died in the crash. All three were from Allen Park. Police are investigating the cause of the crash, specifically whether a medical emergency played a role. Dawn worked for 16 years as a paraprofessional for Wyandotte Public Schools. She was stationed at Wilson Middle School where she helped special education …

Wyandotte Teen's Memorial Service Set for Today

Kerrigan Brandon, a 15-year-old Roosevelt High School student, died Feb. 13 after overdosing on prescription drugs.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Wyandotte School Employee Killed, Along with Her Husband, Son

Dawn Gatesy worked for 16 years as a paraprofessional for Wyandotte Public Schools.

Wyandotte Public Schools' staff and students are mourning the loss of one of their own after a horrific traffic accident claimed the lives of a mother, a father and their adult son Monday afternoon. William Gatesy Jr., 55, was driving the family's 2013 Ford Explorer on I-94 in Calhoun County, which is east of Grand Rapids, when it left the freeway and slammed into a tree at about 3:30 p.m. His 53-year-old wife, Dawn Gatesy, and their 28-year-old son, William Gatesy III, also died in the crash. All three were from Allen Park. Dawn worked for 16 years as a paraprofessional for Wyandotte Public Schools. She was stationed at Wilson Middle School where she helped special education students. In 2012, she was one of 14 district employees honored …

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Diana Jackson

7:53 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013

They need to investigate why the car was out of control, clear roads, no other vehicle involved. If the motor mounts were not secure it could have caused a steering problem therefore causing the engine to separate on impact.   more ›

Sunday, February 17, 2013

In Memorial: This Week's Wyandotte Obituaries

A look at the people from Wyandotte who died during the past week.

This week, Wyandotte lost these beloved residents and community members. Our hearts and thoughts go out to their families and loved ones. Marcella Alabrodzinski Kerrigan Brandon Thomas Jakubowski Rose Kress Lawrence Saleski Margaret "Peggy" Zuch This information was gathered from Czopek Funeral Directors, H.F. Thon Funeral Home, R.J. Nixon Funeral Home and Legacy.com. If someone from Wyandotte was missed, please post a link to the online obituary in the comments section below.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

UPDATED: Wyandotte Teen Dies After Prescription Drug Overdose

Kerrigan Brandon's memorial service is set for Feb. 21 at Nixon Funeral Home in Wyandotte.

A 15-year-old Roosevelt High School student known to her friends as "Kear Bear" has died. Kerrigan Brandon died Wednesday at Mott's Children Hospital in Ann Arbor, where she had been hospitalized in a coma since overdosing on a cocktail of prescription drugs on Jan. 12. Her mother, Michele Rydlicki, said the teen will always be her Valentine. "You are the most beautiful angel in heaven," Michele wrote on a Facebook page she created for her daughter. "I'm sure being with God is better than any valentine! I love you baby girl." More than 1,000 people have "liked" the Facebook page and have rallied behind the teen. "May God bless your precious angel," Rhonda 'Roni' Gutierrez wrote. "May you find peace in knowing that the Lord is wrapping his …

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Roy White

9:46 am on Thursday, April 25, 2013

I knew the girl and the difference between her and you Christine is you are an adult and she wasn't. Adult supervision counts for something. So please keep your overbearing preaching to yourself.   more ›

Sunday, February 10, 2013

In Memorial: This Week's Wyandotte Obituaries

A look at the people from Wyandotte who died during the past week.

This week, Wyandotte lost these beloved residents and community members. Our hearts and thoughts go out to their families and loved ones. Suzanne Louise Bozynski Iona Chupurdy Martha Magdalene Mayoros Evelyn Parimucha Edward Wierzbowski This information was gathered from Czopek Funeral Directors, H.F. Thon Funeral Home, R.J. Nixon Funeral Home and Legacy.com. If someone from Wyandotte was missed, please post a link to the online obituary in the comments section below.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

In Memorial: This Week's Wyandotte Obituaries

A look at the people from Wyandotte who died during the past week.

This week, Wyandotte lost these beloved residents and community members. Our hearts and thoughts go out to their families and loved ones. Kathryn Finazzo Joseph Jezylo Peter Christian Kornblum Fara Parrino Ronald Robbins Steve Weick This information was gathered from Czopek Funeral Directors, H.F. Thon Funeral Home, R.J. Nixon Funeral Home and Legacy.com. If someone from Wyandotte was missed, please post a link to the online obituary in the comments section below.

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