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Elizabeth (Beth) Nissen 1954 – 2025

Elizabeth A. Nissen (aka Beth/Nis/Becky) died at home on January 7, 2025, three days after her 71st birthday. She was a veteran news, war, sports science, and arts correspondent who worked in network television with ABC News (“World News Tonight” and “Nightline”), cable news (CNN “NewsNight”), public television (WGBH “Nova Science Now”), online (CNN.com, NBCLearn.com), and […]

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New Year Resolutions for 2025

New Year Resolutions for 2025* New beginnings, fresh starts, reaffirmation of love and promises for a brighter future all come to mind as we ring in a New Year. There are the superficial, yet purposeful promises we make to ourselves. We resolve to get in shape, lose weight, improve career paths and the like. Then there […]

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Meet our New Members!

Soo K. Eaker (Sponsors: Carolyn Hiatt and Kate VanHorn) Soo Kim Eaker was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the U.S. as a child. She was raised and lived most of her life in Houston, Texas. She earned a degree in MIS (Management Information Systems) and a Master’s in IT before spending six […]

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Joseph (Joe) Fitzsimmons 1934 – 2024

Joseph Fitzsimmons, of Frankfort, MI and Ann Arbor, MI, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2024. Born on November 10, 1934, the only child of Frances Baume Fitzsimmons and Joseph A. Fitzsimmons in Newark, New Jersey. Joe lived a full life in which family and serving his community were his highest priorities. He was a […]

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Doug Freeth, 1935 – 2024

Douglas Duncan Freeth of Ann Arbor, Michigan passed away on October 6, 2024 after declining from Alzheimer’s disease. He is remembered fondly as a devoted family man who never missed his sons’ athletic or academic events and as an engaged volunteer serving many Ann Arbor non-profits. Doug was 89 years old and was born in […]

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Richard “Dick” Marsh 1943 – 2024

Richard “Dick” C. Marsh passed away on September 27, 2024 at his home in Ann Arbor after a long illness. He was the son of Harold and Helen (Dunford) Marsh. He grew up in Dearborn as the son of the local Chevrolet dealer in the hometown of the Ford Motor Company. This background resulted in […]

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Linda Sheryl Carter 1952 – 2024

Linda Sheryl Carter was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 24, 1952, the first child born to Flossie and Nolan Carter. Linda Sheryl enjoyed a happy childhood in a working-class neighborhood on Detroit’s West side. Two of her childhood passions – “playing teacher” to a classroom of neighborhood kids and playing music, were precursors of her future […]

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Louis M. Callaway, Jr. Obituary

Callaway, Louis M. Jr. Lou passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2023. After an extended battle with cancer, Lou passed with his beloved wife Janet by his side. He was eighty-four years old. Born on January 22, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, Lou was the only child of Gladys and Louis Callaway, Sr. He is survived […]

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Duanne Renken 1932 – 2022

RENKEN, DUANE ALLEN – (10/31/1932 – 4/12/2022, Ann Arbor, Age 89) On April 12, 2022, while the sound of his children’s voices and family stories filled his room, Duane peacefully passed into eternity with the Lord. Duane was born on the family farm in LeMars, Iowa, on October 31, 1932, and was the only living […]

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