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Kaye Jean Spearing
8/11/1999
Funeral services were held Saturday at the Suttons Bay High School gymnasium for Kaye Jean Spearing, 56, of Suttons Bay, who died Aug. 11 at Munson Medical Center after a long battle with cancer.
She was born in Cadillac on Dec. 21, 1942, to Wendell R. and Clara Elizabeth (Hatlem) Mellberg.
Mrs. Spearing graduated from Central Iowa, on Dec. 20, 1902, the daughter of Owen and Cordilia (Gord) Thompson. Her first husband, Ted Heath, preceded her in death in 1961. She married her second husband, Thomas Bernard, in 1963, and he preceded her in death in 1983.
A homemaker, she lived in Bay City in the 1930s before moving to Roscommon and eventually to Cedar in 1973. She enjoyed bowling and fishing.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews, including Deanna (Ken) Warren of Cedar. She was also preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakridge Cemetery in Bay City. Memorials may be directed to the Father Fred Foundation.
Felix J. (Phil) Foley
12/29/1999
A funeral Mass was celebrated Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Union Lake for Elmwood Township resident Felix J. (Phil) Foley, who died Dec. 29 at Munson Medical Center. He was 83.
A World War II veteran, he had a life-long interest in electronics, technology and tinkering. He worked on radios, then the first televisions at RCA and on to troubleshooting computers for the federal government and Unisys.
Mr. Foley was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Men's Club, Video Ministry, president of the 50-Up Club and a Meals on Wheels volunteer. He enjoyed organizing creative Easter egg hunts for his grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen (Bodnar). Surviving are three daughters, Linda (Richard) Carlisi, Phyllis Foley (Rick) Wanroy and Donna (Micheal) Sobier; a sister, Lilian Sitarek; and five grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels or Wheels for the World organizations.
John 'Jack' Appel
7/15/1999
Funeral services were held yesterday for Indiana. He was also a summer resident of Leelanau County.
Surviving are his wife, Jane (Adams) Appel; sons John S., Fred S. and Stephen C.; stepsons Steve Lanthrop, John and Jim Thompson; stepdaughters Rae Wilson, Sally Stephens, Julie Moses, Jane Stephens, Jean Corey and Julie Steck; a sister, Eleanor Golden-Hitz; 35 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Noble of Michigan University. He lived in Northport since 1971, working at Suttons Bay Recycling and Thomas and Milliken Millworks.
Surviving are his mother, Lilian P. Mattson of Northport; a sister, Mila Mattson (Warren) Neeks of Columbia, Md.; brothers John T. (Janet) Mattson of Moraga, Calif., and Bruce F. Sells of Grosse Ile, Mich.; her daughter M.B. Susan Sells of Harper Woods; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to the Leland public library.
