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Peggy Lind Klarr
12/8/2001
A memorial service has been held at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills for lifelong Leland summer resident Peggy Lind Klarr, who died Dec. 8, 2001, in Birmingham. She was 76.
Surviving are her husband, Jack Klarr; daughters Linda Wilson-Gamage and Peggy Wilson; sons Charles, Robert and Jeff Wilson; step-daughters Kate Long and Sally Aldrich; step-son Gunnar Klarr; sister Liz Galbreath; and 19 grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to the Leland Community Cultural Center or the Leelanau Conservancy.
Aloysius T. Suttmann
10/29/1999
Aloysius T. (Big Al) Suttmann, 79, beloved husband of Patricia Justice Suttmann, beloved father of Patricia Aileen Suttmann of Albuquerque, N.M., and Clement Charles Suttmann and wife Holly Eve carter Suttmann of Leland, Mich., beloved Papa of Logan Nicholas, Noah Christopher and Christy Mara Suttmann of Leland, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon, Oct. 29, 1999.
Preceded in death by his parents, Clement and Catherine Suttmann, brothers Fr. Cletus Suttmann O.F.M., Fr. Donnul Suttmann O.F.M., and nephew Thomas Doll. Survived also are sister Dorothy Doll, nephew George Doll and family, nieces Mary Ellen Grossman and family, Julie Eckstein and family, Cathy Schene and family, and Donna Doll, and many great nieces and nephews.
Attended New Mexico State Teachers, served in World War II, captured on Bataan, prisoner of war 31/2 years, Philippines and Japan. Upon his release, returned to graduate from University of Dayton.
Member of Bellbrook Lions Club, Zentsujians (POWs). Very active in the service of his parish, St. Francis of Assisi and as a member of the St. Francis Men's Club.
Funeral Mass of Celebration at St. Francis of Assisi Parish 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1 (Feast of All Saints), presiding were Fr. Robert J. Shields and Fr. John Turnbull, O.F.M., following which family received friends at the parish on Wilmington Pike.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his name to St. Francis Parish Building Fund, 6245 Wilmington Pike, Centerville, Ohio, for Leland resident Erma (Glass) Hubbell, who died Oct. 21 at Bortz Health Care in Traverse City. She was 96.
Mrs. Hubbell was born in Jeffersonville, Ohio) University and was an elementary school teacher in Xenia and Beaver Creek, Florida for Bette Jo Brey, who died Jan. 13 at her Melrose, Fla. residence. She was 88.
Mrs. Brey was born in Empire. She was the first woman real estate broker in the Birmingham and Bloomfield area of Florida, 4200 NW 90th Blvd., Gainesville 32601; or to the Salvation Army.
Jean M. Brett
10/20/1999
A memorial service was held yesterday for Monmouth, Ill., and Leland summer resident Jean M. Brett, who died Oct. 20 at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Ill. She was 77.
Mrs. Brett was born in Bloomington, Ind., on Aug. 12, 1922, the daughter of Professor James E. and Marion Janes Moffat. On Nov. 21, 1959, in Bangkok, Thailand, she married professor Cecil C. Brett, who survives.
A graduate of Indiana University. A homemaker, she was active with Kappa Kappa Gamma at Monmouth College, having served as its treasurer. She loved bridge, crossword puzzles, mystery novels and traveling.
Also surviving are a son, Richard M. (Heather) Brett of Greensboro, N.C.; and a brother, R. Douglas Moffat of Los Altos Hils, Colo. for Edwin C. Bower III, a part-time resident of Leland, who died at the home of a friend in Phoenix, Ariz. on Nov. 13. He was 64.
Born to Edwin Charles (Eddie) Bowers, Jr. and Frances (Rae) Bowers, Mr. Bowers attended Maumee Valley Country Day School in Maumee, Ohio, and the Toledo Blade before moving to Colo., where he and his wife co-edited the weekly Telluride Times until be became a member of the then-fledgling resort's first ski patrol.
He and his family lived subsequently in Denver, and hen in Idaho Springs, Colo. and two sister, Roberta Clark Bowers of Martinez, Calif., resident Marion Brooke Martin, who died Dec. 2. She was 88.
Mrs. Martin was born in Buffalo, Michigan. She was a teacher and taught Sunday school for 25 years at Northville Baptist Church and for 15 years at Bethany Baptist Church in Traverse City, where she was a Deacon. The couple moved to Lake Leelanau in 1972, and then to San Jose in 1997.
She will be remembered most for her selfless devotion, and will be sadly missed by her family.
Also preceding her in death were two brothers. Surviving are children Glenn (Dale) of Traverse City; Robert (Sandy) of San Jose; a sister; and five grandchildren.
Her ashes will remain in Traverse City along side her husband's. Memorials may be made to Gideons Bible International-call 615-883-8533 for details.
Bessie Schlueter
1/2/2002
Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church for Cedar resident Bessie Schlueter, who died Jan. 2. She was 88.
Mrs. Schlueter was born in Cedar on June 24, 1913, the daughter of Arthur Henry and Clarissa Levina (Allen) McQueen. On June 24, 1936, in Jackson, Mich., she wed Walter Herman August Schlueter, who preceded her in death after 54 years of marriage.
Mrs. Schlueter was a lifelong resident of Leelanau County, and worked as a registered nurse until retirement. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and a member of the retirement group SERA.
Surviving are three daughters, Jane Weaver of Northport, Joyce Lane of Ionia and Jean Rathsam of Grove, Okla.; a sister, Harriet Boomer of Jackson; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Judy; a half sister, Edna Hohnke; a half brother, Lester Herrmann; a twin brother, James; and a granddaughter.
Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, or to Grand Traverse Area Hospice.
