Traverse City Record Eagle
December 8, 1999
McGrath, Richard C.
Died December 6, 1999
KINGSLEY - Richard C. McGrath, 36, of Kingsley, died Monday at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. He was a member of Kingsley Sportsman Club. Richard was employed by Arms & Cole Inc. as a HVAC mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Pamela J. McGrath of Kingsley; two sons, Joe and Ricky - both at home; his father and step mother, Charles D. and Karen McGrath of Allen Park; his mother, Linda L. McGrath of California; three brothers; a sister; three step brothers; and a step sister. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home in Traverse City. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home; the Rev. Albin J. Gietzen will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Memorials may be directed to Joe & Ricky Educational Fund care of their mother, Pamela.

Contributed by Sharon Compton Baatz

Traverse City Record Eagle

January 30, 2013

McLogan, Edward Austin 'Ted'

ANN ARBOR — Edward A. (Ted) McLogan died suddenly Jan. 25, 2013, at his home in Ann Arbor. He was born April 2, 1920, in Flint to Edwin and Helen (Austin) McLogan, graduated from Flint Central High School and The University of Michigan, class of 1942. Ted was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. An ROTC graduate, he entered active service with the U.S. Army as a 2nd lieutenant. He completed Ranger training and joined the 25th Division on Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands, from which he volunteered for the special mission that became Merrill's Marauders, the legendary Ranger guerilla force in Burma. He was awarded the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. In 2001, he was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Ga. He frequently gave talks about Merrill's Marauders to groups and organizations. At the end of the war, Capt. McLogan married his college sweetheart Beatrice Bouchard, of Ann Arbor, and together they raised seven children in Flint, where he managed the family business, McLogan & Austin China Closet. After the firm's sale, he spent the next 30 years in brokerage and financial services with First of Michigan Corp., and Morgan Stanley in Traverse City. He maintained an active practice until he was nearly 80. Committed to public service, Ted served as board member and chair of numerous volunteer organizations, including YMCA, Red Cross, Big Brothers, Hurley Hospital, and Flint Public Schools. Ted was a 65-year member and director of Rotary Club. He was elected to the Michigan Constitutional Convention in 1961 and then managed the successful statewide referendum resulting in its adoption. He was elected to the Flint Charter Revision Commission in 1965, and twice to the Genesee County Board of Commissioners, 1968-72. He remained devoted to service above self his entire life, and modeled that for all who knew him. In 1985, Ted and Bea left Flint for Traverse City and then Suttons Bay. Following Ted's retirement, they moved to Bea's hometown of Ann Arbor, where they became involved in all things Maize and Blue at University Commons and where Ted joined the VP Club. Ted is survived by his wife of 67 years, and their children, Deborah Nelson, Matthew (Jane Brierley) McLogan, Martha Morrow, Jennifer (Daniel Gurskis) McLogan, Mary (Daniel) Ziegeler, Elizabeth (Robert) Sugar, and Helen (Carl) Chamberlain; 21 grandchildren, Jessica Cohen, Matthew Nelson, Elizabeth Harvey, Amy Nelson; Katherine, Molly, and Timothy McLogan; Helen and Elizabeth Morrow; Emily, Edward, and Elizabeth Gurskis; Claire, Daniel, and Charles Ziegeler; Sarah, Hannah, and Betsy Sugar; Elaine, William, and Henry Chamberlain; and four great-grandchildren. Ted is also survived by his brother, James; and by many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother Donald; and cousin Elaine McLogan Steinmetz. Funeral Mass will be on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Student Chapel in Ann Arbor. Memorial contributions may be made to Rotary Charities or St. Mary's Student Parish. The family is being served by Muehlig Funeral Home of Ann Arbor.

Traverse City Record Eagle
December 5, 1999
Meikrantz, Ada L.
Died December 4, 1999
KARLIN - Ada L. Meikrantz, 92, a longtime resident of Karlin, died Saturday at Grayling Nursing Center. Ada served as postmistress of the Karlin post office for 25 years prior to her retirement. She loved the Detroit Tigers, playing cards and dancing. Born in Boyne City on March 30, 1907, she was the daughter of William J. and Abbie G. (Hopkins) Nelson. Surviving are her daughter, Iris (Winfield) Hansen of Kalkaska; two brothers, William and Burton Nelson; three grandchildren, Arthur (Valerie) Hansen, Leeanna (Thomas) Henke, and Renee (Timothy) Morrison - all of Kalkaska; eight great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Her husbands, Paul Edmundson, Ben Hantak and John Meikrantz, preceded her in death as did two sisters and four brothers. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Wolfe Funeral Home in Kalkaska. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the funeral home; Steve Brower will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Kalkaska.

Contributed by Sharon Compton Baatz

THE EVENING RECORD
TRAVERSE CITY, MI
4 APRIL 1901
Moore, James A.
FUNERAL OF JAMES A. MOORE
The funeral of James A. Moore ______ from the family residence this afternoon at 2:30 and was attended by the immediate relatives and friends of the family. Rev. D. Cochlin conducted a brief service, and spoke words of sympathy to the family. The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Miss Roberts, Mrs. Bachaut, Mr. Hobbs and Mr. Hunter. The pall bearers were J. W. Milliken, Frank Hamilton, John T. Beadle, H. C. Davis, F. A. Earl and C. A. Hammond. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful, fragrant tributes of sympathy having been sent in by many firends. Among them were a wreath of mixed flowers from the K.O.T.M., a handsome collection from the city council, a beautiful piece of yellow roses and white carnations from the Woman's Club and Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational church, red roses from Mrs. Moore's brothers and sisters, a piece from the members of Alfred Moore's Sunday school class, a beautiful piece from the family, and another fro the girl friends of the daughters, Helon and Kathryn, and numerous other offerings from various friends. The city officials, the board of public works and the members of the council attended the funeral in a body. The remains were laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery. W. S. Anderson had charge of the funeral.

THE EVENING RECORD
TRAVERSE CITY, MI
1 APRIL 1901
BY PISTOL BULLET
James A. Moore Ended His Life Today
SUICIDE WAS PREMEDITATED
Well Known Alderman Shot Himself Through Heart
James A. Moore, alderman from the First ward, and extensive dealer in agricultural implements, put a bullet through his heart in a little room above his store on state street some time between 12 and 1 o'clock this afternoon. This was the most shocking tragedy which this city has ever witnessed and one which brings the most heartrending sorrow to a family which has long been highly esteemed. The self destruction was apparently deliberately planned, and constituted the reasons best known to Mr. Moore himself. He was found on a bed in the room, with a ragged wound over the heart and by his side a 32 calibre revolver with silver mounting and engraved metal work and a pearl handle. On some boexes by the side of the bed were several packages of private papers, contracts for the sale of machinery and other papers of value and relating to his business. They were in perfect order and indicated that he had planned to leave his affairs in a condition to avoid complications. Whatever the motive, it is apparent that personal trouble had so preyed upon his mind that he had not the courage to face it, and that he took his own life in a fit of temporary insanity. Mr. Moore went to his dinner at the usual time and nothing in his manner would indicate that he meditated the frightful crime which struck the community with such force. Just before dinner he had had a conference with E. S. Pratt in the office of the implement store and soon afterwards A. L. Rohrbacker, the man who has charge of the warerooms, stated to Mr. Moore that he was going to dinner and he might be a little late, as he expected to vote before returning. Mr. Moore told him not to hurry back, as there was no necessity for haste. That was the last seen of Mr. Moore in life. When Mr. Rohrbacker returned about 1 o'clock he found Mr. Moore's young son, Alfred in the office with Claud Pound, a companion. Alfred asked Mr. Rohrbacker where his father was and the latter suggested that he might be somewhere in the warehouse. He searched the room and found no trace of Mr. Moore, then the boy suggested that his father had complained of not feeling well and might have gone upstairs to the little room to lie down. After this observation Alfred ran up the stairs and opened the door to the room, and thence he saw the body of his father stretched motionless upon the bed. He glanced at it and became fightened thinking that his father had a strange appearance. He cried to Mr. Rohrbacker to some up stairs and when he arrived he told him that his father looked as though dead. Mr. Rohrbacker gave a glance at the body and knew that Mr. Moore was dead, though he had not thought at the time of the cause. He ran down stairs and gave the alarm to some men standing near the door and Dr. Kneelund was summoned. The doctor arrived a few minutes later and saw the situation at a glance, and knew that death was due to violence, presumably by Mr. Moore's own hand. Coroner Chase was summoned at once and when he arrived he was accompanied by Attorney W. H. Hoster and Dr. H. B. Anderson. The coroner examined the body and discovered a jagged wound in the left breast directly over the heart and at his right side as though the weapon had fallen from his hand, was the revolver described above. A closer examination indicated that the shot had been fired with the right hand while Mr. Moore was lying at full length on the bed. The white linedn shirt had been ripped from the shoulder and turned down and the undershirt had been unbuttoned at the neck and pulled down to the spot where the bullet entered. The body was still warm, which the physician's stated indicated that death had ensued less than an hour before and that it was instantaneous. The body lay completely recumbent and this bore out the conclusion arrived at. A crowd quietly gathered and Prosecuting Attorney Pratt and Sheriff Chandler were called to assist in empaneling a jury to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. The jury consisted of the following: Archie Oviatt, T. Roy, George Paine, Fred weigand, William Dewitt and Ed Lautner. The jury immediately viewed the remains and the jorors, together with Mr. Rohrbacker, Mr. Foster, Drs. Kneeland and Anderson. After the necessary deliberations the jury rendered the following verdict: "The said James A. Moore came to his death by a ball fired from a revolver held in his own hands." During the investigation it was found that the bullet has passed entirely through the body and through the mattress of the bed, and was found on the floor by Dr. Chase. Mr. Moore had comtemplated a change in his business affairs in a few days, and his brother-in-law, Edward McLumphrey of Plymouth, was expected here today to engage in business with him. It is believed that Mr. Moore's business affairs are in good condition. In any event he leaves life insurance to the amount of $10,000, so that there will be a good provision for his family. He was about 56 years of age and leaves a widow, two daughters, Helon and Katherine, and one son, Alfred.

THE EVENING RECORD
TRAVERSE CITY, MI
27 MAR 1901
Funeral of Mrs. Moore
A brief service was held at the residence at Summit City this morning over the remains of Mrs. Fred J. Moore, and the body was taken to Bronson, Mich., for burial. Mrs. Moore, formerly Edna M. Buckley, would have been twenty years old today. She was married just two years ago today. She leaves an aged father, who is lying seriously ill at Summit, and a mother at Bronson. A brother at Summit and a sister, Mrs. Charles Moore of this city. The funeral will occur tomorrow at Bronson. Mrs. Moore had many friends in this city.

THE EVENING RECORD
TRAVERSE CITY, MI
28 MAR 1901
FUNERAL OF MRS. MOORE
The funeral of Mrs. Fred G. Moore of Summit City will be held today at Matteson, Mich., instead of Bronson, as erroneously stated. She will be buried by the side of her mother, who has been dead about ten years. Her sister Mrs. Chas. Moore of this city, has been very ill all winter and was not strong enough to accompany the funeral party.

Traverse City Record Eagle

December 2, 2012

Morrison, Marie Joy

TRAVERSE CITY — Marie Joy Morrison, 75, a Traverse City native, died Thursday morning, Nov. 29, 2012, at Grand Traverse Pavilions. Born Aug. 3, 1937, in Traverse City, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Hazel (Lewis) Stricker. Marie was a longtime member of Central United Methodist Church. Prior to her retirement, she was employed by Tom's Food Market - West Bay, where she thoroughly enjoyed providing great service and interacting with her customers. Marie's family meant the world to her, they were the central focus of her life. She will be truly missed. Marie is survived by her caring and supportive family; daughter, Joni Marie (Rodney) Moore, of Traverse City; son, Bill (Rhonda) Morrison, of Williamsburg; grandchildren, Robert (Karen) Phillips, of Newton, Texas, Christopher Phillips, of Traverse City, and Jason Morrison, of Elk Rapids; four great-grandchildren, Caitlin, Robby, Caleb and Keegan; brothers, Wayne (Myrna) Stricker, of Traverse City, Carl (Bev) Stricker, of Carrollton, Texas, and Jerry (Rickey) Stricker, of Traverse City; along with many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Central United Methodist Church on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at 11 a.m. Pastor Christopher Lane will officiate. Following cremation, her cremated remains will be buried at Yuba Cemetery next to her precious grandson, Michael. In remembrance of Marie, memorials may be directed to American Cancer Society. Kindly share your memories with the family on their online guest book at www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com. Arrangements were made with the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Traverse City Record Eagle

January 28, 2013

Morse, Erika

TRAVERSE CITY — Erika Morse, 86, of Lake Ann passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. She was born Oct. 22, 1926, to Rudolph and Hildegard Salewski in East Prussia (Germany). On Oct. 10, 1964, she married her beloved, William "Bill" Morse Jr., in Lake Ann. Erika volunteered for over 40 years at local nursing homes, where she and Bill would bring their instruments to play and sing. She volunteered for hospice services for several years, was a member of the German Club and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Erika had a love for classical music, swimming, gardening, crafts, reading and spending time with her family. She is survived by her husband, Bill, numerous relatives locally, in Wisconsin and Germany, as well as many special friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Werner. The family would like to express our sincere thanks to the staff for their fine care at Bortz Health Care. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be directed to a charity of one's choice. Please share thoughts with the family at www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com. The family is being served by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.

Traverse City Record Eagle
December 19, 1999
Mosher, Flossie E., 87, of Rapid City, died Friday, Dec. 17, 1999, at Meadowbrook Medical Care Facility in Bellaire. She was born April 7, 1912, in Rapid City. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Wolfe Funeral Home in Kalkaska. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Clearwater Township Cemetery in Rapid City.

Contributed by Sharon Compton Baatz