BRITTON-Anna M. Dettman, age 104, of Britton, died Sunday, February 14,
2016, at the home of her grandson, David, and his family under the care of
Hospice of Lenawee. She was born October 8, 1911, in Palmyra to William
Henry and Marie (Schlatherer) Frye. On September 5, 1931, she married
Albert Dettman in Palmyra. He preceded her in death on January 11, 2001.
Anna enjoyed doing word search puzzles, knitting, crocheting, baking and
especially loved to wallpaper. She enjoyed a life of simple country
living and had a heart of gold. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Blissfield.
Anna is survived by a son, Donald Dettman of Adrian; five grandchildren,
Rick (Penny) Ebright, Leslie Ann Ebright, Penny (Jeremy) Filber, Donald
Dettman Jr., and David (Amy) Dettman; seven great-grandchildren, Melissa
(Dan) Byrne, Brandon Ebright, Caitlin Briggs, Ashtyn Dettman, Connor
Ebright, Dylan Dettman, and Anah Dettman; two great-great-grandsons, Isaac
and Finn; two sisters, Eileen McCollum of Clayton and Virginia (David
Gordon) Hammond of Tecumseh; and several nieces and nephews. In addition
to her husband, Albert, she was preceded in death by her parents; two
daughters, Joyce Ebright and Susan Ellis; a daughter-in-law, Judy Dettman;
four brothers; and two sisters.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at 1:00
p.m. at the Anderson-Rudd Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Leking officiating. Burial will follow in the Palmyra Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 16, from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. at the
Anderson-Rudd Funeral Home. You may send condolences to the family at
www.andersonfuneralservices.com. Memorial contributions may be made to
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Blissfield. Envelopes are available at the
Anderson-Rudd Funeral Home, Blissfield.
Author: Doug Donnelly
Mary “Sue” Ford
BLISSFIELD – Mary “Sue” Ford, age 86 of Blissfield, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016, at Blissfield Place.
She was born August 8, 1929, in Bruceton, Tennessee to Walter “Frank” and Nellie (Hill) Lee, and graduated from Nashville Central High School.
On December 27, 1947, she married Maurice “Maury” Ford and he preceded her in death in 2014, having shared 66 years together.
Sue worked for Blissfield Public Schools in the cafeteria, retiring with 22 years of service. She was a member of the Lenawee County School Retirement Association. Sue was a talented seamstress and a great cook, known to make the best gravy north of the Mason Dixon Line. When her children were younger, she was a leader for Cub Scouts, Blue Birds and Campfire Girls.
She is survived by her children, Robert (Jeanne) Ford and Barbara McHenry of Blissfield, Charles (Connie) Ford of Hudson, Joyce Willett of Adrian and Ronnie (Jane) Ford of Coldwater; siblings, Paul Lee, Ruby Haney, William Lee, Dorothy Brandon and Peggy Foster; 13 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by siblings, Carl Lee, Juanita Gannon and Walter Lee.
Special thanks to Diane, Mo, and Rusty and the entire staff of Blissfield Place as well as Linda at Hospice of Lenawee.
Funeral services will take place at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 15, 2016, at Wagley Funeral Home, Tagsold Chapel in Blissfield with Pastor Sam Pooley officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation will take place at the funeral home on Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m.
Contributions in memory of Sue may be made to Hospice of Lenawee. Online condolences and memories are welcomed at www.WagleyFuneralHome.com.
Adaline Veronice Kay Scott
ADRIAN – Adaline Veronice Kay Scott, precious infant daughter of James
and Amanda (Davis) Scott, Jr. of Adrian, passed away Wednesday, February
10, 2016, at ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital. She was born
February 5, 2016, in Toledo, Ohio.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Hunter and
Palmer Scott at home; grandparents, Jim and Kathleen Scott, Sr. of
Onsted, MI and Veronice Davis of Riga; several aunts and uncles,
including, Gloria (Tom) Sell, Dan Davis, Luke (Emily) Davis, Joel Davis,
John Davis, Christine (Ted) Adams, Lynette (Randy) Tatman and Mary
(Sergio) Manarin and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was
preceded in death by her grandfather, George Davis, Jr.; and
great-grandparents, MaMaw and PaPaw Lenwell, Howard and Rose Scott,
Frank Hunter, Carol Mitchell and Ed and Catherine Rayburn.
Funeral services for Adaline will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2016,
at 2:00 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home, Adrian with Pastor Rick Diesler
and Reverend Diana Walworth officiating. Visitation will be held on
Tuesday from 12:00 noon until 1:45 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home,
Adrian.
You may send condolences to the family at
www.andersonfuneralservices.com. Memorial contributions may be made to
the Toledo Children’s Hospital. Envelopes are available at Anderson
Funeral Home, Adrian.
Keri Young
Keri A. Young, 31 of Adrian, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Toledo Hospital.
She was born January 16, 1985 in Adrian to Paul and Beth (Alexander) Young.
Keri was a 2003 graduate of Blissfield High School. She was a former member of the Palmyra Future Leaders 4-H club, loved people, especially her nieces and nephews, camping, loved animals and the Detroit Tigers. But most of all, Keri loved being a mom to her son Carson. She will be greatly missed.
In addition to her parents, Paul and Beth, and her son, Carson Wellnitz, Keri is survived by her significant other and father of their son, Cory Wellnitz of Adrian; her siblings, Shaun (Caitlin) Young of Blissfield, Erin (Ben) Coutcher of Swanton, Alexander (Hannah) Young of Blissfield, Patrick of Blissfield; grandmother, Ann Alexander of Toledo; aunts and uncles, Cathy (Terry) Horky, David (Jan) Alexander, John Alexander; and nieces and nephews, Bailey, Morgan, Jacob and Zachary.
Keri was preceded in death by her grandparents, Wendell and Pat Young, John Alexander and aunt Cindy Young.
Visitation for Keri will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2016 and also on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the Wagley Funeral Home, Tagsold Chapel in Blissfield. A Celebration of Life will be 11 a.m., Saturday, February 13, at the Tagsold Chapel with Michael Sheldon officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family to set up an account for Keri’s son, Carson at the Blissfield State Bank. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Online condolences and memories are welcomed at www.WagleyFuneralHome.com.
Golden Eagles spoil Royals’ home win streak
A tougher competitive basketball game would have been hard to find than the Blissfield and Columbia Central women’s matchup Thursday evening, Feb. 4, in the Royals’ gym.
When time ran out, the Royals finished short on the 59-57 scoreboard ending their record 44-game winning streak at home and likely will result in them finishing second in the Lenawee County Athletic Association. The Royals’ only two losses on the season both came at the hands of the Golden Eagles.
“I thought it was an incredible basketball game between two very solid basketball teams that featured big shots, great defensive plays and both teams playing with tremendous passion,” varsity coach Ryan Gilbert said.
“It was a great game to be a part of, the bad thing was that we were on the lower end of the point total,” he said.
For Melissa Burnor’s full story, please see the Feb. 10, 2016, edition of The Advance.
Seeburger – and a good breakfast – help keep Blissfield Lenten tradition alive
By Melissa Burnor
Tradition is important and when that tradition has united women of several Christian denominations for nearly a century it is something sacred enough it shouldn’t be allowed to disappear.
For Liz Seeburger the Lenten Breakfasts with the highlighted World Day of Prayer that women of faith in the Blissfield have been attending since 1933 was one of those traditions.
But in 1998 the tradition might have gone by the wayside.
“Attendance was down and churches dropped out,” Seeburger said. At the time, 65 years of local women gathering to pray had passed.
“I didn’t want to see it end, not under my watch,” Seeburger said. So she did what she could do to help. She had retired from her second-shift job in Toledo, Ohio just a few years before and was involved in catering. Providing a nice meal was something she could do. That is what she does for one of the breakfasts during the Lenten season with other churches providing breakfasts at their own events.
This year the Lenten Breakfasts began with the first one at the First United Methodist Church. St. Paul’s Lutheran, Emmanuel United Methodist, Riga Trinity Lutheran and Light of Christ each hosted a breakfast. The World Day of Prayer event will be March 4, the first Friday in March at the First Presbyterian Church this year.
All events are at 9:30 a.m. on Thursdays. The public is invited to attend.
For the complete story, please see the Feb. 10, 2016, edition of The Advance.
Blissfield’s water unlike that of Flint
By Melissa Burnor
Metals leaching from lead or copper pipes is not likely to be a situation customers of the Blissfield water plant would find in their drinking water.
In recent months the City of Flint has come under fire due to high lead levels in children believed to be at least in part a result of the municipality’s switch from the Detroit water supply to the Flint River. Both the Michigan Attorney General’s Office and the federal government have launched investigations seeking to find out who is responsible and if any laws have been broken .
Village Administrator James Wonacott said the village does the same state required tests for lead and copper that all municipalities furnishing water in Michigan must do.
“We have never had a problem,” Wonacott said.
Wonacott said the River Raisin, Blissfield’s drinking source is much more alkaline than the Flint River and has a higher PH. Sometimes the water has to be treated to bring the PH down.
However, the water is still treated with polyphosphates which combats the effects of corrosiveness in the water.
For the complete story, please see the Feb. 10, 2016, edition of The Advance.
Hope Venema
BLISSFIELD – Hope M. J. (Hanson) Venema, age 90 of Blissfield, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at her daughter’s home.
She was born at home in Wakefield, Michigan, September 3, 1925 to Albert and Olga (Thompson) Hanson.
Hope earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics from Michigan State University, and started her career in teaching in Niles, Michigan. After moving to Blissfield and starting a family, Hope was a substitute teacher for many years.
On June 25, 1949, Hope married Jacob Venema, and he preceded her in death in 1979, having shared 30 wonderful years together.
Hope was a 72 year member of the Tecumseh Order of the Eastern Star. She attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, served as a 4H leader and a Campfire Girls leader. She kept busy with knitting and crocheting and was a talented seamstress. She loved music and dancing. Hope also devoted time to her beautiful rose garden. As a member of the Hitch Up and Go camping club, Hope and Jacob enjoyed many camping adventures.
She is survived by two daughters, Christine Venema of North Branch and Elizabeth (Jeffrey) Kafer of Palmyra; a brother, Carl Hanson of Jamestown, NY; grandchildren, Temira, Elijah, Natasha and Matthew and a great-granddaughter, Makayla.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by brothers, Alvin and Arnold Hanson and a sister, Faith Laurila.
Funeral services will take place at 1 p.m., Friday, February 12, 2016 at Wagley Funeral Home, Tagsold Chapel in Blissfield, with Rev. Gary Leking officiating. Private burial will be at Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield, Michigan. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m.
Contributions in memory of Hope may be made to Lenawee Humane Society. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.WagleyFuneralHomes.com.
Columbia Central edges Royal women again
Billed as the game of the week, hopes were high in the Blissfield High School gym Thursday night, and the Lady Royals played hard, but dropped a heartbreaker to Columbia Central 59-57.
This is only the second loss for the Royal women this year, both at the hands of CC. And to make this loss more difficult, the loss also broke the team’s long home win streak.
For the complete story, please see the Feb. 10, 2016, edition of The Advance.
Madison treats homecoming crowd to win
The Madison Trojans men’s basketball team pulled off a 56-48 homecoming victory over the Morenci Bulldogs Friday night in a packed house.
But it didn’t start out like that. The Trojans were down big to the Bulldogs in the first half, but slowly they brought the game back to their standards and sealing the win.
Kendall Hudson and Colin Anschuetz were crowned winter homecoming queen and king respectively.
For Brad Heineman’s full story, please see the Feb. 10, 2016, edition of The Advance.