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Roscommon resident Daniel B. Herb, 54, died July 29, 2013, at home with his family by his side.

A service will be held today (Thurs-day, Aug. 1) at 10 a.m. at Houghton Lake Baptist Church, 9480 West Lake City Rd., Houghton Lake, with Pastor Ste-phen Milam officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Christler Funeral Home, Hough-ton Lake Chapel. Interment will be in

Crestview Cemetery, Markey Township. Christler Funeral Home, Houghton Lake Chapel, handled arrangements.

He was born June 30, 1959, in Sun-bury, PA, to Robert and Euna (Henson) Herb. He was married on Dec. 18, 1981, in Chesterton, IN, to Carol J. Trygstad. The couple moved to the Houghton Lake area from Chicago in 1999 to be part of the staff at Camp CoBeAc in Prudenville. He also worked for Springs Window Fashions and AJD Forest Prod-ucts in Grayling. He was a member of Houghton Lake Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death was his fa-ther, the Rev. Robert Herb.

Surviving Mr. Herb are his wife of 31 years, Carol J. Herb of Roscommon; two sons, David (Sarah Osmond) Herb of Chicago, IL, and Eric (Amanda Oli-ver) Herb of Houghton Lake; daughter, Meghan (Daniel Niederer) Herb of Pen-sacola, FL; two grandchildren, Makayla and Devon; mother, Euna Herb of Can-dler, NC; and five brothers, David of Lynchburg, VA, Steve of Atlanta, GA, James (Amanda) of Virginia, Benjamin (Theresa) of Atlanta, GA, and Nathan (Vanessa) of Greer, SC.

Daniel B. Herb

Josephine M. “Mickey” LaPrad, 84, Houghton Lake, died July 29, 2013, with her family by her side.

A graveside service will be held at Roscommon Township Cemetery on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 1 p.m., with Father Joe Muszkiewicz officiating. Christler Funeral Home, Prudenville Chapel, han-dled arrangements.

She was born on Aug. 30, 1928, in Detroit, the daughter of Carl and Cecile (Barry) Peugh. She worked as a medical assistant for many years. She and Wil-liam “Bill” R. LaPrad were united in marriage on June 19, 1948, in Detroit.

The couple moved to Houghton Lake from Canton in 1998.

Mrs. LaPrad was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, a volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul and the Houghton Lake Area Historical Society Museum for many years.

Preceding her in death were her par-ents; her loving husband Bill; brother, Eugene Peugh; and sister, Carol.

Surviving are her son, William “Buzz” LaPrad Jr. of Houghton Lake; granddaughter, Leslie (Jeff) Girardin of Houghton Lake; and great-grandchil-dren, Kaitlyn, Kayla and Carly.

Josephine M. ‘Mickey’ LaPrad

Rocco J. Torre, 84, 2013, Kalamazoo, died July 22 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo.

A memorial Mass will be held at Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 1150 West Centre Ave., Portage, on Friday, Aug. 2, at 10:30 a.m. Visita-tion will be held one hour prior to the service. A private military burial ser-vice will be held at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta.

He was known as a loving husband, father and grandfather who served his country. Born and raised in Detroit, he was the son of the late Onofrio and Mat-tia Torre. He served his country in Ger-many as a sergeant with the Fifth Army

and for five subsequent years in the Army Reserve.

Upon returning home, he started his career in electronics and eventually moved into non-destructive testing; pro-viding consulting and design services for the automotive, aviation, defense and nuclear industries. He actively pursued shooting sports and was an avid golfer.

He and his wife, Bernice, relocated from their home of 35 years in Clinton Township to Higgins Lake in 1993 and became active members of St. Hubert Catholic Church. The couple moved to Kalamazoo in 2008 to be closer to fam-ily.

Mr. Torre was preceded in death by his brothers, Salvador Torre and Joseph La Torre; and sisters Maria Ruggirello and Paula Campo.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Bernice Torre; sons, Paul Torre of Grand Blanc, Norman Torre of Texas Township, Joseph Torre of Lawton and John Torre of Kalamazoo; grandchil-dren, Cameron Torre of Portage, David Torre of Miami, FL, Matthew Torre of Chicago, IL, Adrienne Torre of Chicago, IL, Morgan Torre of Texas Township and Kai Torre of Kalamazoo; and sister, Jac-queline Gianino of Sterling Heights.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Hubert Catholic Church, P.O. Box 75, Higgins Lake, MI 48627 (add “Rocco J. Torre memorial” to any check or other correspondence to the church). Arrange-ments were handled by Langeland Fam-ily Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, Kalamazoo.

Rocco J. Torre

Dennis Scott Dowland, 53, Higgins Lake, died July 23, 2013, at Munson Medical Center, Traverse City.

Walsh Funeral Home, Roscommon, handled arrangements. A service was held at the funeral home July 26, with the Rev. Brandon Rogers officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the family in care of the funeral home.

He was born in Grayling March 14, 1960, the son of Donald Carl and Margie Marie (Grey) Dowland. He was a life-long resident of Higgins Lake. He and Patricia M. Caro were united in marriage Dec. 19, 1983, in Roscommon.

Mr. Dowland had served on the Lyon Township Fire Department for 26 years. He enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling and four-wheeling. He

owned and operated Dowland Home Maintenance since 2001.

Preceding him in death were his par-ents; brother, Ed Dowland; and sister-in-law, Annie Dowland.

Surviving Mr. Dowland are his wife, Pat; four children, Joe Castro of Clear-water, FL, Darris Dowland of Higgins Lake, Pamela (Nick) Sanderson of Hig-gins Lake and Amber (fiancé Luke Legg) Dowland of Higgins Lake; three grand-children, Jamaul, Natalie, Quentin and Lucus Scott, due in September; sister, Linda (George) Dowland-Bell of Fred-eric; brother, Richard Dowland of Fred-eric; sister-in-law, Kim (Scott) Cross of Higgins Lake; and several nieces and nephews, including his special nephew, Don Dankert.

Dennis Scott Dowland

Charles K. Richardson, 72, a seven-year resident of St. Helen and formerly a lifelong resident of Romeo, died July 29, 2013, at his daughter’s home in Almont.

Visitation will be held today (Thurs-day, Aug. 1) from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Henry M. Malburg Funeral Home, Romeo. No service will be held. Memorial donations may be made to Mercy Hospice or ALS research.

He was born June 5, 1941, in Yale, the son of Kenneth and Ethelwynne (McKee) Richardson. He married the former Peggy Clydesdale on May 19, 1962, at St. John’s the Evangelist Catho-lic Church in Allenton. He and his fam-ily owned and operated the Romeo Meat Market until 1977 and then for the next 28 years he worked in maintenance in the Romeo School System before retir-

ing in 2005. After graduating from Romeo High

School in 1960, he joined the Romeo Fire Department and was a member un-til 1995, serving as its chief for the last 15 years. His hobbies included hunting, driving around checking out the deer, eating, watching television, talking with his many family members and friends and just being up north.

Mr. Richardson is survived by his wife Peggy; children, Patty (Todd) Ut-sman of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Susan Kerr of Almont, Chris (Pam) Richardson of Shelby Township; grandchildren, Jer-emy, Emily, Jordan, Noah, Michaela and Reagan; siblings, Jackie (Joe) Dibley of Marine City, Jim of Washington Town-ship, Terry (Nancy) of St. Helen and Denny (Shelly) of Clermont, FL.

Charles K. Richardson

Donald Robert McNeill, Houghton Lake, died July 23, 2013, at his home. He was 87.

Cremation has taken place. A service will be held at a later

date in the Upper Peninsula.He was born in Flint June 6, 1926, the

son of Cecil and Iva (Greenfield) Mc-Neill. He and Joan Lowry were united in marriage June 12, 1948, in Newberry. He worked as a brakeman/engineer and retired from the Inland Steel Corporation in 1987. He attended Houghton Lake Wesleyan Church, was a member of the Lions Club and was a lifetime member of VFW 4034.

He served in the U.S. Navy in the At-lantic and Pacific theaters.

Preceding Mr. McNeill in death were his son, Michael David; grandson, Mi-chael Donald; parents; two brothers; and two sisters.

Surviving are his wife, children, Donald (Richard) McNeill II of Livonia; Linda Cully of Grovetown, GA, Kathy (Steve) McCullough of College Grove, TN, Patrick (Cheryl) McNeill of New-berry and Lynn McNeill of Houghton Lake; siblings, Harold McNeill and Fran McNeill; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Donald Robert McNeill

Walter “Luke” Lukasavage, 90, Benson, AZ, died July 19, 2013, at the VA Medical Cen-ter in Tucson, AZ, with his dear friend by his side.

A service was held July 25 at Our Lady of Lourdes in Benson. In-terment was in the Veterans Cemetery in Sierra Vista. Following was a gathering at the Benson VFW Post 6271, featuring a 21-gun salute.

He was born in Detroit July 22, 1922. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a para-trooper in September, 1942. He was a proud member of the 101st Airborne “Screaming Eagles.” He was seriously wounded on Hell’s Highway in Holland. He received numerous awards and com-mendations, but he was most proud of his Purple Heart.

Upon returning home to Houghton Lake, he began a new chapter in his life. He loved all sports, but his favorite was fishing. No matter what season, he would fish.

Mr. Lukasavage was active in the VFW Post 4159, Roscommon, for many years. He held many important positions

and was named Michigan’s “Veteran of the Year” in 1986. One of his proud-est achievements was donating over 110 units of blood to the American Red Cross.

His love of life was never more evident than when he put on face paint and costumes as “Lonesome Luke” the clown. He cheered up patients at chil-dren’s hospitals, senior citizens and ful-filled any other request that was asked of him, always for free. He wrote and pub-lished his first children’s book.

He moved to warmer weather in Ben-son, AZ, around 1992, starting another new chapter in his life. There he became active in VFW Post 6271 and shared his humor and knowledge with any veteran who needed it. He then wrote his second book and had it published.

He was known for never meeting a stranger, no matter where he went, will-ing to give a person the shirt off his back. He loved to learn and he read anything he could. He touched many lives in his almost 91 years and was considered a soldier to the end.

Walter ‘Luke’ Lukasavage

Jean Ethel Kemp, Higgins Lake, for-merly of Toledo, OH, died July 29, 2013, at Higgins Lake. Born July 8, 1926, she was 87.

A family service was held July 31. Memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Hospice, Grayling.

Surviving are her husband of 65

years, Bob; sons, Bob Jr., Tom (Laura) Kemp and Bill (Faith) Kemp; daugh-ter, Susan Kemp; grandchildren, Caleb (Claire) Kemp, Erek Kemp and Matthew (Eleanor) Kemp, Zachary Kemp and An-drew Kemp; great-grandchildren, Grace and Finn Kemp; and sister, Bonnie Sie-bold.

Jean Ethel Kemp

Nicholas L. Burns, 70, Houghton Lake, died July 17, 2013, in Grayling.

A service was held July 22 at O’Laughlin Funeral Home,

Inc., Coleman, with Pastor Bill Raymor officiating. Burial was in the Warren Township Cemetery, Coleman.

He was born June 2, 1943, in Cole-man, the son of the late James and Beatrice (Chaffee) Burns. He married Annette M. Finney July 22, 1966, in Coleman. He served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He worked in

the area as a car salesman, owned several gas stations and was an auto body repair-man. He loved his dogs.

Surviving Mr. Burns are his wife Annette of Houghton Lake; sons, Andy Burns and Kandi of North Carolina and Alan Bailey of Maine; three grandchil-dren; three great-grandchildren; broth-ers, Jerry and Rosemary Burns of Bur-ton, Barry and Amy Burns of Coleman and Rick Burns of Coleman; sister, Sha-ron and Don Shoaf of Florida; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

Nicholas L. Burns

The Houghton Lake Sewer Authority has been awarded a $67,800 grant from the Michigan Department of Environ-mental Quality.

The grant requires a 10% local match by the HLSA and will fund a preliminary engineering and environmental study of the Markey wastewater treatment facil-ity. The treatment facility is located in Markey Township and is over 25 years old.

“This grant is the first step towards updating the facility so it can serve the community for the next 20 years,” HLSA Chairperson Diane Randall said.

The grant funding will allow the HLSA to prepare a “Project Plan” to

identify all of the repair and upgrade needs at the treatment plant and evaluate several improvement options.

“Once the authority selects a preferred option, we will conduct a public hearing to present our findings to the sewer cus-tomers,” Randall said. “If the authority decides to proceed with improvements, we will submit the Project Plan to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for additional project construc-tion grants and loans.”

The study will be performed by Gos-ling Czubak Engineering Sciences, Inc., Traverse City. Randall said the grant money is expected in October.

Houghton Lake Sewer Authority Receives Study Grant

Prudenville resident June E. Koch, 93, died July 30, 2013, at The Brook Re-tirement Community with her family by her side.

Visitation is scheduled at Christler Funeral Home, Prudenville Chapel, to-day (Thursday) from 3 to 8 p.m. A service will be held Friday, Aug. 2, at 11 a.m. at

the funeral home. Burial will be Aug. 5 at 1 p.m. at Oakwood Memorial Mauso-leum in Saginaw. Memorial donations may be directed to Presbyterian Kirk of the Lakes or Hospice Advantage.

She was born Aug. 12, 1919, to Les-lie and Ella (Zucermandle) Gould in Saginaw. She married George A. Koch on Oct. 11, 1941, in Saginaw. The cou-ple moved to the Houghton Lake area in 1954 and operated George’s Grocery from 1954 to 1964.

Mrs. Koch worked at Collins Ele-mentary as a librarian for 11 years before retiring in 1982. She was a life member of the Order of Eastern Star, life mem-ber of the Presbyterian Kirk of the Lakes and a Brownie and Girl Scout leader for many years. She enjoyed traveling, fish-ing, reading, playing cards, crocheting and especially loved spending time with her granddaughters.

Preceding her in death were her par-ents; and husband, George, in 2001.

She is survived by her daughter; Sharon (James) Thomas of Mt. Pleas-ant; granddaughter, Angela (Ryan) Crete of Grandville; granddaughter, Nicole Thomas of Big Rapids; and several niec-es, nephews and grandnephews.

June E. Koch

The Houghton Lake United Method-ist Church Relay For Life team is plan-ning one more fundraiser for the 2013 Relay For Life fiscal year which comes to a close on Aug. 31.

The team is sponsoring a canoe trip down the AuSable River Aug. 17 from the Hiawatha Canoe Livery, 1113 Lake St., Roscommon. Put-in time for pad-dlers is scheduled for 10 a.m. Partici-pants should arrive no later than 9:45

a.m. They will end the approximately two-hour trip at Steckert Bridge where they will be met by Hiawatha employees and driven back to the livery.

The cost is $30 per canoe (two people per canoe). For reservations call Roberta at (989) 329-2380 or Carolyn at 366-7669.

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