McWilliams Funeral Home

11/19/2025

Our staff is honored to provide care and compassion to the families in our community and the surrounding areas.
At McWilliams Funeral Home we can assist with designing the perfect monument or headstone, we offer many personalized products, personalized pet items and urns along with all your funeral needs and pre planning services.
To those we've serviced thank you for trusting in us! It is truly our honor!

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11/19/2025

Cook, Joan Y. (Maddock) Laur of Flint and Alpena Michigan,
age 93, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 18, 2025, surrounded by family.
Cremation has taken place and a celebration of life Memorial Mass
will be celebrated at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 1227 East
Bristol Rd., Burton, MI...

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11/17/2025

June Kaszubowski, 93, of Alpena passed away peacefully Friday, November 14, 2025 at Orchard Manor AFC in Posen.

June was born February 25,1932 in Metz to the late Joseph and Celia (Kasubowski) Samp.
On September 2,1950 she married Harry Kaszubowski. The two of them enjoyed 65 years togethe...

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11/11/2025

Wilbur George Bleau, Jr., 67, of Alpena passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday, November 9, 2025.

“Webb” was born July 19,1958 in Alpena to the late Wilbur and Betty (Arlt) Bleau.
A life-long resident of the area, he enjoyed the outdoors including fishing and hunting. He also enjoyed p...

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11/11/2025

11/10/2025

David Duane Benzinger, 63, of Alpena, Michigan, passed away on November 4, 2025.

A 1979 graduate of Shepherd High School, David proudly served his country in the United States Army as a Noncommissioned Officer in the Field Artillery branch. His military service took him to South Korea, Germa...

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11/05/2025

Lester Stema, 86, of Posen passed away Sunday, November 2, 2025 at MyMichigan Medical Center -Alpena.

Lester was born August 31, 1939 in Posen to the late Edward, Sr. and Helen (Szymanki) Stema. He was a life-long resident of the Posen area where he enjoyed all that the outdoors had to offer...

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11/02/2025

Gary Sharp, age 82, of Alpena, Michigan, passed away peacefully on October 30, 2025.

Gary was born in Detroit and raised in Alpena, where he built a life centered on family, hard work, and the outdoors. He was a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who found his greatest happine...

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11/02/2025

Paul Rex Bray passed away on the morning of July 29, 2025 at MediLodge of Alpena after a brief struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on April 26,1943 in Northville, Michigan - the first-born son and grandchild in his family. For almost three years, he was doted on by a neighborhood of women w...

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10/26/2025

“Kind, sweet, genuine, loveable” – words repeated often when speaking of Arnold Kindt – a man of unwavering courage and strength, never more evident than in these last few months of his life here on earth as he battled cancer and Alzheimer’s. A true gentleman, always wearing a smile, charming everyo...

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10/24/2025

Brenda S. Donajkowski, passed away peacefully on October 22, 2025, surrounded by family, at the age of 64.
Brenda was born on February 22, 1961 to the late Earl and MaryAnn (Hayes) Kaiser.
On May 1, 1982, Brenda's heart found its match when she married her beloved husband, Louis. Together, they ...

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10/20/2025

Carolee A. Cramer passed away peacefully on October 19, 2025, at the age of 88, in her hometown of Alpena, where she was also born on June 29, 1937.
Carolee's early years in Alpena were filled with the warmth of a close-knit family. She was the cherished daughter of Waldo and Bernice King and grew...

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