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8A WWW.FREEP.COM TUESDAY, JAN.10,2017 Local deaths OBITUARIES ALEXANDER ROBERTL. 10a.m.atNa- BURNS 10a.m. CLARK ISABELE. 11a.m.atOurLady GIERA 11AMatSt.EphremCatholicChurch GIROUX PATRICIAA. 10a.m.atSt.

JoanofArcChurch HADJIYANIS VIOLA(NEENANOS) 10AM atAssumptionGreekOrthodoxChurch KABROVICH ELENA 10AMatDear- bornChapelofVoranFuneralHome KLEINO BARBARA LawrenceCatholicChurch LOWRY BESSIE 11a.m.atOakGrove A.M.E.Church MCNEIL MARILYNA. 1p.m.atLewis E.Wint&SonFuneralHome OLAH ANNA 12p.m.atA.J.Desmond SPENCE 10AMat MachpelahCemetery SULLIVAN 9:30 a.m.atSt.MichaelChurch,40501Hayes SWANTEK MARYW. 11amatLourdes TRAVNIKAR FR.ROCK 10a.m.at VANDEMARK CURTISWILLIAM 11amatKirkintheHills WOZNIAK DOLORES(NEEMARCI- NAK) 11amatSt.KieranCatholicChurch WURSTER ELMERJOHN 10a.m.at SSSimonandJudeCatholicChurch ZETTLE DONALDM.SR. 7p.m.at MAUREEN Age61.Belovedmother ofRyan.DeardaughterofLynnand thelateHarryAlbertson.Dearniece ofDavidMartin.VisitingWednesday 4p.m.until7p.m.MemorialServices atCharlesStepFuneralHome, 18425BeechDaly(between6-7 forChildrenwouldbeappreciated. Condolencesat CharlesStepFuneralHome.com ALBERTSON Age83.Brother ofTed(Dolly)Andrisandthelate Yhrik.Great-uncleofSamra,Leo, Corden.InstateThursday10:30 a.m.until11:00a.m.serviceatSt.

Geor geGr eekOrthod oxChur ch, IntermentFranklinCemetery.National foodservicedirectorforMilner Hotels.FooddirectorforCoboHall, FordandGeneralMotorsplants. Retiredmanagerandownerofmany restaurants. ANDRICOPOULOS WINIFRED Age88.January9, 2017.BelovedwifeofthelateR.C. ofRaymond(Pamela)Boniand grandmotherofHeather(David), Madeleine.FuneralFriday11a.m.at W.ofFarmingtonRd.).Visitation OakwoodCemetery.Memorials suggestedtoKindredHospice. www.thayer-rock.com BONI REMONNEM.

Age91ofWaterford, formerlyofRoseville.DiedJanuary8, 2017.BelovedwifeofthelateJack andTommy.Great-grandmotherof seven.VisitationWednesday2:00- Warren.FuneralThursday,instateat atSt.PioCatholicChurch-Sacred IntermentatWhiteChapelCemetery. Lightacandleandshareamemoryat www.verheyden.org. CARDINAL EARLDAVID inSt.ClairShores.Hewasborn toEarlandMary(Dorsey)Cundiff. EarlservedintheUSAirForcefrom marriedPatriciaAnnGarverandshe precededhimindeathDecember QuincyAmericanLegion.Surviving andKimberly(Alan)LyonsofSt andMichael(Bernadette)Cundiff CundiffofRomulusandstep-sister, DonnaJeanMayesofRoseville, nofuneralserviceorcallinghours. IntermentwilltakeplaceinAllen Cemeteryatalaterdate.Memorials aresuggestedtotheAmerican CancerSociety.Toviewthisobituary www.eaglefuneralhomes.com CUNDIFF JOSEPH ofGabrielaCordovan.Fatherof RachaelandRose.Grandfatherof three.Familywillreceivefriends 2600CrooksRoad(BetweenMaple FuneralServiceWednesday11a.m.

Visitationbeginsat10a.m.Memorial tributestoASPCA. Viewobituaryandsharememoriesat AJDesmond.com DEMBICKI KATHLEEN 93.BelovedwifeofthelateDonald H.LovingmotherofDonna(Paul) DearsisterofMadelyn(Orville)Miller 2017and10a.m.Friday,January13, 2017untiltheFuneralServiceat11 a.m.attheO’Brien/SullivanFuneral interredwithherhusbandatWhite contributions to Michigan Humane Society.Expressionsofsympathyto www.obriensullivanfuneralhome.com. DUNN GORDONL. waspre-deceased byhisformerwifeand motherofhischildren, survivedbyhisloving DevotedsonofthelateSamuel survivedbyhisdevotedcaregiver JamesNsiah.SERVICES1:30P.M. IRAKAUFMANCHAPEL.248-569- 0020.INTERMENTATCLOVERHILL PARKCEMETERY.

www.irakaufman.com FISHER CLAYTONROBERT husbandof49yearstoMary Elizabeth.LovingfatherofDavid (Sherrie)andJeremy(Heather). CherishedgrandpaofChristopher, ofWilliam.Alsosurvivedbyhis nephews.Clay’sloveoffamilyand laughterwillbegreatlymissedbyall. TheTrentonChapelofTheMartenson 5400.IntermentMichiganMemorial ParkCemetery.Toshareamemory visitwww.martenson.com. HAUPT SR.MARY 2017.Survivedby herSistersofMercy Community.Welcome p.m.witha7:00p.m. PrayerVigil.MassofResurrection FarmingtonHills.IntermentatHoly www.mccabefuneralhome.com KORB PHYLLISCHERRINHOFFMAN BelovedwifeofDr.Gerald DavidKrauseandthe lateSanfordHoffman.

Cherishedmotherof CharlesKrauseandSuzySmuckler. grandmotherofJessicaHoffman, Samantha (Brandon Carrino) Metzger Robert(LarrySullivan)Smuckler, andthelateJonathanHoffman. Adoringgreat-grandmotherofDrew andBrodyFierman.Lovingsister ofthelateBernice(thelateRoss) Kauffman.SERVICES12NOON IRAKAUFMANCHAPEL.248-569- 0020.INTERMENTATBETHEL MEMORIALPARKCEMETERY. www.irakaufman.com KRAUSE SARKIS aresidentoftheDetroit awayonJanuary8.He was95.Belovedhusband totheUnitedStatesfrom displacedpersonscampinStuttgart, Fleetwoodplantfor30yearsandwas anavidsupporteroftheRedWings andTigers.Hisson,Vartanwasa sportswriterandcolumnistatThe withClarkHill.Sarkisleavesbehind daughters-in-lawBetty(Vartan)and LucieandPierceBenjamin.Visitation SarkisArmenianApostolicChurch, 19300FordRd.inDearborn.Funeral a.m.atChurch.BurialisatWoodlawn Cemetery.Inlieuofflowersmemorial donationinMr.Kupelian’smemory aretoSt.SarkisArmenianApostolic Church.Tosendalovingmessage, pleasevisitMr.Kupelian’sobituary atwww.ekfh.net.Arrangements entrustedtoEdwardKorkoian FuneralHome(248)541-8325. KUPELIAN FRANKJ.

Age87.Husbandofthe lateChristineof33years.Dearfather (cornerof10mileandCodein Cemetery tionstoMother Rd.MemberofLivoniaKofC. McCOTTER ANNAM. BelovedwifeofthelateAmerigo LovingmotherofPatricia(Terry) grandmotherof14andgreat- grandmotherof14.Dearsisterof Tony(Fran)CapocciaandGeorge atSt.IsidoreCatholicChurch,18201 23MileRd.atRomeoPlankuntiltime ofMass10a.m.Inlieuofflowers, memorialcontributionswouldbe appreciatedtoSeasonsHospice FoundationortotheCathederal ofSt.Anthony,Detroit.Inurnment ResurrectionCemetery.Share memorieswiththefamilyattheir WujekCalcaterra.com. MIOTTO DAVIDMICHAEL grandfatherofJennifer(Michael) DavidGaravitoandgreat-grandfather ofthree.DearbrotherofJamesand brother-in-lawofGeorge(Susan) DerbinandDelores(thelateRobert) Nolta.VisitationTuesday3-8p.m. HarryJ.WillFuneralHome,37000 MassWednesday12p.m.,with Rd.Livonia.

www.harryjwillfuneralhome.com NOLTA DAVIDR. DearbrotherofKaren(Dan) andsister-in-lawDawnSchoeninger. Precededindeathbyparents WilliamandGiseleandbrother Michael.Familywillreceiveguests WarrenRd(betweenSheldonand CantonCenterRds)whereafuneral Visitwww.TurowskiLifeStory.comto signtheonlineguestbook. SCHOENINGER Age91 thelateVictoranddearestmother Smith.Lovinggrandmotherof sisterofHelen(Richard)Gastaldo, Vincent.Alsosurvivedbytengreat- grandchildrenandmanyloving relatives.VisitationTuesday5-9p.m. RosaryServiceattheD.S.Temrowski MartindePorresCatholicChurch, untiltimeofFuneralMassat11a.m.

Memorialdonationsappreciatedto ALZ.orgPleasesharememoriesat www.Temrowski.com SMITH Beloved husbandofthelate LorettaSpence.Loving brotherofPauline.Dear brother-in-lawofthelate IleneRubin.Alsosurvived andfriends.GRAVESIDESERVICES CEMETERY.ARRANGEMENTSBY THEIRAKAUFMANCHAPEL. 248-569-0020. www.irakaufman.com SPENCE ANNM. 72ofAllenPark.Belovedwifeof JohnSullivan.Lovingmotherof AngelaGardnerandMichael(Mona) Fuller.Dearestgrandmotherof grandchildren.Annwasoneof16 brothersandsisters.Shewillbe deeplymissedbyfamilyandfriends. funeralhome.VisitAnn’sonline guestbookandsharememoriesat www.voranfuneralhome.com SULLIVAN MINDA Devoteddaughterof andAsherNortonTilchin, andlovingstep-daughter mothertoBethany (Schaer)HigaandJustinHigaof andadoringgrandmothertoEthan WilliamTilchinandCarolGilibertoof MarciaTilchinandScottSpitzerof step-sistertoRobertandNancy andLillianSchostak.Mindawasvery closetohermanytensofnieces, atthecenterofherextendedfamily.

caringrelationship.SERVICES11:00 A.M.WEDNESDAY,JANUARY11 ATTHEIRAKAUFMANCHAPEL. MACHPELAHCEMETERY. www.irakaufman.com TILCHIN Marvin Jay Yagoda, a pharmacist by trade who was best known for creating Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills, died Sunday. He was 78. world is a lot less marvelous today.

Rest In Peace, the museum announced on its Facebook page. No cause of death was given, but Yagoda suffered a heart attack in 2004. Tucked in the back of a strip mall on Orchard Lake Road just south of 14 Mile Road, the museum is a cacophony of gizmos, games and gadgets that bills itself plays more than 3,000 songs to go along with the games. Among the favorites were a Crankenstein monster who will jump out at you if you feed it two quarters and crank a lever. Overhead, several dozen model airplanes afew painted red, white and blue zipped overhead on a motorized track.

There are brightly colored rides and several picture booths many that are rented out for weddings, bat and bar mitzvahs, proms and parties. Funeral arrangements are pending. Contact John Wisely: 313-222-6825 or profile. I do want to make a His son, Jeremy Yagoda, shrugged off his eccentricity, saying at the time: is certifiably insane, but a good thing. He loves this Kids of all ages frequent the museum, pumping quarters into the games and machines to be barraged with flashing lights, screeching sirens and the smell of fresh popcorn.

The place is so unique rapper Eminem rented it to host his 30th birthday bash. Magician David Copperfield, a friend of Yagoda, was known to stop by when he was in town. The museum includes an instrument amplifier that as mind blowing fully interactive museum open to the public 365 days a year with free Its Facebook page notes it contains 1,000 electric outlets, 40-foot ceilings and 5,500 square feet of floor space containing an array of buzzing and clattering new and vintage mechanical devices and Part P.T. Barnum and part Fred Sanford, Yagoda traveled the world collecting the games for the museum he operated for more than 25 years. Yagoda said he has spent anywhere from $25 to $60,000 apiece for his prized possessions.

like a little boy still, not wanting to grow he told the Free Press for a 2004 Marvelous Mechanical Museum founder dies DAVID TO THE DETROIT FREE PRESS Marvin Yagoda, owner of Marvelous Mechanical Museum, shows off a carousel on Jan. 5, 2009. By John Wisely Detroit Free Press.