Merrill High School Michigan Alumni Obituaries

Jerry A. Naessens of Roslyn Pennsylvania passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Friday October 10 2025 just weeks before his 90th birthday. Born in Saginaw and raised in Merrill Michigan he graduated valedictorian of Sacred Heart High School at sixteen and later served in the U.S. Na...

Jerry Bower, 87, of Richland Center, died on Friday, January 9, 2026, at SSM Health Hospital in Madison surrounded by loved ones. He was born on March 27, 1938, in Chicago, IL, the son of George Martin and Alma Martha (Burmester) Bower. Jerry was a lifelong learner. He graduated from Merrill High S...

The beloved husband father grandfather brother and friend James Jim Thering passed away peacefully on February 21 2026 at the age of 82 surrounded by his family. The seventh of nine children Jim was born on the family farm in Isabella County on November 10 1943 to Elmer Aloysius and Ann Louise McDon...

Monte Lee SheedloAge 85 of Owosso passed away on Monday, February 23, 2026, surrounded by his family.Monte was born May 17, 1941, in Saginaw, Michigan, the son of Melvin and Beatrice (Pomeroy) Sheedlo. It was his parents who first instilled in him a lifelong love of music, teaching him the foxtrot a...

Joseph Andrew Merrill age 65 of Fayetteville Arkansas passed away Wednesday February 11 2026. He was born September 22 1960 in Lansing Michigan to Eugene Merrill and Mary Clark Merrill who preceded him in death. Joe sp I remember that it took me three months before I realized Joe had written Joes B...

Laura A. Rannow 65 of Racine passed away at the Pillars at Crystal Bay on Monday February 16 2026. She was born in Racine on November 30 1960 the daughter of the late Benedito Gene Presta and Carol Ann nee Calkins Draeger. Laura was a graduate of St. Catherine High School Class of 79. Laura had been...