Local obituaries for Casterline Funeral Home
Judith A. Lian
Feb 16, 2021
Judith A. Lian (Waddell )
Age 79, longtime resident of Northville, passed away on February 16, 2021. She was born on September 28, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan; daughter of Edward and Kathleen (Tuohey) Waddell. Judith was raised in Walled Lake and graduated from Walled Lake High School in 1959. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Lian...
William T. "Tom" Ritter
Feb 15, 2021
William T. “Tom” Ritter, age 78, lifelong resident of the Northville/Novi area, passed away February 15, 2021. He was born on April 12, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan; son of Richard and Alice (nee McClaren) Ritter. He graduated from Northville High School; Class of 1960. Tom was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart Joann Hinman on June 23,...
Myron U. Trenne
Feb 8, 2021
Myron U. Trenne, age 75, of Brighton, passed away February 8, 2021. He was born on April 29, 1945 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota; son of Alfred and Edmee (nee Ellseth) Trenne. Myron graduated from Fergus Fall High School, class of 1963. He continued his education at General Motors Institute graduating with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. He...
Kerry "Kc" Cecilia Kidder
Feb 8, 2021
Kerry “KC” Cecilia Kidder, age 67, of Northville, passed away on February 8, 2021. She was born on April 29, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan; daughter of Dr. Lawrence and Geraldine (nee McMahon) Beecher. KC was raised in Redford Township and graduated from Thurston High School, class of 1971. She and her husband Jeff have loved and lived in Northville...
John J. "Jack" Whelan
Feb 3, 2021
John J. “Jack” Whelan, age 83, longtime resident of Northville, passed away February 3, 2021. He was born on November 1, 1937 in Bronx, New York; son of John and Anne (nee Mullen) Whelan. Jack attended Hackensack High School in Hackensack, New Jersey where he earned accolades and was recruited at the collegiate level for football, track and basketball. ...
Gary T. Dekun
Jan 18, 2021
Gary T. Dekun, age 73, of Plymouth, passed away on January 18, 2021. He was born on September 8, 1947 in Highland Park, Michigan; son of John and Jean (Piotrowski) Dekun. Gary was raised in Detroit and graduated high school in Highland Park. He proudly served in the United States Army during Vietnam. Gary was married to Gail Bennett...
Joanne M. Dewey
Jan 17, 2021
Joanne M. Dewey
Age 79, a longtime resident of Northville, passed away on January 17, 2021. She was born on May 8, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan; daughter of Edward W. and Catherine G. (nee Swartz) Hulbert. She graduated from Dearborn High School; Class of 1959. Following high school Joanne attended Albion College where she earned her degree...
Joseph Cepuran
Jan 17, 2021
Joseph Cepuran, age 81, of Novi, formerly of Northville and Dearborn, died January 17, 2021 at home with his wife by his side from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Joseph carried on his fight against Parkinson’s by donating his brain to the Michigan Brain Bank for research purposes.
He was born on March 10, 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska;...
Kevin J. Ling
Jan 16, 2021
Kevin J. Ling, age 72, of Novi, passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2021. He was born September 27, 1948, son of Waldo A. Ling and Catherine E. Keller. Kevin graduated from Northville High School, class of 1966 and continued his education at Eastern Michigan University. Kevin proudly served his country in the United States Navy during Vietnam. Following...
James J. Sugrue, Iii
Jan 10, 2021
James J. “Jay” Sugrue, III, age 77, lifelong resident of Northville, passed away on January 10, 2021. He was born on June 9, 1943 in Washington D.C., son of James J. and Geraldine (nee Dowd) Sugrue, Jr. Jay graduated from Northville High School; Class of 1962, Vice President. Following high school, he attended Ferris State University before...
David S. Compo
Jan 2, 2021
David S. Compo, age 60, of Northville, passed away suddenly on January 2, 2021. He was born on July 20, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan; son of James and Janet (nee Mitchell) Compo. He graduated in 1978 from Farmington High School and continued his education at Lawrence Technological University. David was united in marriage to Michele M. Pilat on June...
Virginia A. Guleff
Jan 2, 2021
Virginia A. Guleff
Age 82, a longtime resident of Plymouth, passed away on January 2, 2021. She was born on February 10, 1938; daughter of Blase and Agnes (nee Tondra) Sparma. Virginia was born and raised in Massillon, Ohio. She graduated from Washington High School, class of 1955. After graduation she attended Kent State University. Virginia was...
Terry L. Stevens
Jan 2, 2021
Terry Lee Stevens, age 71, a longtime resident of Williamston, passed away January 2, 2021. He
was born on October 7, 1949, son of Keith and Dorothy (nee Jehnsen) Stevens. Terry grew up in
Lansing, where he graduated from Lansing Eastern High School; Class of 1967. Terry was
united in marriage to Linda...
Dawson J. Compo
Jan 2, 2021
Dawson J. Compo, age 18, of Northville, passed away suddenly on January 2, 2021. He was born on June 1, 2002 in Ann Arbor, Michigan; son of David and Michele (nee Pilat) Compo. Dawson was a proud graduate for Detroit Catholic Central High School, class of 2020. He completed his first semester at Michigan State University.
Dawson...
Michele M. Compo
Jan 2, 2021
Michele M. Compo, age 55, of Northville, passed away suddenly on January 2, 2021. She was born on August 7, 1965 in Detroit, MI; daughter of Frank and Carol (nee Dillaway) Pilat. Michele grew up in Inkster and graduated from Cherry Hill High School, class of 1983. She continued her education at Central Michigan University for a year then...
Ai Amano Norton
Dec 31, 2020
Ai Norton, age 39, of Livonia, passed away on December 31, 2020. She was born May 8, 1981 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan; daughter of Kunihito and Hiromi Amano. She was united in marriage to Thomas Norton on August 16, 2007 and celebrated 13 loving years...
Elaine M. Hillebrand
Dec 28, 2020
Elaine M. Hillebrand
Age 94, of Northville, passed away December 28, 2020. She was born on May 22, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan; daughter of Charles and Irene (nee McGann) Steiner. After graduating from Immaculata High School she continued her education at Marygrove College where she received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Elaine was united in marriage to...
Catherine Rankin Pistonetti
Dec 27, 2020
Catherine Rankin Pistonetti
Age 57, of Livonia, passed away after a valiant fight against cancer on December 27, 2020. She was born on September 27, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan; daughter of Duncan and Mary (nee MacDonald) Rankin. Cathy graduated from Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit, class of 1981. She spent her childhood in Detroit and made...
Billy C. Cullen, Ii
Dec 26, 2020
Billy C. Cullen II, age 35, of Waterford Township, formerly of Livonia, passed away December 26, 2020. He was born on May 3, 1985 in Farmington Hills, son of Billy C. Cullen and Catherine M. Rankin. Billy attended Stevenson High School in Livonia.
Billy was a kind and thoughtful soul taken from this world far too soon....
Michael John Wierzbicki
Dec 24, 2020
Michael J. Wierzbicki, age 58, of Novi, passed away December 24, 2020. He was born on February 12, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois; son of Bernard and Barbara (nee Frank) Wierzbicki. Mike was united in marriage to Deena W. Woodrow on July 7, 1990; they celebrated 30 wonderful years of marriage this past July.
He was born and...
