Bonnie Willett

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• Reference Number: 169

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Obituary (Lynch & Sons Funeral Home - Oxford, Michigan)
Bonnie was born on February 4, 1944 in Bay City, Michigan to Dale and Frieda (Felsing) Willett. She was the third of four children. She spent her childhood years living with her parents and siblings - Eugene, Geraldine (Ulman), and Clinton - in Au Gres, a small city on the shore of Saginaw Bay in Arenac County.

She graduated from Au Gres High School in 1962. Afterward, she moved to Oakland County. Her daughter, Denise, was born in December 1965, and Neil was born in July 1969, each at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI. Bonnie was a supportive mother. She also spent a considerable amount of time working in retail locations, such as J.L. Hudson’s, Mervyn’s, Dancers, and, later, Kohls. Naturally, this fed her habit for “everything should match” clothes shopping!

On July 13, 1985, Bonnie married the love of her life, Donald P. McGill. They spent many years living in Howell, Michigan. In December 2000, they moved to Leonard, Michigan. Her favorite pastimes were reading, gardening at her lovely home, and traveling with Don - especially cruises and winters in Panama City Beach, FL. In addition to being a wonderful mother and wife, Bonnie was an exceptional “Grammy.” Her grandchildren have hosts of memories from going to “Grammy and Grampy’s,” where they were spoiled with love, not to mention candy!

Unfortunately, in March 2014, Bonnie suffered a major stroke. Since then, Don has cared for her with fierce dedication. He is especially thankful for the assistance of several caregivers, including Tina, Stacey, Kimberly, Mellisa, Claire, and nurse Katie Loran, who helped care for Bonnie physically, and Pastor Don, who provided invaluable spiritual support. Bonnie’s husband Don would also like to express thanks to their neighbors, Matt and Angie, who offered immeasurable friendship and help.
Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Eugene, and her sister Geraldine. She is survived by Don (her loving husband of 36 years), her brother Clinton, her children Neil (Christina) and Denise Tymensky (Holger Kuester), her stepdaughter Lori (Scott) Rush, her grandchildren - Anastasia & Ethan Tymensky and Alexander & Cristian Carter and Levi & Caden Rush - and her cousin and lifelong friend, Judy Voorhees.

Visitation will take place on Thursday, February 10, 2022 from 3 to 7 p.m. On Friday, February 11, visitation will begin at 10 a.m., and the funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Visitation and the funeral service will take place at Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors, Bossardet Chapel, 39 West Burdick Street, Oxford, MI 48371. Lunch will be served immediately thereafter at Homegrown Brewing Company, 28 N. Washington St., Oxford, MI 48371 (www.homegrownbrewco.com).

Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation is invited to do so to a charity of his or her choice.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

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• Other: Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• SSN issued: Michigan, USA
• Reference Number: 6181
• Residence: Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Arterioclerostic heart disease/ heart attack

Buried:
Buried in Linwood Cemetery, Au Gres, Michigan.

Dale married Frieda Margaret Felsing on 17 Aug 1940 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA. Frieda (daughter of Johannes (John) Felsing and Elizabeth Reitz) was born on 21 Mar 1919 in Michigan, USA; died on 30 Sep 1996 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• SSN issued: Michigan, USA
• Name: Frieda Felsing
• Name: Frieda Felsing
• Reference Number: 6052
• Birth: 1919, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA

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• Reference Number: 2764
• Draft Reg: 1917

Edward married Bessie Kenney on 29 Dec 1908 in Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA. Bessie was born in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1259

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• Departure: Belgium
• Name: Johannes Felsing
• Name: John Felsing
• Name: John Felsing
• Name: John Felsing
• Reference Number: 5840
• Birth: Abt 1876, Russia
• Birth: 30 Apr 1876
• Birth: Abt 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Birth: 1877, Russia
• Arrival: 1898
• Arrival: 1 Mar 1898, Galveston, Texas, USA; SS Lauenberg
• Residence: 1900, Maple, Dodge, Nebraska, USA; 6/29/1900-counted twice!
• Residence: 1900; Lincoln Ward 7, Lancaster, Nebraska
• Residence: 1910, Liberty, Coffey, Kansas, USA
• Naturalization: 17 Dec 1913, Standish, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Draft Reg: 12 Sep 1918, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• SSN issued: 1967, Michigan, USA

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BIRTH: 28 Apr 1876 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia to ethnic German parents
NAME: Born Johannes Felsing. He went by Johannes Felsing on his info in the early years. Later he used John Felsing.
PARENTS: Johann Philipp Felsing and Katherine Margaretha Baum
IMMIGRATION: He immigrated on the SS Lauenburg arriving on March 1, 1898 in Galveston, Texas. He is number 29 on the passenger list. The column that asks where will you be staying is marked 'Aug Hergen', possibly August Hergenröder. Tthe name cousin is next to it. I can not find anyone with that name living in Nebraska at that time. Also if you look up further on the name list there is someone listed with last name Klemm who looks like they have the same info listed as Johannes for 'Aug Hergen'.

MARRIAGE: 29 Oct 1899 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
DEATH: 17 Oct 1967 in Au Gres, Arenac, MI
BURIAL: 20 Oct 1967 Sims-Whitney Cemetery in AuGres, MI

Buried:
Sims-Whitney Cemetery

Died:
Sims Whitney Cemetery

Johannes married Elizabeth Reitz on 29 Oct 1899 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann Philipp Reitz and Anna Margaret Maser) was born on 29 Aug 1879 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 5 Jun 1958 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA; was buried in Jun 1958 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Felsing
• Name: Elizabeth Felsing
• Name: Elizabeth Felsing
• Name: Elizabeth Felsing
• Name: Lizzie Reitz
• Reference Number: 5945
• Birth: Aug 1879, Russia
• Birth: Abt 1880
• Birth: 1880, Russia
• Birth: 1880, Russia
• Birth: 1880, Russia
• Arrival: 1891
• Arrival: 23 Dec 1891; left Russia 16 Nov 1891 (may be arrival date in Lincoln NE)
• Residence: 1900, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1910, Liberty, Coffey, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA

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BIRTH: 29 Aug 1879 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia to ethnic German parents.

PARENTS: Johann Philipp Reitz and Anna Margaret Maser

MARRIAGE: 29 Oct 1899 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska

DEATH: 5 Jun 1958 in AuGres, MI

BURIAL: 7 Jun 1958 in Sims-Whitney Cemetery


Buried:
Sims-Whitney Cemetery

Died:
Sims Whitney Cemetery

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• Reference Number: 2850
• Birth: 1858, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Hampton, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA

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• Name: Philipp Felsing
• Name: Phillip Felsing
• Reference Number: 5866
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH32
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH39
• Death: 10 Feb 1890, Kukkus, Samara, Russia

Johann married Katherine Margaretha Baum in 1868 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Katherine (daughter of Johann Conrad Baum and Maria Margaretha Bell) was born on 18 Jun 1847 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 3 Jan 1928 in Au Gres, Arenac, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Katharina Margaretha Baum
• Name: Katherine Margaret Felsing
• Name: Katherine Margaret Felsing
• Name: Katherine Margaret Felsing
• Name: Maggie Baum
• Name: Margaret Felsing
• Name: Maria Margaretha Baum
• Reference Number: 6162
• Residence: Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1846, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1846, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1847, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 19 Jun 1847
• Birth: Abt 1848, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1848, Russia
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1850, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH27
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH33
• Confirmation: 4 Nov 1862
• Arrival: 8 Dec 1898
• Arrival: 1899
• Residence: 1910, Liberty, Coffey, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1928, Michigan, USA
• Death: 3 Jan 1928, Whitney, Arenac County, Michigan, USA
• Death: 3 Jan 1928, Whitney, Arenac, Michigan, USA
• Death: 3 Jan 1928, Whitney, Arenac County, Michigan, USA

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Birth:
church confirmation record

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• Name: Phillip Reitz
• Reference Number: 6013
• Birth: Sep 1856, Russia
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH143
• Arrival: 27 Dec 1891, New York, New York, USA
• Arrival: 1892
• Residence: 1900, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

Johann married Anna Margaret Maser about 1878 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia. Anna (daughter of Conrad Maser and Anna Margaret Heinrich) was born on 17 Sep 1855 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 22 Oct 1944 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna M Reitz
• Name: Anna Margaretha Maser
• Reference Number: 6030
• Birth: 1855, Kukkus, Samara, Russia
• Birth: 1856, Russia
• Birth: 1856, Russia
• Residence: 1857, Kukkus, Samara, Russia; HH103
• Arrival: 1881
• Arrival: 1891
• Arrival: 27 Dec 1891, New York, New York, USA
• Residence: 1910, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; Ward 1
• Residence: 1930, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1940, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

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Lincoln Journal, Monday Oct 23, 1944
Anna Margaret Reitz, 89, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Philip Krumm, 1025 Charleston St. Born in Russia, Mrs. Reitz had lived in the United States 52 years.
She is survived by a son John of Lincoln; three daughters, Mrs. John Felsing of AuGres, Michigan, Mrs. Peter Johannes of Mitchell, Nebraska and Mrs. Phillip Krumm, 18 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She was a member of the Salem Congregational church for 40 years.