Clare County Review & Marion Press

Wayne H. Norbury, age 82 of Farwell, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the MidMichigan Medical Center of Clare.  On December 13, 1939, Wayne was born one of six children to Harold “Harry” and Margaret (Leipold) Norbury in Detroit, MI.  During his high school years, Wayne moved to the Farwell area with his family, where Read More…

Betty Haggart, 86, passed away on April 20, 2022, at Pioneer Golden Estates with her family by her side.  Betty was born May 3, 1935, to Arthur and Gertrude (Davis) Grisdale.  She was a 1953 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy.  She held many jobs over the next 10 years including business manager at the State Home in Mt. Read More…

Barry Allan Prielipp, longtime resident of Marion passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at home with family by his side. He was 71.Barry was born on January 10, 1951, in Cadillac to Wilbur and Lucille (Richardson) Prielipp. He attended Marion High School and became a member of the 1969 graduating class.  A few years Read More…

Please join us in a celebration of Ellen’s life on May 14, 2O22 at the Farwell Chapel of StephensonWyman Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 10:00 with a service following at 12:00. A luncheon will occur after the service at the Farwell Church of Christ located at 700 E Michigan Street in Farwell. Arrangements were Read More…

Mark C. G. Woods Sr, age 54 of Farwell, passed unexpectedly on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at the McLaren Bay Region Hospital of Bay City, surrounded by those that love him.On November 5, 1967, Mark was born one of three boys to Frederick and Wilma (Cook) Woods in Clare.  Mark was a lifelong member of the Read More…

With the arrival of May Sunday, another holiday, a really special one, is coming up.Here is an excerpt from the Internet to remind us to remember Mom a week from this Sunday.God bless these special mothers,God bless them every one…For all the tears and heartache,And for the special work they’ve done.By Jill LemmingMothers are really Read More…

On April 20th, Marvin and Grace Robbins officially became the new owners of the Temple Party Store.What started out as a running joke last fall, snowballed into reality this week. And the couple couldn’t be more excited.Marvin, a ’99 Marion graduate, and Grace, a ’99 Pine River graduate, were married in 2000, and spent the Read More…

By Julie Traynor For many Marion businesses, a good window on Main Street was a valuable asset, especially if business was enhanced by displaying shiny new goods in said window. It is a timeless technique, the equivalent of ‘show them and they will buy’. In mid-century Marion this strategy was working for the Ben Franklin Read More…