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    Hubert Hayes, DDS: 'I went where I was sent and I did what I was told'
    Tamara Stevens
    • May 19
    • 8 min
    Veterans

    Hubert Hayes, DDS: 'I went where I was sent and I did what I was told'

    Petoskey WWII veteran never had to leave the U.S. By Tamara Stevens Hubert Hayes, 95, a retired dentist in Petoskey, is extremely modest...
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    Winfield Joseph Sluyter: 'I saw the war flying, looking backwards'
    Tamara Stevens
    • Apr 14
    • 7 min
    Veterans

    Winfield Joseph Sluyter: 'I saw the war flying, looking backwards'

    Petoskey man took part in the Battle of Midway in 1942 Anyone who has seen a movie about the Battle of Midway during WWII has a fairly...
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    Larry St. Clair: 'I was there'
    Tamara Stevens
    • Mar 19
    • 13 min
    Veterans

    Larry St. Clair: 'I was there'

    Emmet County man recalls his WWII mission on the island of Iwo Jima Lawrence “Larry” St. Clair may be legally blind at 98 years old, but...
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    Serving up honors
    Greenwood Cemetery
    • Mar 7
    • 1 min
    A Cemetery

    Serving up honors

    Cemetery staff, outgoing chamber president among honorees at annual breakfast event By William T. Perkins, Petoskey News-Review Published...
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    Petoskey cemetery among history society 2018 award winners
    Greenwood Cemetery
    • Mar 7
    • 2 min
    A Cemetery

    Petoskey cemetery among history society 2018 award winners

    By Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News Published 10:19 p.m. ET Sept. 15, 2018 | Updated 8:37 p.m. ET Sept. 16, 2018 The State History...
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    Before you decide to scatter someone somewhere, think about this
    Karl Crawford
    • Feb 11
    • 2 min
    A Cemetery

    Before you decide to scatter someone somewhere, think about this

    In this day and age some would ask the question, why use a cemetery? With the rising cremation rate and the warm feeling one gets from...
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    How to get to know someone who died years before you were born
    Renee Tanner
    • Feb 9
    • 3 min
    Local history

    How to get to know someone who died years before you were born

    The following is a note regarding one of Greenwood Cemetery's annual history books. In 2021, the theme was "The Suffragists of...
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    A cemetery offers a 'forever' place
    Karl Crawford
    • Feb 9
    • 3 min
    A Cemetery

    A cemetery offers a 'forever' place

    We believe a cemetery is the best place, the only place, that a loved one will be remembered and honored for the rest of time. Why would...
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