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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...

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...

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...

Serving up honors

Cemetery staff, outgoing chamber president among honorees at annual breakfast event By William T. Perkins, Petoskey News-Review Published...

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...

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...

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...

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...