Ella Yuncker
June 23, 1908 - August 21, 2008

Ella Yuncker, 100, of Beal City passed away Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 at the Isabella County Medical Care Facility. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at St. Joseph The Worker Church with Father Thomas J. McNamara presiding and Deacon Larry Fussman assisting. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church on Friday from 2-8 p.m. with the Vigil beginning at 7 p.m. Visitation continues at the church on Saturday from 1-2 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph The Worker Church or School. Envelopes will be available at the church or at the Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home.

Ella was born June 23, 1908, in Westphalia, the daughter of Joseph and Ida (Fox) Smith. She was in the first graduating class of St. Philomena High School in 1925. While in high school she played the church organ. On April 10, 1928 she married the late Herbert Yuncker at St. Philomena Church. She enjoyed playing cards, traveling and fishing. As a homemaker she raised her five children on the farm. Family was important to her and she was very blessed to have her many grandchildren. Ella is survived by four children, Richard (Joyce) Yuncker, Arlene (Donald) Cotter, Dolores (Donald) Krueger, and LaVern (Linda) Yuncker, all of Beal City; daughter-in-law, Joan Yuncker of Lake Isabella; 28 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; brother, Walter (Johanna) Smith of Beal City; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert in 1986; son, Evan in 2001; two grandchildren, Diane Krueger in 1975, Brian Yuncker in 1960; one great-grandson, Ryan Cotter in 1992; and four brothers, Ed, Leo, Robert, and Harold Smith.
--https://www.charlesrlux.com/obituary/ella-yuncker

Arlene Cotter, 92, of Beal City, passed away Monday, September 26, 2022, at MyMichigan Medical Center in Midland. Arlene was born March 23, 1930, in Beal City, Michigan, daughter of the late Herbert and Elizabeth (Smith) Yuncker. She married Donald Cotter on June 25, 1949, at St. Philomena Catholic Church in Beal City. She was a lifelong member of St. Joseph the Worker Parish, a member of the Council of Catholic Women, and she enjoyed cooking, reading, crossword puzzles, solitaire, and playing cards. Arlene is survived by six children, Gary (Janet) Cotter of Harrison, Richard (Jane) Cotter, Leon (Kathy) Cotter, Wayne Cotter, Michele (fiancé Jim Hatfield) Esch, and Dean (Cindy) Cotter, all of Beal City; sister, Dolores (Don) Krueger of Beal City; and three sisters in-law, Joan Yuncker of Lake Isabella and Joyce Yuncker of Mt. Pleasant and Linda Yuncker of Beal City; 11 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Elizabeth "Ella" Yuncker; husband, Donald Cotter; grandsons, Ryan Cotter, Jeremy Cotter, and Zachary Cotter; and brothers, Richard Yuncker, Evan Yuncker, and LaVern Yuncker. A Funeral Mass for Arlene will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, September 30, at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church with Father Thomas Held as celebrant and Deacon Larry Fussman as homilist. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Beal City Knights of Columbus Hall following the cemetery service. The family will receive friends in the gathering room of the church on Thursday from 4-7:30 p.m. with a Vigil beginning at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph the Worker School. Envelopes will be available at the church. To sign the online guest book or leave a condolence for the family please visit www.CharlesRLux.com. www.CharlesRLux.com

Published by Morning Sun on Sep. 28, 2022.
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