Archive - Dec 2009

Arlyne Kay Becker, 69, of Britton, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at home. She was born May 16, 1940, in Tecumseh, the daughter of Frank C. and Carrenna (Smith) Becker.
Arlyne was employed as township clerk in Ridgeway Township for over 40 years. She was a teller at United Bank and Trust until 2001. She loved to cook, sew, and being with family.

Arlyne is survived by one daughter, Kym (Jeffrey) Geigler of Britton and two grandchildren, Kyle and Kory Geigler.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

At her request, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Tecumseh Chapel of Handler Funeral Homes at 11 a.m. with the Rev. David Welcome of the Britton Congregational Church officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the time of services.  
Condolences may be offered to the family at www.handlerfuneralhomes.com
Shay Elizabeth Hannah

Shay Elizabeth Hannah, 34, was born Nov. 17, 1975, in Adrian, Mich. to Charles E. Hannah and Cheryl A. Seeburger-Hannah.

Shay lost her courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, while resting at her home in Toledo with her special significant other, Christopher, mother, and daughters by her side.

Shay is survived by her parents; stepmother, Karen; daughters, Caprice and Faith; grandparents, Don and Betty Hannah, Elmer J. Seeburger and his wife, Nancy; and numerous aunts, cousins and friends. She also leaves behind her partner and caregiver, Christopher M. Alcock, and family pets.

Lloyd H. (Buck) Smith, was born June 5, 1931, in Harlan County, Ky.  He passed away Nov. 27, 2009, in Priceville, Ala.

After marrying Charlotte C. Grable on June 15, 1951, in Kentucky, they made their way to Tecumseh, Mich. for the beginning of an amazing adventure in starting a family, spanning from 1953 through 1975 of eight children, the Rev. H. Craig (Janet) Smith, Darlene (Jay) Carrero, David L. Smith, Pamela S. Smith, Tim (Lisa) Smith, Gay Lee (Jimmy) Quinn, Melonee (Stephen King) Merann and Jason (Nicole) Smith.

To the Editor,

Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank Vicki Philo, the new Tecumseh Chamber Executive Director, for the wonderful job she did in organizing, facilitating and pulling off one of the best Christmas Parades that the City of Tecumseh has had in a very long time.  

It was heart-warming to see the hundreds of spectators along with a huge and beautiful array of parade entries.  Hosting the Toledo 11 news personalities, the food drive, the toy drive and the Tecumseh Marching Band was a very impressive task that she took on with the skill of a veteran!  A job well done.

Thank you, Vickie, for being a part of Tecumseh and devoting your time and energy to this event.

Kevin Welch
Tecumseh City Manager

To the Editor,

The WTOL “Home for the Holidays” live broadcast was very successful.
Thank you to everyone in the community who came out to enjoy the broadcast and brought donations for the WTOL Pack-A -Pickup project. Through your generosity we were able to fill the back of a pickup truck with toys and non-perishable food items that were given to the Tecumseh Service Club.

 Special thanks to the Tecumseh Middle School Choir and Donna Andre for singing carols, the Tecumseh High School Spirit Band for performing, to Santa and Mrs. Claus for making a special guest appearance, and to the two young men with the guitars who played Christmas music for the grand finale.

 Thank you for your support of this special holiday event and to WTOL for the great coverage highlighting all the unique things about Tecumseh that makes it such a great place to live and work.
 Happy Holidays!

Linda Hewlett
City of Tecumseh
Marketing Coordinator

To the Editor,

Thank you to Tecumseh Police Officer Tim Ryan who found me stopped in the middle of downtown Tecumseh traffic with transmission trouble. He pushed my van out of traffic and took me to a shop to arrange for towing and repair. Then he made sure I got home safely.

Also thanks to Baron’s Service & Towing who after assessing the problems, advised me the van should go to the dealer to take advantage of any warranty that might be available. Both made a stressful situation a little more bearable.

Beth Loesch
Britton

This is the second year I was asked to be an adult facilitator during Challenge Day at Britton-Macon Area School. Each year, I've left the event really thinking about how I think about our youth. Just as teens have certain impressions of each other, so do we adults have certain set impressions of teens. Challenge Day reminds me that those impressions are limiting, not only to teens, but to me. I can't go into everything that happened during Challenge Day, but I can say that we have more in common with our young folks than we let on. We have similar fears, similar worries and more. However, we are fortunate as adults that we more often have more tools to deal with the fear and worry than our young counterparts. That's what Challenge Day taught me. Here is an Emmy Award-winning documentary by Arnold Shapiro Productions showing a bit of what Challenge Day is all about. I'll post all three parts throughout the weekend.