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Jamie Gilkison, age 32, of Tecumseh, passed away May 11, 2014.Funeral services will be held 2:30 p.m. Thursday May 15, 2014 at J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh, with Rev. Fr. Daniel Wheeler officiating. Military honors will take place and be performed by the United States Marine Corps.Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh and also from 12 p.m. until time of funeral service on Thursday.Condolences may be offered online at www.pursefuneralhome.com.

Patricia Mahoney, 63, of Bonners Fairy, Idaho, died unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. She was born on Sept. 28, 1950. Patricia, formerly of Tecumseh, worked for many years at Orchard Terrace, and previously at the Tecumseh Products Company. She is survived by her husband Warren Mahoney, her daughter Khris Barnes, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

There is a tradition at Tecumseh High School (THS) for athletic teams to be clapped out of school for the important competitions.

First Student Transportation Location Manager Sue Dieter has enjoyed her six years working with Tecumseh school bus drivers and mechanics, but a new opportunity as Tecumseh Public Schools Early Childhood Program Director will take her back to what she trained for.“A good deal of my background is in early childhood education,” said Dieter, who began working with the program housed at Sutton Elementary School on May 1. She will be splitting her time between the new position and Transportation for the remainder of the school year.

Tecumseh City Council approved its 2014-2015 fiscal year budget of approximately $5.1 million on Monday, May 8. Tecumseh City Manager Kevin Welch said the budget includes a little over $5.1 million in general fund revenues, and a little over $5.1 million in expenditures with net revenue over expenses at approximately $15,000 remaining in the general fund. The budget also includes a general ad valorem tax rate of 14.3968 mills for General Operating purposes. The fiscal year begins on July 1, 2014 and runs through June 30, 2015.

To the Editor,Yesterday afternoon, Sunday, May 4, at the Tecumseh Center for the Arts, my husband and I attended the best concert I’ve been to in a long time, presented by the Tecumseh Pops Orchestra and Community Chorus. It was “An Evening With Rodgers & Hammerstein,” conducted by Dr. James Ball and Mary Hofmeister. Both the chorus and orchestra were outstanding. To make it even more enjoyable, four excellent soloists performed: Tom Hodgman, Clayton Parr, Sarah Nowak, and Mary Hofmeister. What a compliment they were to the total presentation.

To the Editor,A big thanks to the Tecumseh Rotary Club for their cleanup of the Tecumseh-Clinton Road. I travel that road a lot and underneath the piles of snow were piles of litter and trash. Judging by the amount of plastic bags after the Adopt-a-Highway service project… there was lots of trash. I want you to know how much I, and other community members, appreciate your clean-up project. We all work hard in the spring to clean up our own yards but you and your members donated extra time and energy to cleaning up one of the major roads in our area.

Virginia L. McDonnell, age 86, of Tecumseh, passed away May 4, 2014.Mrs. McDonnell was born May 30, 1927 in Harbor View, Ohio the daughter of William Henry and Myrtle (South) Rhodes. On June 10, 1950 she Married Wayne J. McDonnell in Napoleon, Ohio, and he preceded her in death on February 20, 1990.Virginia resided in the Tecumseh area since 1953 and retired from Peerless Gear in Clinton.