Person Page 2,955

Jerry Robert Keene was born on 15 August 1937 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan.^3,2 He and Glenda Joyce Warren were married in 1961. He died on 20 August 2006, at age 69, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan.³ He was buried in Fairview Cemetery (Lot 123, Row 8, Section 4D), Dansville, Ingham, Michigan.³

Joseph Walter Keene, Ll, was born on 9 April 1943 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. He and Linda Louise Bacon were married on 30 November 1963. He died on 2 January 2015, at age 71, in La Mesa, San Diego, California. He was buried in Dale Cemetery, Beaverton, Gladwin, Michigan.

Aviation Structural Mechanic. OBITUARY
Joseph Walter Keene
April 9, 1943 January 2, 2015, La Mesa, CA

Joseph (Joe) W. Keene passed away at this home on January 2, 2015. He was born in Ann Arbor, MI to Joseph and Shirley Keene, who preceded him in death as did his brother Jerry Keene and sister Jean Keene Gronda.

After graduating from Beaverton HS in Beaverton, MI in 1962, Joe attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, OK and graduated with an Aviation Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics license. Joe served in the United States Navy from 1966 to 1970 as an Aviation Structural Mechanic. He served with Fighter Squadron VF 92 at Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego, CA. He went on two west-pac deployments on the USS Enterprise in 1968 and 1969. After the Navy, Joe and Linda (his wife of 51 years), settled in La Mesa, CA where he worked in the field of property development. Joe always had a love for airplanes, both fixing them and flying them. In 1962 he got his single engine private pilot's license and later he added to that a multi-engine rating and a glider rating. He loved to take people flying. He wanted to give them the experience of being up in t he air; to let them see why he loved it so much.

Joe is survived by his wife Linda Keene; two sisters, Joan Lapp of Tavares, FL, Jude Martinez-Keene of Benson, AZ; sisters-in-law, Lois Gatton of Lawrence, KN, Barbara Huebner of Beaverton, MI and Connie Bacon of Kailua, HI; brothers-in-law, Allan Bacon of Lakeview, MI and Richard (Carolyn) Bacon of Edenville, MI, plus many nieces and nephews.

John Lapp, Jr., was born on 20 June 1931 in Jackson County, Michigan. He died on 5 August 2006, at age 75, in Midland, Midland, Michigan.

Jean Frances Keene was born on 13 October 1944 in Washtenaw County, Michigan. She died on 31 July 2011, at age 66, in St Johns, Flagler, Florida.¹

Jean F.Gronda of Middleburg, Fla., passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011 as a result of cancer.

She fought Multiple Myeloma with tenacity and without complaint for eight and a half years.

She passed away in Hospice Care in Jacksonville, Fla., in her sleep, with her tireless husband at her side. Close friends and family celebrated her arrival in Heaven with tears, laughter, and singing the hymn “How Great Thou Art”.

Charles R. (Chuck) Gronda was born on 15 June 1938 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan.² He died on 15 February 2013, at age 74, in Middleburg, Clay, Florida.² He was buried Cremated.²

Charles R. (Chuck) Gronda was a Golf, Football, Baseball Coach in Cheboygan Area High School.¹ Son of:
Floyd Ray Gronda and Vivian L. Hill

Husband of:
Jean Francis Gronda

Middleburg, Fla. -- Charles (Chuck) R. Gronda
74, Middleburg, Fla.

Charles (Chuck) R. Gronda, 74, of Middleburg, Fla., went to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer.

He was born June 15, 1938 in Saginaw, Mich. to Floyd and Vivian Gronda.

He is survived by his brother, Everett (EJ) Gronda (Linda); his children, Craig R. Gronda (Deborah), Jeffery C. Gronda (Jaime), Russ T. Broka (Allyson), and Robin N. Frick (Ryan); and his grandchildren, Trevor Gronda, Jordan Gronda, Kaylee Keiser, Jenna Carpenter, Hannah Carpenter, Kierra Frick, Seth Broka, Luke Broka, Levi Broka and Selah Broka.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Vivian Gronda, and his wife, Jean Gronda.

Chuck loved golf and was always very good at it. He was Cheboygan Golf and Country Club men's club champion 13 times, and also won the Northern Michigan Open two times. He was also men's club champion at Beacon Woods in Hudson, Fla. three times. One of the unique things was that he played golf for 32 years before getting his first hole in one, but then went on to have 8 more in a short period of time.

He was the Cheboygan Area High School golf coach for 31 years, as well as coaching football and baseball. He was an industrial arts teacher for 30 ½ years in Saginaw, Mich. and Cheboygan, Mich. teaching wood shop and drafting. Chuck was also a tremendous baseball player, playing for Central Michigan University in the early '60s, setting many records in his tenure there. He was offered two big league contracts, one with the Detroit Tigers and one with the Boston Red Sox; he turned them both down and finished his education and started a family. He was also a good bowler and averaged 210+ up into his late 60s. He won the Classic's in Cheboygan in the '80s and as far as we know, is the only person to win both the Northern Michigan Open and the Classic's.

Chuck also loved building. He could build anything with wood from small pieces of furniture to houses. He would build and remodel homes in his off time in the summer and continued to do that up until a month before he passed. He loved to go to his kids houses and built anything their spouses wanted and usually more.

Chuck was a tremendous role model to many people, especially the kids he taught and coached. There was almost nothing that he wouldn't do for anyone that asked; he was always thinking of others and loved to help with anything he could. As a father, you could ask for no better! He was always there for all of us as we grew up and continued to be there for his grandchildren, teaching them all of the great virtues that he had; we are all so much better for it.

We are planning a memorial for him this summer with possibly a golf tournament in Cheboygan. We will keep everyone up to date on the plans and the dates that it will happen. Contributions can be made to the Cheboygan High School Golf team in his name; all proceeds from the golf tournament will go to the team as well.

Heaven is richer and earth is poorer for his passing, but remember all that he taught us and his legacy will remain and a piece of him will live forever in us!

Source: Cheboygan News.com, March 7, 2013.

Glenda Joyce Warren was born on 6 March 1938 in Appleton, Lawrence, Tennessee.¹ She and Jerry Robert Keene were married in 1961. She died on 20 June 2003, at age 65, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan.¹ She was buried in Fairview Cemetery (Lot 123, Row 8, Section 4D), Dansville, Ingham, Michigan.¹

Steven Todd Keene was born on 26 March 1963 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan. He died on 25 June 2011, at age 48, in Chelsa, Washtenaw, Michigan.

Steven Todd Keene was educated in Western Michigan University.¹ Steven, 48, of Chelsea, MI. passed away at the Arbor Hospice Residence with his family by his side. He was born the son of Jerry R. And Glenda J. (Warren) Keene.

Steve was a graduate of Ypsilanti High School and Western Michigan University. On May 2, 1987, he married Candy VanZile and she survives.

Steve was a pilot and loved flying. In the course of his career, he traveled to every state except Hawaii, and numerous countries throughout the world. He learned to fly with his father who was a private pilot. He enjoyed traveling around the country with family and friends to hunt whenever he could and loved his "Mancations" hiking out west.

Most of all he was a loving husband and father, and coached his daughter's soccer team in Chelsea for many years. In addition to Candy, he is survived by his two daughters Samantha and Lisa, brother Michael (Sally) Keene of Munith, Uncle Wayne (Deirdre) Warren of Milan and nephew Nathan and niece Alicia and his great nephew Mason. Steve is also survived by his mother in-law and father-in-law Pat and Lee Anne Van Zile, sister-in law Lori (Mike) Vigen of Kalamazoo, brother-in-law Rick (Karen) Van Zile of Beavercreek, Ohio, and brother-in-law Karl (Liz) Van Zile of Hanover, as well as nephews Tom Vigen, AJ Vigen, Connor Van Zile, and JT Van Zile, and nieces Kaitlyn Van Zile, Karli Van Zile, Jenna Van Zile, Kelly Fecher, and Jessica Fecher.

Funeral services were on Thursday at the Staffan-Mitchell Funeral Home.

Eva M. Swallowell was born on 1 July 1900 in Statford, Perth, Canada.¹ She and Edgar Dustin Squire were married in November 1916 in Michigan.² She died in December 1967, at age 67, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan.

Grace E. Squire was born about 1881 in Michigan.¹

Frank B. Gilbert was born in 1878 in Michigan.¹ He died on 1 March 1955, at age ~77.² He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery (Block 35, Lot 6), Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan.²

Frank B. Gilbert was a Clerk.¹

Beatrice Mable Reynolds was born on 5 January 1904 in Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan.¹ She and Norman Rowell Squire were married on 28 June 1921 in Mason, Ingham, Michigan. She was married on 10 February 1951 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. She died on 21 September 1979, at age 75, in Wayne County, Michigan.