Gail Weaver
      Gail Weaver, longtime bookkeeper at Lake View Hotel on Mackinac Island and the daughter of the late Harry and Ethel Ryba, passed away following a long battle with cancer early Monday, January 7, 2008. She was 68.
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Ralph Karr
      Ralph D. Karr, 53, of Mackinac Island, died unexpectedly Monday evening, December 24, 2007, at the Mackinac Island Medical Center. He was born July 28, 1954, in Detroit. His father was Ralph Karr Sr. Mr.
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Olivia Chambers
      Olivia Chambers passed away at the age of 11 Thursday, January 10, 2008, at her home on Mackinac Island. She was born January 3, 1997, in Cheboygan to Jody and Mark Chambers. Since birth, she had suffered a neuromuscular disorder that limited her movement and prevented speech.
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Ernest Brown Jr.
      Ernest Arnell Brown, Jr., known to Grand Hotel patrons as Rap for more than 35 years, passed away Friday, December 21, 2007, in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. He was 56. Mr. Brown was born February 7, 1951 in Ludowici, Georgia, and was graduated from William M. Raines High School in Jacks...
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John 'Reno' Bazinaw
      John Steven "Reno" Bazinaw of Wrightstown, Wisconsin, was a former Mackinac Island resident. For the past 29 years, he and his wife, Janet lived in Wisconsin, where Mr. Bazinaw had worked 20 years for Miller Electric of Appleton, Wisconsin.
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