Melvin Wolschlager

June 11, 1928 - September 20, 2015

Melvin Wolschlager, age 87, of Sheridan Township, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at Huron Medical Care Facility, surrounded by his family. He was born on June 11, 1928, at home in Bad Axe, son of the late Frank and Agnes (Depcinski) Wolschlager. Melvin married Lorraine Messing on April 8, 1961 at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ruth. He was a lifetime Sheridan Township farmer who enjoyed watching “I Love Lucy”, the Detroit Tigers, playing euchre and Chinese Checkers. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus. Melvin is survived by: wife-Lorraine 3 daughters-Frances (Todd) Wiley of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Bernadette Frady of Sumter, South Carolina. Tina (Mark) Corless of Beverly Hills, MI. 2 sons-Greg Wolschlager and special friend Jackie Younglove of Cass City. Richard (Linda) Wolschlager of West Bloomfield. 1 sister-Evelyn Ochoa of Bad Axe. 2 brothers-Stanley (Josephine) Wolschlager of Bad Axe. Kenneth (Audrey) Wolschlager of Bad Axe. 8 grandchildren-Allison Frady of Reston, VA, Mariah Frady of Sumter, SC, Emily Corless of Beverly Hills, MI, Mark Corless, Jr., of Beverly Hills, MI, Nikki Younglove of Cass City, Breanna Wolschlager of Cass City, Lauren Guz of Birmingham, MI and Brad Guz of New York, NY. Many nieces and nephews He was predeceased by: 5 brothers-Raymond, Wilmer, Archie, Elgin and Joseph Wolschlager. 1 sister-Ernestine Hessling. 3 brothers-in-law-Audrez Ochoa, Ralph Volmering, and Elmer Hessling. 2 sisters-in-la-Mary Jane Wolschlager and Marian Wolschlager A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 11 am. at St. Hubert Parish-Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bad Axe. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Kaufman Funeral Home in Bad Axe on Tuesday from 1 – 8 pm. or Wednesday at the church from 10 am. until the service time at 11 am. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be offered on Tuesday at 4 pm., a Knights of Columbus chalice service at 6:45 pm. and a parish scripture service a 7 pm., all at the funeral home. The Wolschlager family would like to thank Heartland Hospice and the staffs of Huron Medical Center and Huron Medical Care Facility for all their care and support.