Edward Detgen

Funeral Information

Services will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 11am at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Bad Axe. Officiating will be Rev. Kenneth Lueke, pastor. Burial will be in Colfax Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kaufman Funeral Home in Bad Axe Friday 2-8pm or Saturday at the church from 10am until the service time at 11am. Memorials may be offered to Our Savior Lutheran Church.

Family of the Deceased

Ed is pre-deceased by his son, Vern Detgen; parents Louis and Mamie Detgen; sisters, Helen Kautz and Evelyn Penfold; and brother, Ernie Detgen.Ed is survived by his wife Hilda, daughters Gretchen, Kathy and Karen (John) Flynn; grandson Michael (Angie) Johnson and children Madelyn and Sam; granddaughter Amy Johnson Eifert and daughters, Emily, Sarah and Erin; grandson Nathan (Brooke) Detgen and children Nora and Elise; grandson Ryan Flynn; granddaughters Kara and Sydney Flynn and sister, Darlene Shuart of Bad Axe.

Biography

Edward Louis Detgen, 89, of Bad Axe passed away October 9, 2014 due to complications from pneumonia. He was born on February 19, 1925 in Port Hope. Ed married Hilda on June 29 1946 at Grindstone City Methodist Church. He was a hard-working, good hearted, upstanding gentleman. He was a welder in his early years until farming became the bread and butter for his family. Ed planted roots on the “farm on the bend of the road” that brought children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, family, friends and strangers coming back for years. He was loved by all who knew him and will be deeply missed. We picture him passing to the other side and saying “well I’ll be darned!”

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