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Obituary of Carol Marie Kempkes
August 10, 1939 - October 10, 2025
Carol Marie Kempkes. Age 86 of Traverse City, MI
Beloved wife of her first husband Ralph Walter Spatz. Loving mother of Joanna (Dr. Frank Kardos III) Dorigatti-Spatz-Kardos, Lisa Marie Spatz Tarolli and the late Catherine (Robert) Torzewski. Dearest grandmother of Joseph Dorigatti Little, Angela Crystal Payne, William Benjamin Payne, Jenna Marlene Tarolli, Madison Joy Tarolli, Tamara (Jeremy) Trudelle and Christina (Kurt) Hunter. Great grandmother of Colton Trudelle and Miranda Hunter. Also survived by her son-in-law Mark Tarolli. Preceded in death by her parents Fred Gregory and Marie Jack Dorigatti and her second husband Norbert Gerald Kempkes.
Memorial contributions in honor of Carol Marie Kempkes are appreciated to Wyandotte Animal Adoption Center.
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John Molnar, Sr. opened the Detroit Hungarian Funeral Home, now the Molnar Funeral Homes, in 1923. The funeral home began in his home until relocating across the street to it's Delray location at 8623 Dearborn Avenue, in 1936. He had a strong work ethic and believed that you should never stop learning...
