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‘Cheers’ star Kirstie Alley
dies of cancer at age 71
LOS ANGELES —
Kirstie Alley, a two-time
Emmy winner whose roles
on the TV megahit
“Cheers” and in the “Look
Who’s Talking” films
made her one of the big
gest stars in American
comedy in the late 1980s
and early 1990s, died
Monday. She was 71.
Alley died of cancer that
was only recently discov
ered, her children True and
Lillie Parker said in a post
on Twitter. Alley’s manag
er Donovan Daughtry con
firmed the death in an
email to The Associated
Press.
“As iconic as she was on
screen, she was an even
more amazing mother and
grandmother,” her chil
dren’s statement said.
Associated Press
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Cumming Arts
Center has extended
hours for its new
Christmas Marketplace
and Festival ofTrees.
Hours for December are
Thursday-Saturday, 11am-
3pm and Sundays 1-4pm.
Unique artisan handmade
items perfect for gift giv
ing are for sale in the
expanded Gallery Gift
Shop as well as artist dec
orated 1-4 foot trees and
wreaths. A Nativities col
lection is also on display
throughout this lovely his
toric house.The Arts
Center is located at 111
Pilgrim Mill Rd in down
town Cumming. Parking
and Entry are free. Visit
sawneeart.org for more
info on all events, activi
ties, classes and more.
ONGOING
Lord of Life Lutheran
Church: Please join us for
worship on Sundays at
10:30 a.m.You can also
view the service live each
Sunday through Facebook
Live (www.facebook.com/
lordoflifealpharetta.org).
Lord of Life Lutheran
Church offers a Christ-
centered/family-oriented
ministry.The church is at
5390 McGinnis Ferry Road,
Alpharetta. For more infor
mation, call 770-740-1279
or visit www.Lord-life.org.
Episcopal Church of
the Holy Spirit will have
Sunday service at 8:30
a.m. and 10:45 a.m., (cof
fee & conversation held
after each service), and
adult education at 9:30
a.m., Wednesday service
at noon. Each evening
Compline is held via
Facebook live at 8 p.m. on
www.facebook.com/
ECOHS.net. We also have
Bible Study onTuesday at
6 p.m. andThursday at
10:30 a.m.Thursday. Visit
www.ecohs.net for all
available opportunities,
including Vacation Bible
School coming up.
Episcopal Church of the
Holy Spirit is at 724
Pilgrim Mill Rd.,
Cumming.
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Patricia Kirchner-
Smudde
November 19, 2022
Patricia (Patte) Kirchner-
Smudde, of Cumming,
Georgia, passed away on
November 19, 2022 at the
age of 64. Patte was born
in Milwaukee on April 7,
1958 to Clyde and Elfriede
(Zeitz) Kirchner. She is sur
vived by her husband Bart
Smudde, daughters Rachel
Smudde and Sarah
Smudde M.D., father Clyde
Kirchner, and sisters Kathy
(Neureuther), Susan
(Creegan) and Marilyn
(Jablonski). Patte graduat
ed from the University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee in
1984 with a master’s
degree in Speech
Pathology and Audiology.
After graduating, she
worked in the Milwaukee
Public School system and
then Franklin Public
Schools before moving to
Georgia. Patte retired from
the Forsyth County School
system in 2019. Patte was
dedicated to her career
teaching speech and lan
guage to elementary
school children, frequently
inventing her own educa
tional games and activities
to engage her students. In
her spare time, she
enjoyed camping, tending
to her flower garden, and
cooking new dishes. Above
all, she was a loving wife
and mother who most
enjoyed spending time with
her devoted husband, two
daughters, and dogs.
Memorial services will be
at 1pm on Wednesday,
December 28, 2022, at
Good Shepherd Catholic
Church, 3740 Holtzclaw
Road, Cumming, Georgia
30041. A second memori
al service will be held at
Saint Veronica Catholic
Church, 4001 S Whitnall
Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53207. Date and time for
the service are TBD.
In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made in Patte’s
name to The Breast
Cancer Research
Foundation (BCRF.org).
Patricia Ruth
Edwards
November 18, 2022
Patricia Ruth Edwards,
born April 20, 1933, passed
away on November 18,
2022 surrounded by her
children and grandchildren.
Daughter of Jacob Van
Dyke and Ada Darling Van
Dyke, she graduated from
Ridgewood High School NJ
and Centenary Jr. College,
NJ. In 1955, Patricia mar
ried H. Scudder Edwards
Jr. They lived in many plac
es as they served with the
U.S. Navy and the
Presbyterian church. They
had four children, eight
grandchildren, and one
great grandchild. Pat was a
strong woman, dedicated
wife, loving mother, and a
vibrant member of the
community. After moving to
Cumming, Georgia in
1992, Pat spent her time
volunteering along with her
husband for the U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary, Northside
Forsyth Hospital, the
Forsyth County Optimist
Club, and many
Presbyterian churches. In
all things, she was unapol-
ogetically herself. She will
be laid to rest in Arlington
National Cemetery along
side the love of her life,
Rev. H. Scudder Edwards
Jr. Pat’s family offers
prayers and thanks for a
life well-lived, for their time
together, and for the loving
couple reunited again. In
lieu of flowers, please
make contributions to
Forsyth County Child
Advocacy Center or
Special Equestrians of
Georgia. Pat is survived by
her children, Amy
(Crawford), Timothy
(Gainesville), Mark
(Alpharetta), and Alexander
(Clermont), their spouses,
her brother Douglas Van
Dyke (East Haddam, CT)
and his spouse, her sister
Marilyn Yates (Hilton Head,
SC), her grandchildren,
Chelsea (Gainesville), Jake
(Brookhaven), Zackary
(Hoschton), Kayla
(Covington), Jeremey
(Alpharetta), Madison
Grace (Dawsonville),
Marissa (Alpharetta), Collin
(Clermont), her great-
grandson Michael
(Covington), and all those
who enjoyed her stories
(which, by the way, were all
true). Condolences may be
expressed at www.mcdon-
aldandson.com.
Arrangements by
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home, 150 Sawnee Drive,
Cumming, GA 30040 (770)
886.9899
Ronald James
Grabau
November 27, 2022
Ronald James Grabau of
Cumming, Georgia passed
away on November 27,
2022 at the age of 78.
Ron was born on June 30,
1944 in Boone, Iowa. He
was a proud Iowa farm boy,
graduating from Boone
High School in 1962. Ron
went on to study Animal
Science at Iowa State
University and was a mem
ber of the Livestock
Judging team. After col
lege, Ron pursued his
career in the meat and
poultry industries, special
izing in R&D, sales, mar
keting and product devel
opment. His career took
him to several companies
including Wilson Foods,
Briggs, Holly Farms and
Perdue Farms before start
ing his own business
Grabau Marketing, Inc.
Ron was an avid golfer and
had a passion to volunteer.
He was a golf coach for the
Special Olympics Forsyth
County and a board mem
ber of the Forsyth County
Family YMCA where he
won the 2018 Volunteer of
the Year award. Ron is pre
ceded in death by parents
Lawrence Henry Grabau
and Edith Sutton Grabau
and brother Richard
Grabau. He is survived by
his children and their
spouses: Michael (Denise)
Grabau, Eric (Joan)
Grabau, and Kristen (Rob)
Meglaughlin; his sisters
and their spouses:
Margaret (Dennis) Carter,
Margie (Joe) Stoneburner,
and Beverly Grabau; and
his loving grandchildren:
Tyler Grabau, Drew
Grabau, Miranda Grabau,
Cooper Meglaughlin and
Harper Meglaughlin and
many loved nieces and
nephews. He will be
missed by many. A visita
tion will be held Thursday,
December 1, 2022, from
4:00pm to 7:00pm at
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home in Cumming,
Georgia.
Additional services will be
held for Ron on Friday,
December 9, 2022 at the
Boone First United
Methodist Church, 703
Arden Street, Boone, IA
50036. Visitation will be
held at 1:00PM followed by
a funeral service at
3:00PM.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations be
made to either the Special
Olympics of Forsyth
County or the Forsyth
County YMCA in honor of
Ron. He proudly support
ed these two organizations
for many years.
Condolences may be
expressed at www.mcdon-
aldandson.com.
Arrangements by
McDonald and Son Funeral
Home, 150 Sawnee Drive,
Cumming, GA 30040 (770)
886.9899
Tristan
Schlagenhauser
November 20, 2022
Tristan Schlagenhauser,
27, of Cumming, Georgia
passed away unexpectedly
on November 20, 2022.
Tristan was born on
October 17, 1 995 in
Augusta, Georgia and later
moved to Cumming,
Georgia with his mother
and stepfather. Tristan was
a “lover of nature and a
hater of cheese’’. He loved
to “take a drive’’ and expe
rience new places. His
passions were for music
and animals. He loved to
hike and be present on the
top of any mountain. One
of his other past times was
on-line gaming and any
thing electronic. Tristan
graduated with Honors
from North Forsyth High
School and attended
Georgia Southern
University. Tristan was the
only child of and is sur
vived by his parents: mom,
Heather Olson; dad, Nick
Schlagenhauser and step-
dad, Doug Olson; maternal
grandmother, Grandma
Rosamond Bennett and
paternal grandmother,
Grandma Michelle
Schlagenhauser; maternal
aunt, Amy (Brett) Wesson;
paternal aunts, Nora Lord,
Laura Ross, Becky Cook
and step-paternal aunt,
Heidi (Sunder) Morgan;
honorary aunts, Kathleen
Ford, Brandi Shultz, Tiffany
Williams, Sharon Turner,
Lisa Hutcherson and
Kimberly Reed; maternal
uncle, Robby (Mandy)
Nelson; paternal uncles,
Larry Schlagenhauser,
Buddy Cook, Dean Cook,
Daniel Cook and Timothy
Cook along with a host of
cousins and other extend
ed family. He is prede
ceased by his maternal
grandfathers, “Papa on the
Hill” Willie F. Nelson and
“Papa” Merle Bennett;
paternal grandfather,
Grandpa Larry
Schlagenhauser, Sr. and
step-paternal grandfather,
Grandpa Dr. Douglas
Olson, Sr.; paternal grand
mother, “Grandma with the
chickens” Thalia Cook and
step-paternal grandmother,
Grandma Dianna Olson.
Services will be held in
both Augusta and
Cumming, Georgia. In lieu
of flowers, the family
requests you plant a tree in
Tristan’s honor through
Platt’s funeral home web
site or consider a donation
to Sawnee Mountain
Preservation as this was a
place that was dear to
Tristan. Visitation at Platt’s
Funeral Home 337 N. Bel
Air Rd. Evans, GA 30809
will be on December 10,
2022 from 11am - 1pm with
the funeral service immedi
ately following. Visitation at
McDonald & Sons Funeral
Home 150 Sawnee Dr.,
Cumming, Georgia 30040
will be on December 17,
2022 from 12 - 1pm.
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