NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE ATTENTION HOMEOWNER: IF YOU ARE A MILITARY SERVICE MEMBER ON ACTIVE DUTY, IF YOUR PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY HAS CONCLUDED LESS THAN 90 DAYS AGO, OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY, PLEASE CONTACT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PARTY FORECLOSING THE MORTGAGE AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER STATED IN THIS NOTICE. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY ADVERTISEMENT.
Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in Gratiot County, starting promptly at 10:00 a.m. on July 11, 2024. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made on May 20, 2016, by Hayden Neitzke, a single man, and Hay U LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, as Mortgagor, given by it to Commercial Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee, recorded on May 25, 2016, in Liber 988, Page 718, Gratiot County Records; on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid, as of the date of this Notice, the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Nine and 42/100 Dollars ($236,769.42); and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof secured by said Mortgage, and the power of sale in said Mortgage having become operative by reason of such default;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, at the main entrance to the Gratiot County Building in the City of Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan, that being one of the places for holding the Circuit Court for Gratiot County, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder or bidders at public auction or venue for purposes of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on said Mortgage, together with all allowable costs of sale and includable attorney fees, the lands and premises in said Mortgage mentioned and described as follows:
A parcel located in the Northeaset quarter of Section 16, Town 10 North, Range 4 West, New Haven Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of said Section 16, thence South 00 degrees 47 minutes 44 seconds West 400.00 feet along the East section line of said Section 16; thence North 88 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds’ West 455.00 feet parallel with the North section line of said Section 16; thence North 00 degrees 47 minutes 44 seconds’ East 175.00 feet, parallel with the said East section line; thence South 88 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds East 150.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 47 minutes 44 seconds’ East 225.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds East 305.00 feet along the said North section line to the point of beginning. Commonly known as: 2035 S. Warner Road, Sumner, Michigan 48889 Parcel Number: 29-09-016-001-01 The period within which the above premises may be redeemed shall expire six (6) months from the date of sale.
If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the mortgagor(s) will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.
This notice is from a debt collector.
Dated: May 21, 2024
COMMERCIAL BANK of Alma, Michigan,
Mortgagee FOSTER, SWIFT, COLLINS & SMITH, P.C.
Benjamin J. Price Attorneys for Mortgagee
313 S. Washington Square
Lansing, MI 48933
(517) 371-8253
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Notice of Foreclosure by Advertisement
Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the Circuit Court in Gratiot County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on July 11, 2024. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information.
Name(s) of the mortgagor(s): Joseph Fuentes, a/k/a Joseph I. Fuentes and Joanna Fuentes, Husband and Wife
Original Mortgagee: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for BNC Mortgage, Inc., its successors and assigns
Foreclosing Assignee: Star212, LLC
Date of Mortgage: December 7, 2005
Date of Mortgage Recording: December 20, 2005
Amount claimed due on mortgage on the date of notice: $171,547.03
Description of the mortgaged premises: Situated in the City of St. Louis, Gratiot County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 and the South 40 feet of Lot 5, Block 81, Holcomb and Evans Addition to St. Louis, according to the recorded plat thereof, Gratiot County Records. Commonly Known as: 219 S Bankson St., Saint Louis, MI 48880
The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later; or unless MCL 600.3240(16) applies.
If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.
Attention Purchaser: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee for any reason. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest, and the purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
Attention homeowner: If you are a military service member on active duty, if your period of active duty has concluded less than 90 days ago, or if you have ordered to active duty, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing the mortgage at the telephone number stated in this notice.
This notice is from a debt collector.
Date of notice: 06/06/2024 P
otestivo & Associates, P.C.
251 Diversion Street,
Rochester, MI 48307
248-853-4400
318890
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Notice of Foreclosure by Advertisement
Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in Gratiot County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on July 18, 2024. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information:
Name(s) of the mortgagor(s): Nicholas White and Tina Pung, also known as Tina White, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship
Original Mortgagee: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and/or assigns
Foreclosing Assignee (if any): Selene Finance, LP
Date of Mortgage: January 14, 2021
Date of Mortgage Recording: January 28, 2021
Amount claimed due on date of notice: $209,542.96
Description of the mortgaged premises: Situated in City of Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan, and described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 36, Township 11 North, Range 3 West, City of Ithaca,Gratiot County, Michigan, lying Easterly of the Ann Arbor Railroad, described as follows: Commencing atthe Northwest corner of said Section 36; thence South 88 degrees 14 minutes 50 seconds East, on theNorth line of said section, 719.67 feet to the point of beginning of this description; thence continuingSouth 88 degrees 14 minutes 50 seconds East, on said North section line, 225.00 feet; thence South 01degree 45 minutes 10 seconds West, perpendicular to said North section line, 454.00 feet; thence North 88degrees 14 minutes 50 seconds West, parallel with said North section line, 225.00 feet; thence North 01degree 45 minutes 10 seconds East 454.00 feet to the point of beginning.
Common street address (if any): 837 W Saint Charles Rd, Ithaca, MI 48847-9624
The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a; or, if the subject real property is used for agricultural purposes as defined by MCL 600.3240(16).
If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.
Attention homeowner: If you are a military service member on active duty, if your period of active duty has concluded less than 90 days ago, or if you have been ordered to active duty, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing the mortgage at the telephone number stated in this notice.
This notice is from a debt collector.
Date of notice: June 13, 2024
Trott Law, P.C.
31440 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 145
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(248) 642-2515
1532282
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SHORT FORECLOSURE NOTICE – GRATIOT COUNTY Notice of Foreclosure by Advertisement. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in Gratiot County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on July 18, 2024. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information.
MORTGAGE: Mortgagor(s): Tamra Ahlefeld, a single woman
Original Mortgagee: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for lender and lender`s successors and assigns
Date of mortgage: March 17, 2021
Recorded on March 29, 2021, Liber 1077, on Page 993,
Foreclosing Assignee (if any): Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC
Amount claimed to be due at the date hereof: Ninety-Five Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Two and 86/100 Dollars ($95,522.86)
Mortgaged premises: Situated in Gratiot County, and described as: Commencing 60 feet South of the Northwest corner of Lot 10, Block 15, City of Alma; thence East 115 feet; thence South 50 feet; thence West 115 feet; thence North to the Place of Beginning, being part of Lots 9 and 10, Block 15, City of Alma, according to the recorded plat thereof, Gratiot County Records. Commonly known as 412 Euclid Ave, Alma, MI 48801.
The redemption period will be 6 month from the date of such sale, unless abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period will be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days from the MCL 600.3241a(b) notice, whichever is later; or unless extinguished pursuant to MCL 600.3238.
If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of Act 236 of 1961, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. Attention homeowner:
If you are a military service member on active duty, if your period of active duty has concluded less than 90 days ago, or if you have been ordered to active duty, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing the mortgage at the telephone number stated in this notice.
Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC
Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman P.C.
23938 Research Dr,
Suite 300
Farmington Hills, MI 48335
248.539.7400
1533269
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
J. Richard Butcher and Carol J. Butcher Trust Agreement dated August 7, 1987
TO ALL CREDITORS:
The Settlor, Carol J. Butcher, born October 31, 1933 and formerly of 236 Fourth Street, Breckenridge, Michigan, 48615, died on June 11, 2024,
There is no Personal Representative of the Settlor’s estate to whom Letters of Authority have been issued.
Creditors of the Settlor are notified that all claims against Carol J. Butcher, individually, or against the J. Richard Butcher and Carol J. Butcher Trust Agreement dated August 7, 1987, will be forever barred unless presented to the Trustee within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.
Notice is also given that the Trust will thereafter be assigned and distributed to the persons entitled to it.
This notice is given pursuant to MCL 700.7608.
Dated: June 19, 2024
William R. Butcher &
Christine R. Butcher, Co-Trustees
9982 E. Monroe Rd.
Wheeler, MI 48662
Pamela S. Munderloh, Attorney for Trustee
SMITH BOVILL, PC
214 E. Superior St. Alma, MI 48801 989-463-2101
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PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF MICHIGAN, PROBATE COURT, GRATIOT COUNTY
FILE NO.
24-134-DE
In the matter of the Estate of Gerald E. McClenathan, decedent.
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including:
Angela (Leonard) Reid, Monica (Leonard) Gyurnek, Matthew Leonard, April (Leonard) Snyder, Andrea (Leonard) Wright and Doug Leonard, whose address(es) is/are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following:
TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Monday, July 22, 2024, at 2:00 pm at Probate Courtroom, Courthouse, 214 E. Center St, Ithaca, MI before Judge Kristin M. Bakker (P49056) for the following purpose: Granting of a Petition to probate the Estate of Garald E. McClenathan, determination of heirs and that the decedent died intestate and the appointment of Judith A. Climer to serve as Personal Representative of the Estate for which you are an heir.
Dated: June 24, 2024
Judith A Climer
6424 Nightingale Dr.
Flint, MI 48506-1717
(810) 736-8044
Rhonda M Clark-Kreuer (P49818)
111 N. Mill St.
PO Box 147
St. Louis, MI 48880
(989) 681-8700 26t1
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent’s Trust
RE: RICHARD J. MERCHANT TRUST, DATED JULY 9, 2013
TO ALL CREDITORS:**
NOTICE TO CREDITORS:
The Settlor, Richard J. Merchant (date of birth August 9, 1929), who was a resident of Gratiot County, Michigan, died May 19, 2024. There is no personal representative of the Settlor’s estate to whom Letters of Administration have been issued.
Creditors of the Settlor are notified that all claims against the Richard J. Merchant Trust, dated July 9, 2013, as amended, will be forever barred unless presented to Rodney L. Merchant, Trustee, c/o the Law Office of Rhonda M. Clark, P.C., PO Box 147, St Louis, MI 48880, within four (4) months after the date of publication of this Notice.
Notice is further given that the Trust will thereafter be assigned and distributed to the persons entitled to it.
Date: June 19, 2024
Rodney L. Merchant
Trustee
69 S Pingree Rd
Ithaca, MI 48847-9754
(989) 763-0814
LAW OFFICE OF RHONDA M. CLARK, P.C.
By: Rhonda M. Clark-Kreuer (P49818)
111 N Mill St
PO Box 147
St Louis, MI 48880
(989) 681-8700 26t1