William Rummel

Frankenmuth, MI

William Richard Rummel, age 88, passed away peacefully Thursday, November 3, 2022 at Covenant Glen in Frankenmuth, MI. Bill was born May 27, 1934 in Saginaw, MI. to the late Richard and Loraine (Gallagher) Rummel. He was married to his wife of 68 years, Mary Ann (Schuknecht), on July 24, 1954.

Bill spent his professional career as a photographer at Rummel Studio, recording the families, weddings, and children of the Frankenmuth area for more than thirty-five years. He was a life-long member of St. Lorenz Lutheran Church. Bill served as the charter president of the Frankenmuth Jaycees and later an Exhausted Rooster and JCI Senator. He was a proud member of the Frankenmuth Rotary Club with more than fifty years of perfect attendance and was a Paul Harris Fellow. In his younger years, Bill was an exemplary baseball and softball player and was an inductee into the Frankenmuth Softball Hall of Fame. He enjoyed downhill skiing and was an avid (if not rabid) golfer.

Surviving in addition to his wife Mary Ann are their four children, William Gallagher (Annette) Rummel, Cari Lynn (Michael) Seiler, Susan Elaine (Jonathan) Dean and Martha Sue Rummel. Bill was blessed with two grandchildren, Elizabeth Loraine (Brandon) Semrau and Sarah Caroline Rummel (Zakry Sparger), and two great-grandchildren, Sutton Anne Semrau and Carter William David Semrau.

Memorial service will take place on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church, 1030 W. Tuscola St. Rev. Joel Kaiser will officiate. William's family will receive visitors at Cederberg Funeral Home of Frankenmuth, 590 N. Franklin St. on Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to St. Lorenz Lutheran Church or the American Cancer Society.