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Robert A. Raitanen

Robert A. Raitanen died at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on October 12, 2017, at age 86.

He was born March 15, 1931, to parents, Emil and Amanda (nee Beckola) Raitanen in L’Anse, and moved to the Detroit area at age 10. Robert served in the U.S. Air Force from January 1951 to December 1954.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Emil and Amanda; sisters, Helen, Eva, Martha, Miriam; and brother, Paul.

Funeral Services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Thayer-Rock Funeral Home, Farmington, with Donald Pennala of the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, Howell officiating. Burial will be at Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly.