Longtime Glen Arbor custodian Leonard Ole Thoreson, passed away on March 15 at age 98. Thoreson was born on November 28, 1926, in Port Oneida (on the Thoreson Farm). As a young boy his father worked the fields with horses until he purchased the Ford Tractor that is on the farm today. A lifelong resident of Leelanau County, Thoreson served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a dedicated member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church.
An estate sale is planned for Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, May 29-30 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., at the former home of Rich Quick on Alligator Hill, overlooking Sleeping Bear Bay in the National Lakeshore. The address of the home is 8317 West Sky Line Drive, Empire. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Joshua Humphrey, 19 years old and the grandson of Quick’s late wife Bonnie. He will vacate the property next week as it passes into the hands of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Tuesday, June 1.
A modern-day cowboy whose life story is tightly interwoven with that of modern-day Glen Arbor—and one of the most vocal and passionate opponents of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore—Rich Quick has died. He was 92 years old, and spent most of his final seven years at Maple Valley Nursing Home, where he suffered from dementia. His step-grandson, Joshua Humphrey, confirmed the news on Facebook yesterday, writing that Quick “is now with his sweetie Bonnie Quick in heaven. He loved Glen Arbor and this area more than anybody I have ever known or known of. He had an undying respect for this land and for those around him.”