Michigan Death Index 1917-1996

Name: Ida P Windnagle
Birth: 21 Feb 1993
Death: 30 Aug 1972 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

You can get a death certificate from either the City of Detroit or the State of Michigan. I think the City may be a little cheaper than the state-state cost is $26.00 or $27.00. Wayne County does not have the City of Detroit deaths.

http://www.detroitmi.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=1002

For obituary:

DEARBORN: Henry Ford Centennial Library (313) 943-2330, 16301 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Mi 48126.

Has the Detroit News from 1955 and the Detroit Free Press from 1970. To request a look-up and copy of a death notice/obituary, send SASE to above address Attention: Adult Services. They will not respond without the self-addressed stamped envelope. You must know the date of death or burial. There is no charge for this service as of December 2008.