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Local writer and photographer Lozon remembered as calm voice
Michael Lozon 72 died July 2 after a five month cancer battle. Born 1948 in Grand Haven, he grew up mostly in Alpena, studied photojournalism at Central Michigan University, and built a long career as a writer and editor. He led Holland Sentinel business desk 1987-1990, worked for Grand Rapids Press, and founded The Write Way in 1994. Lozon authored 12 historical books and chronicled downtown Holland and events like the Holland Farmers Market. He mentored, volunteered, and left a wife and daughter. Donations support hospice and library history reading in his memory.
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