Please join us for a Celebration of Life event at the Leland Lodge on July 7, 2025 from 2-4pm. Thanks to everyone for their memories and well wishes over the past months. We will have an open mic if you have any stories you’d like to share about Keith -The Burnham Family
Funeral services will be on October 19th at St Wenceslaus Church, 8500 E Kolarik Rd, Suttons Bay. There will be a 10 am visitation followed by 11am mass and then a private interment for family and friends. In the Summer, we will have a public celebration of life. (Time and place in Leland TBA) In lieu of flowers, memorial donations… Read more »
It’s with immense sadness that I report the passing of our father and original Leland Reporter, Keith Burnham Keith Webster Burnham of Leland MI, aged 91, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Autumn House Assisted Living in Williamsburg MI, surrounded by family. Keith was born on March 17, 1933, in North Riverside, IL, to Howard and Garnet Burnham (nee… Read more »
For the month of October, I will be posting a photo a day in true Leland Report fashion to raise money for cancer research. If you haven’t noticed, we haven’t had a calendar or a blog for the last couple of years and that’s because Keith and Joanne have been dealing with their own health issues. If you… Read more »
If you already did not know, Tampico Imports will be closing on 9/28 for good. The Telgards are retiring and will only be open Thurs-Sat each week for the next two weeks. Since 1986 Tampico has been a fixture on Main St. and the Telgards have been friends of the Leland Report and Burnhams since their parents ran The… Read more »
Sad News Dept: Again, it is with deep regret that we announce the passing of long time Leland personality and former Yacht Club Commodore Bill Bolinger. He was a good friend to all of us and sailed the lake with my Mom, Joanne for many years. Bill had an infectious smile and was always a pleasure to be around. Smooth… Read more »
Sad News Dept: It’s with deep sadness that we report the passing on long time Leland resident Scott Craig on April 18th. I am reposting our Leland Report from July, 2020 when Scott came out with his book “Laughing In Leelanau”. We met last at the Leland Library where he was showing his books. Scott was a writer, director, and… Read more »
Without going into too much personal detail, we are at a point in time that is requiring all four of us kids to attend to the needs of both Joanne and Keith. If the Report has been off and on for the last few years, that is the reason. Joanne needs some regular treatment in Traverse City and both will… Read more »
I am back in Illinois, but on the way down I stopped at some of my favorite places. Pointe Betsie, Arcadia Marsh, and Big Sable Lighthouse. Pointe Betsie was pretty crowded, so I parked back by the nature conservancy trail and walked around the dunes. I always stop at this twisted pine deadfall on the way back. This birch stands… Read more »
My daughter came up for a week to visit and brought her pickleball paddle. Wouldn’t you know it, there are courts in Leland now at Hancock Field! After the downpour today, we headed over and I fell 2 games to one on a call of rain. Later, a hazy sunset on the breakwall. You’ve all been very… Read more »