Walter L. Boho
Nov 22, 2015
Walter L. Boho, of Cedar Springs, age 91, passed away November 22, 2015 at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. Walter was a veteran of WW II where he served at the Battle of the Bulge. Walter had been a teacher at Ferndale High School and retired to Croton Township, Michigan. In summers following his retirement, he and his...
Clyde E. Morton
Nov 21, 2015
Clyde E. Morton, age 94 of Fremont, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2015 at his home. Clyde was born on May 18, 1921 in Fremont to Herbert and Jessie (Hills) Morton and later married Effie Mae Price on October 12, 1946. Mae preceded him in death on May 13, 2004. Clyde had worked as a machinist at the Gerber...
Richard J. Kopach Sr.
Nov 16, 2015
Richard J. Kopach Sr., age 71 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 16, 2015 at his home. Richard was born on October 12, 1944 in Chicago to Samuel and Mary A. (Hannak) Kopach and married Thomasine "Judy" Johnston on July 24, 1965 in Chicago. Richard had been a salesman for Successful Farming for many years and...
Ted Wilbur Smith
Nov 13, 2015
Ted W. Smith, age 92, of Hesperia passed away on Friday, November 13, 2015, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Ted was born on August 29, 1923, to Jesse W. and Eva D. (Stark) Smith and married Alice May Harris on February 25, 1957, in Muskegon. Alice preceded him in death on July 12, 2011. Graveside services will be...
Freida M. Howe
Nov 12, 2015
Freida W. Howe, age 79 of Fremont, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at her home following a short illness. Freida was born on August 26, 1936 in Fremont to James and Louise (Pratt) Wright and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Freida had been a nurse's aide in the home health care field for many years...
Patrick M. Fetterley
Nov 11, 2015
Patrick M. Fetterley, age 60 of Montague, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at his home following a short illness. Pat was born on April 8, 1955 in White Cloud to Orlo W. and Edith M. (Mirkle) Fetterley and has been a longtime resident of the area. Pat had worked at Briggs Lumber Company for many years and also...
Lori M. Vargas
Nov 9, 2015
Lori M. Vargas, age 37 of Grand Rapids, formerly of Hesperia and Elmhurst, Illinois, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015. Lori was born on January 6, 1978 in Elmhurst, Illinois and graduated from York High School. After graduation, Lori moved to the Hesperia area and where she has been resident for the past 18 years. Lori became a paramedic...
Dolores Iona Mccastle
Nov 9, 2015
Dolores I. McCastle, age 83, of Holton passed away with her family by her side on Monday, November 9, 2015, at Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital. Dolores was born on March 3, 1932, in Chicago to Charles Frederick and Elsie Emma (Schaeffer) Schroeder and married George Arthur McCastle on July 31, 1948, in Holton. Dolores enjoyed taking care of...
Robert J. Brown
Nov 9, 2015
Robert J. Brown, age 90 of Hesperia, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 at his home following a lingering illness. Robert was born on November 8, 1925 in Carlton, MI to Foster and Pearl (Beatty) Brown and later married Donna L. Fairchild on March 22, 1947 in Muskegon County. Donna preceded him in death on April 9, 1998. Robert...
Autherine "Catherine" Richardson
Nov 6, 2015
Autherine Catherine Richardson, age 80 of Grand Rapids, passed away November 6, 2015 at the Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. Autherine Richardson, who later changed her name to Catherine and was affectionately known as Cat Momma to some, was born on May 6, 1935 in Mobile, Alabama to the later Ebenezer and Josephine Richardson. Autherine worked as...
Charles Grams
Nov 4, 2015
Charles L. Grams, age 66, of Hesperia passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at his home. Charles was born on December 8 , 1948, to Lloyd and Joyce (Ring) Grams and married Linda Jean Taylor on October 12, 1968, in Newaygo. Charles was a die setter and faithfully served his country in the United States Army. He was...
Lila G. Rynberg
Nov 2, 2015
Lila G. Rynberg, age 97 of Fremont, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Lila was born on August 1, 1918 in Big Prairie Township to Floyd and Iva (Lahman) Wilbur and graduated from Newaygo High School in 1936. Lila married John W. Rynberg on January 2, 1941 in Muskegon and John...
Robert "Bob" Hekkema
Nov 1, 2015
Robert "Bob" Hekkema, age 80 of Twin Lake, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 at his home following a lingering illness. Bob was born on February 9, 1935 in Muskegon to Reinard and Elsie (Ystema) Hekkema and later married Rozetta Goodwin on October 14, 1961 in Villa Park, Illinois. Bob was self-employed at B & B Auto Sales at...
Lila M. Ramey
Nov 1, 2015
Lila M. Ramey, age 92 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Lila was born on June 14, 1923 in Fremont to C.L. and Mary (Jones) Britton and later married C.E. Al Ramey on February 20, 1943 in Fremont. Al preceded her in death on their 66 wedding anniversary on...
Eugene "Gene" J. Gagnon
Nov 1, 2015
Eugene Gene Gagnon, age 74, of Hesperia passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2015, at his home with his family by his side. Gene was born on February 14, 1941, to George Romeo and Marie Anna (Caron) Gagnon and married Marie Georgetta Therese Rose Warner on August 24, 1963. Georgetta preceded him in death on June 29, 1994. He...
Roy G. Dean
Oct 31, 2015
Roy G. Dean, age 82 of Fremont, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 at the Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. Roy was born on April 4, 1933 in Chicago to Arthur and Grace Belle (Harrington) Dean and later married Mary Murray on July 4, 1952 in Grand Rapids. Roy had served in the United States Army...
Gordon "Buck" R. Sharp
Oct 29, 2015
Gordon "Buck" R. Sharp, age 87 of Newaygo, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. Gordon was born on June 28, 1928 in Grand Rapids to Roy J. and Zola (Harrington) Sharp and later married Delores Dee Etzkorn on April 19, 1958, in Newaygo and has been a lifelong resident...
Dorothy "Dottie" Marie Hanson Reynolds Willey
Oct 27, 2015
Dorothy Dottie Marie Hanson Reynolds Willey, age 99 of Fremont, formerly of Muskegon, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the Fountain View Retirement Village in Fremont. Dorothy was born on August 19, 1916 in Grand Rapids and graduated from Fremont High School in 1934. Dottie continued her education and graduated from beauty school and soon opened a beauty...
Jeanet Coleman
Oct 27, 2015
Jeanet Coleman, age 65 of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids. Jeanet was born on April 24, 1950 in the Phillipines and later moved to the United States as a child. Jeanet married Jimmie Coleman in 1986 in White Cloud and enjoyed cooking and watching cooking television shows....
Edward M. Kosla
Oct 26, 2015
Edward M. Kosla, age 64 of White Cloud, passed away Monday, October 26, 2015 at his home following a lingering illness. Edward was born on September 18, 1951 in White Cloud to Stanley and Frances (Dudeck) Kosla. Ed graduated from White Cloud High School in 1970 and later married Penny Hall October 19, 1973 in White Cloud. Ed had...
