David Craig Goins
Feb 11, 2014
David Craig Goins, age 40 of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Craig was born on April 16, 1973 in Sulfur, Louisiana to J.B. and Marsha (Eaton) Goins and has been a lifelong resident of the White Cloud area. Craig graduated from White Cloud High School in 1991...
Pauline L. Rayman
Feb 5, 2014
Pauline L. Rayman, age 100 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, February 05, 2014 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Pauline was born on January 17, 1914 in Toledo, Ohio to Fredrick A. and Lena (Bethge) Blank and later married Melvin Rayman on February 1, 1936 in Toledo. Melvin preceded her in death on July 26, 1988. Pauline...
Gregory A. Bland
Feb 1, 2014
Gregory Arnold Bland, age 58 of White Cloud, formerly of Detroit, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014 at his home following a short illness. Gregory was born on February 11, 1954 in Detroit to Herman and Wiley Mae (Morton) Bland and later married Sandra (Craighead) Dhue on March 5, 1993 in Ohio. Gregory had been a heavy equipment mechanic...
Charles J. Martel
Feb 1, 2014
Charles J. Martel, age 45 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014 at his home. Charles was born on September 6, 1968 in Garden City, Michigan to Robert and Carol Ann (McMenamy) Martel Sr. and later moved to the White Cloud area in 1991 from Temperance. Charles had worked at Dura Automotive for a period of time...
Max R. Monette Jr.
Jan 25, 2014
Max R. Monette Jr., age 71 of Holton, passed away Saturday morning, January 25, 2014 at the Leila and Cyrus Poppen Residence in Muskegon. Max was born on Aug. 13, 1942 in Holton to Max R. and M. Margaret (Matthews) Monette Sr. and graduated from Holton High School. Max later received his B.S. from Western Michigan University and Master's...
Kenneth J. Elliott
Jan 22, 2014
Kenneth J. Elliott, age 66 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at his home. Ken was born on November 17, 1947 in Grand Rapids to James G. and LaVon Mae (Bush) Elliott and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1965. Ken has been a longtime resident of the White Cloud area and had been a...
Orson "Stew" Stewart Myers Jr.
Jan 20, 2014
Orson Stewart Stew Myers, Jr., age 88 of Grand Rapids, formerly of Bitely and Newaygo, passed away Monday, January 20, 2014, at the Heather Hills Retirement Village in Grand Rapids. Stew was born on April 19, 1925, at St. Marys Hospital in Grand Rapids, the only child of Laura (Chapple) and Orson Stewart Myers, Sr. Stew married Ethel Mildred...
Joann Rucker
Jan 20, 2014
Joann Rucker, age 73 of White Cloud, formerly of Imlay City, Michigan, passed away Monday, January 20, 2014 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Joann was born on August 16, 1940 in Neelyville, Missouri to Irving and Thelma (Tucker) Crenshaw and later married Kenneth Rucker on February 28, 1970 in Pontiac. Joann had worked at General...
Dorothy Ann Harris
Jan 19, 2014
Dorothy Ann Harris, age 76 of Newaygo passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at her home. Dorothy was born on July 28, 1937 in Wheeler, Montana to Theodore John and Jessie Dorothy (Schultz) Brummer and married Gerald W. Harris on March 8, 1965 in Newaygo. Gerald preceded her in death on May 3, 2007. Dorothy had been a homemaker...
Darlene L. Smith
Jan 15, 2014
Darlene L. Smith, age 72 of White Cloud, formerly of Holton, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Darlene was born on July 8, 1941 in Grant to Arthur and Irene (Powles) Carrier and moved to the White Cloud area in 2010 from Holton where she had been a longtime resident. Darlene had...
Merle Frees
Jan 10, 2014
Merle Frees, age 95 of Hesperia, passed away Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Merle was born on July 6, 1918 in Jackson, Michigan to Charles and Gladys (Spooner) Alexander and later married Lowell Frees on September 7, 1935 in Indiana. Lowell preceded her in death in 1979. Merle has been a lifelong...
Sharon L. Mcdowell
Dec 20, 2013
Sharon L. (Puffpaff) McDowell, age 73 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at her home. Sharon was born on January 30, 1940 to Alfred and Patricia (Vancouvering) Leahy and later married Michael McDowell on February 29, 2008 in Apopka, Florida. Sharon had been a homemaker and was a member of the Croton American Legion Ladies Auxiliary....
Margaret A. Ditlow
Dec 18, 2013
Margaret A. Ditlow, age 80 of Grant, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Fountain View Retirement Village in Grant. Margaret was born on July 25, 1933 in White Cloud to Harry and Elsie (Knauss) Stuthard and graduated from White Cloud High School. Margaret later married Doran Ditlow on November 10, 1962 in White Cloud and had been...
Donald Wayne Waldron
Dec 16, 2013
Donald W. Waldron, age 71, of Newaygo passed away on Monday, December 16 2013 at his home with his family at his side. Don was born on April 16, 1942 in Chicago to Willard J. and Flora M. (Lehmann) Waldron and spent most of his childhood at Angel Guardian Orphanage in Chicago. Don married Janette I. Shelest on June...
Kathryn Jane Vandyke Hansen
Dec 12, 2013
Kathryn Hansen, age 77, of Fremont passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Transitional Health Services in Fremont. She was born on May 24, 1936, in Oceana County (MI) to Teunis J. and Ila B. (Andrews) VanDyke and moved to the Fremont area as a young child. Kathryn graduated from Fremont High School with the class of 1954...
Patricia Reed Miller
Dec 11, 2013
Patricia R. Miller, age 88, of Fremont and formerly of Carrollton, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, passed away on December 11, 2013 at her home from Acute Leukemia. Patricia was born in Winona, Minnesota on April 14, 1925 to Lawrence and Juanita (Reed) Lilly and in 1929, with her parents, moved to the Rio Grand Valley in Texas. The...
Steven E. Walzak
Dec 7, 2013
Steven E. Walzak, age 82 of Newaygo and formerly of Lansing, passed away Saturday, December 07, 2013 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Steve was born on November 3, 1931 in Lansing, Michigan to John and Maria (Sosnowski) Walzak. Steve enlisted in the United States Army where he served in the Korean War and met and married his...
Edwin R. Haase
Dec 6, 2013
Edwin R. Haase, age 66 of Hesperia, formerly of Byron Center, passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Grace of Douglas Nursing Center in Douglas. Ed was born on Decmeber 19, 1946 in Grand Rapids to Charles and Catherine (Miller) Haase and had worked for Country Fresh Dairy for 41 years until his retirement as a hi-lo driver...
Roslyn K. Vantrease
Dec 5, 2013
Roslyn K. VanTrease, age 74 of White Cloud, formerly of Charlotte, Michigan and Las Vegas, Nevada passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 at her home following a short illness. Roslyn was born on August 25, 1939 in Ludington to Oliver Doc and Lucille H. (Brzezniak) Willis. Roslyn graduated from Grand Valley State College with a Bachelors Degree. Roslyn moved...
Heidi R. Phleeger
Dec 3, 2013
Heidi R. Phleeger, age 15 of Fremont, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at her home. Heidi was born on February 4, 1998 in Grand Rapids to LaNay and Paul Phleeger and has been a lifelong resident of the Fremont. Heidi was a sophomore student at Fremont High School and enjoyed listening to music, taking walks, her 2 cats...
