Pastor Bernie E. Wethington
Mar 19, 2013
Rev. Bernie Wethington, age 64 of Big Rapids and White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at his home following his battle with cancer. Pastor Bernie was born on December 28, 1948 in Durham, North Carolina to Laurie and Margie (Elliott) Wethington. Bernie joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served during the Vietnam Era. Bernie met and later...
Martin A. Kuhns
Mar 19, 2013
Martin A. Kuhns, age 90 of Muskegon and formerly of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the Heartland Health Care Center in Muskegon. Martin was born on December 30, 1922 in White Cloud to Eli and Elizabeth (Chupp) Kuhns and later married (Lois) Lucille Dunham on October 1, 1949 in White Cloud. Lucille preceded him in...
Kristin Jennifer Flanery
Mar 17, 2013
Kristin Jennifer Flanery, age 24 of Hesperia, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at the Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. Kristin was born on September 6, 1988, the beloved daughter of Robert and Jilleen (Abbott) Flanery. Kristin worked in the mailing department of the Fremont Times Indicator. Kristin graduated from Hesperia High School in...
Ruth M. Griffin
Mar 16, 2013
Ruth M. Griffin, age 82 of Fremont, passed away Saturday evening, March 16, 2013 at the Fountain View Retirement Village in Fremont. Ruth was born on March 1, 1931 in Zurich, Switzerland to Oscar S. and Martha I. Hengaertner and immigrated to the United States in 1956 where she became a naturalized United States Citizen in 1963. Ruth met...
Alan Theodore Fowler
Mar 14, 2013
Alan Theodore Fowler, age 75 of Waterford, formerly of Fremont, passed away March 14, 2013. Alan was born on December 17, 1937 in Fremont to Donald and Christine (Hiza) Fowler and graduated from Fremont High School. Alan was a veteran of the United States Navy and enjoyed gardening, hunting and fishing. Alan is survived by his wife, Dawn; his...
Don Stein
Mar 13, 2013
Don Stein, age 55, of Grant passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Spectrum Health Services Gerber Memorial. Don was born on May 23, 1957, in Tennessee to Jimmy and Lena (Goergevech) Stein and married Sonja Shamulaus on November 27, 1982, in Grand Rapids. Don did a lot of traveling around the country in his younger years and...
Clifford Warren Hicks
Mar 12, 2013
Clifford Warren Hicks, age 69, of Hesperia passed away on March 12, 2013 at his home with his family by his side. Clifford was born on December 14, 1943, in Oceana County and was the son of Ernest and Mary (Kyser) Hicks. Clifford retired from Michigan Industrial Metal Products in Muskegon and enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, working on his...
Steven Ray Evans
Mar 12, 2013
Steven Ray Evans, age 50, of Bitely, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Spectrum Health Services Gerber Memorial. Steve was born in Muskegon to Lyle Ray and Barbara (Culver) Evans Sr. and had worked at a local sawmill. Steve is survived by his children, Heidi McCann and Heather McCann; mother, Barbara Evans of Bitely; and sister and...
Allen L. Fry Sr.
Mar 9, 2013
Allen L. Fry Sr., age 82 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013 at his home following a lingering illness. Al was born on September 4, 1930 in Fremont to Louis and Eliane (McKinley) Fry and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1948. Al married Jeri Lynn Thurow on September 5, 1966 in White Cloud and...
Robert "Bob" D. Bushaw
Mar 8, 2013
Robert D. Bushaw, age 85 of Fremont, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at the Mercy Hospital in Muskegon following a short illness. Bob was born on July 16, 1927 in Hart to Walter M. and Beulah L. (Culver) Bushaw. Bob graduated from Fremont High School and later received his Bachelors degree from Ferris State University. Bob met and...
Stephanie A. Jonaitis
Mar 7, 2013
Stephanie A. Jonaitis, age 95 of White Cloud, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Stephanie was born on August 28, 1917 in Muskegon Heights to John and Victoria (Krol) Folta and later married George Jonaitis on September 4, 1937 at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Brunswick.. George preceded her in death...
Marylyn Marize Spaulding
Mar 4, 2013
Marylyn M. Spaulding, age 77, of Hesperia passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord on Monday, March 4, 2013, at home surrounded by her loving family. Marylyn was born September 5, 1935, in Negaunee, Michigan, to Anthony and Elizabeth ( Drake) Gross and married Warren Spaulding in February 1954, in Hesperia. Marylyn loved to play bingo and visit...
Doris M. May
Mar 2, 2013
Doris M. May, age 91, of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, March 02, 2013, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont following a short illness. Doris was born on June 4, 1921, in Goodwell Township to Jesse and Lizzie (Bird) Fetterley and attended Goodwell Township School until the 8th grade. Doris married Elmer N. May on July 17, 1940, in...
Mildred Marie Loppicclo
Mar 1, 2013
Mildred Marie Loppicclo, age 88, of Newaygo passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013, at Fountain View Retirement Village of Grant. Mildred was born on July 27, 1924, in Holcomb, Wisconsin, and married Philip Loppicclo on January 12, 1945, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mildred had worked for Lear Siegler Inc. in Grand Rapids for over 30 years. Mildred is survived...
Howard Dean Gunderson
Feb 28, 2013
Howard Dean Gunderson, age 91, of White Cloud, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013, at Spectrum Health Services - Gerber Memorial in Fremont. Howard was born on February 12, 1922, in Steward, Illinois, to Adolph and Carrie (Saylor) Gunderson and married Patricia Robinson on May 28, 1971 in Kalamazoo. Howard was an architect and had served as a...
Patricia Marie Hanna
Feb 27, 2013
Patricia Marie Hanna, age 76, of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at her home. Pat was born on February 20, 1937, in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to William D. and Margaret (Pendleton) Niles and married Julius J. Hanna in Chicago, Illinois. Pat was a wonderful piano player, had been a member of Women of the Moose, enjoyed bowling and...
Charles "Ray" R. Troxtell
Feb 24, 2013
Charles R. Ray Troxtell, age 74 of White Cloud and formerly of Walled Lake, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013 at his home following a short illness. Ray was born November 12, 1938 in Pontiac, Michigan to Roy Hughlen and Flossie (Jones) Troxtell. Ray is survived by his wife of 21 years, Rose Ann; numerous children, step children, grandchildren...
Bernadette Marie Belzek
Feb 22, 2013
Bernadette Marie Belzek, 87, of Hesperia, formerly of East Jordan and Dearborn Heights, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont, Michigan. She was born in Lima, Ohio on March 27, 1925, the daughter of Philip Valentine and Mary Catherine (Hoehn) Weber. Bernadette married Thomas Malone in 1953 and he passed away in July of...
Helen V. Weisneck
Feb 20, 2013
Helen V. Weisneck, age 70 of Newaygo, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at her home. Helen was born on December 10, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey to Alonzo and Ruth (Michaels) Sulzman and later moved to the Fremont area from New Jersey in 1972. Helen had worked at Gerber Products Company as a financial services representative...
Ray Jansma
Feb 19, 2013
Ray Jansma, age 92 of Fremont, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility following a short illness. Ray was born on June 21, 1920 in Grand Rapids to John and Jenny (Johnson) Jansma. After World War II, Ray graduated from the University of Michigan where he met and later married Phyllis J. Butterfield on...
