Erwin N. Race Jr.
Jul 15, 2012
Erwin N. Race Jr. age 88 of Baldwin, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2012 at his daughters home in Fremont. Erwin was born on November 2, 1923 in Ludington, Michigan to Erwin N. and Donna June (Harden) Race Sr. and later married Patsy Riffe on June 19, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri. Erwin has been a resident of the...
Diane Marie Fairchild
Jul 15, 2012
Diane M. Fairchild, age 58, of Hesperia passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at her home. Diane was born on March 25, 1954, in Fremont, to Verlus Ralph and Dolly Alberta (McGill) Bryan and married Allen Paul Fairchild on April 3, 1976, in Hesperia. Diane was a member of the Hesperia United Methodist Church and enjoyed cooking, crafting,...
Charles David Spencer
Jul 12, 2012
Charles D. Spencer, age 93, of Twin Lake, passed away on July 12, 2012, at his home. Charles was born on February 17, 1919, to Gerald and Myrtle (Walters) Spencer and married Arlene Lucille Burnham on May 11, 1955, in Muskegon. Charles was an engineer and had worked for Deitz House Movers in Muskegon. Charles is survived by his...
David Nadjkovic
Jul 8, 2012
David M. Nadjkovic, age 20 of Hesperia, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 8, 2012. David was born on October 20, 1991 in Fremont to Michael and Kimberly (Klingler) Nadjkovic and has been a lifelong resident of the Hesperia area. David graduated from Hesperia High School in 2010 where he excelled in cross country and track and field. David...
Willie "Kitty" B. Hawkins
Jul 6, 2012
Willie B. Kitty Hawkins, age 89 of Fremont, formerly of Florida, passed away Friday, July 6, 2012 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Kitty was born on September 21, 1922 in Canton, Georgia to Willie K. and Dora Bruce (Garner) Huitt and later married Leonard H. Hawkins on June 12, 1942 in Chatworth, Georgia. Leonard preceded her...
William Pierce Johnson
Jul 2, 2012
William P. Johnson, age 81, of Fremont, passed away on Monday, July 2, 2012, at Spectrum Health Services Gerber Memorial in Fremont. Bill was born on August 20, 1930, in Schenectady, New York, to Carlton Ross and Marion Randolf (Pierce) Johnson and married Arlene Dorothy Case on September, 27, 1952, in Cobleskill, New York. Bill was an engineer and...
Helene Frens
Jul 1, 2012
Helene Frens, age 90 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility. Helene was born on February 21, 1922 in Garfield Township to Albert and Cornelia Kate (Blaauw) Frens and has been a lifelong resident of the Fremont area where she was a lifelong member of the Reeman Christian Reformed Church. Helene had...
Earl R. Johnson
Jun 30, 2012
Earl R. Johnson, age 85 of Newaygo, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the Raybrook Manor in Grand Rapids following a short illness. Earl was born on May 13, 1927 in Muskegon to John O. and Evelyn B. (Flanery) Johnson and worked at Campbell Wyant Canon in Muskegon from 1950 until 1983 when he retired. After retirement, Earl...
Robert J. Vanover
Jun 20, 2012
Robert J. VanOver, age 49 of Holton, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at his home following a lifelong battle with heart disease. Robert was born on August 27, 1962 in Muskegon to Gilbert and Joan (French) VanOver and has been a resident of the Holton area for the past 20 years. Bob enjoyed fishing, hunting, spending time with...
"Speed" Lynch
Jun 15, 2012
Marion C. "Speed" Lynch, age 78 of Hesperia passed away on June 15, 2012, at Heartlnad Health Care Center in Whitehall. Speed was born on September 10, 1933, in Shoals, Indiana, to Harry and Louisa (Grimes) Lynch and married Arlene Phyllis Robins on april 5, 1956, in Arlington Virginia. He was a postal carrier in Fremont. Speed was a...
Rose M. Yarrington
Jun 14, 2012
Rose M. Yarrington, age 54 of White Cloud, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2012 at the Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids following a short illness. Rose was born on January 19, 1958 in Fremont to William and Pearl (Jordan) Doering and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1976. She later married Harold Yarrington in January 1992...
Joseph Michael Skowron
Jun 13, 2012
Joseph M. Skowron, age 56, of Grant passed away on June 13, 2012, at his home. Joseph was born on August 3, 1955, to Joseph Robert and Geraldine (Smith) Skowron and married Carol Morris on December 4, 1976. Joseph worked at Sun Chemical in Muskegon enjoyed hunting and fishing, and was a Navy veteran. Joseph is survived by his...
Lena M. Shull
Jun 11, 2012
Lena M. Shull, age 57 of Walkerville, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2012 at her home. Lena was born on April 21, 1955 in Gladwin and moved to the Walkerville area in 2005 from Fremont. Lena had been a clerk at Wesco and various retail stores in the area. Lena enjoyed sewing and making quilts and pillows. She also...
Keola J. (Peterson) Convertini
Jun 10, 2012
Keola J. Convertini, age 92 of Newaygo, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont following a short illness. Keola was born on April 22, 1920 in Newaygo to Ernest and Gladys (Aiken) Brown and graduated from Newaygo High School. She married Allen Peterson Sr. on September 7, 1941 and he preceded her in...
Thomas Bernard Cloft
Jun 10, 2012
Thomas B. Cloft, age 70, of Alpena, passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2012, at his daughters home in Hesperia. Tom was born on April 11, 1942, in Alpena to Bernard and Audrey (Kennedy) Cloft and has been a life long resident of the area and retired from Fletcher Paper Company in Alpena. Tom enjoyed hunting and fishing and...
Robert "Bob" L. Sherman
Jun 9, 2012
Robert L. Bob Sherman, age 52 of Holton, passed away Saturday, June 09, 2012 at his sister's home in Holton. Bob was born on July 29, 1959 in Black Hawk, South Dakota to Richard and Dorothy (Cunningham) Sherman and moved to the Holton area from Muskegon in 2006. Bob had been a production worker at Wagenmaker Farms for several...
Noramae Walker
Jun 7, 2012
NoraMae Walker, age 87, of Fremont passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Nora was born on June 2, 1925, in Muskegon to Henry and Gertrude (Boeduim) Bosse and married Cleon LeRoy Walker on June 25, 1949, at St. Johns Claybanks in Montague. NoraMae was a foster grandparent and loved volunteering her time...
Brendon P. Guzman
Jun 7, 2012
Brendon P. Guzman, age 20 of Fremont, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 at the DeVos Childrens Hospital in Grand Rapids following a lingering illness. Brendon was born on January 11, 1992 in Grand Rapids to Paul and Kelly (Krill) Guzman. Brendon graduated from Fremont High School, Class of 2012 and was an avid Detroit Pistons and Detroit Tigers...
Rev. Kenneth D. Marzell
Jun 6, 2012
Rev. Kenneth D. Marzell, age 93 of Newaygo, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 following a lingering illness. Ken was born on October 13, 1918 in Savanna, Illinois to Frederick D. and Marie (Robel) Marzell and later married Cora Marie Beverwyk on July 1, 1938 in Hastings. Cora, his wife of 72 years, preceded...
Elen M Mitrius
May 28, 2012
Elen Marie Mitrius, age 61 of White Cloud, passed away Monday, May 28,, 2012 at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial in Fremont. Elen was born on April 18, 1951 in Joliet, Illinois, to Paul and Virginia ( Lewansowski) Mitrius and was an administrative assistant in the health care industry in California prior to moving to White Cloud. Elen was a...
