Tanya Ann Montegna-Butler
May 17, 2012
Tanya Ann Montegna-Butler, age 52 of Hesperia, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids following a short illness. Tanya was born on January 8, 1960 in Fremont to Bruce and Kathleen (Clark) Lindsay. Tanya moved with her family to Hampton, Virginia in 1975 and graduated from Bethel High School in 1978....
Thomas W. Cooley
May 15, 2012
Thomas W. Cooley, age 62 of Fremont, passed away unexpectedly at his home at the HGA Rex Street Home on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Tom was born on December 13,1949 in Newaygo County to Noah Edward and Helen Lucille (Hirsch) Cooley and had been a longtime resident of the Fremont area where he enjoyed riding on the golf cart...
Emma Deweerd
May 9, 2012
Emma DeWeerd, age 94 of Coopersville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. Emma was born on May 28, 1917 in Evanston, Illinois to John and Mary (Lukaart) Wilholt and later married Warren DeWeerd on June 10, 1944 in Grand Rapids. Warren preceded her in death on April 9,...
Lavern Ernest Baker
May 7, 2012
Lavern E. Baker, age 67, of White Cloud, passed away on Monday, May 7, 2012, at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial. Lavern was born on May 29, 1944, in Ludington to Carl and Pearl (Kelly) Baker and married Angela Marie Nagle on August 25, 2007, in Reno, Nevada. Lavern was a real estate agent and along with having many other...
Gladys Julia Baker
May 5, 2012
Gladys J. Baker, age 85, of White Cloud and formerly of Cambridge, Maryland, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial in Fremont. Gladys was born on July 6, 1926, in Cambridge, to Thurman and Lilly (Crosby) Robbins and was a public school teacher in Modesto, California until her retirement. She was president of the AARP for...
Mary W. Smith
Apr 30, 2012
Mary W. Smith, age 94 of Newaygo, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Mary was born on July 7, 1917 in Detroit to Lyle and Sarah (Conners) Edwards and moved to the Newaygo area at an early age. Mary graduated from Newaygo High School in 1935 and later married Lamont W....
Stanley J. Gorski
Apr 29, 2012
Stanley J. Gorski, age 91, of White Cloud passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at Metron in Big Rapids. Stanley was born on February 2, 1921, in Detroit, to Stanley and Theresa (Zawacki) Gorski and married Mary DiDomenico on May 30, 1942, in Detroit. Stanley worked as a technician for Ford Motor Company and retired from the plant...
Lori Beth Coles
Apr 29, 2012
Lori Coles, age 50, of Grant, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at her home. Lori was born on June 30, 1961, in Grand Rapids, to Frank and Joan (Van Dyke) Carpenter and married Daniel Coles on October, 20, 1990 in Grand Rapids. Lori was a janitor at the Grant Public Schools, enjoyed scrapbooking and crocheting, coaching...
Arline L. Sevener
Apr 28, 2012
Arline L. Sevener, age 69 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 at her home following a lingering illness. Arline was born on November 5, 1942 in Detroit to Stanley and Frances (Kuczewski) Ciupak and graduated from the Dearborn High School. Arline later married David Sevener on April 3, 1961 in Dearborn. Arline had been a bus...
Clyde E. Reene
Apr 25, 2012
Clyde E. Reene, age 72 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont following a short illness. Clyde was born on June 22, 1939 in Custer, Michigan to Dewey and Della (Flora) Reene and later married Roseanna Hill on June 13, 1969 in Muskegon. Clyde has been a resident of the...
Victor "Vic" E. Pedersen
Apr 24, 2012
Victor E. Vic Pedersen Sr., age 77 of Bitely, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at his winter home in Sun City, Florida. Vic was born on December 31, 1934 in Muskegon Heights to Richard and Edna (Hansen) Pedersen and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Vic had been a firefighter with the City of...
Barbara C. Shephard
Apr 24, 2012
Barbara C. Shephard, age 78 of Fremont, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at her home following a short illness. Barbara was born on October 2, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois to John and Mary (Ronan) Piklor and has been a resident of the area since 1961. Barbara had worked at the Gerber Products Company International Division in Fremont for...
Thomas R. Weiss
Apr 23, 2012
Thomas R. Weiss, age 64 of Newaygo, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. Thomas was born on June 22, 1947in Detroit to Eugene K. and Marcella (Van Gordon) Weiss and moved to the Newaygo area about 20 years ago. Thomas joined the United States Army and served 2...
Fern Katherine Suchner
Apr 20, 2012
Fern K. Suchner, age 93, of Ocala, Florida, and formerly of White Cloud, went to be with her Savior on Friday, April 20, 2012. Fern was born on June 24, 1918, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Joseph and Evelyn (Rasmussen) Reimer and married Norman John Suchner on October 23, 1937, in Walled Lake, Michigan. Fern was a member of...
Orville Lee Parrott
Apr 17, 2012
Orville L. Parrott, age 80 of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at his home. Orville was born on April 25, 1931 in Knoxville, Tennessee to Otha William and Anna Belle (Knight) Parrott. Orville married Marilyn (Knezek) on Oct. 16, 1971 in Taylor, MI. Orville moved to the White Cloud area in 1981 from Inkster and had...
Rev. Ray Henry Conklin
Apr 17, 2012
Rev. Ray H. Conklin, age 74, of Fremont passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at his home with his family by his side. Ray was born on May 22, 1937, in Bitely, to Herbert and Ida Mae (McGhan) Conklin and married Vallerie Pearl Weaver on July 16, 1983 in Alaska. Ray was a missionary and pilot serving many...
Dolores M Kurek
Apr 15, 2012
Dolores M. Kurek, age 87, of Fremont and formerly of Grand Rapids, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Dolores was born on March 23, 1925, to Karl and Martha (Nowicki) Hentschel and retired from Spectrum Health Hospital. Dolores is survived by her children Robert (Chris) Kurek of Grand Rapids, Nancy (Frank)...
Dale Owen Wright
Apr 12, 2012
Dale O. Wright, age 91 of White Cloud went to be with his Lord on Thursday, April 12, 2012, with his family by his side. Dale was born on June 25, 1920, in Elkins, West Virginia to Howard and Minerva (Fox) Wright and married Mary Geraldine Tenney on November 25, 1943. Dale and Mary owned and operated Dale O....
Irving "Irv" Dale Ryan
Apr 10, 2012
Irving Dale Ryan, age 79 of White Cloud, formerly of Rockford, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at his home following a long battle with cancer. Irv was born on June 24, 1932 in Rockford to Everett and Irene (Greux) Ryan and later moved to the White Cloud area in the late 1980s where he met and married Martina...
Floyd Head Jr.
Apr 7, 2012
Floyd N. Head Jr., 91, of Fremont and Green Valley, Arizona passed away on April 7, 2012. He was born on June 14, 1920 in San Mateo, California where he lived until graduation from San Mateo Junior College at which time he joining the Army Air Corps in January 1942. In May of 1942 he married the love of...
