Joseph Slater
Aug 25, 2009
Joseph F. Slater, age 94 of Holton, passed away Wednesday at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont following a short illness. Joe was born on June 5, 1915 in Holton to John and Mary (Schmitt) Slater and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Joe met and later married Grace Alma Saxton on Nov. 11, 1939 in...
Neil Featherstone Jr
Aug 25, 2009
Neil J. Featherstone Jr., age 76 of Fremont, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. Neil was born on October 24, 1932 in Alton, Illinois to Neil J. and Ermal (Crawford) Featherstone Sr. Neil met and later married Karen L. Schubert on June 8, 1957 in Silvis, Illinois. Karen preceded him in...
Lucy Sutherland
Aug 24, 2009
Lucy I. Sutherland, age 86 of Hesperia, passed away Monday, August 24, 2009 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Lucy was born on November 20, 1922 in Oceana County to John and Chloe (Hartman) McCauley and grew up in the Shelby area. She met and later married Gleason Sutherland on June 20, 1944 in Newfield Township and Gleason...
Terry Price
Aug 23, 2009
Terry A. Price Sr., age 53 of Holton, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009. Terry was born on November 10, 1955 in Fremont to Orville and Wanda (Headlee) Price and married Andrea Wittebort on September 15, 1979, in Holton. Terry was a high pressure pipeline technician for DTE and attended the First Congregational Church United Church of Christ in...
Gordon Baumunk
Aug 21, 2009
Gordon F. Baumunk, age 92 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, August 21, 2009 at his home. Gordon was born on April 4, 1917 in Woodville to Frederick and Sophia (Peterson) Baumunk and moved to the Big Rapids area at an early age. Gordon grew up in the Big Rapids area and graduated from Big Rapids High School in...
Mathew Borkowski
Aug 19, 2009
Mathew L. Borkowski, age 65 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in North Muskegon following a long and lingering illness. Mathew was born on December 14, 1943 in White Cloud to John T. and Harriet M. (Dudeck) Borkowski and has been a lifelong resident of the White Cloud area. Mathew had...
Patricia Farber
Aug 18, 2009
Patricia J. Farber, age 69 of Hesperia, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at the Mercy General Health Partners in Muskegon following a short illness. Patricia was born on May 17, 1940 in Shelby, Michigan to Bernard and Zelma (Keck) Crisman and has been a lifelong resident of the Hesperia and Shelby area. Patricia met and later married William...
Hugh L. Harper
Aug 18, 2009
Hugh L. Harper, age 49 of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday at his home following a long battle with Lou Gehrigs disease. Hugh was born on Sept. 1, 1959 in Fremont to Harry W. and Jannette (Bitson) Harper and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1978. Hugh met and later married Peggy Parsons on September 2, 1989. He...
Charles L Young
Aug 13, 2009
Charles L. Young, age 75 of Hersey, passed away Thursday at his home. Charles was born on March 31, 1934 in Grand Rapids and had owned and operated Service Mold as a tool and die maker until his retirement. SURVIVORS : children, Candy (Terry) Fellows; Debbie (Steve) Holman; Robin (Dale) Sidor; Kim (Jim) Hiasma; Jami (Jamie) Young; 10 grandchildren;...
Darlene E Taylor
Aug 8, 2009
Darlene E. Taylor, age 54 of Hesperia, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2009 at her home following a short illness. Darlene was born on January 24, 1955 in Detroit to Anthony Stanley and Nancy Jean (Petzel) Stencel and moved the area in 1976 from Detroit. Darlene met and later married Robert Bob Taylor on October 2, 1981 in White...
Stanley W Pedrin
Aug 4, 2009
Stanley W. Pedrin, age 58, of Fremont, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Stanley was born on July 3, 1951, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to Floyd and Dorothy (Biermaker) Pedrin and had been a printer. Stanley is survived by brothers and sisters, Margaret (Dave Sawaski) Norris, Virginia (Dan) Oberst, Beatrice (Mike)...
Christina Joy (Vandyke) Oliver
Aug 3, 2009
Christina J. (VanDyke) Oliver, age 21 of Holton, passed away Monday, August 3, 2009 following injuries received in an automobile accident. Christina was born on September 26, 1987 in Fremont to Mark and Linda (Petropoulos) VanDyke. Christina graduated from Thornapple Kellogg High School in 2005 and had worked as a Certified Nurses Assistant for Maxim Health Services in Grand...
Frederick M Zadel
Aug 2, 2009
Frederick Fred M. Zadel, age 81 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2009 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Fred was born on November 30, 1927 in Muskegon to Anton Paul and Nina (Whitsell) Zadel and moved to the Fremont area in 1963 from Muskegon. Fred had worked as a core maker at the CWC...
Lyle W Hall
Jul 28, 2009
Lyle W. Hall, age 83 of Hesperia, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at his home in Newfield Township following a long illness. Lyle was born on October 6, 1925 in Leavitt Township, Oceana County, the son of Chauncey and Anna (Farber) Hall. Lyle met and later married Rose Marie Dempkey on June 4, 1946 in Hart and Rose...
Nancy Ann Bancroft
Jul 26, 2009
Nancy Ann Bancroft, age 71, of Fremont, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2009, at Spectrum Health Services Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Nancy was born on January 5, 1938 in Lansing to Harold and Genevieve (Case) VanEpps and attended Michigan State University where she met and married Rushton R. Bancroft Jr. on September 2, 1960, in East Lansing. Nancy...
Mary C Kanters
Jul 25, 2009
Mary C. Kanters, age 83 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at the St. Marys Hospital in Grand Rapids. Mary was born on June 14, 1926 in Detroit. Mary married Frank Scarcella and her preceded her in death. She later married Peter H. Kanters on May 15, 1958 in Detroit and Peter preceded her in death...
Donna M Paulsen
Jul 23, 2009
Donna M. Paulsen, age 73 of White Cloud, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2009 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids following a long illness. Donna was born on October 3, 1935 in White Cloud to Harold Henry and Madeline Donna (Carey) Allers and met and later married Harry C. Paulsen on October 30, 1954 in White...
Bruce B Hallowell
Jul 23, 2009
Bruce B. Hallowell, age 55 of Hesperia, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2009 following injuries received in an automobile accident. Bruce was born on January 6, 1954 in Fremont Walter and Elizabeth Beth (Stafford) Hallowell and has been a longtime resident of the Hesperia Area. Bruce met and later married Donna Hunt on October 9, 1976 in Hesperia. Bruce...
Norm Jorgensen
Jul 20, 2009
N. Norm Jorgensen, age 69 of Greenville, lost his battle to cancer on Saturday, July 20, 2009 at his home. Norm was born on October 10, 1939 in Big Rapids to Magnus and Lillian (Finch) Jorgensen and graduated from Big Rapids High School. Norm met and later married Barbara Shue on February 17, 1962 in Grand Rapids. Norm had...
Josiah Sutton
Jul 19, 2009
Josiah Sutton, age 21, of Twin Lake, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Mercy General Health Partners in Muskegon. Josiah was born on May 9, 1988, in Muskegon, to Steven and Michelle (Short) Sutton. Josiah is survived by his fianc, Ashley Drake and their daughter Lauren L. Sutton, and daughter, Haily Balcom; father, Steven Sutton of Twin...
