Wilhelmina Gillette
May 15, 2009
Wilhelmina Gillette, age 92 of Newaygo, passed away Friday, May 15, 2009 at her home following a short illness. Wilhelmina was born on October 3, 1916 in Oak Park, Illinois to Johanes Marinus and Marie (VanTottenhoven) Ridderikhoff and moved to the Newaygo area in 1937. Wilhelmina met and later married Rex William Gillette on July 28, 1941 in Fremont...
Nelda Bell Powers
May 14, 2009
Nelda Bell Powers, age 88 of Fremont, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Nelda was born on January 14, 1921 in Dayton Township to C.L. and Mary S. (Jones) Britton and graduated from Fremont High School in 1940. Nelda has been a lifelong resident of the Fremont area where she...
Arlington "Junior" French
May 7, 2009
Arlington J. Junior French, age 83 of Fremont, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Junior was born on April 13, 1926 in Muskegon to Arlie and Bertha (Newburn) French and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Junior had been a production worker at Sheldon Manufacturing for several years. He is...
Bonnie G Patrick
May 6, 2009
Bonnie G. Patrick, age 85 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Bonnie was born on August 2, 1923 in Hazard, Kentucky to John Riley and Barbara Ann (Baker) Mullins. Bonnie has been a resident of the White Cloud area for the past 15 years when she moved...
Florence Fruhwirth
May 5, 2009
Florence A. Fruhwirth, age 93 of White Cloud, formerly of Chicago, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Florence was born on January 15, 1916 in Chicago to Joseph and Martha (Jagla) Pawlak and had been a lifelong resident of Chicago until she moved to White Cloud to live...
Douglas L Bush
May 5, 2009
Douglas L. Bush, age 51 of Hesperia, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at his home. Doug was born on April 13, 1958 in Shelby, Michigan to Walter Leroy and Dorothy (Phillips) Bush and has been a lifelong resident of the Hesperia area. Doug had been a production worker at Kurdziel Foundry in Rothbury for several years...
Joey Wyant
May 2, 2009
Joey R. Wyant, age 45 of Hesperia, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at his home. Joey was born on February 15, 1964 in Muskegon to Calvin Wyant Sr. and Marinda Rushing and has been a longtime resident of the Hesperia area. Joey graduated from Hesperia High School in 1982 and had an outstanding wrestling career during his...
Alice Zerlaut
May 1, 2009
Alice K. Zerlaut, age 93, of Muskegon and formerly of Holton, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009, at Golden Years Personal Care Home in Muskegon. Alice was born on December 3, 1915, in Ashland, MI., to Walter Rome and Hattie Mae (Stamper) Adkins and had owned and operated Cedar Creek Adult Foster Care for many years. Alice married...
David Pease
Apr 30, 2009
David B. Pease, age 67 of White Cloud and formerly of Jenison, passed away, April 30, 2009 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. David was born on February 18, 1942 in Charlevoix, Michigan to Allen Evart and Fern Avis (Black) Pease and graduated from Charlevoix High School in 1960 where he was one of the star athletes...
Mary Jane Rose
Apr 29, 2009
Mary Jane Rose, age 86, of Fremont passed away at home on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. She was born on March 21, 1922, in Burlington, Iowa, to Clarence and Ruth (Hertel) Hartman. She married Max Eugene Rose on April 19, 1945 in Kansas and was a member of the Red Hat Society, Women of the Moose, and volunteered at...
Ernie Boyer
Apr 27, 2009
Ernie Boyer, age 86, of Fremont, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2009, at Mercy General Health Partners Mercy Campus in Muskegon. Ernie was born on February 23, 1923, in Onterio, Canada, and was a service manager for Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. Ernie was an Army Veteran of WWII. Ernie is survived by his wife, Margaret Boyer of Fremont;...
Delbert Trimm
Apr 24, 2009
Delbert Trimm, age 91 of White Cloud, went to be with his Lord on Friday, April 24, 2009, with his children by his side. He was born in Fremont, on April 12, 1918, to Edith and Edward Trimm and lived his early life in Hesperia and then lived for sixty-six years in White Cloud then back to Hesperia for...
Frances Vandyke
Apr 24, 2009
Frances E. (Crandall Nyman) VanDyke, 91, of Fremont, died April 24, 2009, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont.
She was born on July 20, 1917, one of seven children of Charles and Mary (Sheren) Crandall. She grew up in the Bitely area and attended local schools. Frances lived in the Fremont area for 60 years. While raising...
Donald Greiner
Apr 23, 2009
Donald L. Greiner, age 93, of Fremont died on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Donald was born in Grand Rapids on July 9, 1915 and had been a welder. Dan also had worked for A-Sanitation. Don is survived by 2 grandchildren, Donald Hopkins of Howard City and Susan Hopkins of Howard City. The family...
Katherine Marie Vandermey
Apr 21, 2009
Katherine Marie VanderMey, age 66 of White Cloud, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Katherine was born on August 15, 1942, to Kenneth E. and Verna (Paulsen) Goyings in Fremont and was a graduate of White Cloud High School. Kay married Paul Vandermey from Rockford on September 24, 1960. She...
Glenn Ward
Apr 20, 2009
Glenn A. Ward, age 87, of Fremont, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2009, at Gerber Memorial Hospital in Fremont. He was born on June 10, 1921, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Ralph and Rose (Fisher) Ward and married Sharon Kronewitter in 1967 in Muskegon. Glenn was a salesman, Army Veteran of WWII, and life member of Newaygo VFW...
Joshua Culver
Apr 18, 2009
Joshua Warren Culver, age 29 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, in White Cloud. He was born on July 31, 1979 in Fremont to Martin and Ilene Culver and had worked as a meat cutter. Joshua was an artist and loved movies, gaming, politics, and his dog D. He is survived by his mother, Ilene (Robert)...
Alta Phillips
Apr 16, 2009
Alta M. Phillips, age 84 of Hesperia, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility following a lingering illness. Alta was born on June 8, 1924 in Coldwater, Michigan to Leo and Edan (Fuller) Hodges and has been a resident of the Hesperia area for the past 30 years. Alta met and later married George...
Shirley Wilson
Apr 15, 2009
Shirley (DeKuiper) Wilson, age 83 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at the Fountain View Retirement Village in Fremont. Shirley was born on September 6, 1925 in Fremont to Glenn and Phyllis (Dickerson) Shaw and has been a lifelong resident of the Fremont area. Shirley graduated from Hackley School of Nursing in 1946 and was a Registered...
Karen Scott
Apr 11, 2009
Karen J. Scott, age 70 of Fremont, passed away unexpectedly on Monday at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. Karen was born on Oct. 31, 1938 in North Muskegon to James Wesley and Cora Alice (Reed) Burns and graduated from North Muskegon High School in 1957. Karen started work as a telephone operator in North Muskegon and later...
