Clair R. Purcey
Mar 30, 2003
Clair R. Purcey, age 77 of Fremont , passed away Sunday, March 30, 2003 at the Bradywyne Nursing Home in Winter Haven , Florida following a year long illness. Clair was born on April 25, 1925 in Fremont to Earl and Edith ( Jennings ) Purcey and married Verna Caldwell on April 22, 1948 in Cedar Springs. He has...
Sonja Marie Stein
Mar 30, 2003
Sonja Marie Stein, age 60 of Grant, passed away Saturday at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont . She was born on July 7, 1942 in Grand Rapids and married Don Stein on November 27, 1982 in Grand Rapids . She has been a resident of the Grant area for the past 18 years where she was a...
Jeffery W. Miller
Mar 29, 2003
Jeffery W. Miller, age 41 of Bitely, formerly of Hart, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2003 at his home. He was born on November 1, 1961 to Joseph and Pearl Miller and married Andrea Brunges on February 24, 1996 in Hart. Jeff graduated from Hart High School and had worked at the Whitehall Tannery. He enjoyed various sports and...
Grace M. Phillips
Mar 29, 2003
Phillips, Grace Grace M. Phillips, age 86 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 29, 2003 in Phoenix , Arizona at her daughter, Marilyn Keipers home. She was born on April 30, 1916 in White Cloud to James William and Anna Marie (Hoppa) Thompson and married Dwight Phillips on May 15, 1934 in White Cloud. Dwight preceded...
Earl Cornwell
Mar 28, 2003
Earl Cornwell, age 75 of Hesperia and formerly of Battle Creek , passed away Friday at the Hackley Hospital in Muskegon following a courageous 2 year battle with leukemia. Earl was born in Bellevue the son of Joseph and Clara Cornwell and worked in the dairy industry until his retirement to Darlington Lake near Hesperia. Surviving is his wife,...
Gertrude A. Potter
Mar 21, 2003
Gertrude A. Potter, age 92, of Fremont went home to be with her Lord on Friday, March 21, 2003 . She was born on September 2, 1910 , in Garfield Township to Charles J. and Celia A. (Nelson) Christenson and married Henry Donald Potter on December 28, 1929 , in Newaygo. She was a retail sales clerk and Past...
E. John Graichen
Mar 19, 2003
Graichen, E. John Mr. E. John Graichen, age 61 of Santa Ana , California and formerly of Fremont , passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at Kindred Hospital in West Minster, California following a long illness. He was born in Fremont, the second son of Robert D. and LaVange (Leete) Graichen and later graduated from Fremont High School...
Arthur David Lewis
Mar 15, 2003
Arthur David Lewis, age 77, of White Cloud passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2003 , at home. He was born on March 27, 1925 , in Grand Rapids to Arthur Edward and Nellie (Gronso) Lewis and married Dorothy Roberts on April 12, 1947 , in Grand Rapids . He was a truck driver for Michigan Transportation Inc. prior...
Makayla Marie Richards
Mar 13, 2003
Makayla Marie Richards, age 9 months, infant daughter of Anthony B. and Erica Lynn (Marks) Richards, of Fremont and formerly of Lake City , passed away Thursday, March 13, 2003 at her home following a long illness. Makayla was born on June 2, 2002 in Fremont , Michigan and enjoyed her swing, her fishees, and her dog, Middy. She...
Carl A. Grabill
Mar 11, 2003
Carl A. Grabill, age 67 of Newaygo, passed away Tuesday at his home following long illness. Carl was born on Sept. 22, 1935 in Kent City fo Ansel and Leona (Nelson) Grabill and married Arlene Rasey his wife, of 47 years on Feb. 10, 1956 in Fremont . Carl was a self-empllyed contractor and has lived in the Newaygo...
Bernice I. Hornof
Mar 10, 2003
Bernice I. Hornof, age 38 of Holton, passed away Monday, March 10, 2003 at her home following a lingering illness. She was born on June 20, 1964 in Winnemucca , Nevada and moved to Holton as an infant. She graduated from Holton High School and later married Robert Hornof on March 21, 1980 in Holton. She had been a...
Elsiemae Vannett
Mar 10, 2003
Elsiemae Van Nett, age 74 of Holton passed away Monday, March 10, 2003 at the Spectrum Health Services in Grand Rapids . She was born on June 30, 1928 in Flint to Leon and Mary (Burnett) Canniff and married Donald Van Nett on January 3, 1948 in Montague. Elsiemae moved to the Holton area in 1954 and where she...
Lester Allen Lieffers
Mar 9, 2003
Lester Allen Lieffers, age 54 of Fremont , passed away Sunday, March 9, 2003 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont . He was born on September 7, 1948 in Coopersville , Michigan to Marvin and Mary Elizabeth (Secord) Lieffers and has been a residential painter for several years. He was a veteran of the Vietnam Era where...
Virginia B. Frantz
Mar 8, 2003
Virginia B. Frantz, age 65 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2003 at the Home of Hope in Grand Rapids. Virginia was born on August 8, 1937 in Stanwood, Michigan to Arthur and Katherine (Marek) Conners and married Francis "Sony" Frantz on June 16, 1962 in White Cloud. She had worked at the Dura Automotive Company as...
Laura Lorraine Jennings
Mar 8, 2003
Jennings, Laura Lorraine Laura Lorraine Jennings, age 101 of Grand Rapids and formerly of Fremont, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2003 at the Cottonwood Manor in Jenison. Laura was born on January 6, 1902 at her families home in the rural Fremont area to Moses and Lucy (Tossey) Bell and later moved to Grand Rapids . She married Leslie...
Joan Bleiler
Mar 8, 2003
Joan Bleiler, age 73 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2003 at her home following a long illness. She was born on November 7, 1929 in Edmond , Oklahoma to Harold and Wanda Putz and lived in Utah and California until the age of 10 when she moved to White Cloud in 1939 where she lived with...
Margaret A. Mcdonald
Mar 6, 2003
Margaret A. McDonald, age 91 of Fremont , passed away Thursday, March 6, 2003 at her home following a short illness. Margaret was born on January 27, 1912 in Holton to Claud and Theresa (Eislinger) Cregg and married Bruce B. McDonald on February 10, 1934 in Muskegon . Bruce preceded her in death on January 10, 1978 . Margaret...
Emma Lodema Wilson
Feb 26, 2003
Emma Lodema Wilson, age 69 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at her home. She was born on April 2, 1933 in Big Rapids, Michigan to Charlie and Eva (Kaiser) Spicer and moved to the White Cloud area in 1951 from Big Rapids. Emma has been a homemaker all her life and enjoyed crocheting, sewing, her...
Gerritt H. Hartger
Feb 19, 2003
Gerritt H. Hartger, age 88 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Gerritt was born on July 3, 1914 in Reeman, Michigan to Henry G. and Cornelia (Deur) Hartger and married Nellie Homan on May 17, 1952 in Fremont. Nellie preceded him in death on September 12, 1998. He was...
Frances Ann Kroll
Feb 17, 2003
Frances Ann Kroll, age 62, of White Cloud passed away Monday, February 17, 2003 , at the Mercy Hospital in Muskegon . She was born on August 18, 1940 to James J. and Jeanette (Piazza) Kukal and married Raymond J. Kroll Sr. on November 25, 1961.She loved to knit, play bingo, and enjoyed baking and attended St. Joseph Catholic...
