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Herbert Cross
Apr 11, 2002
Herbert F. Cross, age 86, of Fremont, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2002, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont. He was born on December 2, 1915, in Grand Rapids to Herbert S. and Mary (Pierce) Cross. He was a member of the All Saints Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus, Muskegon Council. He was a graduate of Grand...
Irma Rooks
Apr 11, 2002
Irma J. Rooks, mother of Lorita Fernanders, Roy Holston, and Richard Holston, age 66 of White Cloud, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2002 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. She was born on September 7, 1935 in Gary, Indiana to Lee and Mary (Holmes) Rooks and moved to the White Cloud area in 1999 from Gary, Indiana. She...
Eugene Richards
Apr 10, 2002
Eugene A. Richards, age 74, of Twin Lake, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at his home. He was born on May 1, 1927 in Muskegon Twp. to David Lee and Verna A. (Vanderboegh) Richards and married Barbara Ellen Syers on March 21, 1947, in Muskegon. He has been a lifelong resident of the area where he had been...
Ruth "Butch" Plotts
Apr 10, 2002
Ruth M. "Butch" Plotts, age 58 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont following a long illness. She was born on May 27, 1943 in Muskegon to Melvin and Therma (Rensema) Parmer and married Donald Plotts Sr. on June 10, 1961 in White Cloud. Butch had worked at the...
Daniel Scheel
Apr 5, 2002
Daniel O. Scheel, age 41of Holton, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 5, 2002. He was born on October 13, 1960 in Fremont to Ernest and Winona (Wolfe) Scheel and had been a iron worker for the Walden General Contractors in Grand Haven where he was tower builder. He is survived by his children, Danielle Scheel of Holton; Marianne...
Theresa Hodell
Apr 5, 2002
Theresa L. Hodell, age 72 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, April 5, 2002 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on March 10, 1930 in Grand Rapids to Fred and Anna (Workman) Stedman and married Forrest Hodell on February 28, 1948 in Howard City. Theresa had been a production worker at the White Cloud...
Keith Shick
Mar 30, 2002
Keith Shick, age 56, of Grant passed away on Saturday March 30, 2002, in Grand Rapids at Spectrum Health Services Downtown Campus. He was born on March 25, 1946, in Fremont to Robert D. and Thelma Pauline (Fowler) Shick. He was a Career Senior Chief Engineer in the Navy Sea Bees and most recently a Driving Instructor for Cedar...
Paul Charles Miller
Mar 28, 2002
Paul Charles Miller, age 84 of Hesperia, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2002 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. He was born on July 7, 1917 in Hesperia to Charles and Hattie (Gleason) Miller and married Mauna B. Brandt on August 30, 1936 in Muskegon. Mauna preceded him in death on January 28, 1997. Paul had been a...
Charles Quinn
Mar 28, 2002
Charles Quinn, age 65, of South Carolina passed away on Thursday March 28, 2002, in Allegan. He was born on June 21, 1936 in Coldwater, Michigan to Sherman and June (Worden) Quinn. He was a heavy equipment mechanic and an Army Veteran. Charles is survived by 2 sons, Robert Quinn of Allegan and Michael Quinn of Vale, North Carolina;...
Ralph Hubbel
Mar 24, 2002
Ralph V. Hubbel, age 86 of Holton, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2002 at his home. Ralph was born in Ionia County on June 22, 1915 to Roy and Rose Ellen (Yeager) Hubbel and married Louise Pierce on October 4, 1946 in Muskegon. He worked for many years as an electrician in commercial construction. Ralph is survived by his...
Frank Newhouse
Mar 23, 2002
Frank E. Newhouse, age 62 of White Cloud formerly of Ann Arbor, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2002 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on December 19, 1939 in Redford, MI to Morton Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth Louise (Lake) Newhouse and married Marilyn Devlin on July 3, 1965 in Dexter, Michigan. Frank had worked...
Marie Bean
Mar 17, 2002
Marie Bean, age 87 of Holton, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2002 at her home. She was born on January 4, 1915 in Holton Township to Grant and Marian Anne (Trygstad) Syers and married Nelson Robert Bean on January 30, 1933 in Indiana. Nelson Robert preceded her in death on June 14, 1968. Marie has been a lifelong resident...
Carol Bliss
Mar 14, 2002
Carol J. Bliss, age 80 of Brohman, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2002 at her home following a lingering illness. She was born on November 8, 1921 in Roslyn, South Dakota to Julius and Oline (Rindahl) Strand and married Frederick E. Bliss in 1957 in Indiana. Frederick preceded her in death on September 10, 1999. She has been a...
Sarah Jane Pearce
Mar 13, 2002
Sarah Jane Pearce, age 64 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday evening, March 13, 2002 at her home. She was born on February 4, 1938 to Frank and Helen (Bills) Hardegen in Indianapolis, Indiana and later married Richard Pearce. Richard preceded her in death in November of 2000. She had been a cosmetologist in Brethren, Michigan and Grand Rapids prior...
Beatrice Mary Hoppa
Mar 13, 2002
Beatrice Mary Hoppa, age 94 of Fremont, went to be with the Lord on March 13, 2002 at 2pm. She was born on March 6, 1908. Her father and mother were Durwood and Mary Wells of Huber, Michigan. She was married November 29, 1934 to Fred Joseph Hoppa in Fremont, MI. She is survived by her husband, Fred of...
Nellie Waters
Mar 12, 2002
Nellie H. Waters, age 95, formerly of Fremont, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at the Bortz Health Care Facility in Petoskey with the assistance of Pastor Ward Potts and family members. Bert and Elizabeth (McGowen) DeHaven gave birth to Nellie on April 7, 1906 in White Cloud, Michigan. She was united in...
Donna Rauch
Mar 10, 2002
Donna M. Rauch, age 69 of White Cloud, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2002 at her home following a long illness. She was born on September 21, 1932 in Kalamazoo to Clarence and Edrie Ethyl (Slater) Cook and married Raymond C. Rauch on April 7, 1951 in Kalamazoo. Donna had been a school bus driver for the Portage School...
Marian Rumsey
Mar 10, 2002
Marian A. Rumsey, age 75 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2002 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on May 24, 1926 in Hesperia to Charles and Ethel (Rossiter) Rumsey and graduated from Hesperia High School in 1944. She moved to Fremont in 1945 where she had worked at the Gerber Products Company...
Angeline Hendrix
Mar 10, 2002
Angeline Hendrix, age 87 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2002 at Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on January 21, 1915 in Benton Harbor to William James and Henrietta (Danhoff) Ossiginac and married Ernest R. Hendrix Sr. on June 15 1940 in Benton Harbor. Ernest preceded her in death on May 24, 1996. She...
Stanley Pietrowicz
Mar 10, 2002
Stanley P. Pietrowicz, age 75 of White Cloud, formerly of Grand Rapids passed away Sunday, March 10, 2002 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on December 29, 1926 in Grand Rapids to Martin and Lucy (Ignatowicz) Pietrowicz. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Sophie and married Florence Vansickle on October 30,...
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