Gertrude Smalligan
May 9, 2002
A very special sister and aunt left this world on Ascension Day to sing with the angels. Gertrude Smalligan passed away at Transitional Health Services late in the evening on Thursday, May 9, 2002. Gertrude was born on the family farm south of Fremont on February 23, 1911 to Nellie (Goeman) and Leonard Smalligan. Before moving to THS this...
Lewis Ellis Kemp
May 9, 2002
Lewis Ellis Kemp, age 40, passed away on Thurday, May 9, 2002, at Spectrum Health Services Downtown Campus. He was born on December 9, 1961, in Detroit to Robert and Dorothy (Love) Kemp. Lewis was a construction worker. Lewis is survived by his mother Dorothy Kemp of Newaygo; sisters, Sharon (Phranschar) McPherson and children Felicia (Jamie Ward) & Chanda,...
Ethel Denney
May 5, 2002
Mrs. Ethel Marie Denney, age 71, of Fremont passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2002, at home following a long illness. She was born on February 1, 1931, in Brookside (now a part of Fremont) to "Daddy" Clair and Gladys (Smith) Shively and married Joseph C. Denney on June 12, 1948, in Fremont. She was a life-long resident of...
Jeanette Anderson
Apr 30, 2002
Jeanette (Jean) Anderson, age 92, of Fremont passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on October 4, 1909, in Fremont to David and Minnie (VanGoor) Wyngarden and married Carl Anderson on June 19, 1931, in Fremont. She was a fruit farmer, taught school near Grant in her early...
Dolores Mccracken
Apr 25, 2002
Dolores D. McCracken, age 70 of Brohman formerly of Sparta, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 25, 2002 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on June 23, 1931 in Sparta to John and Hazel (Rolston) Dake and married Richard McCracken on August 18, 1950 in Sparta. Dolores moved to the White Cloud area in...
Kim Corley Sr.
Apr 18, 2002
Kim J. Corley Sr., age 47 of White Cloud passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 18, 2002. He was born on June 13, 1954 to Eulas and Marilyn (Headlee) Corley and had been a self-employed carpenter. He was a certified aviation technician and had attended Montcalm Community College. He had also attended and was an instructor at Lansing Community...
Karmeth Gross
Apr 14, 2002
Karmeth "Kerm" Gross, age 54 of White Cloud and formerly of Wolverine Lake, Michigan, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2002 at his home following a lingering illness. He was born on October 17, 1947 in Brush Creek, Kentucky to Kelly and Verneda (Drake) Gross and married Raymonda VanRiette on April 11, 1981 in Walled Lake, Michigan. Kerm had been...
Antoinette Scarlavai
Apr 12, 2002
Antoinette Scarlavai, age 89 of White Cloud, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2002 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont following a long illness. She was born on January 20, 1913 in Ceprano, Italy to Joe and Margaret Colorite and married Antinino Scarlavai in 1932 in Detroit. Antinino preceded her in death. She had been a homemaker and...
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...
