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,...
Charles Deater Jr
Mar 6, 2002
Charles A. Deater Jr., age 74 of Rothbury and formerly of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at the Lakeshore Community Hospital in Shelby. He was born on August 27, 1927 in Muskegon to Charles A. and Lillian (Culhane) Deater Sr. and married Norma Goff on June 28, 1950 in Grand Rapids. He had been a master mechanic...
Rev. Hiram Dukes
Mar 4, 2002
Reverend Hiram L. Dukes, age 85 of White Cloud, passed away Monday, March 4, 2002 at the Spectrum Health Services Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. He was born on January 16, 1917 the son of Luke and Mittee (Lindsey) Dukes in Griffin, Georgia and married Lucille Edwards on July 8, 1977. He had started his career in the ministry...
Debra Woodwyk
Mar 4, 2002
Debra K. Woodwyk, age 43 of Kentwood, passed away Monday, March 4, 2002 at her home. She was born on August 6, 1958 in Petosky, Michigan to Loren and Virginia (McCary) Bell Sr. and later moved with her family to the Grand Rapids area. She has been the payroll and accounting clerk at the Non-Destructive Testing Group (NDT) in...
Lillian Tindall
Feb 27, 2002
Lillian Tindall, age 73, of Fremont passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at St. Marys Hospital in Grand Rapids. She was born on December 24, 1928 in Muskegon to Frank and Mary Faith and married Russell J. Tindall Sr. on June 4, 1949 in Muskegon. Russell Sr. preceded her in death on November 16, 1990. She has been...
Kathryn Myrtle Westcomb
Feb 26, 2002
Kathryn Myrtle Westcomb, age 71, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2002, in White Cloud. She was born on November 19, 1930, in Wilcox Township to Donald & Maude Giddings and married Leonard A. Westcomb 1st on December 6, 1948, in Muskegon. Leonard preceded her in death on December 16, 1984. She has been a long time resident of the...
Allan Hendricks
Feb 25, 2002
Allan D. Hendricks, age 58 of Newaygo, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2002 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on November 4, 1943 in Chicago to Charles and Anne (Mamich) Hendricks and married Helen Chambly on December 20, 1980 in White Cloud. He has been a resident of the Newaygo County Area for the...
Dennis "Mike" Wright
Feb 23, 2002
Dennis "Mike" Wright, age 40 of Big Rapids, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2002 at the Spectrum Health-Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. He was born on September 23, 1961 in Grand Rapids to Theodore and Lorraine (Randall) Wright and has been a resident of the Big Rapids area for the past 16 years where he had worked as a...
Lowell Burkholder
Feb 19, 2002
Lowell H. Burkholder, age 89 of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on September 15, 1912 in Cullom, Illinois to Henry and Sarah (Wenger) Burkholder and later graduated from Concord High School in 1932. He later married Helen May Yoder on March 4, 1934 in Elkhart,...
Madeleine "Molly" Ditlow
Feb 12, 2002
Madeleine L. "Dolly" Ditlow, age 93 of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on July 1, 1908 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Peter and Inga M. (Stone) Lynnes and married Albert E. "Ed" Ditlow on January 6, 1932 in White Cloud. Ed preceded her in death...
Shane Lee Radford
Feb 11, 2002
Shane Lee Radford, age 18 of White Cloud, passed away Monday, February 11, 2002 at his home following a long illness. He was born on December 2, 1983 in Big Rapids to Kim A. and Monika (Pfannes) Radford and had been a student at White Cloud High School. He is survived by his parents, Kim and Monika of White...
Ronald Shullenberger
Feb 9, 2002
Ronald E. Shullenberger, age 66 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2002 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. He was born on February 17, 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio and later married Constance Joy. Constance Joy preceded him in death in 1989. He had worked as a foundry worker at the Campbell Wyant Cannon Foundry in Muskegon...
Violet Eggerstedt
Feb 2, 2002
Violet "Vi" M. Eggerstedt, widow of Mike, age 87 of Fremont, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2002 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on February 21, 1914 in Wooster, Michigan to Joseph G. and Maude N. (McSorley) Hoppa and married Mike Eggerstedt on June 30, 1934 in White Cloud. Mike preceded her in death...
