Tony Kosla
Jun 3, 2001
Tony Kosla, age 68 of Newaygo, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 3, 2001 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on June 23, 1933 in White Cloud to Stanley and Francis (Dudeck) Kosla and has been a lifelong resident of the Newaygo County Area. He was a member of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in...
Raymond Hoffman
May 25, 2001
Raymond H. Hoffman, age 74 of Fremont, passed away Friday, May 25, 2001 at the Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. He was born on February 13, 1927 in Chicago, IL. He retired from the FDIC in 1985 and moved to Fremont. He was an active member of the All Saints Catholic Church where he was a scripture...
Pauline Dietz
May 19, 2001
Pauline G. Dietz, age 57 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 19, 2001 at her home. She was born on January 26, 1944 in Grand Rapids to Paul and Katherine (Kors) Ellen and later married Kenneth Dietz. She has been a resident of the White Cloud area for the past 5 years when she moved from...
John "Jack" Beattie
May 19, 2001
John "Jack" G. Beattie, age 74 of Holton, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2001 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. He was born on May 3, 1927 in Muskegon to John M. and Dorothy (Wilke) Beattie and later married Ida M. Pider on December 31, 1973 in Hart, Michigan. John retired from the Teledyne Continental Motors...
Ross Shoecraft
May 19, 2001
Ross W. Shoecraft, age 85 of Fremont, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2001 in Fremont. He was born on August 2, 1915 in Charleston, Illinois to Ross N. and Hetty (Kimbell) Shoecraft and later married Virginia Pietsch. He served his country and community and loved and appreciated his family and friends. He was a lifelong resident of Fremont and...
Baby Samuel Julius Wisniewski
May 18, 2001
Baby Samuel Julius Wisniewski, age 23 days of Holton, passed away Friday, May 18, 2001 in Grand Rapids. He was born on April 25, 2001 in Grand Rapids to David and Lori Jean (Kruszynski) Wisniewski. He is survived by his parents David and Lori of Holton; maternal grandparents, Norma (Gary) Boltz of Holton; paternal grandparents, Anthony (Beverly) Wisniewski of...
Raymond Pykonen
May 18, 2001
Raymond A. Pykonen, age 82 of White Cloud passed away Friday, May 18, 2001 at his home following a lingering illness. He was born on June 6, 1918 in Altantic Mine, Michigan and married Elsie Garry on April 2, 1948 in Detroit. He has been a resident of the White Cloud area since 1963 where he had been a...
Ted Gravelle
May 12, 2001
Ted Gravelle, age 69, of White Cloud passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2001, in Grand Rapids. He was born on January 26, 1932, on Sugar Island, Michigan and married Rosalee Dilks on March 24, 1979, in Fremont. He was a member of the Bricklayers & Allied Craftsman #9 and The Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He...
Dorothea "Jackie" Wilson
May 9, 2001
Dorothea "Jackie" Wilson, age 71 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2001 at her home. She was born on January 23, 1930 in Muskegon to Irving and Dorothy J. (Jager) Bouwsma. She has been a lifelong resident of the Fremont and Holton Area where she was a homemaker and had been a prospector in Nowhere, Arizona for 10...
Glendora Vandenberg
May 8, 2001
Glendora VandenBerg, age 80 of Fremont, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2001 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on April 1, 1921 in Fremont to Herman H. and Laurena (Meeuwenberg) Boeskool and worked in the market research division at Gerber Products Company in Fremont until her retirement in 1980. She has been a lifelong...
Dorsey Leckrone
May 2, 2001
Mr. Dorsey D. Leckrone, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2001, at Gerber Memorial Health Services. He was born on May 20, 1911, in Brethren, Michigan, to George and Cora (Ulrey) Leckrone. On May 21, 1938, he married Sally Busick. He taught school for 41 years, having begun teaching at 19 years old. Twenty-five of those years...
Patsy Lou Shreck
Apr 26, 2001
Patsy Lou Shreck, age 40 of Hesperia, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2001 at her home. She was born on July 16, 1960 in South Haven, Michigan to Dalton and Nancy (Smith) Key and married Erwin Shreck on September 16, 1977 in Bloomingdale, Michigan. She has been a resident of the Hesperia area for the past 18 years where...
James Macomber
Apr 22, 2001
James F. Macomber, age 45 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 22, 2001 at his home. He was born on November 17, 1955 in Fremont to Frank E. and Esther A. (MacDonald) Macomber and has been a lifelong resident of White Cloud. He was a 1974 graduate of White Cloud High School and had worked at...
Mary Eva Franklin
Apr 21, 2001
Mary Eva Franklin, age 80 of White Cloud and Grand Rapids and formerly of Detroit, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 21, 2001 at Spectrum Health-Blodgett Campus. She was born on May 21, 1920 in Detroit to Joseph and Teresa (Frank) Bach and married Frank J. Franklin on November 15, 1947 in California. Frank preceded her in death in...
Nora Neva Fischer
Apr 20, 2001
Nora Neva Fischer, age 97, of Tombstone, Arizona and formerly of Fremont passed away on Friday April 20, 2001, in Tucson, Arizona. She was born on June 30, 1903 in Fremont to Dan Hill and Dora (Kurrle) Hill and married Herman Fischer on November 14, 1923, in Newaygo County. She and her husband moved to Arizona in 1946. Nora...
Delorma Joyce Westbrook
Apr 19, 2001
Delorma Joyce Westbrook of White Cloud, wife of Keith D. Westbrook passed away on Thursday April 19, 2001 at Gerber Memorial Health Services after a two year battle with cancer. She was born on December 8, 1928 to George and Winnie (Brimmer) Blohm in Muskegon and married Keith Westbrook on October 21, 1948, in the Aetna Church. She was...
Dorothy Jibson
Apr 14, 2001
Dorothy M. Jibson, age 86, of Fremont, passed away Saturday , April 14, 2001, at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on March 3, 1915, in Cedar Creek Township, Muskegon County, to Anson and Lois (Parker) Vanderboegh. She married Howard Jibson on November 27, 1934, in Indiana. Howard preceded her in death on October 29,...
Sandra Dailey
Apr 13, 2001
Sandra Dailey, age 60 of Hesperia, passed away Friday, April 13, 2001 at her home following a lingering illness. She was born on May 24, 1940 in Dayton Center, Michigan to Sidney D. and Margaret J. (Dykman) Parketon Jr. and married James D. Dailey on June 30, 1956 in Fremont. She was a graduate of the Fremont Public Schools...
Samuel Edward Hews
Apr 13, 2001
Samuel Edward Hews, age 77 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, April 13, 2001 at this winter home in Florida. He was born on June 29, 1923 in Little Lake, Michigan to Wade and Rae (Walkup) Hews and married Verda Menold on December 7, 1957 in Hesperia. He has been a resident of Diamond Lake and White Cloud Area...
Grace Birdsell
Apr 12, 2001
Grace Birdsell, age 66, of Croton, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2001, at the Spectrum Health Services Downtown Campus in Grand Rapids. She was born on June 5, 1934, in Erie, Kansas to Wade and Geraldine (Nelson) Thompson and married Jack Birdsell in July of 1948, in Batesville, Arkansas. She had been a toll operator for Michigan Bell...
