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Lillie Marie Willis
Dec 21, 2000
Lillie Marie Willis, age 77, of Fremont passed away Thursday, December 21, 2000, at home following a long illness. She was born on July 22, 1923, in Indiana to Jack and Gladys (Resler) Thompson and married Paul D. Willis on June 24, 1968, in Redkey, Indiana. She worked at Howmet until retirement. Lillie was a member of the Fremont...
Ray Amos Butterfield
Dec 19, 2000
Ray Amos Butterfield, age 98 of Fremont and formerly of Huntington Woods, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. He was born on July 26, 1902 in Akron , Michigan, to Ruben and Edith (Fox) Butterfield. Ray was a teacher in Detroit having received his master degree from Wayne State University. He...
Alfred Truman
Dec 19, 2000
Alfred D. Truman, 89, of Newaygo passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2000, at Heather Hills Care Center in Grand Rapids. He was born November 2, 1911, in Newaygo to Alfred E. and Elizabeth (Brown) Truman and married Mary Evelyn Basford September 24, 1937. He was the plant engineer at Gerber Products Company until his retirement in 1976, a board...
Basil Elwood Myers
Dec 13, 2000
Basil Elwood Myers, age 78, of Hesperia passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 13, 2000 at his home. He was born on July 22, 1922 in Shelby to Harold and Nettie (Smith) Myers and married Mercile Ferne Brickey on September 23, 1942 in Muskegon. Mercile preceded him in death on February 8, 2000. He was a pattern maker at...
Earl West
Dec 7, 2000
Earl C. West, age 74 of Hesperia, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2000 at the Spectrum Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born on October 25, 1926 in Bad Axe, Michigan to Earl E. and Henrietta (McKay) West and married Doris Bunnell on March 26, 1971 in Hesperia. Earl attended the Hesperia Baptist Church and was a veteran of...
Amos Vanderboegh
Dec 3, 2000
Amos R. Vanderboegh, age 89 of Holton, passed away Sunday evening, December 3, 2000 at the Mercy General Hospital in Muskegon. He was born on May 20, 1911 in Cedar Creek Township to Andson Cornelius and Lois Lucinda (Parker) Vanderboegh and married Edith Verna Medburg on November 3, 1937 in Indiana. He has been a resident of the Holton...
Gertrude Joyce Herlein
Nov 23, 2000
Gertrude Joyce Herlein, age 81 of Fremont, passed away on Thursday at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on March 14, 1919 in Muskegon to John and Ida (Bush) Herlein. She was preceded in death by a brother Lammert Herlein, sisters Henrietta Start, Trena Kesteloot, Joan Karafa and Anna Cole. Surviving are two sisters Edith...
Mary Elsmae Anderson
Nov 18, 2000
Mary Elsmae Anderson, age 81 of Fremont, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2000 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on July 25, 1919 in Muskegon to Joseph and Mary Jane (Seguin) Dow and married Harold Anderson on March 23, 1914 in Hesperia. Harold preceded her in death on December 16, 1996. She has been...
Frances Trainor Waltman
Nov 17, 2000
Frances Trainor Waltman, age 80 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, November 17, 2000 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on August 17, 1920 in Plainfield, Illinois to Thomas John and Elizabeth Ann (McGrady) Trainor and later married Harold F. Waltman. Harold preceded her in death in 1960. She has been a resident of...
Glenn Peterson
Nov 15, 2000
Glenn J. Peterson, age 71 of Newaygo, passed away Wed. at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont following a short illness. He was born on April 18, 1929 in Woodville to Harry and Reka (VanAssen) Peterson. He was a devoted husband of 51 years to Joan (Hill) Peterson whom he wed on June 18, 1949 in Grand Rapids....
Edna "Vidy" Viola Ohrling
Nov 14, 2000
Edna "Vidy" Viola Ohrling, age 86, of Hesperia, passed away Tuesday at Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on May 26, 1914, in Fountain, Michigan to John and Laura (Wolf) Loftis. She is survived by her 3 sons Marvin (Nancy) Ohring of Port Huron, Michael (Kay) Ohring of Whitehall, and Patrick (Faye) Ohring of Hesperia; 9...
Robert Belbeck
Nov 14, 2000
Robert F. Belbeck, age 80 of Iverness, Florida and formerly of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2000 at the Citrus Memorial Hospital in Iverness. He was born on June 9, 1920 in DeWitt, Michigan to John Wesley and Ethel (Lynch) Belbeck and married Edith McDermidt on October 7, 1939 in Flint. He has been a Power House...
Regina C. "Virginia" Faltinowski
Nov 13, 2000
Regina C. "Virginia" Faltinowski, age 84 of White Cloud, passed away Monday, November 13, 2000 at the Simarron Assisted Living Center in Allegan. She was born on September 12, 1916 to Walter and Lottie (Keck) Faltinowski and worked as a production worker for Norge and later at Gerber Products Company. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic...
Gertrude Esther Foondle
Nov 13, 2000
Gertrude Esther Foondle, age 85, of White Cloud passed away Monday November 13, 2000, at Metron of Allegan. She was born on November 27, 1914, in Benton Harbor to James and Elsie (Totzke) Harris and was a cook for the White Cloud Public Schools. She married Fred Foondle on October 7, 1948, in Angola, Indiana, and attended the White...
Dorothy Jean Glapa
Nov 12, 2000
Dorothy Jean Glapa, age 74 of Croton and formerly of Wyoming, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2000 at her home. She was born on December 27, 1925 in Grand Rapids to Wesley and Henrietta (Lindema) Klok and had been a homemaker. She was a devoted wife of 52 years to Leo Glapa whom she wed on July 15, 1944...
Pamela Marie Beattie
Nov 8, 2000
Pamela Marie Beattie, age 47 of Holton, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday at her home. She was born on Feb. 10, 1953 in Fremont to Francis and Mary Jane (Bulson) DuBois and married Donald Beattie on Aug. 20, 1971. She has been a lifelong resident of the Holton area where she owned and operated the Beattie Dairy Farm in...
Robert Hansen
Nov 5, 2000
Robert Hansen, age 89 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000 at the Spectrum Health Services Downtown Campus in Grand Rapids. He was born on July 20, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois to Jens Peter Hansen and Louise (Petersen) Hansen and married Millicent Maxwell on October 31, 1933 in Crown Point, Indiana. He was the head design draftsman for...
Eva Barnes
Nov 1, 2000
Eva A. Barnes, age 88 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2000 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. She was born on March 8, 1912 in Gregory, Michigan to Roy and Lena (Meaben) Rice and had worked as a sales clerk in the retail market. She was a member of the Fremont United Methodist Church where she...
Mildred Lucille Butterfield
Oct 31, 2000
Mildred Lucille Butterfield, age 93 of Fremont and formerly of Huntington Woods, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2000 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. She was born on September 5, 1907 in Nashville , Michigan to Harvey and Anna (Hill) Bennett. Mildred was a teacher and homemaker. She was married to Ray Amos Butterfield on June 23,...
Gerald Plotts
Oct 31, 2000
Gerald L. Plotts, age 64 of White Cloud passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2000 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on June 21, 1936 in Boon, Michigan to Wilber F. and Anna J. (Mongar) Plotts and has been a longtime resident of the White Cloud area where he was self employed. He is survived...
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