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Katherine Holley
Jan 8, 2001
Katherine D. Holley, age 94 of Fremont, passed away Monday, January 08, 2001 at her home. She was born on August 16, 1906 in Fremont to Harry and Lena (Ott) Stroven and married Zeland Holley on December 31, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. Zeland preceded her in death on February 6, 1989. She has been a resident of the Fremont...
Elvira Penland
Jan 3, 2001
Elvira Penland, age 92 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, January 03, 2001 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. She was born on March 8, 1908 to George and Hattie (Shaver) Hills and married Wesley Penland Sr. on March 12, 1925 in White Cloud. She has been a lifelong resident of the White Cloud area where she had...
Janice Joy Hink
Dec 28, 2000
Janice Joy Hink, 63, of Fremont passed away Thursday, December 28, 2000 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on October 18, 1937, the daughter of Howard and Dorothy (Vanderboegh) Jibson and was the widow of Louis Hink. Janice attended the Fremont Christian Church Disciples of Christ Church in Fremont. She is survived by her...
Ruth Hawkey
Dec 27, 2000
Ruth W. Hawkey, 80, of Fremont passed away Wednesday morning at Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on May 16, 1920, in Ludington to Alf Julius and Margaret Olivia (Petersen) Walle and married Charles William Hawkey on October 24, 1942, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She was formerly employed at Gerber Products Company and was a Gray Lady...
Ruby Huntley
Dec 25, 2000
Ruby Huntley, age 65, of White Cloud passed away Monday, December 25, 2000, at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility. She was born on February 18, 1935 in Brohman to Harry and Julie (Hinton) Symons and married Fay Huntley on September 28, 1954, in Brohman. She is survived by her daughter Shelia (Ron) Lord of White Cloud; 5 grandchildren; 1...
Myron Kokx Sr
Dec 24, 2000
Myron T. Kokx Sr., age 83 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2000 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on February 11, 1917 in Hart to Theodore and Marie (Labelle) Kokx and married Mayme M. Fox on May 25, 1940 in Hart. Mayme preceded him in death on April 19, 1994. He was...
Patricia Ann Gleason
Dec 22, 2000
Patricia Ann Gleason, age 64, of White Cloud, passed away Friday, December 22, 2000, at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. She was born on February 10, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois to Raymond Leo and Mary (Dowling) McDonald and married Jerry Gleason on June 21, 1991 in White Cloud. She has been a lifelong resident of Newaygo County...
Frank Roland Sutter
Dec 21, 2000
Frank Roland Sutter, age 81 of White Cloud, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2000 at the Mecosta General Hospital in Big Rapids following a short illness. He was born on July 23, 1919 in Luther, Michigan to his parents, Melvin and Mary Sutter and married Ellen Marguerite Jensen on September 27, 1941 in Kent City. Ellen preceded him in...
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...
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