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Katherine Holley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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