Juan C. "John" Ortiz
Sep 2, 2000
Juan C. "John" Ortiz, age 72 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, September 2, 2000 at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon. He was born on July 22, 1928 in Mercedes, Texas to Brautia Ortiz and Juana (Consino) Ortiz. He came to White Cloud in 1950. He was married to Margaret McClain (Crofoot) in White Cloud on June 3, 1980. John...
Dick Taylor
Sep 2, 2000
Dick Taylor, age 76 of Newaygo, passed away Saturday, September 2, 2000 at his home. Harry M. Taylor was born March 3, 1924 in Newaygo to John Roy and Florence May (Dillon) Taylor. As a young man he worked as a fishing guide on the Muskegon River and was well known as a skilled fisherman and hunter. In 1943...
Fredrick Harold Long
Aug 29, 2000
Fredrick Harold Long, age 62, of White Cloud passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2000, at the Mecosta County Hospital in Big Rapids. He was born on November 19, 1937, in Livonia, Michigan to Harold H. & Irene (Covell) Long and was construction heavy equipment operator. He is survived by his brothers William (Claudia) Long and Thomas Long, both of...
Charles Thomas Dodge
Aug 27, 2000
Charles Thomas Dodge, age 84, of Fremont passed away Sunday, August 27, 2000, at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility. He was born on March 24, 1916, in Newaygo to Charles A. and Mary Elizabeth (Vile) Dodge. He was a life long area farmer. He is survived by several cousins. He was preceded in death by his brother Richard A....
Dorene E. (Evans) Patrick
Aug 24, 2000
Dorene E. (Evans) Patrick, age 75, of Spring Lake and formerly of White Cloud passed away Thursday, August 24, 2000. She was born on May 9, 1925, in Kent County to Royal and Grace (Gigot) Hill. She worked for many years as a cook and restaurant worker. She is survived by daughters Donna Jean Phelps of Spring Lake, Doris...
Lyle Robert Mcgrady
Aug 21, 2000
Lyle Robert McGrady, age 80 of Fremont passed away Monday, August 21, 2000. He was born on April 25, 1920, in Ravenna to Sam and Pearl (Steig) McGrady and married Marjorie Bassett on May 7, 1949. He was member of the U.A.W. Teamsters Union and drove for Gilliland Transfer Company until his retirement in 1977. He is survived by...
Robert Lewis Kemp
Aug 19, 2000
Robert Lewis Kemp, age 63, of Newaygo and formerly of Detroit passed away Saturday, August 19, 2000, at Spectrum Health Services Downtown Campus in Grand Rapids. Robert was born on April 29, 1937 in Mobile, Alabama to George and Carrie (Bell Tillmon) Kemp and married Dorothy Love on June 23, 1959, in Detroit. He was a veteran of the...
Lulah Mccarty
Aug 19, 2000
Lulah L. McCarty, age 95, of White Cloud passed away Saturday, Aug 19, 2000, at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Lulah was born on July 20, 1905, in Fennville, Michigan, to Frank G. and Jossie E. (Foster) Crane and married James H. McCarty on December 2, 1924, in Fennville. Frank preceded her in death on October 17,...
Ruth Strouse
Aug 14, 2000
Ruth Strouse, age 58 of White Cloud, passed away Monday, August 14, 2000, at her home in White Cloud. She was born on November 26, 1941 to Daniel William and Mildred Elizabeth (Bossidett) Cooley. She was the widow of Merlin Strouse and was retired from the United States Armed Forces where she served in the United States Navy. She...
Ollie Harris
Aug 5, 2000
Ollie Harris, age 107 of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2000 at her home. She was born on June 6, 1893 in Ethelville, Alabama to Henry Palmore and Callie (Jones) Palmore. She moved with her family from Alabama to Mississippi, then to St. Louis, Missouri, then to Chicago, Ill., and to White Cloud in 1950. She married...
Forest Wilson
Aug 4, 2000
Forest P. Wilson, age 75 of Fremont, passed away on Friday, August 4, 2000 at his home. He was born on July 4, 1925 in Traverse City to Forest and Addie (Page) Wilson. He married Sophia Troyanowski in 1944 and she preceded him in death in 1992. He married Shirley DeKuiper in 1993. Forest owned a wrecker service and...
Robert Peterson
Aug 4, 2000
Robert L. Peterson, age 78 of Dearborn Heights and formerly of Woodville, passed away Friday, August 4, 2000 at the Oakland Heritage Hospital in Taylor. He was born on April 16, 1922 in Woodville to Hardy W. and Reka (VanAssen) Peterson and had worked for National Lead for 35 years as a salesman and later at Ford Motor Company....
C. Richard Silverwood
Aug 3, 2000
C. Richard Silverwood, age 82, of Fremont passed away Thursday, August 3, 2000 at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on December 6, 1917, in Toledo, Ohio to LeRoy and Marie (White) Silverwood and married Joan Wierengo on February 21, 1940, in Muskegon. He was a retired plant manager of Belle-Sommers and Army veteran of...
Julie Dick
Jul 31, 2000
Julie L. Dick, age 42 of White Cloud, passed away Monday, July 31, 2000 at her home. She was born on September 27, 1957 in Highland Park, Michigan to William T. and E. Patricia (Huckins) Dick. She has been a resident of the White Cloud area for the past 7 years and had worked at the White Cloud Public...
Irene Ida Sharp
Jul 28, 2000
Irene Ida Sharp, age 70 of White Cloud, passed away, Friday, July 28, 2000 at her home. She was born on December 6, 1929 in Barryton, Michigan to Glen and Cora (Harris) Leiter and married Joe Sharp on June 7, 1975 in White Cloud. She has been a lifelong resident of the White Cloud area and had worked in...
John Frank Dekleva
Jul 27, 2000
John Frank Dekleva, age 73 of Fremont, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2000 at the St. Marys Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born on January 11, 1927 in Boncarbo, Colorado and married Jo Ann Mehl on April 16, 1955 in Saginaw, Michigan. He was a graduate of the University of Denver where he received his Bachelor of Arts...
Claude Coleman
Jul 25, 2000
Claude Coleman, age 74 of White Cloud and formerly of Augusta, Michigan passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2000 at his home. He was born on August 4, 1925 in Augusta to Carl and Cecelia Coleman and had been a service technician at the Ferris State University for many years. He was a veteran of World War II where he...
Robert St.Amour
Jul 25, 2000
Robert St.Amour, age 81, of Fremont, passed away Tuesday morning July 25, 2000, at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on July 19, 1919, in Muskegon to Joseph and Nellie (Stevens) St.Amour and was a graduate of Muskegon High School. He married Kay Williams in Fremont on June 17, 1950, and was a veteran of...
Johnny Roy Colegrove
Jul 17, 2000
Johnny Roy Colegrove, age 59 of Brohman, passed away Monday, July 17, 2000 at his home. He was born on January 19, 1941 in Kentucky to Curtis Christoffer and Ruby (Stines) Colegrove and married Brenda Calkins in 1978 in Jellico, Tennessee. He served in the United States Army during the Post Korean Era. He is survived by his wife,...
Charles William Hawkey
Jul 17, 2000
Charles William Hawkey, age 86 of Fremont, passed away Monday at the Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. He was born on Dec. 28, 1913 in Fremont to Fred V. and Frances (Smith) Hawkey and married Ruth Walle on Oct. 24, 1942 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He has been a lifelong resident of Fremont where he was an insurance adjuster...
