Richard "Rick" A. Balkema
Nov 22, 2022
Richard "Rick" A. Balkema, age 59 of Grand Rapids, formerly of Hesperia, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Trinity Health St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids. Rick was born on November 12, 1963 in Shelby to Richard H. and Carole L. (Fogg) Balkema. Rick graduated from Hesperia High School in 1982 and later graduated from Northwood...
Tina Marie Arends
Nov 19, 2022
Tina Marie Arends, age 38 of Nunica, formerly of White Cloud, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the Corewell Spectrum Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids following her battle with cancer. Tina was born on December 2, 1983 in Fort Worth, Texas to Danny and Carol (Plotts) Robeck and later moved to White Cloud where she graduated from high school...
Diana Westray Boggs
Nov 18, 2022
Diana Westray Boggs, age 60, of Fremont passed away on Friday, November 18, 2022. Diana was born on April 4, 1962, in Chandler, Arizona, to James Barry and Westray H. Hick and had worked as an insurance agent for United Life Insurance and Gerber Life Insurance. She enjoyed reading, watching TV, and spending time with her friends. Diana is survived...
Carl Ray Ball
Nov 18, 2022
Carl Ray Ball, age 48 of Newaygo, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Friday, November 18, 2022 at the Corewell – Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids following a stroke. Carl was born on June 27, 1974 in Fremont to Ronald Dale and Shirley (Aishe) Ball Sr. and graduated from Newaygo High School in 1992....
Louise A. Fisher
Nov 17, 2022
Louise A. Fisher, age 64 of White Cloud, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at her home. Louise was born on August 13, 1958 in Detroit to Chester Joseph and Virginia Wanda (Coseano) Malkowski. Louise received training in radiography and became a Registered Radiographer and was a member of the American Society of Radiologic Technologies. She worked as...
Cynthia Marie Jordan
Nov 14, 2022
Cynthia Marie Jordan, age 48 of Newaygo, passed away Monday, November 14, 2022 at her home following her battle with cancer. Cynthia was born on December 8, 1973 in Fremont to Charles LeRoy and Judy Darlene (Green) Bulson and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1991. Cynthia was proud to be a machinist at Bucher Hydraulics in Newaygo where...
Verlin Harold Cregg
Nov 11, 2022
Verlin Harold Cregg, age 79, of Grand Rapids passed away on Friday, November 11, 2022, at home. Verlin was born on June 18, 1943, in Holton to Verlin Lewis and Doris E. (Cobb) Cregg and had worked at General Motors and Gerber Products in Fremont. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and yard work in his younger years but was most passionate...
Vicki Ann Arbogast
Nov 10, 2022
Vicki Ann Arbogast, age 72, of Hesperia went home to be with her Savior on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at home. Vicki was born on September 6, 1950, in Muskegon to Harry and Katherine Laurel (Mendham) Tanner Jr. and had attended the Church of the Living Christ in Fremont. She was well known for her sewing, especially her quilts and...
Esther Ann Van Etten
Nov 5, 2022
Esther Ann Van Etten, age 76 of White Cloud, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at the Corewell Health Butterworth following a short illness. Esther was born on September 17, 1946 in Fremont to Frank and Evelyn (Shephard) Roe and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1965. Esther married Donald Van Etten on December 23, 1966 in Grand...
Katherine "Kay" C. Caniff
Nov 4, 2022
Katherine C. "Kay" Caniff, age 98 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022 at Regency of Fremont. Kay was born on February 8, 1924 in Grand Rapids to Ralph and Elizabeth (Weaver) Kendall and later married Paul Caniff Jr. on April 17, 1951 in Indiana. Paul preceded her in death on January 20, 2003. Katherine had worked as...
Devin A. Sartwell
Nov 3, 2022
Devin A. Sartwell, age 41 of Hesperia, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at his home. Devin was born on February 20, 1981 in Fremont to Barry and Vicky (Hunt) Sartwell and graduated from Hesperia High School in 2000. Devin moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 2006 where he had been a meat cutter at Indian Valley Meats for...
Donald "Don" L. Heaven
Nov 2, 2022
Donald L. "Don" Heaven, age 80 of Hesperia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at Green Acres of Fremont. Don was born on April 4, 1942 in Grand Rapids to Milton and Ethelyn (Wride) Heaven. Don married Mary Kay Scripps on September 15, 1962 in Cascade and later moved to the Hesperia area from the Ada/Cascade area and...
Violet "Vi" H. Dunbar Snider
Nov 2, 2022
Violet "Vi" H. Dunbar Snider, age 90, of Twin Lake passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Twin Lake Assisted Living. Vi was born on May 11, 1932, in Muskegon to LeRoy Earl and Alice (Gleasor) Dunbar and had worked in the house keeping department at the Newaygo County Medical Care Facility for over 17 years. She had been...
Randy Joe Johnson
Oct 30, 2022
Randy Joe Johnson, age 69 of Holton, formerly of Los Angeles California and Galena, Missouri, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2022 at his home in Holton. Randy was born on February 7, 1953 in Fremont to Homer and Alice I. (Ransom) Johnson and moved to California at the age of 17. Randy started his own business, Gold Carriage Tour and...
Sandra V. Jones
Oct 29, 2022
Sandra Valeta Jones, age 42 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at her home. Sandra was born on February 12, 1980 at KI Sawyer Air Force Base in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1998. Sandra joined the United States Navy after graduation where she served aboard the...
Gene "Butch" A. Thumser
Oct 29, 2022
Gene "Butch" A. Thumser, age 67 of Fremont, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2022 at his home. Butch was born on October 7, 1955 in Fremont to Louis E. and Barbara J. (Castle) Thumser and graduated from Fremont High School in 1973. Butch has been a longtime resident of the area where he worked at Sealed Power in Muskegon for...
Julie Ann Austin
Oct 29, 2022
Julie Ann Austin, age 65, of Twin Lake passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at home with her family by her side. Julie was born on November 12, 1956, in Fremont to Edward Albert and Joan Annette (Sorenson) Dagen and later married Ned Austin on November 5, 1994, in Muskegon. Julie enjoyed board games, camping, and time with her...
Mary Ellen Brown
Oct 26, 2022
Mary Ellen Brown (Buttleman), age 59, passed away peacefully in her home on October 26, 2022, surrounded by her close family. She was born November 10, 1962, in Fremont, MI to Jack and Ellen (Getz) Buttleman. Mary graduated from White Cloud High School in 1980. Mary was a much-loved mother of Dawn and Scott Califf, and Allen and Tammy Brown....
Larry Richard Anderson
Oct 25, 2022
Larry Richard Anderson, age 79, of Newaygo passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at the Newaygo County Compassion Home in Fremont. Larry was born on March 22, 1943, in Big Rapids to August Sylvester "Gus" and Alice Jane (Vliet) Anderson and married Artemisia Barrow Haggin on June 22, 1963. After graduating high school from Big Rapids in 1961, Larry...
Carol Sue Maring
Oct 22, 2022
Carol Sue Maring, age 75, of Fremont was called home to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at Trinity Health Hospital in Muskegon. Carol was born on December 16, 1946, in Beckley, West Virginia, to Farley and Lucile (Bearfield) Hudson. After moving to the Hudsonville area Carol met her future husband Thomas Maring. They married...
