Joyce M Hamilton
Oct 10, 2020
Joyce M. Hamilton, age 82 of Fremont, formerly of Muskegon and Arizona, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020 at the Mission Point Nursing Center in Cedar Springs. Joyce was born on December 19, 1937 in Muskegon to Ralph and Wilhelmina (VanZanten) Hinman and later married John Hamilton in March 1960 in San Fernando California. Joyce later moved to Arizona where...
Myrna E. Martin
Oct 9, 2020
Myrna E. Martin, age 83 of Hesperia, passed away Friday, October 9, 2020 at her home following a short illness. Myrna was born on October 30, 1936 in Walkerville to Vern and Ruby (Smith) Wright and has been a lifelong resident of the Hesperia area. Myrna had been a waitress in Hesperia at the various restaurants until her retirement and...
Kenneth "Kenny" A. Miller
Oct 6, 2020
Kenneth A. "Kenny" Miller, age 59 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at his home. Kenny was born on August 8, 1961 in Big Rapids to Kenneth Gordon "Dutch" and Barbara Elaine (Sedore) Miller. Kenny married Linda Kay Burton on August 28, 1993 in White Cloud. Kenny has been a lifelong resident of the White...
Carl H. Hunt
Oct 5, 2020
Carl H. Hunt, age 87 of Hesperia, passed away Monday, October 5, 2020 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont following a short illness. Carl was born on April 8, 1933 in Newfield Township, Oceana County to George Henry and Edna Pearl (Herin) Hunt and later graduated from Hesperia High School. Carl was drafted into the United States Army...
Lorena G. (Haligus) Rehder
Oct 4, 2020
Lorena Gay (Haligus) Rehder, age 55 of Evart, formerly of Barryton, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at the Meijer Heart Center in Grand Rapids. Lorena was born on April 9, 1965 in Ohio to Wesley and Neva (Sweet) Williams. Lorena married Randy Rehder on November 6, 2009. Lorena had been a supervisor at Premier Precision for several...
Lynn D. Rumsey
Oct 3, 2020
Lynn D. Rumsey, age 83, of Hesperia passed away at Fountain View Retirement Village of Fremont. Lynn was born on May 31, 1937, to Harry Earl and Irene Mae (Lynn) Rumsey. He received his Master's Degree at the University of Michigan and was a teacher in the Hesperia Public School Systems for many years. Lynn was an avid reader and...
Debra Ann Cygeirt
Oct 1, 2020
Debra Ann Cygeirt, age 59, of Holton passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at Mercy Health Care in Muskegon. Debra was born on April 28, 1961, in Muskegon to Clarence and Wanda Rae (Cregg) Brannam and married Brian Lynn Cygeirt on May 4, 1991, at the Holton Evangelical Lutheran Church in Holton. Debra was a logistics operator for Northland...
Kenneth Wayne Rumsey
Sep 27, 2020
Kenneth Wayne Rumsey, age 65, of Hesperia passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Ken was born on November 29, 1954, in Fremont to Billy and Marjorie (McGahan) Rumsey and later married Peggy Ann Hunt in 1983. Ken retired from the Oceana County Road Commission and was a skilled mechanic and...
Joshua Andrew Baumgartner
Sep 24, 2020
Joshua Andrew Baumgartner, age 35 of Clare, formerly of Brohman, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2020 following injuries he received in a motorcycle accident. Joshua was born on October 1, 1984 in Fremont to Philip Andrew and Cathy (VanLiew) Baumgartner and had attended White Cloud High School and later graduated from Gillette, Wyoming. Joshua has been a resident of the...
Margaret "Peggy" L. Gunnell
Sep 21, 2020
Margaret "Peggy" L.P. Gunnell, 68, of White Cloud, MI, passed peacefully at home on September 21, 2020. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, she was the third child and second daughter of the late Theodore James and Claire Marie (nee Lavin) Pidgeon. She graduated from Farmington Hills High School, and she became a registered nurse after studying at Butterworth Nursing School. While...
Muriel "Jackie" E. Cruzan
Sep 15, 2020
Muriel Elizabeth (Munro) Cruzan, "Jackie," on September 15, 2020, after 91 years of life, with her children at her side quietly cast off her earthly moorings to take up her Heavenly residence. Born on August 18, 1929, in London, England to Maitland and Muriel (Robinson) Munro, she survived the horrific bombing of London which sent her on a life journey...
Michael "Mike" Jay Hamm
Sep 13, 2020
Michael Jay Hamm, age 66 of White Cloud, MI passed away in his sleep on September 13, 2020 at Faith Hospice, Trillium Woods, in Byron Center, MI. He walks with Angels. Mike was born in Grand Haven, MI on March 17, 1954 to the late Jay and Jacqueline (Hirdes) Hamm. He was born with Cerebral Palsy ("CP"). His parents were...
Gregory A. Knight
Sep 11, 2020
Gregory A. Knight, age 59 of White Cloud, formerly of Rockford, passed away Friday, September 11, 2020 at his home following a short illness. Greg was born on May 30, 1961 in Santa Monica, California and later moved to the Rockford area. Greg grew up in California and had many lifelong friends from the area. Greg met and married Sherri...
Marshall Eugene Beals
Sep 11, 2020
Marshall Eugene Beals, age 69, of Fremont passed away at home on Friday, September 11, 2020. Marshall was born on May 1, 1951, and had been a horse trainer and jockey in the West Michigan area. Marshall had a special gift when it came to horses and spent countless hours volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. Marshall's pride and joy was...
Cindy Sue Barnhard-Maddox
Sep 9, 2020
Cindy Sue Barnhard-Maddox, age 51 of Fremont, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 in Hart. Cindy was born on December 1, 1968 in Fremont to Lincoln and Gloria Alene (Dalson) Barnhard and graduated from Fremont High School in 1987. Cindy later met and married Robert Maddox on December 24, 2014 in Las Vegas and has been a lifelong...
Patricia Jean Laughlin
Sep 8, 2020
Patricia Jean Laughlin, age 84, of White Cloud passed away at the Newaygo County Compassion Home in White Cloud. Patricia was born on February 27, 1936, in Ecourse, Michigan to Homer S. and Lena May (Gieb) Thomas and later married Raymond Michael Laughlin on April 1, 1961. Patricia had worked at Mount Saini Hospital in Chicago, various nursing homes, and...
Tara A. Mcfarlin
Sep 4, 2020
Tara A. McFarlin, age 43 of Grant, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 following a short illness. Tara was born on April 2, 1977 in Muskegon to William and Linda (Clark) Pearson and graduated from Fruitport High School in 1995. Tara then continued her education and became a Medical Assistant for 20 years and currently worked at Spectrum Health...
Brian N. Finch
Sep 4, 2020
Brian Nelson Finch, age 41 of Hesperia, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 4, 2020 following injuries received in a motorcycle accident. Brian was born on May 30, 1979 in Shelby to Daniel and Jean (Kroepel) Finch and has been a lifelong resident of the Hesperia area. Brian graduated from Hesperia High School in 1997 where he had been a...
Leona "Lee" M. Johnson
Sep 2, 2020
Leona "Lee" May Johnson, age 93 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at her home following a slow decline in her health. Lee was born on May 12, 1927 in Muskegon to Leonard and Wilhemina "Minnie" (Visscher) Tanis and moved to the Fremont area at an early age where she graduated from Fremont High School in 1945. Lee...
Brad Lee Winchel
Aug 30, 2020
Brad Lee Winchel, age 53 of Fremont, passed away peacefully at his home. Brad was born on April 30, 1967 in Fremont to Allen C. and Lorraine (Fry) Winchel and graduated from Fremont High School in 1985. Brad married Joyce Page on April 13, 1984 in Fremont. Brad had been the founder and co-owner of Winchel Irrigation in Grand Rapids...
