Susan Jane Lavigne
Oct 23, 2018
Susan Jane LaVigne, age 69 of Fremont, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 following a long battle with cancer. Susan was born on June 16, 1949 in Muskegon to Robert and Ruth Mary (Fraser) Vanderwest and has been a resident of the Fremont area since 1976. Susan graduated from Grand Valley State University with a...
Dorothy Z. James
Oct 22, 2018
Dorothy Z. James, age 98 of White Cloud and formerly of Berwyn, Illinois, passed away peacefully at her daughters home in White Cloud. Dorothy was born on December 6, 1919 in Chicago to Clarence and Alice (Carroll) Zaabel and later married Wilbur A. James in 1946 in California. Wilbur preceded her in death in 1995. Dorothy was a lifelong resident...
Gilbert Tanis Jr.
Oct 21, 2018
Gilbert Tanis Jr., age 85, of Fremont passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at Transitional Health Services in Fremont. He was born on July 27, 1933, and married Marjorie Bergklint on August 28, 1953, in Hesperia. Gil had worked for Art DeKuiper hauling milk then went to work driving semi for Gilliland Transfer which changed to Grabill Trucking. His...
Jeannette H. Meell
Oct 19, 2018
Jeannette H. Meell of Fremont passed away Friday, October 19, 2018, at the age of 98. Jeannette was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She is survived by her children, Howard Meell (Marilyn), Lee Meell, and Ann Peebles (Ted); her grandchildren, Kelly Beuten (Bucky), Kimberly VandenBerg (Thor), Teddy Peebles, and Blake Peebles (Shannon); and eleven great grandchildren, Brayden...
Gerald "Jerry" Edward Ball Sr.
Oct 19, 2018
Gerald "Jerry" Edward Ball Sr., age 79 of Newaygo, passed away on Friday, October 19, 2018, in Newaygo. Jerry was born on October 26, 1938 in Whitley County, Kentucky, to Fred and Florence (Strunck). He later met and married Diane Frances Russo, on September 25, 1961 in Newaygo. Jerry has been a resident of the Newaygo area for the past...
Norman R. Hovey
Oct 19, 2018
Norman R. Hovey, age 77 of White Cloud, passed on Friday, October 19, 2018 at his home. Norman was born on August 7, 1940 in Sparta to Virgil and Leona (Evans) Hovey. Norman had been a production worker at Behr and Teledyne at the plant on Alpine Avenue where he met his wife Frances and they were later married on...
Mary Jane Webster
Oct 18, 2018
Mary Jane Webster, age 74 of Fremont, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2018 at the Mercy Health Partners – Sherman Campus in Muskegon following a lingering illness. Jane was born on May 10, 1944 in Muskegon to Norman and Vera (Morrison) Holmes and later graduated from Muskegon Heights High School and graduated from Muskegon Business College. Jane later met and...
Paul Thomas "Pt" Lindner
Oct 17, 2018
Paul Thomas "PT" Lindner of Fremont, Michigan passed away on October 17, 2018. He was born on June 22, 1924 in Hammond, Indiana to Carl George and Millicent (Shusta) Lindner. He attended Thornton Fractional High School in Calumet City, Illinois and, with parental permission, enlisted in the United States Navy on July 3, 1941 at the age of 17. He...
James "Ken" Kenneth Mudget
Oct 16, 2018
James Kenneth "Ken" Mudget, age 100 of Hesperia and formerly of Vanderbilt, Michigan, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Ken was born on April 18, 1918 in White Cloud to Foster and Nina Mudget and graduated from White Cloud High School 1936. Ken started work at the Teledyne Continental Motors in Muskegon at...
Rodney Vandersys
Oct 15, 2018
Rodney VanderSys, age 74 of Spring Lake, passed away Monday, October 15, 2018 at the Mercy Health Partners – Sherman Campus in Muskegon. Rodney was born on April 16, 1944 in Grand Haven to Art and Hannah (Veltman) VanderSys and attended Spring Lake Schools. Rodney joined the United States Navy where he served as a radio operator during the Vietnam...
Dorothy J. Fry
Oct 14, 2018
Dorothy J. Fry, age 88 of White Cloud, passed away Sunday, October 14 2018 at the Newaygo Medical Care Facility in Fremont. Dorothy was born on August 8, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to LeRoy and Helen (Staszkie) Howard and moved to White Cloud at an early age. Dorothy graduated from White Cloud High School in 1948 and met and married...
Lillian M. Johnson
Oct 14, 2018
Lillian M. Johnson, age 94 of Fremont, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at her home. Lillian was born on August 14, 1924 in Montana to Richard T. and Myrtle (Massangale) Evans and graduated from Fremont High School in 1943. Lillian met and married Gunnard Johnson on February 19, 1949 in Fremont...
Kevin K. Carnes
Oct 12, 2018
Kevin K. Carnes, age 57 of Fremont, passed away Friday October 12, 2018 at his home following a short battle with cancer. Kevin was born on December 24 1960 in Muskegon to Keith R. and Nancy (Bird) Carnes and later graduated from Fremont High School in 1979. Kevin later met and married Elvia Rodriguez on June 20, 1981 at the...
Harry H. Schultz
Oct 9, 2018
Harry H. Schultz, age 84 of Fremont, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. Harry was born on July 2, 1934 in Sanborn Township, Alpena County to Herman and Erika (Hammermeister) Schultz. Harry served as a medic in the United States Army during the post Korean era. Harry met and later married Joanna Starlin on June...
Ralph Jack Bevins
Oct 6, 2018
Ralph Jack Bevins, age 71, of Twin Lake passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018, at his home. Ralph was born on July 11, 1947, in log cabin in Blue Lake Township off Skeels Road to Arnold and Arlene Joan (Smith) Bevins and had been a heavy equipment operator. Ralph is survived by his sons, Ralph Wayne Bevins of Twin...
Margaret "Peggie" L. Stone
Oct 5, 2018
Margaret L. "Peggie" Stone, age 93 of Fremont, passed away Friday, October 5, 2018 peacefully at her home following a slow decline in her health. Peggie was born on April 21 1925 in Detroit to William A. and Colleen (Bennett) Mee and later moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she spent many years. Peggie married William Johnson and he preceded...
Stanley J. Romanowski
Sep 24, 2018
Stanley J. Romanowski, age 76 of Fremont, formerly of East Grand Rapids, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 24 2018 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Stan was born on October 14, 1941 in Moline, Illinois and joined the United States Navy where he served during the Vietnam War. He met the love of his life, Joan...
Sandra "Sandy" Lee Arrasmith
Sep 21, 2018
Sandra "Sandy" Lee Arrasmith, age 79 of Fremont and formerly of Hesperia, passed away Friday, September 21, 2018 at her home in Fremont. Sandy was born on February 2, 1939 in Holton to Carl and Arlie (Noble) Gallup and later graduated from Walkerville High School in 1957. Sandy has been a lifelong resident of the area where she had been...
Carol Terese Brennan Clouse
Sep 18, 2018
Carol Terese Brennan Clouse died peacefully on September 18, 2018 in her husband's arms. Carol was born on March 14, 1948 in Grand Rapids to Marguerite and James Brennan and raised on a farm in Alpine Township. She met her high school sweetheart, Robert Clouse, in chemistry class at West Catholic and they were married in 1970. After putting Bob...
Ernest M. Ball
Sep 15, 2018
Ernest M. Ball, age 78 of Muskegon, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2018 at his home following a short illness. Ernest was born on January 13, 1940 in Middleville, Michigan to Ernest John and Dorothy May (Johnson) Ball and later graduated and received his Master's Degree in Education from Central Michigan University. Ernest met and later married Christy Longstreet on...
