Walter Louis Washburn Sr.
Jun 27, 2018
Walter Louis Washburn Sr., age 74 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at his home following a short illness. Walter was born on January 19, 1944 in Grant to Orville and Mildred (Harper) Washburn and grew up in the Grant area. Walter started driving trucks at age 14 and had been a truck driver for over 50...
Marilyn Janette Gervenak
Jun 26, 2018
Marilyn Janette Gervenak, age 73, of Fremont passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at Spectrum Health – Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. Marilyn was born on August 10, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Marion and Vera LoDeima (Mason) Spencer. Marilyn married John David Mottashed in 1964, and later married Daniel John Gervenak on June 15, 1991. Marilyn graduated...
Raymond "Ray" D. Shinew
Jun 20, 2018
Raymond "Ray" D. Shinew, age 82 of Fremont, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at the Sanctuary at the Park in Muskegon. Ray was born on December 29, 1935 in Grand Rapids to Gladys W. (Geise) Shinew and graduated from Fremont High School in 1954. Ray met and later married Louise Ann Zerlaut on June 23, 1956 in...
Candice Kay Applegate
Jun 19, 2018
Candice Kay Applegate, age 67, of Holton passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at Mercy Health Partners – Sherman Campus. Candice was born on January 4, 1951, in Fremont to Homer D. and Alice Irene (Ransom) Johnson and married William "Bill" A. Applegate on July 11, 1987, at the Cornerstone Free Methodist Church in Holton. Candice was a teacher...
Lorene Sue Rumsey
Jun 17, 2018
Lorene Sue Rumsey, age 75 of Hesperia, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2018 at her home following a lingering illness. Lorene was born on January 27, 1943 in Flint to Harold T. and Mary Lorene (Williams) Goodman and later graduated from Fremont High School in 1961. Lorene married Joseph Rumsey on September 1, 1962 in Fremont and soon moved to...
Linda Eve Titus
Jun 16, 2018
Linda E. Titus, age 74 of Hesperia, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, June 16, 2018. Linda was born on May 21, 1944 in Chicago to Henry Charles and Estelle (Evans) White and later married Carl Edward Titus on September 29, 1961 in Fremont. Carl preceded her in death on March 24, 1999. Linda has been a longtime...
Alva John Rinard
Jun 12, 2018
Alva John Rinard, age 68 of Holton, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at the Grand Oaks Nursing Center in Baldwin following a short illness. Alva was born on November 19, 1949 in Traverse City to Alva and Edna M. (Sikorski) Rinard and graduated from Holton High School. Alva joined the United States Army after graduation and served during the...
Susan Jean Straub
Jun 12, 2018
Susan J. Straub, age 69 of White Cloud, formerly of Holton, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Susan was born on July 6, 1948 in Muskegon to Jack and Margaret (Cato) Green and later graduated from Holton High School in 1966. Susan has been a longtime resident of the White Cloud area where she owned...
Stephen W. Karp
Jun 12, 2018
Stephen W. Karp, age 59 of Fremont and formerly of Croton and Lowell, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at his home. Stephen was born on April 22, 1959 in Coloma, Michigan and graduated from Coloma High School. Stephen had been a self employed electrician for several years and enjoyed fishing - especially ice fishing, following Nascar, had been a...
Leroy Henry Eitniear
Jun 12, 2018
LeRoy Henry Eitniear, age 79, of Holton passed away on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at his home. LeRoy was born on March 25, 1939, in Oceana County and had worked as a boilermaker most of his life. LeRoy married Deborah Paulson on August 30, 1987, in Fayette, Michigan, and enjoyed guns, dirt track racing, and motorcycling. He was a retired...
Patricia "Pat" Ann Proctor
Jun 8, 2018
Patricia Ann Proctor, age 87 of Fremont, passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Pat was born on December 6, 1930 in Fremont to Leon Dow and Dorothy Mae (Sherwood) Conklin and has been a lifelong resident of the Fremont area. Pat graduated from Fremont High School in 1949 and married her high school...
Michael J. White
Jun 7, 2018
Michael J. White, age 58 of White Cloud, formerly of Fremont, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018 at his home. Mike was born on April 4, 1960 in Fremont to Joseph and Bertha J. (Allhands) White and attended Fremont High School, Class of 1979. Mike had been a production worker at Gerber Products Company until his retirement in 1998 and...
Walter Don Hogan
May 30, 2018
Walter Donald Hogan, age 86 of Holton, formerly of Chicago, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids following a short illness. Walt was born on August 10, 1931 in Holton to Edwin Francis and Gertrude (Smith) Hogan. Walter joined the United States Army after graduation and served during the Korean War....
Helen Louise (Harper) Ammer
May 30, 2018
Helen Louise (Harper) Ammer, age 60 of Carmichael, California, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at her home in Carmichael following a short illness. Helen was born on May 18, 1958 in Fremont, MI to Harry W. and Helen Jannette (Bitson) Harper and graduated from White Cloud High School in 1976. After graduation, Helen attended Ferris State University in Big...
Betty Gay Smith
May 29, 2018
Betty G. Smith, age 68, of Fremont passed away unexpectedly at Mercy Health Partners – Sherman Campus in Muskegon. Betty was born on December 3, 1949, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, to Earnest William and Mary (Spence) King. Betty met Terry Alvin Smith on a blind date while Terry was serving in the military. They later married on June 16,...
Melvin Gerald Vander Sloot
May 28, 2018
Melvin Gerald Vander Sloot, age 80 of White Cloud, passed away surrounded by his family following a courageous battle with cancer on Monday, May 28, 2018 at the Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Health Services in Fremont. Mel was born on August 25, 1937 in Sioux City, Iowa. Mel joined the United States Marine Corps where he served during the Korean...
Theaonna "Tina" Lee Brady
May 27, 2018
Theaonna "Tina" Lee Brady, age 76 of Holton passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at the Leila and Cyrus Poppen Hospice Residence – Harbor Hospice in Muskegon. Tina was born on September 8, 1941 in Roscommon to Jodie and Leona (Hawes) Robbins and later moved to the Holton area. Tina married John C. Brady in June 1983 in Holton....
Wayne A. Stout
May 25, 2018
Wayne A. Stout, age 56 of Fremont, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 25, 2018 at his home. Wayne was born on October 6, 1961 in Fremont to Rolland R. and Leona May (Tozer) Stout and graduated from Fremont High School in 1980. Wayne married Elizabeth "Liz" Funnell on June 26, 1982 in Fremont and has been a lifelong resident...
Roger Kraus
May 23, 2018
Roger Louis Kraus passed away at his home in Hesperia on May 23, 2018. He was 72 years old. Roger was born on February 2,, 1946 to Clement and Marie Kraus, who preceded him in death as did his sister, Carol Ann Kraus, and his brother, Charles, and sister-in-law, Betty Kraus. Roger is survived by his wife, Judy Kraus, and...
Neil Russell Van Agtmael
May 18, 2018
Neil Russell Van Agtmael, age 93, of Fremont joined his Lord and Savior on Friday, May 18, 2018, at Spectrum Health – Gerber Memorial in Fremont. Neil was born on October 14, 1924, in Elbridge Township to Joseph and Julia (Cox) Van Agtmael and married Janet Lee Ortendahl on June 13, 1953. He had been a machine operator at Muskegon...
