John Maher
Dec 15, 2017
GRAVESIDE SERVICES : Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 12:30pm at the Sherman Township Cemetery with luncheon to follow at the Sherman Township Hall. John D. Maher, age 70 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. John was born on October 8, 1947 in Reed City and was adopted...
Dona Burkle
Dec 15, 2017
Dona Burkle, age 67, of Fremont passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017, at her home. Dona was born on December 4, 1950, to Donald and Arlene (Cornell) Williams and married Rodney Allen Burkle in 1975. Dona was a member of the Fremont High School Class of 1969 and had worked in food service. She was an avid collector...
Rene Long
Dec 15, 2017
Rene Ann Long, age 62 of Bitely, formerly of White Cloud, passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at her home following a short illness. Rene was born on January 28, 1955 in Cadillac to Jerry D. and Lavonne R. (Bates) Smith. Rene was raised in the state of Michigan with Jerry D. and Janet L. Smith and later married...
Evelyn "Lynn" Hall
Dec 15, 2017
Evelyn "Lynn" Marsson Hall, age 91, of Fremont passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017, at her home with her family by her side. Lynn was born on August 10, 1926, in Freeport, New York to Rudolf and Elsie Marsson and married Kenneth V. Hall on January 24, 1948, in Garden City, New York. Lynn was a member of...
Buck Cook Jr.
Dec 10, 2017
Buck Cook Jr., age 80, of Fremont passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Buck was born on September 6, 1937, in Carbon Hill, Alabama, to Hillard and Lucille (Strall) Cook and married Joan Mary Fowler on June 13, 1959, in Fremont. Buck was an expert tradesman, enjoyed carpentry and carving, fishing, and cherished his time with his children...
Juanita Short
Dec 10, 2017
Juanita M. Short, age 77 of Blue Lake, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Juanita was born on May 20, 1940 in Hart to Gerald and Hazel (Cole) Woodland and later married William Short on November 4, 1961 in Muskegon. Juanita has been a longtime resident of the Blue Lake area...
Ellis Fry
Dec 8, 2017
Ellis N. Fry, age 84 of White Cloud, passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont. Ellis was born on May 28, 1933 in White Cloud to Louis D. and Elaine Christine (McKinley) Fry and graduated from White Cloud High School. Ellis later married Dorothy Howard on January 20, 1962 in White Cloud. Ellis...
Gayle D. Wolgamott
Dec 5, 2017
Gayle D. Wolgamott age 64 of Bitely, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at his home. Gayle was born on June 22, 1953 in Baldwin to Labon and Maxine (Hill) Wolgamott and graduated from Walkerville High School. Gayle later married Loretta Vormittag on September 4, 1976 in Grand Haven. Gayle worked for the family business, Wolgamott and...
Steven G. Chupp
Dec 4, 2017
Steven Gregory Chupp, age 36, of Holiday Island, Arkansas, passed away unexpectedly on December 4, 2017. Steven was born on September 27, 1981 in Fremont to Steven and Cory (Wetmore) Chupp. Steven grew up in Newaygo and later moved to Georgia, Florida and moved to Holiday Island in 2014. Steven had been a finish carpenter for several years and...
Robert "Bob" A. Cooley
Dec 4, 2017
Robert August "Bob" Cooley, age 58 of Blue Lake, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at Our Family Assisted Living Home in Whitehall following a decline in his health over the past few years. Bob was born on January 17, 1959 in Whitehall to James and Lyla (Wiggins) Cooley and graduated from Whitehall High School in 1978. Bob later...
Marjorie L. Delong
Dec 1, 2017
Marjorie L. Delong, age 87 of Sebring, Florida, formerly of Hesperia, passed away peacefully at the Kenilworth Rehab Center in Sebring on Friday, December 1, 2017. Marjorie was born on June 13, 1930 in Hesperia to Charles and Eileen Muriel (Norris) DeLong. Marjorie was a born again Christian which occurred on February 6, 1951. Marjorie became a missionary/school teacher with...
Lewis Birdsell
Nov 27, 2017
Lewis Lynn Birdsell, age 67 of Newaygo, passed away Monday, November 27, 2017 at his home. Lewis was born on February 8, 1950 in Witchita, Kansas to Jack and Grace (Thompson) Birdsell and graduated from Creston High School in 1970. He later attended Ferris State College for auto repair training and had been an auto body repair technician for...
Jesse A. Valdes
Nov 27, 2017
Jesse A. Valdes, age 32 of Hesperia, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 27, 2017 in Grand Rapids. Jesse was born on March 1, 1985 in Adrian to Eddy and Pamela (Beattie) Valdes and has been a lifelong resident of the Hesperia area where he graduated from Hesperia High School in 2004. Jesse met and later married Melissa Waganfeald...
Norma L. Pion
Nov 26, 2017
Norma L. Pion, age 90 of White Cloud, formerly of Kalamazoo, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at her daughter's home following a long illness with Alzheimer's dementia. Norma was born on October 18, 1927 in Kalamazoo to Philip and Edna (Ennis) Simmons and later married James T. Pion on May 4, 1956 in Kalamazoo. James preceded her in...
Ashton J. Johnson
Nov 26, 2017
Ashton James Johnson, age 19 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 26, 2017 following injuries received in a car accident. Ashton was born on November 27, 1997 in Fremont to Eric James and Melissa (Fish) Johnson and graduated from White Cloud High School in 2016. Ashton later graduated from Hobart Institute of Welding Technology in Troy,...
Arlene Jackson
Nov 25, 2017
Arlene Jackson, age 90, of Muskegon passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Christian Care Nursing Center in Muskegon. Arlene was born on October 30, 1927, in Holton to Ira and Belva (Grovenor) Johnson and later married David R. Jackson. Arlene had worked at Howmet from September 1, 1966, until October 30, 1992. Arlene enjoyed golfing, bowling, and...
Roseanna Reene
Nov 25, 2017
Roseanna Reene, age 67, of White Cloud passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Spectrum Health Services - Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Rose was born on May 27, 1950, in Muskegon to Woodrow Wilson and Alice Marie (Conran) Hill and married the love of her life, Clyde E. Reene on June 13, 1969, in Muskegon.
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George Morris Haines
Nov 22, 2017
George Morris Haines, age 96, of White Cloud passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at Spectrum Health Services - Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. George was born on June 7, 1921, in Claypool, Indiana, to Walter and Treva J. (Kimes) Haines and married Dorothy "Dottie" Marie Lynnes on March 7, 1943, in White Cloud. Dottie preceded him in...
Lois Mary Granger
Nov 21, 2017
Lois Mary Granger, age 85, of Big Rapids passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, at Spectrum Health Services – Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Lois was born on May 25, 1932 in Ellsworth, Michigan, to Herbert and Anna Elizabeth (Krise) Evans and later married Charles Wilbur Granger who preceded her in death. Lois was a driver for a...
Richard "Dick" L. St. Peter
Nov 19, 2017
Richard L. "Dick" St. Peter, age 80 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Richard was born on March 18, 1937 in Enos, Indiana to Roy M. and Virginia (Beckwith Anderson) St. Peter and graduated from Lebanon, Indiana High School in 1955. Richard married Bonnie Jean Hayden on January...
