All Obituaries

Carol Ann Bieberle, age 84, of Newaygo, MI, passed away on Monday, April 15th, 2024. She was born on Sunday, December 31st, 1939, in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Peter and Charlotte (Andres) Cheslock. Carol met and later married Thomas (Tom) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, whom she created a beautiful life with. Carol was a devoted homemaker who found joy in reading, cooking, and shopping. She and her husband, Tom, were married for 65 years and enjoyed traveling to Florida for the winter...

Karen May Dalton, a devoted nurse, loving mother, and faithful servant of Jesus, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Thursday, April 11, 2024. She was born on March 16, 1953, at Gerber Hospital in Fremont, the daughter of Marvin and Wilma (Kruithoff) Teusink, and was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Jon Dalton; 2 children, Jeff Dalton (Krystle) and Samson Dalton; 1 grandchild, Aidan Dalton; 4 brothers, Morris Teusink...

Linda Lee Johnson, age 80 of Fremont, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2024 at the Corewell Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids.  Linda was born on September 26, 1943 in Muskegon to Charles Henry and Bernice Lillian (Kaiser) Proctor and graduated from Reeths Puffer High School in 1962.  Linda met and later married Russell Clinton Johnson on September 2, 1960 in Muskegon and Russell preceded her in death.  Linda has been a lifelong resident of the Muskegon, Holton, Hesperia...

Richard Finkbiner, age 79, was born Sept 18, 1944 in Fremont, Michigan to Leon M and Mary (Johnson) Finkbiner.  As a young man, he enlisted into the United States Army and was stationed in Mannheim-Kafertal, Germany where he met and married the former “Army brat”, Patricia Suzuki, to whom he stayed wed for 59 years. They settled back in the state of Michigan for 13 years after his discharge from the military. Richard was a man of many talents, a former truck driver, a...

Robert A. Lokey, age 39 of White Cloud, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 4, 2024 at the Corewell Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids.  Robert was born on November 14, 1984 in Pascagoula, Mississippi to Paul and Debra ((McGowan) Lokey and has been a resident of the White Cloud area since 2016.  Robert enjoyed playing the guitar, programming computer games, hiking and being in nature, was known for his quirky sense of humor and was a member of the Sault Tribe of...

Charles E. Derby, age 88 of Twin Lake, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at the Newaygo County Compassion Home in Fremont.  Chuck was born on April 10, 1935 in Muskegon to William “Bill” and Frances (Lods) Derby.  Chuck joined the United States Army at the age of 17 and after his honorable discharge,  Chuck returned to Muskegon where he found employment at the Brunswick Corporation where he worked primarily in the ball department for 42 years until...

Kristine Ruth Knowles, age 61 of Fremont, passed away following short illness on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at the Corewell Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids.  Kris was born on July 26, 1962 in Alpena to Darrell and Peggy J. (Basore) Patton.  Kris has been a lifelong resident of the Fremont area where she graduated from Fremont High School in 1980 and had worked at Burger King and later at Walmart until her retirement.  Kris enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren...

A Celebration of Life Service will be held for Jack Lee Pontius, age 92 of Twin Lake, MI on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the Twin Lake Community Church at 11:00 am. A time of visitation will be held at the church from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 .m.    Jack passed away on September 11, 2023 at Corewell Gerber Hospital in Fremont, MI. Jack was born on August 2, 1931 in Muskegon to George Milford and Gertrude (Glover) Pontius. After graduation from high school, Jack joined the US Air...

Mary Ann Montambo, age 66 of New Era, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Trinity Health Mercy Campus in Muskegon.  Mary was born on July 31, 1957 in Muskegon to Jack and June (Ludlow) Montambo and has been a lifelong resident of the area.  Mary had been a hard worker all her life and worked as a production worker at several companies in the area until her retirement.  Mary enjoyed fishing, rock hunting and then building bird houses out of the rocks; gardening, camping...

Donald L. Hollowell, age 73 of Fremont, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at the Newaygo County Compassion Home in Fremont following a short illness.  Don was born on June 8, 1950 in Fremont to Keith and Phyllis (Osburn) Hollowell and graduated from Fremont High School in 1969.  Don joined the United States Navy where he served for 20 years during the Vietnam War and the Gulf War until his retirement in 1993.  After retirement from the United States Navy, Don worked at...