Robert Lee Merkle
Margaret Ellen Sturgis

Margaret Ellen Sturgis

Mar 2, 2016

Margaret Ellen (Hayes) Sturgis of Allegan passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at the Wings Home, Allegan, Michigan. She was born in Otsego, Michigan on May 17, 1925, the daughter of Willard Hayes and Thelma (Hayes) Wood. Margaret was a lifelong resident of Allegan graduating from Allegan High School. Following graduation she married William Ray Sturgis, Jr., and they...

Joyce Marie Underkofler
Paul (Pete) Stuck

Paul (Pete) Stuck

Feb 27, 2016

Paul Stuck, age 84, of Schoolcraft, MI passed away at home Saturday, February 27, 2016. He was born in 1932 the son of William and Ruth (Stuck) Beals and lived his entire life in the Schoolcraft area. In 1958 he married Wanda Shearer and they raised three children, Pamela (Ron) Rhoades and Lauri Stuck both of Schoolcraft and Jeffrey (Terri)...

Dorothy L. Sisson

Dorothy L. Sisson

Feb 27, 2016

Dorothy Luella Sisson of Marcellus, Michigan, passed away February 27, 2016, at the age of 97 in Bronson Hospital after suffering a stroke. She was born on February 20, 1919, in Chicago Heights, IL, to Martin and Mayme Nelson. She had two brothers, Jim (Sally) and Bill (Jean), and one sister, Marie (Bill) Mundt. Dorothy remained in the Chicago area,...

Lee Marshall
David Meyer

David Meyer

Feb 22, 2016

David Edward Meyer, 87, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2016 after a brief illness. David, son of the late Ray and Vivien Meyer, was born in Kewanee, Illinois, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1946, then used the GI Bill to study pharmacy at the University of Iowa. After graduation, he worked as a salesman in...

Russell Eugene Harris
Elvis "Red" O. O'Neill

Elvis "Red" O. O'Neill

Feb 20, 2016

Elvis “Red” O’Neill age 82, of Marcellus, MI passed away Saturday, February 20, 2016 at home. He was born February 13, 1934 in Kennett, Missouri, the son of Rothert and Edna P. (Kemper) O’Neill. On June 30, 1964 he married Shirley Copas who preceded him in death on May 8, 2011. Red was a logger all of his life. He...

Lois Jane Strome

Lois Jane Strome

Feb 20, 2016

Lois Jane (Miller) Strome, age 81, of Vicksburg, MI passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. She was born January 8, 1935. Lois is survived by her two children: Walter Strome III of Fulton, Kathy (Ted) McNett of Vicksburg; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Walter Strome II, her parents...

Marcia Jean Gray

Marcia Jean Gray

Feb 17, 2016

Formerly of Richland Marcia was born March 5, 1931 in Kalamazoo. She was preceded in death by her parents Percy and Elizabeth (Drake) Gray of Richland, her brother Jack A. Gray and her nephew Jeffrey A. Gray of Hickory Corners. She is survived by her nieces, Marcia Gray-Ford (Charles Hubbarth) and Carol Gray (James Schuring) of Portage, M. Susan Casarez...

Thomas B. Twyman
Kenneth Buckley

Kenneth Buckley

Feb 12, 2016

Kenneth Buckley, age 77, of Marcellus, MI, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016 at Borgess Medical Center. He was born July 4, 1938 in Liverpool, England. In 2004 he married Carol Leone Gillis and she survives. Kenneth was in the British Air Force in England and was a previous member of the Council of Allington, Lincolnshire, England. He also lived...

Linda Jacobs

Linda Jacobs

Feb 12, 2016

Linda N. Jacobs, age 61, of Marcellus, passed away on Friday February 12, 2016 at Three Rivers Health after an extended period of illness. Linda was the first of twin girls born November 16, 1954 in Three Rivers, Michigan to Wilbur and Dorothy Jacobs. Linda is survived by an older brother, Gerald Jacobs of Scottville, Michigan, her twin, Luann Olsen,...

Alan D. Kushner
Ronald L. Blanke

Ronald L. Blanke

Feb 11, 2016

Ronald Blanke, 64, of Kalamazoo, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2016 at Rose Arbor. He was born June 22, 1951 in Kalamazoo, the son of Jack and Joan (Hastings) Blanke. Ron was a graduate of Barbour Hall Military School, U High and Loy Norrix. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University. He began work for Upjohn...

Dorothy L. Morch
Helen C. Packard (Morgan)

Helen C. Packard (Morgan)

Feb 8, 2016

Helen (Morgan) Packard passed away Monday, February 8, 2016 at Rose Arbor. She was born February 21, 1920 in Downers Grove, Illinois, the daughter of Robert and Kirstin Nordin. She was a member of the PEO Sisterhood and Encore Group. Her retirement from the Upjohn Company took place in 1985. Members of her family include a brother, Robert (Celia) Nordin,...

Kirk F. Mitchell

Kirk F. Mitchell

Feb 7, 2016

Kirk F. Mitchell, age 50, of Marcellus, MI passed away Sunday February 7, 2016 with his family by his side. He was born May 14, 1965 in Cook County, IL the son of Fred C. and Irene F. (Chval) Mitchell. On June 23, 1984 in Lawton, MI he married Amy J. Haas who survives. Kirk served in the U.S. Army...

Sharla M. Swartz

Sharla M. Swartz

Feb 5, 2016

Sharla M. Swartz, age 70, of Marcellus, MI passed away February 5, 2016. She was born February 22, 1945 in Three Rivers, MI, the daughter of Valentine and Nona belle (Malliet) Beadle. On December 9, 1967 she married Roger Swartz and he survives. Sharla graduated from Watersmeet High School in 1962. She was a 4-H member and learned to sew...