Jan Daneen Sullivan
Nov 17, 2015
Jan passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the age of 79. She was born on February 8, 1936 in Kalamazoo, MI to the late Kenneth and Martha (Yates) Bright. Jan was united in marriage to Wayne L. Sullivan who preceded her death in 2014. Jan is survived by her children, Kenneth D. Sullivan and Kim D. Sullivan, 2 grandsons,...
Mary J. Austin
Nov 13, 2015
***PLEASE NOTE LOCATION OF VISITATION & SERVICE*** Mary J. Austin age 72, of Marcellus, MI passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 at home. She was born December 29, 1942 in Lawrence, MI the daughter of Arthur W. and Pauline L. (Johnson) Carney. In April of 1961 she married Edwin R. Austin who preceded her in death in 2008. Mary was...
Florence L. Murray
Nov 11, 2015
Florence L. Murray, age 94, of Marcellus, MI passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015. She was born August 31, 1921 in Danville, IL the daughter of James Frank and Agnes (Ambrose) and stepmother Anna (Ambrose) Bailey. On May 5, 1945 in Detroit, MI, she married Lloyd W. Murray who survives. An avid, life-long learner, Florence studied French, Italian and Chinese...
Genevieve May Bowyer
Nov 10, 2015
Genevieve May (Adams) Bowyer, age 89, of Portage, MI (formerly of Vicksburg) passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Medilodge of Portage. She was born July 10, 1926. Gen is survived by her four children: Susan Hayes of Missouri, Judy(Jerry) Mayes of Vicksburg, Leah (Jack) Colwell of Portage and Tom Bowyer (JulieThornton) of Fort Lauderdale, FL.; grandchildren: Pam Carl,...
Homer Loren Fowler
Nov 7, 2015
Homer L. Fowler, known also as Gik and/or Dick, to family, friends and acquaintances, died Nov. 6, 2015 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. Born in Detroit, Michigan June 4, 1918 Dick attended grade school and college in Detroit, receiving a B. A. in liberal arts from Wayne State University in June 1942. That same month he received his notice...
Marion L. Bowers
Nov 6, 2015
Marion L. Bowers, age 94, of Marcellus, MI passed away at Rose Arbor in Kalamazoo, MI Friday, November 6, 2015. She was born February 3, 1921 the daughter of Earl and Helene Avery. After graduating from Three Rivers High School in 1938 she moved to Holland, MI and married Henry Datema on April 12, 1941. She worked at the Holland...
George Vuicich
Nov 2, 2015
George Vuicich, 89, husband of the late Ellamae Constance (Anderson) Vuicich, and Professor Emeritus of Geography at Western Michigan University, on November 2, 2015. He was a resident of Kalamazoo, Michigan for 47 years. Born on November 12, 1925 in Chisholm, Minnesota to Serbian immigrant parents, Theodore Vuicich and Zora (Hydukovich) Vuicich, he attended Chisholm schools until enlisting in the...
William LaMonte Brown
Nov 2, 2015
Passed away peacefully at home on November 2, 2015. Bill was born April 23, 1925 in Kalamazoo, the son of Maynard and Mary Brown. He graduated from Schoolcraft High School and attended Kalamazoo College. He served in the Army in WWII and was held as a prisoner of war in Germany. Bill was united in marriage to Jeanette VanderVeen on...
Betty Jane Harper
Oct 31, 2015
Betty Jane Harper 3/05/1930-10/31/15 of Vicksburg, MI. Betty passed away October 31st at Bronson Hospital. A retired bus driver for Vicksburg schools she leaves behind her son Douglas Harper, her grandchildren Kati and Andrew Strome and many brothers and sisters. Betty is preceded in death by her husband of 51 years Ferris Harper, her daughter Diana Strome and her son...
Permelia Ann Hulse
Oct 27, 2015
Permelia (Pam) Molineaux Hulse passed away peacefully yesterday. 2/12/1934-10/27/15. She grew up in Michigan, the oldest of six children of Grace and Forrest Molineaux, Vicksburg, Michigan. She obtained a BA from Michigan State University and a JD from Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. Pam graduated from law school and passed the Bar Exams at a time when it was...
Donald Elmer Johnson
Oct 27, 2015
Donald E. Johnson was born June 21, 1925, the son of Bertha M. and Elmer E. Johnson of Glen Rock, NJ. He graduated from Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ in 1943 and after World War II, attended Syracuse University. In 1950, he married Marilyn E. Whyland of Arlington, NJ. Surviving are his wife Marilyn, and a son Donald E. and...
Max "Russ" Morlan
Oct 26, 2015
Max “Russ” Morlan, age 85, of Marcellus, MI passed away at home Monday, October 26, 2015. He was born June 15, 1930 in Dowagiac, MI the son of Max Vernon and Edna Blanche (Goble) Morlan. On June 14, 1956 he married Shirley Mae Reigle who survives. Russ served two years in the U.S. Army and was a member of the...