Obituaries

Dec 8, 2016

Passed away December 8, 2016 at Bickford Cottage in Portage, MI. Ruth was born May 9, 1921 in Batavia Township, Branch County, MI. She was the daughter of Alex and Kate (Nelson) McCrary. Ruth worked for many years as a receptionist in physicians' offices and retired as a pharmacy clerk from Upjohn Company in 1990. She married Leon P. "Dutch"...

Dec 7, 2016

LaRochelle, Theodore (Ted) William passed away, December 7, 2016 with his family by his side. Ted was born October 28, 1937 at home in Flint, MI, the son of late John and Helen (Stasiak). A veteran, Ted proudly served as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corp, First Marine Airline. Ted retired after he devoted 35 years to Burger...

Dec 5, 2016

Elizabeth "Betty" Christiansen, 92 Elizabeth "Betty" Christiansen, age 92, passed away peacefully Monday, December 5, 2016. She was born June 17, 1924, in Kalamazoo, MI, the daughter of Peter and Maria Hoppe. On September 10, 1948, she was joined in marriage to Ben Christiansen. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, parents, five brothers, five sisters and her eldest...

Dec 3, 2016

Dec 1, 2016

Nov 27, 2016

Nov 27, 2016

Doyle Powers, 75 met his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday evening, November 27, 2016 at Bronson Hospital with family at his side singing praises to the Lord. He successfully battled Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but succumbed to the lethal effects to his lungs of one of his chemo drugs. Doyle was born the second of three children to Zella (Pegg)...

Nov 25, 2016

John R. Busch, age 75, of Kalamazoo, MI passed away in Kalamzoo, MI. He was born April 17, 1940 in Marcellus, MI the son of Arthur William and Myrtle Isabelle (Olsen) Busch. On September 18, 1965 in Marcellus, MI he married Leone J. Middlestadt who preceded him in death on June 23, 2007. John served in the U.S. Air Force...

Nov 25, 2016

Lloyd W. Murray, age 95, of Portage, MI, formerly of Marcellus, MI passed away Friday, November 25, 2016. He was born April 6, 1921 in Bloomingdale, MI, the son of Alton Cole and Eunice (Laughlin) Murray. On May 5, 1945 in Detroit, MI he married Florence L. Bailey who preceded him in death on November 11, 2015. After graduating from...

Nov 25, 2016

John Nelson Haas, 81, of Portage, MI, passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 with his family by his side. He was born in Portage on March 10, 1935 to Ruth H. (Hoch) Haas and Nelson J. G. Haas. They preceded him in death as did his sister, Elaine J. Haas. John was a Portage High School graduate, attended Kalamazoo College,...

Nov 25, 2016

Nov 20, 2016

Nov 19, 2016

Lucille M. Regan, age 87, of Marcellus, MI passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016. She was born March 31, 1929 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Fritz and Jean Schwabe. She was very proud of working for Edward Lowe and through him she became a national spokesperson for his brand Kitty Litter and was on the David Letterman Show. She...

Nov 19, 2016

WILBUR EDWARD COURTER Wilbur Edward Courter, 83 years old, of Comstock, Michigan, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at his home in the care of his loving family. Wilbur, known well by many as Bill, was passionate and compassionate in his ministry to people of all races, creeds, color and orientation. He and his loving wife, Charlotte, were...

Nov 19, 2016

Hanner, Charles 10/23/1940 - 11/19/2016 Kalamazoo, MI Charles Melvin Hanner, 76, Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away on November 19, 2016. Charles was born in Detroit, Michigan and met and married Josefa Hanner while stationed in Puerto Rico with the Army. Charles and Josefa owned and operated Hanner's IGA for almost 30 Years in Ossineke, MI, Charles served as President of the...

Nov 18, 2016

TRIPP, Mildred "Leona" Climax Passed away Nov. 18, 2016 at her home. Mildred "Leona" Forney was born Oct. 20, 1931 in Scotts. She was the daughter of Glenn Earl Forney and Mildred Maxine Simmonds Forney. She graduated from Climax High school in 1950. She married Robert A. Tripp in 1955. They had a daughter Marjorie Lynn Tripp. She is survived...

Nov 18, 2016

Nov 18, 2016

Nov 18, 2016

Sarah Duncan was born in Allegan, MI on 4-14-1931. Her parents were William Alfred Terry and Irene Sylvia Terry (both deceased) of Allegan. Her brother was William Terry(deceased) and sister-in-law Winnie of Allegan. Sarah graduated from Allegan High School. Sarah married Eli Pryor Duncan (deceased) on January 11,1958. Sarah is survived by her son Harry Duncan (Robin Duncan), her daughter...

Nov 17, 2016

Pearson, James Frank 7/9/1937 - 11/17/2016 Grandville James Frank Pearson, age 79, Grandville, MI passed away Thursday after a battle with cancer. James was born in Manistee, MI and grew up in Boyne City, MI. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1962 from WMU. He later received a Masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin. He taught biology...