Obituaries

Mar 14, 2016

Ord Cox Edwards, age 95, passed away on March 14, 2016, at Park Place Assisted Living Center, under the excellent care of the staff and of Hospice of Southwest Michigan. Prior to residing at Park Place, he and his wife, Joyce of 74 years, lived many years in Schoolcraft as well as the Marcellus area. He was born in 1921...

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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...

Feb 28, 2016

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)...

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,...

Feb 25, 2016

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...

Feb 21, 2016

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...

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...

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...

Feb 14, 2016

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...

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,...

Feb 11, 2016

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...

Feb 9, 2016