Kelly K. Gage
Sep 19, 2013
Kelly K. Gage Kelly King Gage, age 51 of Coloma passed away suddenly of natural causes Thursday September 19, 2013. His life began September 10, 1962 in Ottawa, IL to Dorothy (Gash) and Glen Gage. Kelly was a member of Laborers International Union of North America. He is survived by his wife Donna Gage of Coloma, MI, four brothers, Tim,...
Peggy Jean Swinehart
Sep 18, 2013
Peggy Jean Swinehart, born January 22, 1933, died peacefully in her sleep September 18, 2013. Surviving Peggy is her husband Robert, son Don, and daughter Kathleen (Patrick) Meyers. Grandsons Chris, Brad, Nicholas, Robert, Craig, along with four great grandchildren. Also surviving are brothers Bill and Jack. Peggy was preceded in death by a son, Douglas. Service to be held Friday...
Mary Anna Blanchette
Sep 17, 2013
BLANCHETTE, Mary Anna Portage Passed away Sept. 17, 2013 at Rose Arbor. Mary Anna was born in Canada March 22, 1916 the daughter of Albert and Exeline (Duhamel) Autotte. She married Gerard Blanchette July 3, 1937 and he preceded her in death Jan. 11, 2000. Surviving are 2 children; Jacques (Margot) Blanchette of Troy, MI and Nicole (Fred) Watkoske of...
Andrew F. Seelye
Sep 14, 2013
Andrew F. Seelye Andrew F. Seelye, age 90, of Marcellus, MI passed away September 14, 2013. He was born on February 20, 1923 the son of John W. and Bertha (Raifsnider) Seelye. On April 12, 1947 in Marcellus, MI he married Theresa I. Wohlfert who survives. He was a Sergeant in the 349th Infantry 88th Division in the United States...
Janice Esther Jarrett
Sep 11, 2013
Janice Butler Jarrett was born in Kalamazoo on Jan. 18, 1951 to Glenn L. and Mary V. Butler. She was graduated from Comstock High School, having also attended Kalamazoo Central and University High School, where she met her best friend, Jay Jarrett when she was 16. Five years later, Jan and Jay were married in Kalamazoo and lived in Michigan...
John Edward Hudson
Sep 9, 2013
Age 87, passed away peacefully Monday September 9, 2013. John was born in Kalamazoo on January 22, 1926 to the late Edward and Alice (Welling) Hudson. On April 25, 1949 he was united in marriage to Marjorie Louise Shrout. He is survived by his wife Marjorie, and their five children, Jeffrey (Carla) of Sebring, Florida; Gregory (Cyndi); Timothy; Edward; and...
James A. Singleton
Aug 27, 2013
James A. Singleton James A. Singleton age 62, of Three Rivers, MI passed away Tuesday evening August 27, 2013 in Bronson Methodist Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born July 24, 1951 in South Bend, IN the son of Kenneth “Wink” and Pauline (Lobaugh) Singleton. On August 22, 1969 in Constantine, MI he married Pamela K. Rouse who survives....
Allan Lash Shackelford
Aug 26, 2013
SHACKELFORD, ALLAN LASH Age 65, died on Monday, August 26 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo, MI, from complications associated with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. Allan was born on October 28, 1947 in New Martinsville, WV to Pauline and Jesse Shackelford. He attended Murphy High School in Atlanta, GA. He obtained a B.A. in History from Emory University and a...
Frances Rose Wood
Aug 23, 2013
WOOD (LOBRETTO), FRANCES ROSE 84 years old died Friday, August 23, 2013. She married Robert L. Wood May 12, 1949 who preceded her in death. She had two sons, Randy L. Wood of Murphysboro, IL and Rodney E. Wood of Springfield, IL; three grandchildren Kevin, Courtney and Devin; one great-grandchild Xanna; and several nieces and nephews. Frances was born and...
Philip Martinez
Aug 16, 2013
Philip Martinez, 92, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, died peacefully on August 16, 2013, at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Detroit, MI, on December 20, 1920, the eighth of thirteen children of Emilio and Maria Chavez Martinez. Phil was a proud World War II veteran, serving in the Navy for over three years on...
William Dale Dozeman
Aug 12, 2013
DOZEMAN, WILLIAM D. William D. Dozeman passed away suddenly on August 12, 2013. He was the oldest of nine children, predeceased in death by his Father and Mother, Herman and Virginia Dozeman; Sisters Barbara Guastella, and Mary Gray; also brother Randy Dozeman. He was muched loved and will be missed by his longtime companion Nedra Jean White; brothers Paul and...
John David Dobbie
Aug 7, 2013
John David Dobbie, 86, of Portage, MI passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013. He was born on December 27, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, the youngest of three sons of the late Herbert R. Dobbie and Elsie May Maxwell Dobbie. John married Janice Elaine Holmes, his high school sweetheart, on August 31, 1946. While earning a B.A. degree at Western Michigan...
Virgil Duane Hillstead
Aug 3, 2013
HILLSTEAD, Virgil Kalamazoo Virgil D Hillstead was born September 21, 1930, to Edmund and Constance Hillstead in rural Wisconsin. Mr. Hillstead passed away on August 3, 2013, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edmund and Constance Hillstead of Whitehall, MI. He and his wife of 58 ½ years, Joan Ruth Bendtschneider, were married...