Cheryl Rae (Stone) Taylor
Dec 17, 2008
Hopkins, MI, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. Cheryl was born January 23, 1955 in Allegan, the daughter of Darl E. and Patricia (Mayrand) Stone. She was a 1973 graduate of Hopkins High School and had been employed at Harding's Market in Wayland for 8 years, retiring in 2005. Surviving are her husband, David; 1 son,...
Marion E. Smith
Dec 13, 2008
Allegan Twp., MI, died Saturday, December 13, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Smith was born October 1, 1922 in Allegan, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Connor) Thompson. She was a graduate of Allegan High School, class of 1941. Surviving are her husband, Walter; 5 children, Tom and Connie Smith of Allegan, Russell and Rose Smith of Zeeland, Mike Smith,...
Sarah Lacey Hall
Dec 13, 2008
Allegan, MI, died Saturday, December 13, 2008 at her home. Sarah was born February 21, 1990 in Grand Rapids. Surviving are her son, Alexander Julian; mother, Stephanie (Robert) Comer of Hopkins; 1 brother and 1 sister, Joe Hall and Carrie Pease, and Melodie Hall, grandmother, Phoebe Hall; 1 aunt, Jennifer and Dennis Taylor and 1 uncle, Kevin Hall, all of...
Sheila M. Clark
Dec 13, 2008
Trowbridge Twp., Allegan, MI, died Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Life Care Center of Plainwell. Mrs. Clark was born July 10, 1930 in Staffordshire, England, the daughter of Charles and Ethel (Ravenscroft) Hand. Surviving are 5 children, Cheri and Phil Nicolai of Ohio, Jim and Reggie Clark of Okemos, Steve Clark, Missy and Steve Pickett, and Bob and Julie Clark,...
John W. Blaha
Dec 9, 2008
Trowbridge Twp., Allegan, MI, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at his home. Mr. Blaha was born Sept. 2, 1919 in Chicago, IL, the son of Robert and Jessie (Kenney) Blaha. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during WWII. He had been a member of Bloomingdale Bible Church. He had farmed in the area for many years...
Evelyn D. Granger
Dec 8, 2008
Allegan, died Monday, December 8, 2008 at Briarwood Assisted Living, in Allegan. Mrs Granger was born March 13, 1922, in Wood County, Ohio, the daughter of Chris and Lydia (Weismiller) Boysen. Evelyn was a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church. She loved when the family got together for parties, birthdays and just visiting. She spent many hours doing plastic...
Rosemary L. Murray
Dec 8, 2008
Allegan Twp., MI, died Monday, December 8, 2008 at the Allegan General Hospital. Mrs. Murray was born September 12, 1925 in Parshall, ND, the daughter of William and Mary (Callaghan) Hoffman. She was a graduate of Allegan High School, class of 1940. She was a member of the Salvation Army and past member of the Women's Relief Corp. Surviving are...
Donald Glenn Hawley
Dec 4, 2008
of Allegan, died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. Mr. Hawley was born January 29, 1942, in Ionia, the son of Melvin and Betty (Randall) Hawley. Don loved the outdoors, he spent 50 years of his life as a "shade tree" mechanic, and also loved to hunt and spend time in the field. In 1984, Don...
Blanche L (Kaminski) Young
Nov 30, 2008
of Wayland, formerly of Hopkins, went to be with her Lord, Sunday, November 30, 2008. Blanche was born January 6, 1925 in Hopkins, the daughter of Joseph and Nellie (Nowak) Kaminski. She graduated from Wayland High School in 1943 and received her nursing degree from KVCC. She worked for many years as a LPN for Borgess, the Allegan County Medical...
Linda Kay Lange
Nov 29, 2008
of Allegan, died Saturday, November 29, 2008 at her home. Linda was born April 2, 1944 in Allegan, the daughter of Joseph and Amelia (Hinkle) O'Connell. Linda lived in Allegan all her life, she worked for Tru-Heat for 27 years. She enjoyed going to the casinos and planting and caring for her flower gardens. She will be deeply missed by...
Betty F. Teravest
Nov 28, 2008
of Allegan, died Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. Mrs. TerAvest was born June 22, 1917 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Harry and Besse (Long) Blessing. Betty graduated from Chesaning High School, and attended Intercession City Bible College in Florida. She was working at Vennard College in Iowa, as the Dean of Women,...
Violet L (Duryea) Brewer
Nov 13, 2008
of Byron Center, formerly of Hopkins, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at the Railside Living Center in Byron Center, where she had lived for the past 4 years. Mrs Brewer was born November 26, 1915, on the family farm in Monterey Twp., the daughter of Charles and Vera (Ruehle) Duryea. On July 1, 1936 she was united in marriage to...
Robert S. Otto
Oct 28, 2008
Allegan, MI, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at the Allegan General Hospital. Rob was born January 10, 1967 in Plainwell, the son of Eddie and Nancy (Hale) Otto. He was an Obama supporter and believed in the caring organization of Wings of Hope Hospice. He was on the heart transplant list at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. Surviving is his life...
Kirk Kingsley
Oct 26, 2008
Allegan, MI passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee, WI. He was stricken while working in Milwaukee on Tuesday. Kirk was born October 9, 1956 in Lansing. He was a self-employed carpenter. Kirk enjoyed hunting, fishing and being outdoors around a campfire and spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife, Annette, whom...
Leo R. Avery, Sr
Oct 25, 2008
Allegan, MI, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Faith Hospice, Trillium Woods. Mr. Avery was born August 25, 1938 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He had graduated from Grand Rapids Junior College in 1975 and had worked as a security officer for Wrather Corp. in Long Beach, CA. He was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Allegan and the...
Daisy Odean (Conley) Long
Oct 24, 2008
Hamilton, MI, passed away Friday, October 24, 2008 at Heartland of Holland. Mrs. Long was born August 4, 1913 in Cookeville, TN, the daughter of Matt and Sarah (Bartlett) Conley. She moved to Grand Rapids, MI in 1958 and later to Hamilton. She had worked for the L.H. Frost Co. in Grand Rapids for 10 years. She farmed for a...
Nathan Cohen
Oct 23, 2008
Allegan, MI, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Allegan County Medical Care Facility. Mr. Cohen was born May 25, 1911 in Buchanan, MI, the son of Isaac and Rosa (Frank) Cohen. He was one of 7 children. His siblings were Maurice, Sam, Jack, Zelda, Etta and Belle. He owned and operated Benton Bag Company in Stevensville and St. Joseph...
Mary E. Gorter
Oct 22, 2008
Allegan, MI, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at the Allegan County Medical Care Facility. Mrs. Gorter was born Jan. 23, 1923 in Lundale, WV, the daughter of Everett and Clara (Roberts) Gant. She came to Michigan in 1940. She had been a hostess for the C & O Railroad in the 1950's and had also worked at Hattems Restaurant in...
Ernestine L. Berry
Oct 21, 2008
Allegan, MI, age 102, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at the Heritiage Community in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Berry was born May 28, 1906 in Battle Creek, the daughter of Ernest and Elizabeth (Alwardt) Seedorff. She graduated from Battle Creek High School in 1923 and the University of Chicago in 1931 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree. She received her teaching...
Elaine P. Snyder
Oct 19, 2008
Allegan, died Sunday, October 19, 2008 in Allegan. Elaine was born August 7, 1939, in Munising, the daughter of Alfred and Elnor (Lucier) Sharron. She graduated from Munising High School. She was known as the "Qween Mum" in the Red Hatters groups she was involved with, both in Allegan and Florida. She and her husband, Gene spent many winters together...
