William Thomas Johnson
Mar 9, 2017
William Thomas Johnson, 92, of Allegan, MI, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. Born October 9, 1924 in Watson Township, MI, he was the son of the late Eugene Elbert Johnson and Hazel Minnie Dokey Johnson and was the husband of the late Lucetta Annette Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a graduate of Hopkins High School, Class...
Joyce Adeline (Denhartog) Kooy
Mar 7, 2017
Joyce Adeline Kooy, 85, of Allegan, MI passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. Born April 2, 1931 in Orange City, IA, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius DenHartog and Magdelena Paulina DeZeeuw and was the wife of Wayne John Kooy. Mrs. Kooy was a member of First Congregational Church of Allegan....
Caroline Marie (Ellis) Joostberns
Mar 5, 2017
Caroline Marie Joostberns, 68, of Grand Junction passed away peacefully Saturday, March 4, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born September 4, 1948 in Allegan, she was the daughter of the late Allison Claire Ellis and Ella Louise (Gile) Ellis and the wife of Gerrit Joostberns, Jr. Mrs. Joostberns, along with her husband and family, enjoyed many...
Marian Ellen (Hearnshaw) Sleeman
Mar 3, 2017
Marian Sleeman, of Kalamazoo, formerly of Cooper, died peacefully Friday, March 3, 2017, at Allegan Country Estates; surely guided by a host of angels into the arms of our Lord and her beloved husband, Phil. Born in Kalamazoo on March 9, 1927 to Charles and Garnet (Flannigan) Hearnshaw, she was the youngest of her siblings Buster (Chuck), Ruth and Verna....
Barbara R. (Pickens) Tetzlaff
Mar 2, 2017
Barbara R. (Pickens) Tetzlaff of Hopkins, Michigan was taken home on March 2, 2017 to be with her heavenly Father. She was born on December 5, 1959 in South Bend, Indiana, to the union of Willard and Nancy (Green) Pickens. She resided in Mishawaka, Indiana until 2005 when she met her husband, Garth, and she moved to Hopkins, Michigan. Her...
Betty (Shafer) Thompson
Feb 27, 2017
Betty Shafer Thompson, 86, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017, peacefully in her sleep at Briarwood Assisted Living in Allegan. She was a graduate of Hopkins High School Class of 1949 and attended Davenport College. Betty was a farmer and lived her entire life in Allegan County on her Monterey Township farm. She is survived by her sisters and their...
Phyllis Jean (Miller) Mcbride
Feb 26, 2017
Phyllis was born August 31, 1935, to Maynard and Edna Miller. She passed into glory on February 26, 2017. Phyllis loved music; singing, playing the piano, and playing the organ. She enjoyed homemaking, sewing, making things for people in need, and baking with her friends. She was married to Maurice McBride in 1954. He preceded her in death in 1998....
Jerry Robert Schricker
Feb 11, 2017
of Hamilton, passed away at his home on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Mr. Schricker was born December 26, 1941 in Prairieville, Michigan, the son of Robert and Katie (Whittemore) Schricker. Jerry graduated from Plainwell High School Class of 1961. He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving from 1964-1966, working as a mechanic. He retired from Heinz Corp....
Carol Jean (Owens) Williams
Feb 11, 2017
Williams, Carol Jean, 79, of Allegan, passed away with her family by her side in Kalamazoo. Carol is survived by her three children, David Walters, Claudette Walters, and Lucy Strasser. A memorial visitation will be held on Friday, February 17th from 6-8pm at the Gorden Funeral Residence in Allegan.
Margaret Christman
Feb 8, 2017
Margaret Ann Christman, age 58 went home suddenly on February 8, 2017. She passed peacefully with her beloved dog Sammy by her side. Known by her friends at Mags, she was born in Dunn, North Carolina on June 17, 1958 to Robert and Mary Belle Schneider. Shortly thereafter her family moved and started their new life in Allegan. Mags graduated...
Doris May Ochampaugh
Feb 6, 2017
Doris May Ochampaugh, 90, of Allegan, MI died Monday, February 6, 2017 at Holland Hospital. Born February 2, 1927 in Cheshire Township, MI, she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Mildred Kaylor Woolf and was the wife of the late Donald Ochampaugh. Mrs. Ochampaugh is survived by her four children, Diane Martin (John Bremser), Debra and Gary Gilliam,...
Daniel W. Bridgeman
Feb 2, 2017
Daniel Ward Bridgeman, 72, of Allegan, MI passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Borgess Medical Center. Born November 30, 1944 in Allegan, he was the son of the late Hugh and Virginia E. Mahan Bridgeman and was the husband of Margaret Smith Bridgeman. Mr. Bridgeman was a 1963 graduate of Allegan High School and earned both his Bachelor's Degree...
Barry Joseph Knudsen
Jan 31, 2017
Knudsen, Barry Joseph, of Hopkins, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at his home. Barry was born August 26, 1958 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Donald and Dorothy (Evans) Knudsen. Barry is survived by his mother, Dorothy Knudsen; his sister, Deb Strang; his nephews and nieces, Christopher and Ashley Strang, Katherine Murray, Jessica and Eric Zenn, Zachary...
Jerry Halden Hazen
Jan 29, 2017
Jerry Halden Hazen, 79, of Hopkins, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Wings Home in Allegan, Michigan. Mr. Hazen was born October 6, 1937 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of the late Halden and Ethel (Leggett) Hazen. He spent most of his life as a truck driver. He retired as a loader operator from Grand Rapids Gravel Company....
Beverly Marie (Hare) Nichols
Jan 22, 2017
Beverly Nichols died Sunday, January 22, 2017 at age 89 from lung cancer. She was born in Allegan in 1927 to Arthur and Mary Hare. She had one sibling, Barbara (Sam) Yennelli. She studied piano for 10 years and was blessed with the gift of also playing by ear. After graduation from Allegan High School in 1943, she attended Lake...
Dale Eugene Simonds
Jan 19, 2017
Dale Eugene Simonds passed away January 19, 2017 peacefully at home in his sleep after battling a long illness. He was born September, 14, 1954 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. Dale served in the United States Army for 14 years. Some of his interests included hunting, fishing, camping, family and friends, good humor and traveling. He leaves behind his wife, Lucy...
Kathryn Ann Lowman
Jan 18, 2017
Allegan, MI - "You know," she'd say, "when someone is sick in here, well, I go pray with them." She would go on to add that often her fellow residents at the Allegan County Medical Care Community would pass away and sometimes, well, would you believe they got better? And on the evening of January 18, 2017, Kathryn Ann (Bolhuis)...
Marilyn Ada Matt
Jan 15, 2017
Marilyn Ada Matt, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 after a long and courageous battle with diabetes. Marilyn was born January 30, 1931 in Centralia, Illinois, the daughter of the late Clark and Carolyn (Carr) Stacy. She and her husband, Gerald, have been married for over 63 years, starting out their life together by eloping....
Kenneth A. Hotchkiss
Jan 8, 2017
of Allegan, MI passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Ely Manor. Born August 27, 1927 in Grand Rapids, he was the son of the late Ogden E. Hotchkiss, Sr. and Ruth Wood Hotchkiss and was the husband of Donna Truax Hotchkiss. Mr. Hotchkiss graduated from Allegan High School in 1946. He was a veteran of the United States Army...
Shirley A. Goodsell
Jan 8, 2017
Shirley A. Goodsell, 84, of Allegan passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at the Allegan General Hospital. Born February 25, 1932 in Trowbridge Township, she was the daughter of the late Acel and Ila (Stewart) Hewitt and was the wife of Grant Goodsell. Mrs. Goodsell was a 1949 graduate of Allegan High School. She had worked as a secretary for...
