Obituaries

Matthew R. Rogers, a former trooper with the Wayland post of the Michigan State Police, died Sunday, May 12. He was 50 years old. A long-time resident of Rockford, he…

Martin High School graduate Georgia Mae Young died peacefully Friday, May 3, at Traverse Manor, Traverse City. She was 96. Georgia was born on May 12, 1927, to Julia Mae…

She was born on July 18, 1936, on the family farm in North Dorr (Byron Center), where she lived all but 15 years of her life. Shirley (Wolf) Weber, age…

Colten Alan Sabin, 23, of Hopkins, died Saturday, May 4. Born Aug. 24, 2000, he was the son of Anna Marie Dame and Alfred Jay Sabin, IV.  Colten had worked…

Dean Johnson died the evening of Wednesday, May 1. He was preceded in death by father Lyle Johnson, mother Phyllis Johnson (Lathrop) and youngest brother Mark Johnson. He is survived…

A celebration of life will Friday in Grand Rapids for Johnathon Curl-Cardosa, who was killed May 1 in a motorcyle crash in Leighton Township. “John” was born on Feb. 16,…

Dorothy Ann (Opperman) Wilson died Tuesday, April 30, at the age of 92, in Kalamazoo Rose Arbor, Centrica. Dorothy was born March 3, 1932, in Grand Rapids to the late…

Lucy Fifelski, age 100, died Monday, April 29, at the Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. Lucy was born to Frank and Josephine Marcinek on Oct. 19, 1923. She was…

Keith Robert Butcher, age 79, died at his home in Shelbyville. Keith loved reading, traveling with Kathy, and animals - especially horses. He loved going to horse shows with his…

John P. Kool, 93, died Friday, April 19. John served in the U.S. Navy and as an officer for the Michigan State Police, at the Wayland post in the late…