Obituaries

Sharon Fifelski, aged 86 of Dorr Township, died at home Sunday, Nov. 3. She is survived by her children, Sherele Fifelski, Randy (Kim) Fifelski, Jeff (Laurie) Fifelski, William Jr. (Dianne)…

Steven Mark Green, 81, of Dorr, died Wednesday, Oct. 30. He was born Jan. 19, 1943, in Fennimore, Wisc., to Ralph and Mildred (Smail) Green. Steve graduated from Fennimore High…

Jazzmin Annmarie De La Cruz Santiz, age 13, of Plainwell, died Thursday, Oct. 31, at Helen Devos Children’s Hospital. She was born on Nov. 30, 2010, in Three Rivers, to…

Jeffrey Lee Levering, age 65, of Wayland, died Thursday, Oct, 24, after a brief battle with cancer. Jeff was a compassionate and gentle man who loved his family deeply. He…

Ruth Marie Striegle (Heibel) of Dorr, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Faith Hospice - Trillium Woods in Byron Center at the age of 81. Ruth was born at home in…

Two Hopkins area infants died within a week of each other, according to the Kubiak Cook Funeral Homes in Dorr and Wayland. Asher Michael-Kade Norman, age 3 months, of Hopkins,…

Loretta Conway, formerly of Gaines Township, died Friday, Oct. 2. Loretta was a pleasant and friendly person, the type that complete strangers would tell their life stories to or show…

Jeffrey Alan Visser, age 53, of Wayland, died Friday, Oct. 18. Born on July 29, 1971, Jeffrey dedicated more than three decades to K&S Plumbing, where he excelled as a…

Benjamin “Ben” Karasiewicz, affectionately known as “Dover,” of Hudsonville, died at his home Tuesday morning, Oct. 22.”Born Jan. 4, 1977, in Grand Rapids, Ben was 47 years old.  When Ben…

Word has been received of the death Monday afternoon of former Wayland Mayor David Miller. He was 81. Miller, who served as mayor from 1996 to 2002 and was a…