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Funeral March 23 for Mary Jo Cheyne-Bastian, 52

March 16, 2019

Mary Jo Cheyne-Bastian, age 52, died Friday, March 15. She is survived by her husband, Paul Bastian; her children Duane (Ashley) Cheyne, Cheri (Rick) Klifman, Sandy Stasker and Rachel (Michael) Taylor; her grandchildren Nateleigh, Maven, Jaxen, Dixie, Michael, Addalynne, Elsa and Charlie; her father, Norman Toppen; her sister, Kathy (Jaime)...

Gun Lake Tribe member Dawn Krauss dies at 63

March 13, 2019

Longtime Gun Lake Tribe member Dawn Krauss, 63, of Hudsonville, died Sunday, March 10. Dawn was a proud wife, daughter, sister, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Gun Lake Tribe and one of the Tribe’s first employees, retiring after 15+ years. Being a part of this extended...

Wayland native Josephine Kiel passes at age 97

March 12, 2019

Wayland native Josephine P. Kiel, age 97, a resident of Clark Community, died Sunday, March 10. Josephine Pawloski was born a farm girl on May 4, 1921, the third of 10 siblings. She graduated valedictorian from Wayland High School and after high school, went into nurse’s training. Always a lifelong...

Marie Bormet, 97, buried in Maplewood Cemetery

March 12, 2019

Marie Lorraine Bormet, 97, of Hopkins, died Thursday, March 7. Born Dec. 29, 1921, to Peter and Blanche LaLonde in Chicago, Lorraine married Emil H Bormet. She and her husband maintained a farm in Orland Park Illinois and raised eight children. Lorraine was an avid reader, enjoyed time in the garden,...

Service Wednesday for Barbara Klunder of Moline

March 11, 2019

Barbara Klunder, age 82 of Moline, died Sunday, March 10, after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Duane; their children Scott (Sherry) Klunder, Joy (Phil) Burley, and Sherri (Pat) Miklusicak, 11 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren; step-mother, Cora Henning; sister, JoAnne (Lyle) Carpenter; sister-in-law,...

VFW luncheon Sunday to honor the late Paul Manning

March 6, 2019

Paul Manning, 87 of Allegan, died Saturday, March 2, at the Allegan County Medical Care Community. He was born on April 3, 1931, in Wayland, the son of the late George and Hazel (Thompson) Manning. After graduation from Wayland High School in 1949, he served in the United States Air...

Melanoma takes Caleb Scheidel, 30, of Wayland

March 3, 2019

Caleb Dunbar Scheidel, age 30, died at home in Wayland Thursday, Feb. 28, after a courageous battle with melanoma. He was born Dec. 27, 1988, in Grand Rapids, to Phillip Scheidel and Melanie Dunbar. On June 17, 2017, Caleb married Amy Morgan in Wayland. Caleb had a passion for the...

Former WAEMS employee Mary Rolfe, 71, of Dorr dies

March 3, 2019

Mary Sue Rolfe (Lago), 71, of Dorr, died Friday, March 1, at Trillium Woods. Mary loved volunteering in her grand-children's schools and participated whenever the opportunity presented itself. Prior to her focus on volunteering, she worked for 15 years at Pine Rest Christian Hospital's Older Adult unit as a mental...

Service Saturday for Mary Margaret Meyerink, 79

February 28, 2019

Mary Margaret Meyerink, age 79, of Wayand, died Tuesday, Feb. 26. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Roger; her children, Marge (Mike) Hofert, Coralyn (Dave) Nyssen, Roger (Rori) Meyerink; six grandchildren; a great grandson; brother, Terry (Lynne) McHoskey; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Doug (Marline) Meyerink, Eljean VanWiltenburg, Joyce...

Longtime local teacher Nancy Marutz dies at 87

February 25, 2019

Longtime teacher Nancy Belle Marutz, 87, of Wayland, died Sunday, Feb. 24. Nancy was born in Brighton and graduated from Milford High School in 1949. She attended Western Michigan College and earned her bachelor’s degree in hearing and speech and a master’s in speech pathology from Michigan State University. Nancy...

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