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WHS honor grad from 1964 Alan Farling dies at 71
Alan J. Farling, an honor student and 1964 graduate of Wayland High School, has died at the age of 71. He was born Feb. 26, 1946, in Bryon, Ohio, son…
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Leyton Velicky, 25, killed in car-pedestrian accident
Leyton Stephen Velicky, age 25, of Wayland, died Saturday, Sept. 30, as a result of a car-pedestrian accident. Leyton, a 2010 graduate of Hopkins High School, will be remembered for his…
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Funeral Friday for Charlotte Snyder, 86, of Watson Twp.
Charlotte Ann Snyder, 86, of Watson Township, died Sunday, Oct. 1, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. Born July 29, 1931, in Chicago, she was the daughter of Andrew and Margaret…
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Lifelong Wayland resident, WHS grad Tom Hooker dies
Tom Hooker, a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School and lifelong local resident, died at his home Tuesday, Sept. 26. He was 69. He was born Aug. 27, 1948, in…
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Service Saturday for State Police Trooper Ray Hoffman
Word has been received of the death of Michigan State Police Trooper Ray Hoffman of the Wayland post. He was 46. The Yankee Springs/Wayland Fire Departments posted on Facebook today,…
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Beulah Johnson, 75, to be buried in Ft. Custer Cemetery
Beulah Johnson, 75, died Tuesday, Sept. 26. She was born April 15, 1942. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Johnson, and her sister, Lonnie Seiger, and parents.…
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Longtime propane gas businessman Bill Whittredge dies
Bill Whittredge died Sunday, Sept. 24, just two days after his 89th birthday. He was born on Sept. 22, 1928 in Blue Creek Township, Indiana, the son of Ira and…
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Memorial service is Friday for Ruth DeHaan, 65
Ruth Anne (DeVoogd) DeHaan, age 65, of Wayland, died Saturday, Sept. 23. She is survived by her children, Rebecca (Jeffrey) Weaver, Rachael (Frank) Ashiwer, and Nathan DeHaan, along with many others who…
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Service Wednesday for Carolyn Westhouse of Moline
Carolyn Westhouse, age 88, of Moline, died Sunday, Sept. 24. She is survived by her children, Ed and Marilyn Westhouse, Mike and Pam Westhouse, Don and Mary Westhouse, Cherri Westhouse, David…
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Funeral will be Tuesday in Dorr for ‘Bud’ Perry, 77
Charles E. "Bud" Perry died Saturday, Sept. 23. He was born Feb. 4, 1940, in Jamestown Township, the son of Charles and Ruth (Winter) Perry. Bud began his working career with his…