Category: Obituaries

Father of several local citizens dies June 3 at age 77

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Jack Holmes died Friday, June 3, at the Wings Home in Allegan. He was 77. He was born April 18, 1939, in Otsego the son of Clifton and Laura (Root) Holmes. Jack served his country in the United States Navy. He was a lifelong resident of the area and had...
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Memorial service slated for Dee Dee (Lewis) Engle

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Delores "Deedee" (Lewis) Engle, age 78, of Dorr, did Thursday, June 2. Deedee loved to sing and enjoyed cooking for others. She was a hard worker and loved time with her family. Delores is survived by her sisters Stella "Marie" and Jack Farmer, Norma and Harold Lenz, Nancy and Terry...
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Funeral will be Tuesday for former Hopkins woman

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Ruth (Crisman) Sneathen, 94, of Sherwood Township and a former resident of Hopkins, died Wednesday, June 1, at Bronson at Home Hospice in Battle Creek. A celebration of Ruth's life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Lighthouse Funeral & Cremation in Union City, just west of...
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Joint service is June 7 for Marian and Walter Gillett

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Marian Elva Gillett, 100,died June 1 just three days after her husband of 77 years, Walter. They both were former teachers in the Wayland school system. She was born to Rev. Willis E and Beulah Boulden Hogg Oct 2, 1915, in Pennsylvania. She graduated from Geneseo, (Ill.) High school in...
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Father of Green Acres administrator dies in Missouri

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Frank P. Barker III, father of Green Acres Assisted Living Administrator Jenny Barker Osentoski, died May 30 in his home in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Frank was born in Santa Ana, Calif. to Frank and Mona Barker in 1946.  He grew up in Kansas City, Mo., with his sisters Sue and...
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Coach of WHS state finalist basketball team Walt Gillett dies

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Walter Avery Gillett Jr., coach of the 1955 Wayland state Class C finalist basketball team, died  in Kalamazoo May 29. He was 98. Mrs. Gillett also died this past Wednesday morning. The service on June 7 will be for both of the Gilletts. Walter was born June 26, 1917, in...
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German native, ex-Kessler’s office worker dies at age 96

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Margarete (Raab) Ransom, 96 of Grand Rapids, who died Thursday, worked in the office of Kessler Baby Clothing in Wayland just after World War II. Margarete was born and raised in Leipzig, Germany and met Wilbur (Bill) Raab, an American soldier, and they were married in 1948. The family the...
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Service Tuesday for Donald Knudsen, 88, of Hopkins

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Donald E. Knudsen of Hopkins died Friday, May 27, at the Wings Home in Allegan. He was 88. Don was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Oak Park, Ill., the son of Frank and Bertha (Forbear) Knudsen. On June 24, 1950, Don married Dorothy Evans, in Chicago. They moved to Hopkins...
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Private burial ceremony planned for Dick Kramer, 62

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Richard "Dick" Kramer, age 62, of Dorr, died at home Thursday. Dick is survived by his wife Lori (Gensler) Kramer; his sister Sue and John Mast; his mother-in-law Vivian and Don DeVos; his brother-in-law Derrick and Jackie Gensler; and seven nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Dewey...
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Memorial service planned later for Jesse Croce of Dorr

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Jessie (Anderson Inman) Croce, age 82, of Dorr, died at home Thursday. She is survived by her children, James R. (Theresa) Inman, Michael B. (Debbie) Inman, Vicki (Julian) Carrizales; step-children, Arthur (Kim) Croce, Michele Croce, Maryanne (Dave) Rumpel; grandchildren: Erin Sedine, James M. Inman, May Marie Rosco, Katie Inman, Kelley...
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