Obituaries

Harry Ogden Brown, age 99, of Watson Township died Friday, July 1. Born Aug. 21, 1916, in Martin, to the Stanley and Louise Brown, he was the second of five…

Hopkins High School graduate Lucille Woodruff Will has died at the age of 90. She was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Kalamazoo to Glenn Ellsworth Woodruff and Marion Thelma (Smith)…

Marie, E. Stoner of Tecumseh, a native of Dorr and formerly of Kalamazoo, died Thursday June 23, at the Fieldstone Assisted Living. Marie was born Sept. 12, 1917, in Dorr…

Emmett H. Kadwell, Sr., 90 of Dorr, died Saturday, June 25. Emmett served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Leighton United…

Cora Jean Peck, 88, of Dorr, died Thursday, June 23. She was also known by her extended family in Salem Township as "Momo." She was born in the fall of…

Popular Wayland barber Joseph Henry "Joe" Booker Sr. died Sunday, June 19, in Naples, Fla., after a brief battle with cancer. Joe was the owner of The Kings Room and…

Darlene M. Harper of Shelbyville died Sunday, June 19, at MagnumCare of Hastings. She was 90. Darlene was born Jan. 30, 1926, in Sheboygan, Wisc., the daughter of Edwin and…

Jim Hartl Sr. died Friday, June 10. He was 60. Born Feb. 18, 1956,  Jim was in trade school and a proud Marine. He enjoyed repairing his classic cars, fishing…

Harvey Bentheim Bleeker, 87, a 1947 graduate of Hopkins High School, died Tuesday, June 14. Born Sept. 9, 1928, in Diamond Springs, Mich., to Gerrit and Hazel Dannenberg) Bleeker he…