Obituaries

A graveside service with military honors will be held at Dorr Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21, for Bert John Wiersma, age 89, a long-time resident of Dorr. Wiersma…

Nathan James Fliearman, age 13, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 after an eight-year battle with Batten Disease. Nathan was born April 6, 2003, in Grand Rapids, the second of three…

Josephine I. Brand, 81 of Wayland, died Friday, Nov. 11, at her home. Mrs. Brand was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Buchanan, Michigan, the daughter of Ralph and Dorothy (Boywer)…

Robert C. Hoffius, age 68, died Saturday, Nov. 1. Robert worked 28 years for Keeler Brass in Grand Rapids. He spent much of his retirement supervising while his brother, Ed,…

Marilyn G. Dolegowski, age 81, of Dorr, died Saturday Nov. 12, after a brief battle with cancer at Trillium Woods in Byron Center. Marilyn was born on July 15, 1935, in…

Ronald K. Lancaster, 71 of Hamilton, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, at his home. Mr. Lancaster was born February 26, 1945 in Williamsport, Ind., to Morris and Jessie (Anderson) Lancaster. He…

James McLochlin of Wayland died Thursday morning. He had been battling cancer, but his wife, Lynn, insisted that was not caused his death. "The cancer didn't get him..." she wrote…

Beverly Northrop, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, Oct. 30. She was 80 years old. She was born June 14, 1936. She was a member of Yankee Springs Bible Church. She is…

Stanley "Gene" Stephans of Holt, a 1957 Hopkins High School graduate, died Monday, Oct. 24. He was 77. Gene, as he was known, was born to Howard and Betty (Broder)…

Norma Jean Lewis Lenz, age 82 of Wayland, died Tuesday, Oct. 25. She is survived by her loving husband, Harold; her daughters, Christine (David Nicks) Walle, Judy (Donald) Graham, Karen…