Obituaries – Page 199

Service Wednesday for Dan Drummond of Selkirk Lake

May 23, 2016

Daniel Kyle Drummond, age 69 of Selkirk Lake, Shelbyville (formerly of Rockford), died Friday, May 20. Dan proudly served his country as a US Army Sergeant in the 4th Infantry Division in the Vietnam War where he was awarded a purple heart. Once home from Vietnam, he spent more than...

Service is Sunday for former Leighton Twp. woman

May 21, 2016

Marilyn Cone, 80, a member of the Hooker family of Leighton Township, died Thursday, May 19, of congestive heart failure. Marilyn was an active and faithful member of Good News Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hazen and Jeanette Hooker; and a very special brother, Kenneth...

Service planned for Tuesday for Mary VanEe, 96, of Dorr

May 14, 2016

Mary H. Mary H. (Bach) VanEe, of Dorr, died Friday, May 13, the day before her 97th birthday. Mary loved to cook and bake for people she cared for. She enjoyed reading and crafting and was a talented seamstress. Mary worked for General Motors for 26 years. Since 1963, Mary...

Service Saturday at Dorr Baptist for James Balfoort, 77

May 10, 2016

James Carl Balfoort, age 77, died after struggling with Parkinson's for many years. He is survived by his wife Susie; children Mary, Bruce, Michelle and Keith; grandchildren Ashley, Dawn, Evonne and Candace. He also had five great grandchildren, Renn, Malacai, Kyawna, Elijah, and Nehemiah. He is survived by his siblings,...

Gun Lake Tribal Elder Margaret Sipkema passes at 84

May 10, 2016

Margaret Marie (Sprague) Sipkema, age 84 of Moline, died Monday, May 9. Margaret was a proud Gun Lake Tribal Elder. She was politically active in the Democratic Party in Allegan County for many years. She was a former union representative for the UAW Local 206, was the first Tribal Chairwoman...

Mass of Christian Burial planned for Jake Koperski, 26

May 9, 2016

Jacob Vincent Koperski died at home unexpectedly Sunday, May 8, with his family at his side. He was 26. Jake attended school since he was a year old and for 25 years enjoyed every day in the classroom. He would have graduated June 9 from the Young Adult Program in...

Service will be Tuesday for former Moline woman, 61

May 7, 2016

Sandra Lynn (Haveman) VanderMolen, age 61, died Friday, May 6. Sandy grew up in Moline. She was loved by her husband, Dale, for 41 years. During her life she was very active in her church leading Coffee Break, Gems, and the Active Christian Teen Bike Trip for 21 years. Even...

Mass of Christian burial will be Friday for Corlyss Leach

May 4, 2016

Corlyss Leach age 74 of Wayland, died Monday, May 2, after a long struggle with cancer. Corlyss is survived by her husband of 55 years, Gary Leach; children: Tina (Brian) Collings, Penny (Dale) Kaminski, Julie Leach, nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; sister Carolyn Derby, sister-in-law Patty Zoulek, brother-in-law Bill Leach, sister-in-law...

Service will be May 10 for Hopkins grad Val Davis, 47

May 2, 2016

Valerie Davis died at her home surrounded by her family Friday, April 29, following a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). She was 47. She was born July 24, 1968, in Grand Rapids the daughter of John and Marcia (Fancher) Manke. Val attended St. Stan’s Catholic School until the eighth grade...

Funeral for Eugene Collings, 83, of Hopkins, will be Tuesday

April 30, 2016

Eugene C. Collings, age 83, of Hopkins, died Friday, April 29, 2016 at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Mr. Collings was born on April 10, 1933 in Hopkins Township, the son of Ziba and Ruby (Packer) Collings. Eugene, known to most as Gene, was a 1952 graduate of Hopkins...

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