Obituaries

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…

Barbara Jeane (Foote) Hall, age 87 of Leighton Township, died Tuesday, Oct. 25 She is survived by her children Dan (Darlene) Hall, Kim (Roseanne) Hall and Melissa (Justin) Buck; grandchildren…

Helen Louise (Turrittin) Bullock, age 98, of Wayland, formerly of the Grand Rapids area, died Monday, Oct. 24. Helen was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be dearly…

Margaret Ruth (Stehouwer) Loucks, age 94, of Caledonia, formerly of Hopkins, died Tuesday, Oct. 4. Cremation has taken place and interment next to her son, Bradley, at Oakhill Cemetery in…

Kenneth Jay Schuitema, aged 82, of Wayland, died at the Laurels of Sandy Creek Friday Oct. 21. Surviving are his son, Steven Schuitema; daughters, Brenda Schuitema, Diane Jolly; grandchildren, Brett…

Stuart Whipple, 44, of Hopkins, died unexpectedly Monday morning of a heart attack at work. A 1991 graduate of Hopkins High School, he was born in July 1972, he was…

Donald E. Striegle died Friday, Oct. 21, at the age of 78. Don was born on July 8, 1938, in Grand Rapids. Don married his sweetheart, Marybeth, in 1960, and they…