Obituaries

Services will be Tuesday for WHS graduate Arthur ‘Harry’ Shade

Arthur "Harry" Shade, age 72, of Hudsonville, a 1963 graduate of Wayland High School, died Wednesday, Sept. 7. He is survived by his wife, Sheryl; children, Danielle and Cory McClellan,…

Editor September 9, 2016

Obituaries

Service scheduled for Oct. 1 for Aaron Aspinwall, 67, of Hopkins

Aaron F. Aspinwall, age 67, of Hopkins, died Tuesday, Sept. 6. He was a 1967 graduate of Wayland High School. The son of Leonard and Rosa (Wren) Aspinwall, he was…

Editor September 8, 2016

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Service for Ken Heyboer, 80, of Dorr, will be Saturday

Kenneth R. Heyboer, age 80, of Dorr, was died Wednesday, Sept, 7. Ken loved to garden. He is survived by his sisters, Eleanor Vrosh, Marilyn (John) Post, Carol (Gene) Kosters;…

Editor September 7, 2016

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Funeral for Lorraine Boyd, 75, of Dorr, will be Monday

Lorraine Boyd, age 75, of Dorr, died Tuesday, Sept. 6. Lorraineis survived by her daughters Kimberly (Randy) Hays, Theresa (Jeffrey) Betz and Denise (Ross) McLain; her grandchildren Jeffrey, Tyler, Jacob,…

Editor September 7, 2016

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Service Thursday for another former Kessler’s employee

Eileen M. Davis, 91 of Allegan, died Monday, Sept. 5, at Allegan County Medical Care Community. Mrs. Davis was born June 1, 1925, in Otsego, the daughter of James L.…

Editor September 6, 2016

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Funeral planned for Friday for Milt VanDuine, 85, of Dorr

Milt Van Duine, age 85 of Dorr, died Tuesday, Sept. 6,at Faith Hospice at Trillium Woods. Milt was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, was a life member of the…

Editor September 6, 2016

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Memorial service Tuesday for Hopkins native Rudolph Ellinger

Rudolph H. Ellinger, 96, of Kalamazoo, a native of Hopkins, died Thursday, Sept. 1, at Friendship Village in Kalamazoo. Dr. Ellinger was born in Hopkins on Aug. 18, 1920, the…

Editor September 3, 2016

Obituaries

Services set for Wayland VFW charter member Dick Hines, 93

Richard “Dick” Max Hines, age 93 of Wayland, died of natural causes Wednesday, Aug. 31. Dick served in the U.S. Army during World War II and earned a Battlefield Commission.…

Editor September 1, 2016

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Mass Friday for Herb Chevy mechanic Raymond Kamyszek

EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Kamyszek was not a lifelong resident of Hopkins, only a native. He lived in Wayland for most of his life, at the corner of Elm and Church…

Editor August 31, 2016

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Former Kessler’s employee Sandra Hammer passes at age 61

Sandra K. Hammer, 61, of Allegan, who worked for many years at Kessler's Undies and Woolies in Wayland, died Saturday, Aug. 27, at Wings Home in Allegan. Born March 5,…

Editor August 30, 2016