Obituaries

Steve Russo, 61, died July 28 in Baton Rouge  La., after a courageous battle with cancer. Steve grew up in Wyoming, Mich.and graduated from Rogers High School in 1972, but…

Jacob “Jake” VandenBerg, age 82, of Martin Township, died, Friday, Aug. 12, at Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. Mr. VandenBerg was born Nov. 29, 1933, in Decatur, the son…

Richard “Rich” L. Miller, 83, of Hopkins, died Monday, Aug. 8, at Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, Mich. He was 83. Mr. Miller was born in Burnips on May 22,…

Linda L. Rutgers of Hopkins, age 76, died Saturday, Aug. 6. Linda loved being a wife and mother. She will be deeply missed by her husband of 32 years, Del;…

Henry William "Hank" Veverica, of Wayland (Gun Lake) has died at the age of 88. Born in Durand Mich., Henry  was the son of Andrew and Margaret Veverica of Muskegon.…

Mary Lynn Poeller, nee Reurink, 69, a 1964 Hopkins High School graduate, died last Tuesday at her Battle Creek home. Poeller, an area business woman and life long gardener, was…

John C. Meindertsma, age 60, of Gun Lake, died of natural causes Saturday, Aug. 6. He graduated from East Kentwood High School in 1974 and earned a master's of business…

Daniel J. Meengs, age 65 of Dorr, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Aug. 2, from injuries received in a farming accident. Dan was a devoted member of Vriesland Reformed Church and…

Funeral arrangements for Tom Northrup, 54, of Martin, who died Aug. 1 near Copper Harbor in the Upper Peninsula after a bicycling accident are as follows: Visitation will be Sunday,…