Obituaries

Marylin C. Sprague, age 73, of Shelbyville, died Friday, March 18, at Borgess Medical Center-Kalamazoo. Marylin was born Oct. 10, 1942, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Thomas Chancey and…

Laurena Dreier of Wayland died Wednesday, March 16. She was 94. She was born to William and Lillian Mauchmar on Nov.28, 1921. The firstborn and oldest child in her family,…

Jeanne Anne (Hackett) Hudson of Wyoming, Mich., the matriarch of Wayland's most famous basketball family, died Wednesday, March 16. She was 77. She was the wife of WHS basketball star…

Gwendolyn May (Green) Dexter of Dorr died Friday, March 11, at the age of 87. Gwen was born on June 19, 1928, to John and Hazel (Eldridge) Green in Grand…

A funeral for Kristin Warner, 48, will be held  at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Martin High School gymnasium. Kristin died Friday, March 11, at Bronson Hospital in…

Julia (Arbanas) Pavlak of Hopkins, died Saturday, March 12, at Sheldon Meadows Assisted Living. She was 101 years old. Julia was born in Crested Butte, Colo., on Nov. 6, 1914,…

Hopkins native Milton G. Schafer Sr., 95, of Allegan, passed away Friday, March 4, at Allegan General Hospital. He was born Oct. 25, 1920, in Hopkins, the son of the…

Rita (Roberts) Giesing of Middleville, formerly of Shelbyville, died Friday, March 4. She was 93. Rita was born April 12, 1922, in Sarnia, Canada, the daughter of Curtis Charles and…

Ruth Louise Wood, 88, of Watson Township, died Wednesday, March 2, at the Wings Home in Allegan, Mrs. Wood was born in Nashville, Mich., on Sep. 18, 1927, the daughter…