Obituaries – Page 221

No services scheduled for Ila Smith, 82, of Wayland

June 3, 2015

Ila Smith, age 82 of Wayland, died Tuesday, June 2. Ila was a member of the Wayland VFW Auxiliary and The Red Hat Society. Ila is survived by her children; Richard (Steffani Dean) Smith, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis "Neal" Smith...

Chris Fifelski, 56, of Kent City had many Dorr, Wayland ties

June 3, 2015

Services for a former local man, Christopher Fifelski, 56 of Kent City, will be Friday and Saturday in Dorr and Wayland. Fifelski died Monday, June 1. Chris was a devoted husband and father. He was a kind and caring brother and uncle. Chris loved nature and spending time outdoors. He...

Wayland mourns community servant, booster Tom Andrews

June 3, 2015

Thomas Leeson Andrews, 48, who only last April had to step down as president of the Wayland Athletic Boosters, died of cancer Wednesday, June 3. Besides the Athletic Boosters, Tom was very involved in many organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, coach of youth baseball and youth football and...

Services held for Hopkins native and grad Arthur E. Ellinger

June 3, 2015

Word has been received of the death Feb. 13 of Hopkins native and 1940 Hopkins High School graduate Arthur "Art" E. Ellinger, 93, of Zolfo Springs, Fla Art was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Hopkins, to Waldo G. and Gertrude Waechter Ellinger. He served in the U.S. Navy during World...

Private burial scheduled for Bart Moomey, 92, of Dorr

June 3, 2015

David (Bart) Moomey of Dorr died Monday, June 1, at the Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was 92. Bart was born July 7, 1922, in Burnips, the son of Lloyd and Faith (Goodman) Moomey. He worked hard all his life, in both the oil fields and working road construction...

Dorr woman Mary Lu Higbee dies 3 days after husband

June 1, 2015

Mary Lu Higbee, age 76, of Dorr, died Saturday, May 30, only three days after the death of her husband Ruben "Bud" Higbee,. She is survived by her children: Gary and Peggy McCourry, Denise Greenbauer, Rick McCourry, Tamara and Edward Hodge; her grandchildren: LaQuan & Larry Fisher, Ray McCourry, Ryan...

Former Gun Lake woman was Yankee Springs golf champion

May 30, 2015

Mary Debora (Dye) Blackmore, 59, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, died Friday, May 22, after a courageous battle with lung disease. Debbie was born in Saginaw on Sept. 8, 1955 to James and Patricia Dye, who preceded her in death. She and her husband Ron settled along the...

Celebration of life for Judy (McBride) Nance, 67, will be June 14

May 29, 2015

There will be a memorial celebration to honor the life of Judy Karen (McBride) Nance from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 14, at Yankee Springs Golf Course. Ms. Nance died Dec. 17 at age 67 at Metropolitan Hospital due to complications from COPD. She was born Sept. 29, 1947,...

Services scheduled for Saturday for Bud Higbee, 85, of Dorr

May 28, 2015

Ruben "Bud" E. Higbee, age 85 of Dorr, died May 27. Bud was a wood worker at Grand Rapids Dowel Works. He was a member of the Wyoming Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He volunteered in Dorr at Project Hope and the Dorr Library. He enjoyed...

Funeral will be Saturday for 5-year-old son of WHS graduates

May 27, 2015

Services for the 5-year-old son of two Wayland High School graduates killed May 16 in a tragic traffic accident will be Saturday in Middleville. Caleb Duley was born Feb. 18, 2010, in Grand Rapids, the son of Jack "Scott" and Amanda Lynn (Hall) Duley, both 1997 graduates of Wayland High...

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