Obituaries

Former Deputy Fire Chief Terry Lee Baumgard of Wayland, died Saturday, Dec. 19. He was 73. Terry retired from Dean Foods as a maintenance superintendent after working there for 34…

Marie (Nagel) VanderVeen, age 94, died Wednesday, Dec. 16. Surviving are her daughters, Doris and Dave McGarvey, Mary and Ron Breuker, Carol and Ken Breuker, Ruth and Denny Bentley, 11…

Kenneth G. Saddler, age 88 of Wayland, died Sunday, Dec. 13. Kenneth was a private pilot who enjoyed spending time flying airplanes and going to air shows. He loved spending…

Richard "Dick" Hayward, age 84, of Holland, died Friday, Dec. 11. Dick served in the U.S. Marines. He worked at the Kalamazoo Paper Mill/Georgia Pacific for 44 years, retiring in…

Dawn Joyce Ayers Wiles, age 79, of Caledonia, died Friday, Dec. 11 Dawn is survived by her sons: Jim (Vicki) Ayers, Greg (Jill) Ayers, Dennis (Lisa) Ayers; 12 grandchildren and…

James "Jim" Larabel, age 71, of Wayland, died in his sleep on Wednesday, Dec. 9, after a long struggle with Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease (C.O.P.D.) He is survived by his…

Mary Helen Krup, wife, mother and grandmother, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the age of 85. Mary is survived by her children: Patricia "Pat" (Dan) Guldenzoph and Richard "Mike" (Judy)…

The benefit spaghetti dinner at Hopkins High School Tuesday afternoon and evening was set to go on as planned, but the man whom it was for died Sunday. Randy Winchester,…

Arlene J. Wiersma, age 77 of Dorr, died at home under hospice care Saturday, Dec. 5. Born April 25, 1938, she was preceded in death by her parents Ray and…