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Funeral will be Monday for Walter J. Arndt, 88, of Wayland
Walter J. Arndt, age 88, of Wayland died Thursday, July 16. Walter was born Sept. 9, 1926, in Dorr, to John and Emma (Miller) Arndt. On July 8, 1949, he…
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Funeral Thursday for Jon Bednarsky of Moline, who died of heart attack
Tragedy struck a Moline family for the second time in less than three years with the death of Jon Bednarsky Friday morning. His daughter, Samantha, found him on the floor…
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Robert J. Minnema, 62, of Wayland passes
Robert John Minnema Sr., age 62, of Wayland, died Thursday, July 9. Robert was retired after 40 years at Knoll Group, Local 1615 United Brotherhood of Carpenters. He is survived…
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Funeral Monday for ex-Door Brothers co-owner Marv Door
Marvin Door, age 82, of Cutlerville, formerly of Wayland,died Wednesday, July 8. Marv was born in Moline on Jan. 26, 1933, the youngest of 13 children to John and Anna…
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Private family service planned for Richard DeHaan, 82
Richard DeHaan, age 82, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, July 7, at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo after a short battle with an aggressive form of lymphoma. He was born on Jan.…
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Services Saturday, July 18, for Dorr native Tammie Miller
Tammie Sue Tammie Sue Miller, 47, of Wyoming, Mich., a native of Dorr, died Sunday, June 28, at Spectrum Meijer Heart Center, Grand Rapids. Born in Dorr on Aug. 21,…
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Memorial service Aug. 29 for Gun Lake artist Art Smith, 89
Art Dale Smith, 89, of Gun Lake, died Sunday morning June 28, at home. Art was born May 19, 1926, in Kalamazoo, the son of Paul S. Smith and Florence…
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Local entertainer Harland ‘Frank’ Stanley passes at 68
Harlard "Frank" Stanley, 68, of Wayland, went to "Hillbilly Heaven" Monday, June 29. Frank proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. He loved to make…
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Service will be Friday for 20-day-old child James Nathan Winter
James Nathan Winter, only 20 days old, died in his mother's arms Saturday, June 20, at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids. He will be lovingly missed by his…
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Former Wayland state trooper Darrell Vander Ark dies at 72
Former Michigan State Police Trooper Darrell D. Vander Ark, 72, of Byron Center, died Saturday, June 20 after a year struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. Darrell retired from the Michigan State…