A funeral was held Saturday, Feb. 24, at Martin United Methodist Church for Arlene VonMyhr (Shattuck), who died Monday, Feb. 19. She is survived by her soulmate and husband, Gary VonMyhr, sons, Garry VonMyhr and Erick VonMyhr; daughter-in-law, Katie VonMyhr; grandsons, Max, Eli, and Sam; her unborn granddaughter; her sisters, Connie Shattuck Rose, Trudy Martin, […]
Susan Callista Garbarino, age 72 of Caledonia, died Sunday, May 26, after a lengthy and brave battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Forrest “Bert” Nelson, her five children, Brian Paul, Anthony Paul, Dana Paul, Colleen (Jacob) Westervelt and David (Erica) Paul. Susan was born in Detroit on Oct. 23,
William D. Gilligan, a native of Hopkins, died Sunday, May 19, at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. He was 83. He was born May 3, 1941, in Hopkins, the son of Walter and Georgia (Flynn) Gilligan. As a young man, Bill worked as a skilled mechanic at Stryker, retiring after 55 years. In his free
A visitation for Vrate will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Cook Funeral Home — Byron Center Chapel, 2067 84th St. SW. A second visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, May 30,at the funeral home. The funeral will occur at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 30, at the
Caitlyn Jacob Kelly of Hopkins died Saturday, May 18. Born Jan. 9, 2007, she was 17 years old. She was a girl who mastered the art of flirting with boys and loved to swim in the family pool – her own slice of the ocean where she was as free as Ariel herself. She was
William Don Howard, 73, of Allegan, died Wednesday, May 15, at Meadow Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bloomingdale. Born Jan. 9, 1951, in Greely, Colo, he was the son of the late Don and Elizabeth (Vivian) Howard. He grew up in Colorado but cherished summers spent in Duluth, Minn., with his mother, siblings and
A celebration of life for Jack Lee Witt will be held at the Gun River Inn Saturday June 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 11798 9 Mile Road Shelbyville, Jack Lee Witt took his stock car, #33, to the oval dirt track in Heaven, passing away at his home May 9. Jack was born
Matthew R. Rogers, a former trooper with the Wayland post of the Michigan State Police, died Sunday, May 12. He was 50 years old. A long-time resident of Rockford, he joined the Wayland post in 2013. Matthew dedicated 28 years of his life to the Michigan State Police. He began his career in September 1995,
Martin High School graduate Georgia Mae Young died peacefully Friday, May 3, at Traverse Manor, Traverse City. She was 96. Georgia was born on May 12, 1927, to Julia Mae Brown Tandy and Charles Allen Tandy in Brighton. She had two younger brothers, Chuck and Gail, and a younger sister, Alice. She had fond memories
She was born on July 18, 1936, on the family farm in North Dorr (Byron Center), where she lived all but 15 years of her life. Shirley (Wolf) Weber, age 87, died Tuesday, May 7. Shirley went from a farmer’s daughter to a farmer’s wife, and in doing so, had a fulfilling life that touched
