Obituaries

Eleanor Mae (Clawson) Milhiem died Friday, April 4. She was 92. She was born at home in Hopkins, on July 26, 1932, to Leonard and Sophia (Nowakowski) Clawson. She married…

Duane Jon Haywood ("Woody"), 73, died unexpectedly Thursday, April 3, at his home in Wayland. He was born Dec. 22, 1951, to Leon and Esther Haywood and grew up with…

Glenn Noble, one of four Hopkins High School football coaches in the Michigan Football Coaches Hall of Fame, died of cancer at his home Thursday morning. Noble, a graduate of…

Frances Pauline Walker, age 82, of Grand Rapids, died Tuesday, March 25. Frances was born to Henry and Bernice Walker on Oct. 11, 1942, in Salem Township. She grew up…

Micheal Dean Bigelow 74, of Dorr, died Wednesday, March 19, Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born March 17, 1951, in Alma, the son of Richard and…

Arquimides Miguel-Ruiz, age 42, of Dorr, died Monday, March 24, after suffering a stroke. He was born on May 24, 1982, in Madero San Miguel Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2000,…

John A. Mills, age 62, of Greenville, died Sunday, March 23, after a brief illness. John loved spending time at the Nature's Chain of Lakes Campground. He enjoyed hunting, fishing,…

Judith “Judy” Ann Becker, age 85, died Tuesday, March 11. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Vernon Becker; son, Steven Becker, and her siblings. She…

Larry Amborski, age 90 of Wayland, died at Alamo Cove Tuesday, March 18. Larry was born in Hilliards, the youngest of four children. He worked on the family farm and…

Hopkins native Joan Riksen, 85, died Thursday, March 13. She was born in Hopkins July 26, 1939, to Richard and Alice (Rose) Thompson. She graduated from Hopkins High School in…