Obituaries

Dick Russell, age 81, died Saturday, Feb. 4, after a courageous 7 ½-year battle with pancreatic cancer. His courage and positive attitude were so recognized, the Lemmen-Holton doctors and staff…

Benjamin (Ben) Gale Schulz, 49, of Hopkins, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 1. Whether it was tearing apart a bathroom out of the blue while his wife was gone, to gifting…

Longtime Allegan County Circuit Court Judge George Richard Corsiglia, age 87, of the Saugatuck-Douglas area, died Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Clark Home in Grand Rapids, after a two-year period…

Ardis Badger-Jimenez, age 88 of Wayland, died Jan. 30. She was closely associated with the Gun Lake Band of Potowatomis. She is survived by her daughters Leslie (Dave) Studey, Dee…

Eleanor (Boersma) Elenbaas, age 100, died Wednesday, Jan. 25. Eleanor was born on a farm in Moline as the second of 11 children (Bill, Eleanor, Bert, Henry, Ralph, Harry, Bertha,…

Sandra Breen, age 70, died Saturday, Jan. 21. She was born June 6, 1952. Sandra was a loving mother and wife who also had a heart for the special education…

Terry Glenn Hoeve died at home Saturday, Jan. 21, just shy of his 79th birthday. He was born Jan. 26, 1944, to the late Lambert and V. Lavern (Brown) Hoeve,…

Wayne Andrew Krotz, 65 of Hopkins, died Monday, Jan. 23. Born Dec.10, 195,7 in Allegan, he was the son of the late Robert and Geraldine (Grauman) Krotz and the husband…

Frances Mae Rosema, age 86, of Gun Lake, died Sunday, Jan. 22, only two months after her husband, Roger. They would have celebrated 65 years of marriage this month. Fran…

Martha Lapekes died Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the age of 90. She was born Dec. 18, 1932. Her services will be as follows: Visitation at Kubiak-Cook (Wayland) Tuesday, Jan. 24,…