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Visitation Friday, funeral Jan. 7 for Dorothy DeWeerd

(From left) Dorothy DeWeerd, current Mayor Jennifer Antel and Sandy Scheib earning awards for community service. Word has been received of the death Wednesday of longtime community activist Dorothy DeWeerd,…

Editor December 30, 2022

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Celebration of life later for Gary Helder of Gun Lake

Gary Lee Helder of Gun Lake, Shelbyville, died Monday, Dec. 26 at age 72 after a short illness with liver cancer, while visiting family in California. Gary graduated Calvin College…

Editor December 29, 2022

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Memorial service set for Vietnam vet Lloyd DeYoung

Lloyd John DeYoung Jr., 80, died Sunday, Dec. 25. He was born Aug. 19, 1942, to Lloyd Dr. and Henrietta DeYoung. Lloyd was able to fix anything, from remodeling, woodworking,…

Editor December 29, 2022

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Celebration of life will be Jan. 7 for Robert Jackson

Robert Walter Jackson, age 75, of Wayland, died Sunday, Dec. 25. He is survived by his children Brad (Connie) Jackson, Thomas (Christy) Jackson, Cheryl (Jared) Koenig, Wade (Nathan) Tomson; 17…

Editor December 28, 2022

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Former Martin Variety Store co-owner dies at 94

Longtime Martin resident Evelyn Pearl Shook died Friday, Dec. 22, at Stanford Lodge in Plainwell. She was 94. She was born May 5, 1928, in Detroit, to Wilber and Nancy…

Editor December 26, 2022

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Hopkins native Marilyn Crotser passes at age 84

Hopkins native Marilyn Crotser died Friday, Dec. 23, at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was 84. She was born June 3, 1938, the daughter of Leon and Edna (Cooley) Arnsman.…

Editor December 25, 2022

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1985 Wayland High grad Jimmie Johnson has died

Word has been received of the recent death of Jimmie Johnson, a 1985 graduate of Wayland High School. A resident of Houston, Texas, he formerly was a security officer at…

Editor December 21, 2022

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Former local elementary PE teacher dies in Middleville

Former Wayland elementary physical education teacher Janet Leslie (White) Johnson,71, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, at her home in Middleville. Born March 26, 1951, in Kenton, Ohio, she was the daughter…

Editor December 21, 2022

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Local couple die within 3 days of the other, Dec. 15-18

Sandra Lee VanAllsburg died Thursday, Dec. 15, and husband Bruce Allen VanAllsburg followed Sandy with a heavy heart on Sunday, Dec. 18. From the start, Bruce and Sandy were inseparable.…

Editor December 19, 2022

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Services will be Tuesday for Felix Pankratz, 99

Felix Pankratz, age 99 of Wayland, formery of Marshfield, WI, died Friday, Dec. 16. Felix enjoyed bowling, gardening, working with wood and metal and golfing; he had a hole in…

Editor December 18, 2022