Obituaries

Alvin J. "Al" Schumacher Sr., age 87, of Dorr, died Saturday, Jan. 18 Al was born Jan. 16, 1938, to Herman and Agatha (Striegle) Schumacher. Born into a farming family…

Iran Kenneth Groeneveld, died Sunday, Jan. 12, at the age of 91. He was the eldest child of Albert and Catherine Groeneveld. Ken graduated from Wayland High School. He served…

Lynn Jay Huff, age 74, died Friday, Jan. 10, Lynn was a lifelong dairy farmer in Byron Center and loved to spend as much time as possible outdoors. He was…

Sandy DeGroot, age 82, died Friday, Jan. 10. She is survived by her sons John DeGroot, Todd DeGroot, and Tim DeGroot; granddaughters Sabrina and Janelle DeGroot; brother, Dennis VanDelfzijl. Sandy…

Word has been received of the recent death of Vernon Becker of Middleville. He was 88. Mr. Becker was an industrial; arts teacher at Wayland High School during the 1960s,…

Patricia Rae Slagter (Bullen), age 86 of Wayland, died Monday, Jan. 6. Born Dec. 1, 1938, Pat was devoted to her children and grandchildren and loved attending their activities. She…

Keith Stephen Boekeloo, aged 66, died of heart failure Dec. 28 in Grand Rapids Born on Nov. 14, 1958, in Kalamazoo, to the late Martin and Geraldine (Pinkster) Boekeloo, Keith…

Cherish Denae Powers, 38, of Allegan died Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids after a short battle with cancer (squamous cell carcinoma). Cherish was born in Grand…

Jeffrey Mark Webb, 67, of Allegan, died Monday, Dec. 30.  Born Oct. 17, 1957, in Allegan, he was the son of the late Noel and Julia (Rockwell) Webb. He married…

Craig Strick, formerly of Moline, died in his sleep Friday, Dec. 27. He was born on March 17, 1950, in Allegan County to Maxine Virginia Dennis and was named Arnold…