Category: Obituaries

Service for Alice Strick, 99, will be March 26 via Zoom

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Alice Strick, age 99, died Thursday, March 10. Alice loved gardening, Each year she would watch her beautiful spring flowerbed bloom and get ready to plant her huge veggie garden. She loved watching the plants grow and even more so, enjoyed working with her hands in the soil and enjoying...
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Celebration of life set for former local letter carrier

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Renee Marie Chachulski, age 59 of Dorr, died at her home Tuesday, March 8, after a courageous battle with cancer. Renee was a mail carrier for the Wayland Post Office for more than 25 years. She absolutely loved her job, especially all of her customers with whom she built many...
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Constance Miller’s funeral will be Monday in Hopkins

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Constance Virginia (Gerard) Miller, 87, of Hopkins, died Wednesday, March 9, at Ascension Allegan General Hospital. Born Dec. 17, 1934, and raised in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Lorraine Gerard. Mrs. Miller was a proud farmer’s wife for more than fifty years and enjoyed...
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Funeral for Yankee Springs native Jim Peterson slated

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Yankee Springs native James Peterson died Monday, March 7, at his home in Alto. Jim was born on Feb. 27, 1939, in Yankee Springs, and in July of 1961 married Norma Jean Wieland. Together they raised three children and had five grandchildren and five great-grandsons. Jim will be remembered for...
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Chester Dolegowski’s funeral will be Saturday

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Chester D. Dolegowski, age 96 of Dorr, died Tuesday March 8, in the same house where he was born and lived his entire life. Chester was born Dec. 11, 1925, to Joseph and Catherine Dolegowski. He was a lifelong member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Hilliards. On May 7,...
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Service, visitation Friday for Frances Hendrick, 97

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Frances S. Hendrick, age 97, of Martin, died Sunday, March 6. She was born May 13, 1924, to John and Katrina Misak. On Oct. 13, 1941, Fran married Earl Hendrick. They resided in Wayland, where they raised their two sons. She had a long and full life. She loved her...
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No service scheduled for Linda Kruizenga of Moline

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Linda Lee Kruizenga, age 83, died Sunday, March 6, at her home in Moline. Linda was an avid reader, loved watching the tennis channel, playing golf, and getting together with the girls for card night. In her career, she worked in office administration for more than 30 years, starting at...
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Memorial mass planned for former Wayland woman

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Former longtime Wayland resident Bette M. (Wisniewski) Baker died Saturday, Feb. 26, of natural causes in St. Ignace. Born Dec. 14, 1923, in Detroit, she was 98 years old. She is survived by her sisters, Nancy (Henry) Kanar and Sonia (Phil) Hines, daughters, Yvonne Holmberg, Christine (Darryl) Carlson, Stephanie Thompson,...
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Private interment planned for Dan Dupon of Gun Lake

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Daniel Dupon, of Grand Rapids and Gun Lake, died Friday, March 4, just shy of his 96th birthday. He is survived by his children, Blake (Mary Beth) Dupon, Kelly (Douglas) Guiles; grandchildren, Kaitlin (Joshua) Geschwendt, Nicole Guiles, Matthew Dupon, Jonathan Guiles, and Jessica Dupon; great granddaughter, Lila Geschwendt; and many...
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Korean War vet and Dorr native Gordon Siefert dies

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Dorr native Gordon Siefert, age 94, of Cedar Springs, died Monday, Feb. 28, at home under the care of his family and Spectrum Health Hospice. The son of Herbert and Vera (Wood) Siefert, he was born on July 20, 1927, in Dorr. On July 1, 1950, he married Joyce Pauline...
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