Obituaries

Marilyn Koperski Swiontek, age 93 of Dorr died Saturday, Feb. 19. Marilyn dedicated her life to raising her nine children with husband, Joseph Jr., lovingly and selflessly providing for her…

Victoria Susan (Jutila) Jansen, age 72, died Tuesday, Feb. 15. Vickie deeply enjoyed and was committed to her co-ownership and operations of the original Jerry’s Body Shop of Dorr. She…

Longtime Watson Township farmer Clifford Willard Morris, 94, of Allegan, died Tuesday, Feb. 15. He was born July 23, 1927 in Allegan to Clement and Beatrice (Butcher) Morris. Cliff was…

Barbara Anne Doezema of Wayland died Wednesday. She was 71. Barb was born on Nov. 29, 1950, to Martin and Ida Bolt, the sixth of nine children. Barb met the…

Larry Hamp of Hastings, who penned the “Barry Hastings” column for Townbroadcast for several years, died Tuesday. He was 82. A product of the Hastings Public Schools, he served the…

Marcia Belka, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died Sunday, Feb. 13. She was 75. Born May 7, 1946, Marcia grew up in Grand Rapids with her sisters, and attended Creston…

Services were held Saturday, Feb. 12, at Byron Center Bible Church, for Joseph Wesley Hart, 93, of Dorr, who died Sunday, Feb. 6. Joseph served his country in the United…

Patty Jean Schiedel of Martin died Sunday, Feb. 13,at the age of 89. She loved to travel to Carp Lake, where she and husband Marvin rented a cabin for more…

Kenneth Bieber, age 70 died Saturday, Feb. 12, at his home in Dorr after battling cancer. He was born Nov. 8, 1951, to Owen and Shirley Bieber in Grand Rapids.…

Word has been received of the death Saturday night of Ken Bieber of Dorr. Though a longtime resident of Dorr, he was a graduate of Wyoming Lee High School. He…