Obituaries

Mary Lee VanderVere, 79 of Allegan, died Tuesday, June 14. Born May 4, 1943, in Otsego, she was the daughter of the late George and Marian (VanHouten) Spencer. Mary graduated…

Deloris Schultz died Friday, June 17 at age 89. Deloris was an intelligent, kind, and spiritual woman, from her days volunteering as a missionary in Ghana, Africa, to her work…

Thomas Wilson of Dorr died Wednesday, June 15. He was 76. Tom spent his childhood years in upstate New York. He developed a passion for public service as a New…

Jeffrey “Jeff” Vail died at his home in Hopkins May 18. He was 71 years old. As a teenager his family moved to Ohio where he eventually met his wife…

Hopkins High School graduate Christine Elizabeth Hennip Behrens died June 14. She was 88. Born March 16, 1934, on the family farm in Ellsworth, to Gerrit and Mary (Siegers) Hennip,…

A memorial mass will be held at St Therese at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 25, for Bette Wisniewski, a longtime Wayland resident who died earlier this year in St. Ignace…

A GoFundMe campaign is being organized for funeral expenses for Laura Almy, who died Thursday, June 2, at age 53. Corrie Almy is leading the effort. She was a graduate…

Juanita F. (Niewiek) Cole, 69, of Middleville, who raised a family with husband Bill at Miller Lake for 32 years, died Thursday, June 9. She was born at home in…

Babriano Jimenez of Orangeville, a 1966 graduate of Martin High School, died Monday, June 6, at the age of 76. He was born in Orangeville on January 15, 1946, the…