Obituaries

Diane L Griffin died Wednesday, May 11. She was 78. She is survived by her children, James Howard Jr., Diane Rickert-Griffin, Jackie (Don) De Loof (Griffin), Robert (Linda) Griffin Jr.;…

Ethel Mae Visser, age 81, died Tuesday, May 10. Ethel started the Calvinettes at the Dorr Christian Reformed Church. She worked for Dorr Township elections for more than 50 years…

James “Jimmy” Haynes, age 68, died Monday, May 9. Jimmy proudly served his country in the United States Navy and received a National Defense Service Medal for serving abroad. He…

Longtime Wayland school bud driver Marcia Ann Kelley, 79, of Ionia, died Saturday, May 7. She was born on June 30, 1942, to the late LeRoy and Harriet (Riegel) Schmitzer…

Florence (DeHaan) Eylander, age 93, of Wayland, died Saturday, May 7. Florence was born Oct. 23, 1928, in Highland, Mich. She worked at Pine Rest for 25 years. She was…

Jim Keith died Saturday, May 7, at his home in Shelbyville. He was 90. He was born June 19, 1931, in Plainwell, the son of Walter and Dorothy (Beckwith) Keith.…

Thomas Edward Verberg, age 79, of Wayland, died Sunday, May 1. Tom served his country in the U.S. Army in Vietnam as a tank operator. He enjoyed bowling, golf and…

Hope Ann Wassenaar died Monday, April 25, after a long battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was 48 years old. It would be wrong to say that Hope lost her…

Martin G. "Marty" Nagel, age 66, died Thursday, April 28. Marty was born in Moline and worked as an electrician until he retired in 2018. He was a volunteer for…

Roy C. Whitthoff, age 71 of Decatur, Ga., died April 15. Roy was an MSU graduate. He had a unique sense of humor and was thoughtful about remembering others with…