Obituaries

A Go Fund Me campaign is being organized by Diana Carrick of Dorr for the family of Billy Miller, who recently took his own life at age 39. Ms. Carrick…

Gloria Kaczanowski (Snyder), age 86, formerly of Wayland, died Saturday, Jan. 18. Gloria was the first of nine children born to parents Robert and Lorraine Snyder on Sept. 19, 1938.…

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…