Obituaries

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…

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)…

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…

Wayland Joan Redder, 66, of Wayland, died Monday, Feb. 28, at Byron Center Manor of kidney/liver complications after a long fight with her declining health. Joan was widowed by her…

Ronald Charles Smith of Hopkins died Tuesday, March 1. He was 79. Ron was born to Glenn and Lillian Smith Sept. 7, 1942, in Grand Rapids. His family lived in…

Carl Graham Thompson, 89, of Hopkins, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Green Acres of Wayland. Born Nov. 4, 1932 in Montgomery, NC, Carl was the son of the late Julius…

Stuart Alvin Isenhoff, age 83, died Wednesday, Feb. 23. Stuart was an avid reader of the Bible and other books as well. He had a heart for missions. He was…

Ronald Eugene Frank of Wayland and Lake Panasoffkee, Fla., died Wednesday, Feb. 16, at his home in Florida. He was 90 years old. He was raised on the Frank family…

Arthur Ribble, age 70 of Orangeville, died at his home Saturday, Feb. 19. Art was born on April 17, 1951, in Grand Rapids and worked at Hastings Manufacturing for 22…

Dorr native Gordon Arthur Ludema of Caledonia died Monday, Feb. 21. He was 92. In 1948, Gord enlisted in the Air Force and served four years, stationed in both Japan…