Category: Obituaries

Graveside service for Robin Cornell will be held Friday

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Robin Cornell, age 56, died Saturday, May 8. She is survived by her mother, Pearl (Ed) Trojanowski; siblings Kevin (Deb) Cornell, Sue (Allison) Budnick, Chuck (Wahnita) Cornell, Brian Cornell; stepsiblings Terri (William) Harbour, Diane (Mark) Fortney, Denise (Brian) Sikkema, Mary (Dewey) Danz, Dave (Chris) Trojanowski; dear friend, Dan Van Wagner;...
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Services planned for Friday for Annetta Snyder, 80

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Annetta Snyder, age 80, died Monday, May 17. She is survived by her children Nick (Carla) Washburn, Audrey (Dave) Kuipers, Levant Snyder; grandsons Dustin (Sarah) Kuipers and Curtis (Jennifer) Kuipers. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Eugene Washburn and second husband, Wayne Snyder. Visitation will be held...
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Burnips native Donald Bonney’s visitation Friday

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Donald Bonney of Kentwood, a native of Burnips, died Thursday, May 13. He was 90. He grew up in various cities throughout Michigan and graduated from Kalkaska High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football. He served in the United States Air Force from 1951-1955 and retired from Steelcase...
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Memorial service delayed for Robert Doublestein

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Robert Eugene Doublestein Jr., 74, of Dorr died under the care of Faith Hospice Saturday May 8. He was born in Grand Rapids March 16, 1947, to the late Robert E. Sr. and Marguerite Doublestein. Robert and wife Charlene, who preceded him in death, married 1972, a few years after,...
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Martin High School grad Bret Sunnerville dies at 56

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Bret Sunnerville, a 1982 graduate of Martin High School, died Monday, May 10, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born June 1, 1964, in Plainwell, the son of Ernest and Jerrilyn (Pell) Sunnerville. Bret was raised on the family dairy farm where he loved to ride horses and...
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Henrietta Martha Zandstra of Gun Lake dies at age 100

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Henrietta Martha Zandstra died Thursday, May 6, at the age of 100. She experienced the Great Depression, two world wars, advances in human rights, science and technology, so many things she could never have envisioned. I was born in Hull, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 1921, in her parents’ home, she...
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Alma Miller’s graveside service set for Wednesday

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Alma Mae Miller, age 99, died Saturday, May 8. She is survived by her daughter, Yvonne Brant; grandchildren Shirley Darling, Cindy (Bill) English, Robert Hammond Jr., Sharon (Ray) Abbey; 19 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin L. Miller and...
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Wayland activist, school principal Bill Mauchmar dies

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William Mauchmar, educator, administrator, community servant and patriarch of a well-known athletic local family, died Friday, May 7. He was 88. Born Sept. 26, 1932, he was longtime member of St. Therese Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 7581, and was elementary principal for many years at East...
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Celebration of life slated for later date for Edwin Redder

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Edwin Scott Redder, 65, of Wayland, died Monday, May 3. He was born Sept. 4, 1955, in Zeeland, the son of the late Edwin and Margie (Fleser) Redder. He was a dedicated employee of U.S. Engineering for 25 plus years. He will be remembered for his teasing jokes, his gentle...
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1955 Wayland High School graduate Wesley Jones dies

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Wesley A. Jones, 84, died in Grand Rapids, Sunday, May 2, after a brief illness. Wes was born on Sept. 13, 1936, in Ottawa County, Michigan to Arthur and Edith Jones. He graduated from Wayland High School in 1955. Wesley was devoted to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge Masons starting...
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