Obituaries – Page 97

Edward Lautenschleger of Wayland dies at age 66

November 28, 2020

Edward J. Lautenschleger, age 66 of Wayland, died Feb. 22, due to cancer and heart failure. Born on July 21, 1953, he graduated Class of 1971 from Caledonia High School. His hobbies included automotive restoration and repair, metal fabrication, and wood working. His carvings consisted of ducks, birds, canes, and...

Service delayed for rural mail carrier Barb Schmidt

November 27, 2020

Barbara J (Owen) Schmidt, age 80, of Dorr, died Sunday, Nov. 22. Barbara was born in Grand Rapids on Nov. 5, 1940. Barbara was a rural mail carrier out of the Wayland Post Office for 29 years. She was loved by many. She enjoyed reading books. She was a member of...

Donna Stankey to be buried in Elmwood Cemetery

November 26, 2020

Donna Gene Stankey, age 94, died at her home Sunday Nov. 22. She is survived by her children: Gareth (Marilyn Bird) Stankey, daughter in-law Judith (Ron Bruins) Bruins, Rita (Philip Brouwers) Stankey, Ramona (Randy Hammel) Hammel, Douglas (Hope Seaman) Stankey, Roberta (Jesse Moss) Daigler, and Kathy Stankey; grandchildren; Kai, Alice,...

Barbara Ann Price, 70, of Hopkins passes Nov. 22

November 25, 2020

Barbara Ann Price, 70 of Hopkins, died Sunday, Nov. 22, at her home. Born Aug. 31, 1950, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Mildred (Smith) Smith and the wife of Jerry Dean Price. She put in many years at both General Electric and the...

Memorial service delayed for Donald Flower of Martin

November 24, 2020

Donald M. Flower of Martin, died Monday, Nov.23, at his home. He was 84. He was born Aug. 10, 1936, in Kalamazoo, the son of Morris and Dorothy (Busman) Flower. He worked for 40 years at Allied Paper in Kalamazoo until its closure. He then worked for Stryker Medical until...

Graveside service at Hooker Cemetery for Donald Peet

November 22, 2020

Donald Lynwood Peet, age 85, died Friday, Nov. 20. He was born on Dec. 28, 1934, in Allegan. He was preceded in death by his parents David Sr. and Marion Nicolai Peet and his brothers David (Lois) Peet and Richard Peet. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday,...

Pilot, author, businessman Jack McEnaney dies at 84

November 19, 2020

Retired Major John John “Jack” McEnaney, who lived at Gun Lake for 44 years, died Nov. 9. He was 84. A retired Air Force and American Airlines pilot, Jack was owner of Gun Lake Photo for more than 35 years and was co-author of "Gun Lake Revisited" with Connie Foreman...

Former Martin student Don Sparks passes at age 83

November 18, 2020

Don Sparks, who went to school at Martin in his youth, died Monday, Nov. 16, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born March 4, 1937, in McGuffey, Ohio, the son of George and Virginia (Sturgell) Sparks. After school he worked in the fields with his family and then...

Bud DeVries, 90, Gun Lake, was victim of Covid-19

November 18, 2020

Wilford A. (Bud) DeVries, age 90, of Gun Lake, died Friday, Nov. 13, after a short battle with COVID-19. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Sydney, in 1996, after 39 years of marriage. He was also preceded in death by his second wife, Theresa, in 2017. Wilford was...

Graveside service Thursday for Sam Pearson of Dorr

November 17, 2020

Sam R. Pearson of Dorr died Sunday, Nov. 15, at his home. He was 60 years old. He was born Oct. 28, 1960, in Kalamazoo the son of William and Reba (Root) Pearson. Sam graduated from Otsego High School in 1978 and went on to earn a degree in biology...

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