Tag: Genealogy

Graveside service will be July 23 for Bob Hanlon, 81

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Wayland High School graduate Robert Gene Hanlon of Brentwood, Calif., died Sunday, May 29, at his home. He was 81. He was the son of Russell Edward and Helen Gertrude Hanlon, born in Grand Rapids and raised in Wayland. He graduated from Wayland High School in 1953 and earned a...
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Visitation, funeral for Patt DeHaan, 57, both will be Tuesday

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Patrice De Haan, 57, of Wayland, died Friday, July 31. Patt was born Sept. 25, 1957, in Columbus, Ohio, to the Rev. Hubert and Barbara (Swartz) Sprik. A dairy farmer's wife, mother and grandmother, Patt drove bus for Wayland Union Schools and Hope Network, and was a secretary and grant...
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Then and Now addition fund-raising campaign to start July 1

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                                                                                         Dorr Township Library Director Natalie Bazan has announced the fund-raising campaign on behalf of the Then and Now Historical Library addition will begin July 1. Bazan and Library Board President Peg Otto told the Dorr Township Board last month they want to oversee a project in which an addition...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Let us be glad about saving a local treasure

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                                     ‘Twas a little more than three years ago when my wife suggested I do a weekly historical column to highlight events and people 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago this week. I agreed and set out to find a place where old Wayland and Penasee...
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Dorr Twp. Library addition would be home to Then & Now

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The Then & Now historical library and genealogy service may be getting a new and more permanent home. Dorr Township Library Director Natalie Bazan and Library Board President Peg Otto Monday night asked the Township Board for its blessing to proceed with plans to have an addition built to the...
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