In Memoriam
Honoring the Memories of Those We Have Lost
January - June 2021
Special Supplement to the
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Coady, Maurice “Maurie” Augusta 7/4/1918-12/28/2021 102 years old
Ravell, Janet
Howard City, MI 4/19/1940-12/19/2020 80 years old
Saum, Jeffrey
Simon, Jeremy
Stowers, Barry
Weller, Cecil “Jim”
Chapman, Bertha
Nienhouse, Everett
Cole-Snider, Kathy
McClain Watkins, Dr John Winona, MN 8/30/1937-12/23/2020 83 years old
Easley, Randal
Baldwin, MI 8/18/1944-1/3/2021
Walls, Lois
Reed City, MI 4/30/1933-12/23/2020
Bulson, Lucille
Donahue, William “Bill”
Hall, Calvin
Roebuck, Karla
Howard City, MI 3/9/1942-1/1/2021 78 years old
Remus, MI 11/14/1969-1/2/2021 51 years old
Big Rapids, MI 6/15/1940-1/8/2021 80 years old
Big Rapids, MI 12/30/2020 64 years old
Mt. Pleasant, MI 2/5/1931-12/24/2020 89 years old
Big Rapids, MI 12/7/2020
Mecosta, MI 9/28/1937-1/3/2021 83 years old
Reed City, MI 12/21/2020 95 years old
Remus, MI 12/27/2020 43 years old
Carlsbad, CA 11/17/2020 84 years old
Rodney, MI 12/26/1957-12/30/2020 63 years old
“Only a moment you stayed, but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts.” ~Dorothy Ferguson
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Smith, Kathleen Morley, MI 5/14/1937-1/8/2021 83 years old
Big Rapids, MI 7/10/1952-1/10/2021 68 years old
Lucha, Gloria
Big Rapids, MI 8/2/1940-1/12/2021 80 years old
Schoettl, Denise
Smith, LaMoine
Irvin, Giulietta “Judy”
Spitler, Eric
Springstead Sr., James
McQueen, Carl “Tuff ”
Oyster, Erin
Aubin Nancy
Bott, Max
Remus, MI 4/27/1923-1/8/2021 97 years old
Becton, Frank
Big Rapids, MI 7/22/1937-1/11/2021 83 years old
Sparta, MI 1/4/2021 42 years old
Chippewa Falls 9/2/1961-1/4/2021 59 years old
Baldwin, MI 9/15/1941-1/1/2021 79 years old
Remus, MI 10/5/1935-1/13/2021 85 years old
Goodyear, AZ 9/22/1979-1/4/2021 41 years old
Big Rapids, MI 10/6/1949-1/8/2021 71 years old
Remus, MI 10/11/1929-1/12/2021 91 years old
Osburn, Harold
Quast, Rose
Shaw, Rosalie
White, June
Big Rapids, MI 12/22/1928-1/14/2021 92 years old
Mesick, MI 5/30/1945-1/12/2021 75 years old
West Branch, MI 10/20/1940-12/22/2020 80 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/24/1930-1/11/2021 90 years old
Abbott, Mitchell
Eckstein, Bonnie
Larner, Norma
Lindsey Sr., Harold
Weidman, MI 1/16/2021 84 years old
Barryton, MI 4/5/1928-1/16/2021 92 years old
Big Rapids, MI 2/14/1927-1/15/2021
Rodney, MI 10/23/1942-1/15/2021
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Ostahowski, Phyllis Barryton, MI 3/4/1931-1/15/2021 89 years old
Owen, Treva
Big Rapids, MI 10/11/1938-1/15/2021 82 years old
Sofoulis III, James “Jim”
Burnham, Marlene “Mar”
Erickson, Merwin
Kasper, Vicki
Seaborn Sr., Donald
McClellan Sr., Daniel
Hamer, Susan
Panozzo, August
Young, Elnora
Borth, Barbara
Carmichael, Marjorie
Morley, MI 8/6/1923-1/17/2021 97 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/3/1944-1/12/2021
Irons, MI 1/16/2021 103 years old
Stanwood, MI 8/30/1951-1/20/2021 69 years old
Big Rapids, MI 2/26/1944-1/15/2021 76 years old
Big Rapids, MI 8/1/1937-1/19/2021 83 years old
Six Lakes, MI 1/13/2021 86 years old
Irons, MI 6/28/1944-1/7/2021 76 years old
Morley, MI 5/10/1937-1/19/2021 83 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/1/1944-1/25/2021 76 years old
Evart, MI 3/9/1929-1/17/2021 91 years old
Emmer, JoAnn
Chippewa Lake, MI 10/1/1946-1/25/2021 74 years old
Peterson, Charles
Strieby, Elizabeth “Betty”
Benzing, Graden “Ben”
Frizzell, Vivien
Baker, Lois
Cass, Paul
Hersey, MI 1/29/1935-1/24/2021 85 years old
Jackson, MI 4/2/1918-1/25/2021 102 years old
LeRoy, MI 9/1/1932-1/22/2021 88 years old
Lakeland, FL 7/27/1932-1/12/2021 88 years old
Luther, MI 12/10/1926-1/19/2021 94 years old
Evart, MI 3/19/1936-1/29/2021 84 years old
In Memoriam
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Fatum, Marlene
Kailing, Donald
McGrath, Michael Reed City, MI 11/29/1942-1/28/2021 78 years old
Morley, MI 5/22/1953-1/28/2021 67 years old
Cote, Emma
Kelley, Thomas “Tom”
Loney, Star Ludington, MI 1/31/2021 87 years old
Slee, Thomas
Mecosta, MI 3/24/1941-2/2/2021 79 years old
Vance, Betty
Williams, Janice
Carosio, Teresa Leesburg, FL 1/7/1930-1/30/2021 91 years old
Loomis, John
Mt. Pleasant, MI 7/12/1958-2/2/2021 62 years old
Eckert, Carol
Eldridge, Richard
Reed City, MI 1/26/2021 78 years old
Reed City, MI 1/11/2021 92 years old
Big Rapids, MI 6/1944-1/29/2021 76 years old
Sears, MI 1/3/1946-1/31/2021 75 years old
Allan, Brian
Cadillac, MI 10/17/1962-2/4/2021 58 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/3/1936-1/28/2021
Big Rapids, MI 8/28/1949-1/29/2021 71 years old
Baldwin, MI 9/4/1962-1/27/2021
Geister, Carole
Big Rapids, MI 7/12/1944-2/3/2021 76 years old
Breault, James
Grand Rapids, MI 1/25/1935-2/2/2021 86 years old
Ackerberg, Shane
Junker, Alice
Cooley, John
Dunkel, Grace
Grand Rapids, MI 10/12/1927-2/8/2021 93 years old
Ludington, MI 7/26/1929-1/15/2021 91 years old
Big Rapids, MI 4/8/1991-2/7/2021 29 years old
Big Rapids, MI 2/21/1923-2/9/2021 97 years old
In Memoriam
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Hollman, Adam
Bechaz, Robert Morley, MI 5/1/1944-2/12/2021 76 years old
Hersey, MI 9/14/1968-2/10/2021
Norton Shores, MI 8/21/1930-2/6/2021
Murnik, James
Verburg, Thomas “Tom” Morley, MI 4/2/1941-2/9/2021 79 years old
Cilwa, Clyde
Reed City, MI 12/25/1941-2/12/2021 79 years old
Morlock, Larry
Petersmark, Joseph
Pierson, MI 2/8/2021 31 years old
Reed City, MI 8/13/1934-1/23/2021 86 years old
Laugavitz, Paul
Miller, Rita
Evart, MI 5/8/1942-2/8/2021 78 years old
Evart, MI 5/2/1934-2/11/2021 86 years old
Kelly, Victoria
Ludington, MI 12/17/1937-2/8/2021 83 years old
Cusimano, James
Jackson, Kathleen
Hrostowski, Joan
Denslow, Lila
Stanwood, MI 2/12/1938-2/16/2021 83 years old
Clare, MI 6/2/1940-2/17/2021 80 years old
Reed City, MI 7/17/1930-2/18/2021 90 years old
Sikkenga, Paul
Lowell, MI 6/10/1963-2/8/2021 57 years old
Thren, Donna Lake Isabella, MI 2/20/2021 85 years old
Remus, MI 1/11/1922-2/20/2021 99 years old
Schwamberger, Kurt
McKinney, Patrick “Pat”
Bols, Frances
Mead, Rosalie
Canadian Lakes, MI 10/5/1946-2/26/2021 74 years old
Big Rapids, MI 11/6/1944-2/26/2021 76 years old
Remus, MI 7/26/1968-2/28/2021 52 years old
Canadian Lakes, MI 1/27/1940-2/27/2021 81 years old
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Perialas, Kyu Hui
Wymer, Richard “Rick”
Campbell, Philip Barryton, MI 8/24/1938-3/1/2021 82 years old
Barryton, MI 2/26/1927-2/27/2021 94 years old
Maka, Gloria
Heyboer, Richard
Letts, Vernard
Wheelock, David
Big Rapids, MI 2/28/1935-2/26/2021 85 years old
Reed City, MI 12/13/1943-2/22/2021 77 years old
Remus, MI 3/21/1950-2/24/2021 70 years old
Gardner, R.J.
Stanwood, MI 3/2/2021 84 years old
Baldwin, MI 3/10/1950-2/24/2021 70 years old
Hackbard, Christopher
Bejma, Arthur “Art” Canadian Lakes, MI 9/23/1938-3/6/2021 82 years old
Bassett, Helen
Baldwin, MI 12/13/1928-3/10/2021 92 years old
Phoenix, AZ 4/19/1936-3/5/2021 84 years old
Root, Berdella
Grant, MI 9/2/1968-2/20/2021 52 years old
2/18/2021 55 years old
Buist, Lester
Weidman, MI 3/2/1933-3/11/2021
Bush, Laurine
Howard City, MI 1/14/1920-3/14/2021 101 years old
Panicci, Vincent
Corey, Phyllis
Costello, Donelda
Fountain, David
Gardner, Gregory
Hubbard, Cecile
Reed Ciity, MI 12/25/1934-3/13/2021 86 years old
Stanwood, MI 5/8/1952-3/14/2021 68 years old
Morley, MI 7/30/1928-3/13/2021 92 years old
Danville, KY 11/26/1952-3/10/2021 68 years old
Evart, MI 3/15/2021 96 years old
Remus, MI 9/12/1962-3/13/2021 58 years old
In Memoriam
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Zemer, Arlene
Mecosta, MI 8/10/1926-3/13/2021 94 years old
Curtis, Jerry
Hersey, MI 8/24/1951-3/12/2021 69 years old
Spaulding, Dorothy
McGorman, Glen
Williams, Michael
Draper, Charles “Charlie”
Landgraf, Elaine
Swinehart, Frank
Cooper, Ralph
Howe, Alice
Yontz, William “Bill”
Hively MD, Dr. James
Velting, Linda
Venema, Paula
Remus, MI 4/16/1951-3/15/2021 69 years old
Marion, MI 12/18/1933-2/27/2021 87 years old
Lemm, Mary “Meg”
Elk Grove, CA 3/20/1932-3/13/2021 88 years old
3/18/2021 84 years old
Lucht, Linda
Morley, MI 3/17/2021 87 years old
Chippewa Lake, MI 8/15/1962-3/16/2021 58 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/16/2021
Big Rapids, MI 4/30/1957-3/17/2021 63 years old
Remus, MI 11/23/1940-3/12/2021 80 years old
Big Rapids, MI 5/9/1945-3/22/2021 75 years old
Baldwin, MI 1/19/1939-3/16/2021 82 years old
Rodney, MI 8/17/1956-3/19/2021 64 years old
Newaygo, MI 3/21/1947-3/24/2021 74 years old
White Cloud, MI 9/7/1966-3/24/2021 54 years old
Adams, Gary
Edginton, Jessica
Guiliani, Sharon
Miesel, Bonnie
Punta Guda, FL 7/15/1952-3/13/2021 68 years old
Mason City, IA 5/25/1977-1/29/2021 43 years old
Grand Rapids, MI 11/29/1940-3/6/2021
Morley, MI 10/22/1945-3/28/2021 75 years old
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Zimmerman, Florence
Jack Sr., Donald
Kimble, Cashus “Tom”
Wallace, Barbara
Cramer, Leonard
Tribe, Nora
Grotenrath, Lois
Brown, Linda
Hersey, MI 9/24/1939-3/24/2021 81 years old
Morley, MI 3/31/2021 89 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/5/1931-4/2/2021 90 years old
Big Rapids, MI 1/7/1939-4/1/2021 82 years old
Ackroyd, John
Arndt Sr., Richard
Big Rapids, MI 11/21/1956-4/5/2021 64 years old
VanAlstine, Gary Irons, MI 6/21/1941-3/19/2021 79 years old
Luther, MI 7/1/1945-3/30/2021 75 years old
Cedar Springs, MI 4/1/2021 86 years old
Grand Rapids, MI 4/7/1941-3/11/2021 79 years old
3/26/2021 68 years old
Lindsey Jr., Joe
Loll, Gerald “Jerry”
3/23/1938-3/31/2021 83 years old
Ludington, MI 4/28/1957-3/17/2021 63 years old
Villa, Roberto “Bob”
Long, Elizabeth “Betty”
Schrom, Dennis
Candadian Lakes, MI 5/20/1951-4/5/2021 69 years old
Stanwood, MI 1/24/1943-4/8/2021 78 years old
Gaylord, MI 1/22/1939-4/2/2021 82 years old
Big Rapids, MI 1/31/1959-4/7/2021 62 years old
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Eckert, Lloyd
Kailing, Patrick Reed City, MI 3/8/1950-4/8/2021 71 years old
Sims, Steven
Big Rapids, MI 12/20/1956-4/8/2021 64 years old
Stanley, Elizabeth “Liz”
Erickson, Amber
Laprise Jr., Francis “Boo”
Denmon, Sandra Evart, MI 8/7/1948-4/6/2021
Brunn, John
Baldwin, MI 2/9/1962-3/29/2021 59 years old
Higbee, Annebelle “Nana”
Nelson, Dr. America Kalamazoo, MI 4/9/1932-3/27/2021
Page, David
Irons, MI 7/1/1941-4/6/2021 79 years old
Reid, Leroy “Johnny”
Weavers II, C. F. “Bud”
Dettmer, Norman Big Rapids, MI 9/17/1953-4/15/2021 67 years old
Lewis, Lorraine
Big Rapids, MI 6/23/1948-4/10/2021 72 years old
Walters, Jacqueline
Jehnsen, Marda
Rehkopf, Lloyd
Gula, Louis
Peacock, Letha “Scottie”
Sears, MI 4/9/1944-4/6/2021
Morley, MI 9/18/1965-4/12/2021 55 years old
Baldwin, MI 10/26/1944-4/5/2021 76 years old
Baldwin, MI 8/31/1941-3/31/2021 79 years old
Rodney, MI 8/9/1940-4/17/2021 80 years old
Big Rapids, MI 2/14/1945-4/10/2021 76 years old
3/26/1920-4/10/2021 101 years old
Remus, MI 2/13/1939-4/16/2021
Barryton, MI 3/26/2021 69 years old
Barton Township, MI 6/18/1940-4/13/2021 80 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/11/1933-4/6/2021 88 years old
Morley, MI 9/13/1923-4/14/2021 97 years old
In Memoriam
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Castle, Orville
Davis, Janet
Newaygo, MI 3/4/1941-4/16/2021 80 years old
Big Rapids, MI 5/10/1933-4/17/2021 87 years old
Schader, Evelyn
Gardner, Joseph
Morley, MI 9/16/1932-4/18/2021 88 years old
Powell, Debra
1/8/1942-4/16/2021
Morley, MI 10/10/1956-4/20/2021 64 years old
Bowman, James
Horstman, Pamela “Pam” Barryton, MI 8/20/1965-4/21/2021 55 years old
Dennison, Joan
Luther, MI 6/22/1941-12/28/2021 79 years old
Marek, Goldie
Higley, Geraldine “Gerry”
Olson, Michael
Big Rapids, MI 5/24/1942-4/23/2021 78 years old
Baldwin, MI 8/11/1945-4/23/2021 75 years old
Morley, MI 1/27/1923-4/27/2021 98 years old
Kimes, Ila
Moore, Donald
Baldwin, MI 4/30/1929-4/23/2021 91 years old
Peacock, Lorraine
9/26/1938-5/4/2021
Morley, MI 1/7/1935-4/27/2021 86 years old
2/24/1949-4/25/2021 72 years old
Todd, John
Lutz, Calvin “Pete”
Paris, MI 4/21/1939-12/31/2020 81 years old
Kaleva, MI 1/1/2021 87 years old
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In Memoriam
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Beemer, Lynn
Stranberg, Joseph “Joe”
Totten, Angela
Weipert, Thomas
Iki, Ella
Sims, Velanna
Strong, Ty
Williams, Kathleen “Kathy”
Howard City 8/12/1948-10/25/2020
Petoskey, MI 1/2/2021 68 years old
Big Rapids, MI 7/3/1980-5/9/2021 40 years old
Big Rapids, MI 5/15/1929-5/9/2021 91 years old
9/29/1957-4/21/2021 63 years old
Barryton, MI 4/15/1942-5/9/2021 79 years old
Albright Jr, Harry
Curtis, Ronald “Ron”
Jackson, Coral
Fix, Fr. Joseph John
Jensen, Steven
Big Rapids, MI 4/1/1970-5/9/2021 51 years old
Big Rapids, MI 9/3/1934-5/12/2021 86 years old
Big Rapids, MI 12/18/1933-5/7/2021 87 years old
9/1/1948-5/8/2021
Turk, Charles
Fort Myers, FL 7/5/1952-4/20/2021 68 years old
Muskegon, MI 2/10/1939-5/9/2021 82 years old
Lee, John
Stanwood, MI 4/26/1921-5/9/2021 100 years old
Pointer, Marcia
10/21/1941-5/13/2021 79 years old
Big Rapids, MI 8/8/1956-5/13/2021 64 years old
Scott, Doreen
Tetsworth, Julia “Julie”
Burnish, Dorothy
McNeill, Elsia “Elsie”
Ooltewah, TN 4/25/1943-5/7/2021 78 years old
Big Rapids, MI 10/22/2020 68 years old
5/15/2021 82 years old
Morley, MI 5/12/2021 82 years old
Reed City, MI 4/5/1928-5/15/2021 93 years old
In Memoriam
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Swier, Gary 5/20/1943-5/16/2021 77 years old
Worthy, Philip
Rodney, MI 12/13/1938-5/20/2021 82 years old
Johnson, Ilene
Wernette, Jon “Jack”
Scriber, Kenneth
Maneke, Elizabeth
Mondrella, Lillian
Spears, Robert “Bob”
Lakeview, MI 8/25/1935-5/19/2021
Mecosta 7/30/1920-5/22/2021 100 years old
Remus, MI 5/23/1936-5/19/2021
Barryton, MI 9/12/1941-5/15/2021 79 years old
7/20/1929-5/21/2021 91 years old
Big Rapids, MI 1/10/1927-5/21/2021 94 years old
Oles, Emla
Brown, Carolyn
Thomas, Emelia
Lindquist, Marian LeRoy, MI 6/27/1934-5/24/2021
Big Rapids, MI 5/5/1984-5/26/2021
Stieg, Trevor
Warren, Vernon
Freiberg, Starr
Koolman, Frederick
Remus, MI 7/17/1936-5/25/2021 84 years old
Missaukee County, MI 9/18/1987-5/25/2021 33 years old
Big Rapids, MI 6/9/1936-5/19/2021
Dimondale, MI 1/3/2021 81 years old
Big Rapids, MI 6/1/2021 82 years old
Big Rapids, MI 1/18/1942-5/28/2021 79 years old
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Sherman, Eugene
Hemmeke, Johnnie Englewood, FL 1/14/1955-2/23/2021
Morley, MI 11/21/1947-5/30/2021 73 years old
Reed City, MI 5/24/1939-6/2/2021 82 years old
Wineman, Marilyn
Fitrakis Sr, Robert
Ropp, Allen “Big Al”
Church, Beatrice
Sears, MI 5/29/1929-05/27/2021 92 years old
Weatherford, OK 5/27/1959-5/19/2021 61 years old
Delaney, Robert Big Rapids, MI 4/8/1969-6/2/2021 52 years old
Couture, Hector “Punk” Reed City, MI 1/6/1942-6/9/2021 79 years old
Hartgrove, Richard “Rick” Clearwater FL 1/4/1964-6/11/2021 57 years old
Big Rapids, MI 3/8/1936-6/6/2021 85 years old
Knapp, William LeRoy, MI 6/4/2021 89 years old
Hutchinson, Cathleen “Cathy”
Kizer, David
Denham Springs, LA 12/22/1980-12/19/2020
Salisbury, Douglas
Wilson, Jerry
9/25/1937-5/30/2021 83 years old
Baker, Sharon
Louisville KY 7/25/1951-5/20/2021 69 years old
9/30/1950-5/25/2021 70 years old
McCray, Clara
Cook, Larry
Bitely, MI 1/18/1958-6/8/2021 63 years old
Big Rapids, MI 2/27/1933-6/8/2021 88 years old
3/15/1944-6/3/2021 77 years old
Barnikow, Eloise
Bell, Burton
Merrill, Wilber
Mecosta, MI 8/24/1939-6/11/2021 81 years old
Big Rapids, MI 12/11/2020
Baldwin, MI 1/6/1932-6/2/2021 89 years old
In Memoriam
15
Ward, Barbara
Ward, James
Reed City, MI 4/6/1948-6/12/2021 73 years old
Cedar Springs MI 6/2/1928-6/14/2021 93 years old
Gibbs, Bonnie
Gidley, Wanda
Bregg, Lois
Ford, Jane
Chase, MI 6/16/2021 87 years old
10/8/1942-6/13/2021
Barryton, MI 6/15/2021 81 years old
Xenia, OH 6/9/1945-11/29/2020
Jehnzen, Jessica
Florida 8/12/1948-6/17/2021
Kanouse Sr., Ronald
Knuth, Barbara
Williams, James “Jim”
Woodman, Helen
Arndt, Tamara “Tammy”
6/22/2021
Big Rapids, MI 11/26/1947-6/23/2021 73 years old
Johnson, Jc
Postema, Chad
Shane, James
Stevens, Clinton
Evart, MI 2/18/1940-6/27/2021 81 years old
Big Rapids, MI 6/26/2021 47 years old
The Villages, Florida 6/2/1946-6/18/2021 75 years old
6/24/2021
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LeRoy, MI 2/27/1949-6/19/2021 72 years old
Newaygo, MI 6/25/2021 57 years old
Mecosta, MI 6/17/1939-6/25/2021
In Memoriam
16
Walters, Ronald
Big Rapids, MI 11/24/1936-6/26/2021 84 years old
Bennett, Austin Morley, MI 3/4/2002-6/26/2021 19 years old
Buss, William
Ludington, MI 2/24/1938-6/26/2021 88 years old
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