In Memory Obituaries from January 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022
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July 23, 2022
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In Memoriam Barbara D. Covey 7/8/1933-12/23/2021
7/25/1954-12/30/2021 Leroy, MI
Don O. Hills
Burdett “Al” Alex Stout
Daniel C Fuller, Sr.
Ardella Shippel
Thomas Milton Benson
Clair E. Bouck
Robert Gordon Davis
Gertrude Edna Ottobre
Melodie Covert Jarnigin
Thurlow Michael Weed IV
Mark Duane Reeds
Leon Garth Benzing
Jack Elmer Pierson
Dale R. Patrick
Shirley Ione Johnson
2/18/1926-1/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI
7/22/1935-1/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI
9/9/1953-1/8/2022 Mecosta, MI
12/28/2021 Dola, OH
4/2/1926-1/11/2022 Barryton, MI
9/8/1930-1/12/2022 Big Rapids, MI
Serving Our COmmunity SinCe 1921
8/6/1948-12/30/2021 Pierson, MI
1/6/2022 Greenville, MI
1/14/1946-1/4/2022 Stanwood, MI
8/19/1938-1/9/2022 Colfax Township, MI
1/10/2022
6/14/1959-1/12/2022 Big Rapids, MI (Woodville)
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9/16/1953-1/13/2022 Big Rapids, MI
elebrating
1/12/1932-1/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI
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In Memoriam Edward and Sally Thebo
Wanda Kinsey
Violet I. Sprague
Louise W. Brigner 3/7/1940-1/22/2022 Barryton, MI
4/26/1936-1/22/2022 Naples, FL
Duain Moore
Harry Louis Wells
Leo “Sonny” Herman Kailing
Max Eugene Baker
Arlene M. Rose
Patricia M. Mondrella 3/7/1947-1/31/2022 Rodney, MI
4/16/1974-1/30/2022 Barryton, MI
Ruth Alice Melvin
Rachel Goldman (Fetterley)
Roy O. Oberlin
Carl E. Wondergem
1/18/2022 Norwich Township, MI
1/21/2022 Barryton, MI
1/24/2022 Morley, MI
6/17/1927-1/26/2022 Grand Rapids, MI
9/29/1930-1/16/2022 Muskegon, MI
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1/19/2022 Morley, MI
1/7/1934-1/26/2022 Morley, MI
1/27/2022 Grand, MI
2/24/1985-1/28/2022 South Haven, MS
Bonnie Sue Ruetz
Joseph Foster Herring
Philip Roy Couch
Lawrence “Edwin” E. O’Neil
8/11/1935-1/12/2022 Remus, MI
3/7/1935-1/24/2022 Reed City, MI
1/28/2022
10/21/1935-1/20/2022 Reed City, MI
9/3/1933-1/25/2022 Barryton, MI
Marquis J. Lake
1/4/1944-1/26/2022 Sterling, IL
Joseph M. Sisco
1/17/2022 Morley, MI
In Memoriam Joan Belle Herrick
William “Bill” Earl Walker
Norma Eilene Cool
Marjorie Ann Brooks
Henry “Hank” M. Buttons, Sr.
Michael Wayne Hobbs
Joyce C. Eisenhart
Donna Krum
Earl R. Haney
Virgil Thomas Galer
Elmer Richard Van Alstine 9/6/1926-2/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI
9/18/1939-2/7/2022 Reed City, MI
Fred Howting
Darlene Dora Howard
Timothy Porter
6/24/1942-1/23/2022 Murray, UT
7/22/1927-2/1/2022 Canadian Lakes, MI
2/20/1930-2/3/2022 Big Rapids, MI
6/21/1940-2/2/2022 Reed City, MI
7/23/1935-2/6/2022 Mecosta, MI
Michael James Brocker 1/4/1966-2/8/2022 Reed City, MI
9/8/1948-2/1/2022 Cedar Springs, MI
7/7/1937-2/6/2022 Santa Barbara, CA
“Every Life Tells A Story”
6/18/1931-2/1/2022 Gowen, MI
1/30/1928-2/4/2022
7/10/1931-2/10/2022 Remus, MI
3/25/1935-1/28/2022 Reed City, MI
2/5/2022 Stanwood, MI
Betty Lou Pontz
2/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI
Newaygo Chapel
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45 E. Main Steet Grant, MI 49327
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In Memoriam Rickie Lee Hoffman
Peter “Poppa” J. Bartz
Garrnett Mary Brandt
Evelyn Louise Telfer
John “Bucko” James Davidson, Jr.
Debra “Deb” C. Fountain 4/19/1955-2/16/2022 Big Rapids, MI
5/8/1945-2/18/2022 Barryton, MI
Beatrice Ilah Vera
Kenneth Lloyd Brown
Barbara Jean Johnson
Craig Allen Blakely
Donald “Donnie” L. Weeks
Ilene Ruth Ikens
Robert Charles Ehrhart
Glen L. Miller
3/8/1945-2/15/2022 Big Rapids, MI
8/4/1954-2/11/2022
7/1/1915-2/17/2022 Big Rapids, MI
4/5/1961-1/30/2022 Big Rapids, MI
10/24/1934-2/15/2022 Morley, MI
12/18/1954-2/22/2022 Morley, MI
9/4/1944-2/19/2022 Big Rapids, MI
4/2/1940-2/21/2022 Reed City, MI
7/20/1941-2/14/2022 Rodney, MI
9/8/1937-2/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI
1/26/1942-2/24/2022 LeRoy, MI
Those we love can never be more than a thought away, for as long as there’s a memory they live in our hearts to stay. 6
John Francis Cuneo 10/28/1931-2/12/2022 Mount Pleasant, MI
Beth A. Riley
9/25/1948-2/20/2022 Athens, TN
2/24/2022 Rodney, MI
In Memoriam Dale L. Herring
Lewis Schultz 2/23/2022 Reed City, MI
2/21/1920-2/28/2022 Wabash, IN
Maxine L. Haist
Ruth N. Woolworth
Shirley Jean Baumunk
Ronald “Ron” L. Baker
Geraldine “Jerry” Ranshaw
Thomas James Hogenson
Donald Hall
June U. Buckley
Alex William Fate
Walter George Witt
Charles “Chuck” D. King
William Dan Healy
Richard Harris
10/8/1935-2/21/2022 Reed City, MI
11/4/1926-3/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI
8/27/1933-3/17/2022 Floral City, FL
2/25/1942-3/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI
3/1/1940-3/3/2022
3/16/2022 Big Rapids, MI
9/29/1948-3/17/2022 Canadian Lakes, MI
7/6/1936-3/7/2022 Chippewa Lake, MI
7/3/1951-3/16/2022 Stanwood, MI
6/25/1935-3/1/2022 Coral, MI
11/13/1948-3/12/2022 Big Rapids, MI
3/18/2022 Rockford, MI
1/2/1957-3/16/2022 Reed City, MI
Sally Mae Marr
9/24/1959-3/8/2022 Chase, MI
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In Memoriam Faye Marie Thomas
John Joseph Oswald 4/5/1933-3/28/2022 Remus, MI
4/23/1937-3/28/2022 Morley, MI
Beverly J. Weeks
Duane E. Van Horn
Deborah Lynn Swears
Joanne G. Emmons
Donald Lewis Robbins
Amielia “Amy” Joan DeLuca
Michael “Mike” Orin Knapp
John L. Strum IV 8/27/1947-4/3/2022 Hersey, MI
10/26/1927-4/2/2022
Alphonsus Doerr
Donald “Don” Cross
Delores Strpko
Barbara G. Rekeny
Patrick Brown Davenport
Anna Marie Vincent
5/18/1944-3/23/2022 Remus, MI
8/20/1961-3/21/2022 Big Rapids, MI
11/10/1940-3/30/2022 Big Rapids, MI
2/13/1933-4/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI
2/8/1934-3/31/2022 Big Rapids, MI
3/27/1931-3/14/2022 Big Rapids, MI
3/29/1921-3/30/2022 Luther, MI
7/5/1969-4/2/2022 Hersey, MI
5/4/1941-3/28/2022 Paris, MI
3/24/1966-3/17/2022 Grand Rapids, MI
7/4/1950-4/2/2022 Big Rapids, MI
12/21/1930-4/4/2022 West Branch, MI
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. -Richard Puz 8
In Memoriam Aleta Lou (Axtmann) Hursh
Elnora M. Benjamin
Nelson “Dale” Johnson
Tad Brian Yeakey
Sally Marie Ripley
Novella “Billie” Brady
Bonnie Jean Sargent
Brian Wayne Hayden
Esther Edna Briggs Wekenman
Linda Cross 12/4/2021
10/25/1956-4/19/2022 Big Rapids, MI
6/21/1942-4/19/2022
Mark Edward Strpko
Steven C. Harmon
Gordon V. Turner
David L. Spaulding
2/7/1933-4/10/2022
8/10/1937-4/18/2022 Leavenworth, KS
10/22/1926-4/20/2022 Reed City, MI
8/31/1958-4/22/2022 Sand Lake, MI
12/30/1931-4/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI
2/1/2022 Hersey, MI
7/7/1959-4/20/2022 Shelby, MI
10/4/1944-4/14/2022 Barryton, MI
12/31/1945-4/19/2022 Slippery Rock, PA
Liane Walsh
4/8/1935-4/23/2022 Big Rapids, MI
10/23/1972-4/8/2022 Kalamazoo, MI
8/3/1965-4/4/2022 Reed City, MI
Cecil D. DeMott
8/2/1933-4/26/2022 Cedar Springs, MI
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In Memoriam Larry L. Hinsley
William “Bill” Lutterloh
Hilda Ruby Spedowski
Jerome “Jerry” David Mascotti
Philip Paul Marcotte
Nathan Bongard
Glen & Floyd Johansen
Betty Jean Hosking
Monique Cecile Mercier
Arlene Joyce Parker
Mary Louise Noreen
Kenneth Sonny Phillips
Mary Marjorie Gamble
Charlotte Lee Vine
Robert G. DeLosh
David Lawrence Steeno
4/2/1941-4/15/2022 Big Rapids, MI
1/19/1940-5/2/2022 Blanchard, MI
5/14/1966-5/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI
1/19/1933-5/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI
12/18/1951-3/6/2022 Howard City, MI
5/3/2022
9/7/1932-4/30/2022 LeRoy, MI
7/26/1972-5/3/2022
8/29/1925-4/30/2022 Big Rapids, MI
11/30/2021
6/25/1955-5/5/2022 Reed City, MI
11/25/1934-3/26/2022 Ann Arbor, MI
“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” ~Helen Keller 10
1/4/1938-4/24/2022 Reed City, MI
11/24/1923-5/4/2022 Iron Mountain, MI
4/28/1936-11/30/2021 Hersey, MI
6/20/1944-5/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI
In Memoriam Darrell “Louis” Shoemaker
Barbara J. Gernant
Phillip E. Brammel
Carl J. Hartman
William “Bill” Lipar
James “Jim” Hoffman
Gary Lee McMillen
Mark Eugene Squires
Marjorie L. Horstman
Duane Lyle Bevier
Zachary Michael Sutton
Vera A. Retzloff (Miller)
Raymond Joseph Couture
Mark James Eichenberg
Dale L. Robinson
Marty McGovern
7/30/1943-5/14/2022 Reed City, MI
5/24/1954-5/16/2022 Remus, MI
7/11/1938-5/22/2022 Barryton, MI
8/9/1950-5/18/2022 Hersey, MI
9/14/1965-4/14/2022 Big Rapids, MI
3/27/1941-5/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI
12/5/1943-5/21/2022 LeRoy, MI
12/31/1954-5/15/2022 Ionia, MI
6/2/1936-1/30/2022 Evart, MI
11/28/1955-5/22/2022 Reed City, MI
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5/17/2022 Lawrence, KS
3/19/1933-4/25/2022 Chippewa Lake, MI
12/2/2021 Barryton, MI
3/6/1954-5/20/2022 Reed City, MI
7/25/1932-5/24/2022
5/13/2022 Big Rapids, MI
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In Memoriam Nancy Spencer
Thomas Gordon Mehl
Markeith Anne Bunker
Richard L. Scholler
William “Bill” Whitman
Joseph A. Dvoracek 6/29/1936-4/5/2022 Chase, MI
1/21/1939-5/16/2022 Big Rapids, MI
Patricia Ann Agar
Joshua Gabriel Gillard
3/31/1941-5/21/2022 Mecosta, MI
3/22/1937-5/25/2022 Rosebush, MI
7/5/1961-12/28/2021 Big Rapids, MI
1/1/1960-5/23/2022 Reed City, MI
11/21/2018-5/27/2022
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1/16/1942-5/1/2022 Big Rapids, MI
Carole Sue Coville
Gary W. Myers
6/23/1943-5/23/2022 Mecosta, MI
8/31/1961-5/24/2022 Big Rapids, MI
Mary Lou Sweet
Harriet Marie Holmquist
Martha Eckert
Edward Duane Carpenter
Michael Lee Smart
Garold T. “Sparky” Sparks
Roy James Burchfield
Ronald “Bugs” Charles Gillard
Katelynn “Dolly” Gillard
Dawn Marie Gillard
5/3/2022 Grand Haven, MI
9/14/1946-5/28/2022 Big Rapids, MI
6/30/2017-5/27/2022
1/16/1934-5/25/2022 Big Rapids, MI
4/7/1938-6/1/2022 Morley, MI
8/23/2015-5/27/2022
1/2/1942-5/27/2022 Reed City, MI
1/7/1929-5/29/2022
6/6/1963-5/25/2022 Big Rapids, MI
9/24/1981-5/27/2022
In Memoriam Alice A. Withers
Michael Grosebeck 11/15/1976-6/3/2022 Big Rapids, MI
9/30/1945-6/5/2022Big Rapids, MI
Margaret Jane Taylor
Esthera Charlotte Klope
Gwendolyn Ford
Ralph Cheesebro
Robin Gail Marks
Terry Forrest Kooiker
Stephanie E. (White-Cloud) Dysard
Wanda Lee (Dysard) Beak
Louise M. Rehkopf
3/9/1924-6/6/2022 Big Rapids, MI
6/6/2022 Reed City, MI
11/7/2021
Michael L. “Mike” Moore 3/4/1956-6/13/2022 Barryton, MI
2/29/1944-6/8/2022 Fife Lake, MI
10/26/2021
Don E. Hyder
6/29/1933-6/12/2022 Barryton, MI
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9/2/1953-6/8/2022 Reed City, MI
8/29/1924-6/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI
4/29/1941-6/8/2022 Reed City, MI
Hilda Morden
10/25/1928-6/12/2022
7/6/1928-6/12/2022 Rodney, MI
Tony Lee Albright
Rev. Raymond Pollatz, Jr.
12/29/1987-6/13/2022 Rodney, MI
8/3/1938-6/15/2022 Canadian Lakes, MI
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In Memoriam Durk Huntly
Ernest “Ernie” Newman
Joyce Marie Newman 8/30/1949-6/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI
7/25/1938-6/6/2022 Reed City, MI
Arlene Frances (DeYoung) Howe
Lee William Yarrington
Marian Ann Thompson
Harvey Mumah
Jerry Clare Carpenter
Duane Stout
Betty Mae Boerma
Carol J. Tinker J.
Ronald Thomas Nowlin
Erwin John Sengelaub
6/9/2022
9/17/1932-6/14/2022
3/6/1946-6/19/2022 Lake, MI
12/30/1928-6/17/2022 Big Rapids, MI
1/14/1971-6/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI
6/23/2022
8/8/1937-6/26/2022 Hersey, MI
3/10/1927-6/20/2022
5/14/1936-6/26/2022 Morley, MI
Marilyn Jones
11/7/2021 Stanwood, MI
6/25/2022
6/20/1928-6/26/2022 Reed City, MI
Gone, But Not Forgotten 14
In Memoriam
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you wake in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft starlight at night. Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep. (Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there, I did not die!) - Mary Elizabeth Frye
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POSTMA In Memoriam Since 1963
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ne day we will remember how lucky we were to have known their love, with wonder, not grief.
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