Local obituaries for Kalamazoo, Portage, & Climax MI.
Garrett Boekeloo
Aug 21, 2011
BOEKELOO, Garrett of Kalamazoo Passed away August 21, 2011 in Kalamazoo. He was born April 6, 1926 in Kalamazoo to the late Klaus and Fannie VanDyke Boekeloo. He was united in marriage to Gezella Arens on December 12, 1946. He served in the U.S. Army from September of 1944 until being honorably discharged in June of 1946. Garrett was a...
C. William Bultema
Aug 20, 2011
BULTEMA, C. William "Bill" Died the morning of 20 August 2011. He was born 3 August 1928 in Grand Rapids Michigan. He was married in Kalamazoo on 18 June 1949 to Agnes Strong. Together they had 5 children, Michael C. b 1950, Stephen C.b 1951, Kathy R. b 1952, Lynnette K. Abbate b 1956 and Mary Beth b 1958, d...
Trenten N. Vasquez
Aug 20, 2011
VASQUEZ, Infant Trenten N. of Kalamazoo, MI Died Saturday morning August 20, 2011. Trenten was born April 2, 2010 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a son of Arnold and Brittany Weaver Vasquez. He is survived by his parents; grandparents, Randy Hill and Julie Harmon and Edna Vasquez; surrogate grandparents, Chris Jack Peake; great-grandparents, Glen Wilkins and Roy Hill; aunts and uncles, Angela...
Stijntje "Tina" Wolfis
Aug 20, 2011
WOLFIS, Mrs. Stijntje ?Tina? Kalamazoo, MI Went to be with her Lord Saturday morning August 20, 2011. Tina was born May 28, 1934 in The Netherlands a daughter of Jacobus and Hiske Laanstra Oosterhuis. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident since 1961 and was a member of Haven Reformed Church. Tina was preceded in death by her parents; and...
David B. Sans
Aug 19, 2011
SANS, David B. of Kalamazoo Dave passed away Friday morning, Aug. 19, 2011 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. He was born July 23, 1928 in Normal, IL the son of David C. and Maurine Brown Sans. Dave was a member of the Kalamazoo Carpenter's Union Local #525 and helped build many commercial buildings in the Kalamazoo area over his career. On...
Barbara L. Kersten
Aug 19, 2011
KERSTEN, Barbara L. Portage Passed away Friday, August 19, 2011. She was born August 30, 1927 in Otsego, MI a daughter of Dennis and Helen Guidebeck House and was a lifelong resident of Portage. Barbara loved to read, cook, spend time with her family and attend functions at the Portage Senior Center. On September 20, 1945, Barbara married Paul Kersten,...
Kevin R. Lord
Aug 19, 2011
LORD, Kevin R. of Kalamazoo Kevin died unexpectedly on Friday, August 19, 2011. He was born May 20, 1959, in Battle Creek, MI, a son of Richard and Nedra Lord. He was preceded in death by his father. Kevin was united in marriage with the former Bonnie L. Perkins on October 23, 2010, who survives. Also surviving are: a son,...
Olive H. Myrick
Aug 18, 2011
MYRICK, Mrs. Olive H. Yuba City, CA formerly of Portage Died August 18, 2011 at River Valley Care Center in Live Oak, California. She was born in Copemish, Michigan. She retired from American National Bank, Kalamazoo, MI. In 1998, she moved to California to live with her daughter, Vivian. Olive is survived by two daughters, Vivian Merlin Mitchell of California...
Louis Samuel Pollens MD
Aug 18, 2011
POLLENS MD, Louis Age 84 of Kalamazoo, Michigan Louis Samuel Pollens, M.D., passed away on August 18, 2011 in Kalamazoo, MI. He was born to Dorothy Kasle and Joseph Pollens on May 18, 1927 in Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from The Ohio State University Medical School and practiced the specialty of Internal Medicine for 35 years in the Detroit area....
Joan Patricia Simsick
Aug 16, 2011
SIMSICK, Joan Patricia of Kalamazoo Joan was welcomed into her Father's Kingdom on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. The mother of four, grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of two was an avid reader, and could often be found sitting on her favorite green chair, perusing the works of James Harriett, Ann B. Ross or Jan Karon. A two-time cancer survivor, Joan...
Gregory R. Sheridan
Aug 16, 2011
SHERIDAN, Gregory R. Kalamazoo, MI Greg died peacefully at home on August 16, 2011, at the age of 76. He was born April 7, 1935, in New York City, the son of the late John A. and Elizabeth O'Brien Sheridan. He was married to Helen Adler divorced in 1978 and she preceded him in death in 2008. Also preceding Greg...
Jo Ann Olson
Aug 15, 2011
OLSON, Mrs. Jo Ann Portage, MI Died Monday afternoon August 15, 2011. JoAnn was born October 18, 1934 in Welch, West Virginia a daughter of George and Lily Purdue Register. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident for 21 years coming from Marquette, MI. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Brenda Flodin in 2000; a brother,...
Wallace F. Fillingham
Aug 14, 2011
FILLINGHAM, Wallace Wally F. Portage, MI Went to be with God on August 14, 2011. Wallace was born September 9, 1926 in Geneva, New York, a son of Clayton and Julia Dutcher Fillingham. During WWII, he served with the U.S. Army. On August 29, 1945, he married his high school sweetheart, Marjorie Sawyer. They moved to Kalamazoo where Wally attended...
William Bill Meindert Dykstra
Aug 14, 2011
DYKSTRA, William Bill Meindert Of Portage Passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011 at the Rose Arbor Hospice Residence. Bill was born February 20, 1920 in Kalamazoo the son of Meindert and Fredericka Fischhaber Dykstra. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, a twin brother Robert; a brother-in-law, Thomas VanderLugt; his wife of many years, Kathleen Grace Middlebush Dykstra; and...
Garry Sportel
Aug 13, 2011
SPORTEL, Garry Of Kalamazoo Garry Sportel was born September 14, 1927, in Kalamazoo, the son of the late Emmo and Tina Mejeur Sportel and went home to be with his Lord on August 13, 2011 in Kalamazoo. He was a lifelong Kalamazoo area resident and had served in Germany in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. In early years,...
John Waber
Aug 13, 2011
WABER, John Kalamazoo Passed away August 13, 2011. He was born November 21, 1924 in Kalamazoo to Harrison and Naomi Stafford Waber was a lifelong resident of the area. John served in the U.S. Army in WW II at the landing of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He was the recipient of numerous medals including the European-African-Middle Eastern...
Aleda Landt Elzerman
Aug 13, 2011
ELZERMAN, Mrs. Aleda Landt Of Kalamazoo Formerly of Detroit Aleda Elzerman went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 13, 2011. She was born on May 21, 1918, to Eye and Anna Landt, celery farmers in Comstock, MI. In 1948, she married Anthony "Tony" Elzerman, who preceded her in death in 2010. Aleda was also preceeded in death...
Jennie Corstange
Aug 12, 2011
CORSTANGE, Jennie Kalamazoo Passed away Friday, August 12, 2011. Mrs. Corstange was born January 14, 1917 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Garret and Johanna Weenink Smit and was a lifelong resident of the Kalamazoo area. She had worked as a clerk at Woolworth's and at Sutherland Paper Co. Mrs. Corstange was a member of North Park Reformed Church and was...
Robert A. Stafford
Aug 12, 2011
STAFFORD, Mr. Robert A. Kalamazoo, MI Died Friday evening August 12, 2011. Robert was born October 29, 1942 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a son of Walter and Helen Kendall Stafford. Years ago, he served Honorably with the U.S. Air National Guard. He was employed as a High School Spanish teacher in Zion, Illinois before retiring. Robert was preceded in death by...
Patricia L. Spencer
Aug 12, 2011
SPENCER, Patricia L. Of Elkton, FL Passed away Friday morning, August 12, 2011. She is survived by her daughters, Jill Bill Madden of Florida, Sherrie Dick Anderson of Portage; 3 grandchildren, Melanie Pete Gildea, Scott Gina Anderson, Pam Brian Beach; and 6 great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on August 14 at the First Presbyterian Church in Schoolcraft, 224 E....
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