Local obituaries for Kalamazoo, Portage, & Climax MI.
Haley Moore
Sep 11, 2010
MOORE, Mrs. Haley Kalamazoo, MI Died Saturday afternoon September 11, 2010. Haley was born September 24, 1923 in Jackson, Kentucky a daughter of Hubert and Iva Osborne Brewer. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident since 1948 and was employed with the Kalamazoo Paper Box Company years ago. Haley was also a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church....
Alfred C. Scott
Sep 10, 2010
SCOTT, Mr. Alfred C. Kalamazoo, MI Died on September 10, 2010 at Rose Arbor Hospice at the age of 101. He had a long and productive career with the Sales Department of the Upjohn Company, joining the company as a salesman in Collinsville, Illinois in 1935 and retiring at age 62 as the Assistant Director of Sales. He was highly...
Violet A. Bradley
Sep 10, 2010
BRADLEY, Violet A. Phoenix, AZ Formerly of Kalamazoo, MI Violet died Friday, September 10, 2010, at her home in Phoenix, AZ. She was born April 30, 1932, in Tampa, FL a daughter of Chester and Ethyl Johnson DeWitt. Violet retired from James River where she had worked for 41 years. She was a member of the former Westwood Baptist Church....
Mary Halford Vinton
Sep 9, 2010
VINTON, Mary Halford Kalamazoo Our beloved Aunt Mary Halford Vinton passed away peacefully September 9 in Kalamazoo. Mary was born Dec. 8, 1915. She spent her childhood years on a farm in Mentha, Michigan, just northwest of Kalamazoo. Graduated from Kalamazoo College. Her father, Richard Friend Stroud, was a horticulturist and essential oil distiller from Rugby, England. The Stroud family...
Kathryn L. Bos
Sep 9, 2010
BOS, Kathryn L. "Kate" Of Kalamazoo Passed away Thursday September 9, 2010 in Albuquerque, NM. Kate was born February 8, 1922 in Kalamazoo the daughter of Fred and Grace Cook Ruess. On August 9, 1941 she was united in marriage to Conrad Bos who preceded her in death on May 15, 1997. She was also preceded in death by an...
Phyllis A. Adkins
Sep 7, 2010
ADKINS, Mrs. Phyllis A. Kalamazoo, MI Died Tuesday morning September 7, 2010. Phyllis was born June 12, 1926 in Pontiac, Michigan the daughter of Phillip and Myrtle McCarty Bird. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident most of her life and was employed with the Kalamazoo Public Schools for 20 years, retiring in 1998. She was preceded in death by...
Gloria G. Reynolds
Sep 7, 2010
REYNOLDS, Gloria G. of Kalamazoo, Michigan After a brief illness while residing at Park Village Pines, Gloria was taken to Bronson Hospital where she passed away September 7, 2010. She was born February 1, 1927 in Bloomington, Indiana, a daughter of Elsworth and Inza Johnson Nicholas. Surviving Gloria are her children, Wayne Ruth Reynolds of Lawrence, Allan Susan Reynolds of...
Gerald E. Hill
Sep 6, 2010
HILL, Gerald E. Kalamazoo Passed away Monday, September 6, 2010. Gerald was born March 7, 1923 in Marinette, WI, a son of Frank and Dallice Martin Hill and had lived in the Kalamazoo area for many years. Upon graduation from high school, Gerald signed up with the Merchant Marines and served on the Great Lakes. In January of 1943, he...
Helen R. Nedervelt
Sep 5, 2010
NEDERVELT, Helen R. Galesburg, MI Died Sunday morning September 5, 2010. Helen was born January 25, 1952 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a daughter of Cornelius and Winifred Amey Nedervelt. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident most of her life and employed with Kalamazoo Valley Community College before retiring. Helen attended the Simpson United Methodist Church and enjoyed bowling. She was...
Herbert Lee Gay
Sep 5, 2010
GAY, Herbert Lee Of Zephyrhills, FL Formerly of Portage, MI Herb passed away into heaven quietly and peacefully on Sunday, September 5, 2010. He was born March 2, 1917, in Kalamazoo, the son of Lee and Viola Warren Gay. Herb was employed for 24 years with the City of Kalamazoo prior to his retirement in 1979. On June 23, 1937,...
Mary Van Dalen
Sep 4, 2010
VAN DALEN, Mary Of Kalamazoo Passed away on September 4, 2010. Mary was born May 30, 1914 in Kalamazoo, a daughter of Marinus and Nellie Lemmers Schrier and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of Covenant United Reformed Church. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Neil VanDalen on February 25, 2002, by both...
Gloria Darl Mursch
Sep 3, 2010
VAN DALEN, Mary Of Kalamazoo Passed away on September 4, 2010. Mary was born May 30, 1914 in Kalamazoo, a daughter of Marinus and Nellie Lemmers Schrier and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of Covenant United Reformed Church. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Neil VanDalen on February 25, 2002, by both...
Curtis H. Harrison
Sep 3, 2010
HARRISON, Curtis H. Kalamazoo Passed away Friday evening, September 3, 2010 at Kairos Dwelling. He was born September 2, 1920 in Colbert County, AL, a son of J.K and Odie Gibson Harrison and had been a resident of the Kalamazoo area for 52 years. Curtis served as a medical corpsman in the United States Army during WW II, and worked...
Roger Wallace Freestone
Sep 3, 2010
FREESTONE, Roger W. formerly of Kalamazoo, MI Roger Wallace Freestone was born April 1, 1919 in Bangor, Michigan to Wallace and Marene Nicholas Freestone. He had an active childhood with his younger brothers Warren and Kenneth, and attended Bangor High School where he played two years of football. In his youth, he began what was to become long years of...
Anne Vermeulen
Sep 2, 2010
VERMEULEN, Mrs. Anne Kalamazoo Anne died early Thursday morning, September 2, 2010 at her home. She was born May 18, 1919 in Kalamazoo, MI a daughter of John and Gertrude Oosterhouse Hoppe. Anne and her husband, Robert lived in Kalamazoo and Okemos in Michigan and King of Prussia in Pennsylvania. She was a talented musician and taught piano lessons at...
Thomas Henry Boven
Sep 2, 2010
BOVEN, Thomas Henry Kalamazoo Tom was called to his heavenly home on September 2, 2010. He was born in Denver, Colorado on May 11, 1921, the son of Henry and Grace VanDam Boven. Tom grew up in a large family of brothers and sisters because when both of his parents died when he was a child, he was raised, along...
Gertrude M. Jaquays
Sep 2, 2010
JAQUAYS, Gertrude M. Of Vicksburg, Michigan Gertrude was born May 2, 1920, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of George and Agnes LaCoss Wellington and went home to be with her Lord on September 2, 2010. She was a lifelong area resident and had been office manager of the family business, Jaquays Electric Service for many years. She was a member of...
Beverly J. Ruimveld
Sep 2, 2010
RUIMVELD, Beverly J. Of Paw Paw Went home to be with the Lord on September 2, 2010. Beverly was born May 30, 1933 in Kalamazoo, a daughter of Henry "RL" and Nellie Kingsley and was a lifelong resident. She was employed as a billing clerk at Lakeview Hospital in Paw Paw for 12 years. Beverly was preceded in death by...
Betty Mae Stafford
Sep 2, 2010
STAFFORD, Betty Mae Of Kalamazoo Vallejo, CA Betty passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Vallejo, CA, where she had spent the past several years. She was born July 30 1927 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of William and Georgena Duncan Simpson. On February 18, 1956, she was united in marriage to Gerald "Pete" Stafford in Kalamazoo, who survives. Also surviving...
L. J. Dooley
Sep 1, 2010
DOOLEY, L. J. Of Decatur Died on September 1, 2010 at his residence in Decatur. L. J. was born November 21, 1938 in Haleyville, AL, a son of John and Evie Borden Dooley. He lived in Alabama until moving to Kalamazoo in 1964 at which time he was employed at Checker Motors for 30 years until his retirement. He moved...
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