Local obituaries for Kalamazoo, Portage, & Climax MI.
Alvina Dirkse
Sep 5, 2009
DIRKSE, Mrs. Alvina "Jeanette" Kalamazoo, MI Died Saturday morning September 5, 2009. Jeanette was born May 1, 1924 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a daughter of William and Jennie Walhout Corstange. She had been a lifelong Kalamazoo area resident and was a member of Trinity Reformed Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald P. Dirkse on June...
Henry T. Kiel
Sep 4, 2009
Kiel, Mr. Henry T. of Portage, MI Henry was taken to be with his Lord, Friday evening September 4, 2009. He was born July 4, 1927, in Portage, the son of Arie & Alice Kiel and had been a life long resident of Portage. He was a member of the Kalamazoo Protestant Reformed Church. On February 1, 1950 he was...
Tyrone Emory
Sep 4, 2009
EMORY, Tyrone Kalamazoo, Michigan Tyrone Emory was stillborn on Friday, September, 4 2009 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. He is the child of Tyrone Emory and Stefanie Zerbe.
Evelyn Burt
Sep 4, 2009
Burt, Evelyn Kalamazoo, MI Passed away on September 4, 2009 at Rose Arbor Hospice following many years of suffering from painful medical issues. Evelyn was born in Kalamazoo on November 30, 1924 to Henry and Harriet Niewoonder Schuring. Following graduation from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1942, she traveled by train to marry the love of her life, Robert E....
Arnold C. Reinbold
Sep 4, 2009
REINBOLD, Arnold C. Of Kalamazoo, MI Arnold passed away Friday, September 4, 2009. He was born January 24, 1927 in Vicksburg, the son of George and Lena Reinbold. Arnold was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II. On November 13, 1948, he was united in marriage to Esther Combs. Arnold was employed by General Motors...
Katherine E. Scharping
Sep 3, 2009
SCHARPING, Mrs. Katherine E. of Kalamazoo Katherine died Thursday, September 3, 2009, at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo, MI. She was born October 29, 1921, in Lansing, MI, the daughter of Joseph and Klara Major Guylas. Katherine graduated from Central High School in 1939. Katherine was a member of Zion Lutheran Church where she was a volunteer with the...
Barbara J. Tibbs
Sep 3, 2009
TIBBS, Mrs. Barbara J. Portage, MI Passed away peacefully Thursday evening September 3, 2009. Barbara was born December 2, 1925 in Benton Harbor, Michigan a daughter of LaRue and Helen Babcock Woodward. Barbara graduated from Kalamazoo Central in 1944 and retired from Sears after 31 years as a sales associate. She was an avid bowler and enjoyed traveling to national...
James L. Mallory
Sep 3, 2009
MALLORY, James L. "Jim" Of Kalamazoo, MI Passed away Thursday morning, September 3, 2009. Jim was born June 11, 1937 in Pellston, MI the son of Adam and Edith Hill Mallory. Prior to his retirement in 1998 he was employed with General Motors for 34 years. Jim was an excellent fisherman and hunter; enjoyed woodworking and various other hobbies. He...
Evelyn Soderquist
Sep 3, 2009
SODERQUIST, Evelyn Of Portage Passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Alamo Nursing Home. Evelyn was born April 21, 1934, in Boon, Michigan, the daughter of Frank and Ethel Platz Yonkovitz and has been a Portage area resident since 1960. Through out the years she enjoyed traveling, shopping and was well known for making excellent cakes and candies. The most...
Raymond R. Peeks
Sep 3, 2009
PEEKS, Raymond R. Of Kalamazoo, MI Died September 3, 2009 at his residence. Raymond was born November 12, 1937 in Athens, AL, a son of Noah Peek and Pearlie McClendon. He was employed for 20 years at Schafer Bakeries. Raymond was preceded in death by his first wife Judy and by his second wife Betty and by 3 brothers, Ernie,...
Fern Molnar
Sep 3, 2009
MOLNAR, Fern Of Portage, MI Fern passed away peacefully Thursday morning, September 3, 2009 at Tendercare of Portage. She was born November 20, 1913 in Van Buren County, MI, the daughter of Claude and Lettie Glessner Johnson. She and her husband Frank were the owners and operators of Molnar's Restaurant in Schoolcraft for 13 years. Surviving are their 4 children,...
Floyd McIntosh
Sep 2, 2009
MC INTOSH, Floyd "Jack" Of Kalamazoo, MI Formerly of Galesburg, MI Died September 2, 2009 at his residence. Jack was born July 27, 1942 in Austin, IN, the son of Herbert and Ruth McIntosh and had lived in the Galesburg area for the past 41 years. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a die maker for 27 years...
Christopher D. Hilliard
Sep 1, 2009
HILLIARD, Christopher D. Of Kalamazoo, MI Died suddenly on September 1, 2009. Chris was born September 1, 1989 in Kalamazoo, MI. He graduated from Mattawan High School in 2007 and was currently attending K.V.C.C. and was employed at Burger King on West Main St. in Kalamazoo. Surviving are his father Jim Judy Hilliard of Mattawan and his mother Kelly DeHoff;...
Virginia M. Brigham
Sep 1, 2009
BRIGHAM, Virginia M. Of Kalamazoo, MI Virginia passed away Tuesday evening, September 1, 2009. She was born June 29, 1918 in Marion, Ohio, the daughter of the late Delos and Matilda Oliver Sutton. On November 4, 1943, Virginia was united in marriage to Earnest Brigham, who preceded her in death in 2004. She served as a member of the Women's...
Julie Schroeter
Sep 1, 2009
SCHROETER, Mrs. Julie Of Gull Lake, MI Julie Riedel Schroeter, age 101, died Monday evening, September 1, 2009 at the Lakewood Assisted Living Home. She was born on January 13, 1908 in Hannover, Germany, the daughter of the late William and Wilhelmina Puknat Riedel. She immigrated to the United States in 1923 with her family. In 1931, she married Herbert...
Loretta R. Scharich
Aug 30, 2009
SCHARICH, Mrs. Loretta R. Portage, MI Passed away peacefully Sunday morning August 30, 2009 at the Rose Arbor Hospice Residence. Loretta was born February 15, 1922 the daughter of the late Frank and Neta Wainwright Rulason. She enjoyed playing bingo, watching birds, and loved watching the Detroit Tigers. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, David Scharich,...
Gaylord W. Hartranft
Aug 30, 2009
HARTRANFT, Gaylord W. Kalamazoo, MI Gaylord died Sunday morning, August 30, 2009, at the Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo, MI. He was born October 21, 1925 in Kalamazoo, MI, a son of Rex N. and Crystal I. Stevens Hartranft and had been a life long area resident. During World War II, Gaylord served in the US Army in Central...
Geraldine P. Sonke
Aug 29, 2009
SONKE, Mrs. Geraldine P. "Aunt Gerrie" Kalamazoo, MI Died Monday evening August 29, 2009 at her residence. Geraldine was born October 9, 1933 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a daughter of Albert and Gertrude Dean Vance. She had been a lifelong Kalamazoo area resident and was employed as Washington Square School Crossing Guard with the Kalamazoo Police Department for 19 years before...
John J. Zuidema
Aug 29, 2009
ZUIDEMA, John J. Of Kalamazoo Passed away Saturday morning, August 29, 2009. John was born January 20, 1921 in Kalamazoo the son of John and Henrietta DeWinter Zuidema and had been a life long resident in the Kalamazoo area. John was a veteran serving in the South Pacific from 1941-1944 with the U.S. Marine Corps. Prior to his retirement he...
Evelyn Evenhuis
Aug 28, 2009
EVENHUIS, Evelyn "Evy" P. Age 89, of Kalamazoo, MI Evy went home peacefully to be with her Savior on Friday afternoon, Aug. 28, 2009. She was born in Chicago, IL on May 15, 1920, the daughter of Paul and Cecelia Dvorak Tucek who emigrated from Czechoslovakia in the early 1900s. Evy grew up in the western suburbs in her early...
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