Local obituaries for Kalamazoo, Portage, & Climax MI.
Donald Terry, Sr
Jun 26, 2007
TERRY, Donald, Sr. Portage Don passed away Tuesday afternoon, June 26, 2007 at Borgess Medical Center. He was born May 21, 1927 in Kalamazoo, one of three children to Douglas and Jessie Homan Terry. Don was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during World War II. He was employed by James River Paper Co. for 48 years until...
Margaret Jean Owen
Jun 26, 2007
OWEN, Margaret J. Portage Passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in Kalamazoo. She was born April 20, 1926 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Samuel and Mona Wells Mazzer and had been a lifelong resident of the area. Margaret worked for the Upjohn Company in computer security for 23 years, retiring in 1988 and was currently working for J.C. Penney in...
Maynard L. LaRoy
Jun 25, 2007
LAROY, Maynard L. Kalamazoo Passed away Monday, June 25, 2007. He was born May 8, 1926 in Kalamazoo, the son of Charles and Henrietta Weenick LaRoy and had been a lifelong resident of the Kalamazoo area. He was a member of the Second Christian Reformed Church and had worked for Van Dam & Krusinga for 22 years as a carpenter....
Joyce A. Anderson
Jun 25, 2007
ANDERSON, Joyce A. Kalamazoo Passed away Friday, June 22, 2007. She was born February 21, 1923 in Escanaba, MI the daughter of Carl A. and Julia LaFramboise Johnson and had been a resident of the Kalamazoo area for many years. Joyce was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Parchment and had been employed at KVP-Sutherland Paper Company for...
Richard L. Converse
Jun 24, 2007
CONVERSE, Richard L. Portage Passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 8, 1941 in Detroit, the son of Owen and Doris Pundt Converse, and had been a resident of Portage for 12 years. He was a devoted husband, giving care and support to his wife, Carol, whom he married in 1965....
Judith M. Sternaman
Jun 24, 2007
STERNAMAN Jennings, Mrs. Judith M. Of Kalamazoo Judy passed away Sunday June 24, 2007 at her residence. She was born May 11, 1941 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Dr. J. Maxwell and Dorothy Chase Jennings. She enjoyed working at Rheem Manufacturing and Comstock Public Schools for a brief period and then went on to focus on the most important part...
Howard M. Gage
Jun 24, 2007
GAGE, Mr. Howard M. Kalamazoo, MI Died Sunday morning June 24, 2007. Howard was born July 1, 1918 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a son of Otis and Ola Gildea Gage. During WWII, he served with the U.S. Army Air Corp. He had been a lifelong Kalamazoo area resident and was employed with Associate Mechanical Services for 35 years before retiring. He...
Rebecca J. Young
Jun 24, 2007
YOUNG, Rebecca Kalamazoo Passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007. She was born February 24, 1970 in Ft. Sheridan, IL the daughter of Lynn P. and Rebecca Cook Goolsby and was a resident of the Kalamazoo area for the past 25 years. Rebecca was employed in the cleaning business area was a music fan and loved karaoke. She was a fun...
Kenneth Waller
Jun 24, 2007
WALLER, Kenneth Paw Paw Passed away peacefully on Sunday with family at his side, at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. Ken was born on November 23, 1930 in Thompsonville, Illinois, son of the late Lowell and Ruie Knight Waller. Ken?s marriage to Shirley Roe ended in divorce but still remained close friends. She preceded him in death. He was baptized at...
Howard Melvin Gage
Jun 24, 2007
GAGE, Mr. Howard M. Kalamazoo, MI Died Sunday morning June 24, 2007. Howard was born July 1, 1918 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a son of Otis and Ola Gildea Gage. During WWII, he served with the U.S. Army Air Corp. He had been a lifelong Kalamazoo area resident and was employed with Associate Mechanical Services for 35 years before retiring. He...
Marion L Estes
Jun 23, 2007
Estes, Marion L. Sr. Kalamazoo Passed away Saturday morning at his home in Kalamazoo. Marion was born to Lyman and Ercyl Trop Estes on January 5, 1925 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He attended several schools in this area as well as Iowa State University. He served in the United States navy during WWII in the Pacific Theater on Destroyer Escort 415....
Robert A. 'Bob' Donia
Jun 23, 2007
DONIA, Mr. Robert A. ?Bob? Kalamazoo, MI Robert Alan Donia died peacefully at his home in Richland, Michigan, on June 23, 2007. He was born to John and Minnie DeBruyn Donia on November 17, 1917, in Zeeland, Michigan. He received a B.A. from Hope College in 1939 and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh in 1943....
Helen D Bradburn
Jun 23, 2007
BRADBURN, Helen D. Of Kalamazoo, formerly of Berrien County and Ludington Helen passed away Friday June 23, 2007 at her residence in Friendship Village. Helen was born July 12, 1930 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the daughter of Don and Nora Haase Northrup. On June 27, 1955 she was united in marriage to Robert A. Bradburn. A resident of Berrien Counnty,...
Chester Sperry
Jun 23, 2007
SPERRY, Mr. Chester Augusta, MI Died Saturday evening June 23, 2007 at his residence. Chester was born June 3, 1923 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a son of John and Marie Christensen Sperry. Upon graduation from Kalamazoo Central High School, he served with the U.S. Navy in WWII as a sonar man. He returned to marry his childhood sweetheart, Betty Jane Slack....
Lorraine C. Opthoff
Jun 21, 2007
OPTHOFF, Mrs. Lorraine C. Portage Passed away Thursday morning, June 21, 2007, in Kalamazoo. Lorraine was born April 15, 1918, in Kalamazoo, MI a daughter of Christian and Laurina DeHammer Kloosterman and had been a lifelong area resident. She attended Kalamazoo Christian School and Parsons Business College. Lorraine was a life member of Grace Christian Reformed Church and a member...
Margaret B. Beaglehole
Jun 21, 2007
BEAGLEHOLE, Margaret B. Royal Oak, MI Died Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Evergreen Health and Living Center in Southfield, MI. Margaret was born January 13, 1908 in Iron River, WI, the daughter of Abraham and Caroline Shallow Tharge and has lived in Royal Oak since 1987. She was preceded in death by her husband Wilfred Henry Beaglehole in 1976 and...
Marvin Manuel Brown
Jun 21, 2007
BROWN, Marvin Manuel Of Kalamazoo Marvin passed away Thursday June 21, 2007 at Borgess Medical Center. He was born February 28, 1917 in Sayre, Oklahoma, to Raymond and Eunice Davidson Brown. Marvin worked very hard his whole life, farming in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Michigan; working in steel mill driving truck and for Kalamazoo Paper Company Georgia Pacific. For several years...
Lawrence Bud Spitters
Jun 21, 2007
SPITTERS, Lawrence ?Bud? of Southwest Ranches, FL formerly of Kalamazoo Went home to be with his Lord, Thursday evening June 21, 2007. Bud was born June 14, 1922 in Kalamazoo, the son of Lawrence and Lena Van Werden Spitters. During WW II he served in the U.S. Air Force. A former business owner in Kalamazoo, he retired from LSI Kala...
Roy N. Swim
Jun 21, 2007
SWIM, Roy Comstock Mr. Swim passed away early Thursday morning, June 21, 2007 at Borgess Medical Center. He was born October 21, 1924 in Christianity, Tennessee, the son of the late Elmer and Sarah Jodella Saums Swim. Roy was employed by Allied Paper Co. for over 20 years until his retirement. On August 26, 1951, he was united in marriage...
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