Local obituaries for Kalamazoo, Portage, & Climax MI.
Hermiena F. Selles
Apr 22, 2007
SELLES, Hermiena F. Of Kalamazoo Passed away Sunday evening, April 22, 2007. Hermiena was born November 5, 1925 in Gorinchem, the Netherlands the daughter of Jan and Cornelia DeBoon Doeland. Prior to her retirement in 1985 she was employed with Pediatrics P.C. as a nurse and was a member of Third Reformed Church. Hermiena was very spirited, loving, and supportive....
Olive B. White
Apr 21, 2007
WHITE, OLIVE B. Kalamazoo and Grass Lake, Michigan Passed away peacefully on April 21, 2007 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo after a short stay. She was born in Camp Point, IL on March 24, 1912 to Hazel B. and Roy B. Bower. She spent her early years living in several small Illinois towns while her father worked as a...
Margaret H. Bowen
Apr 21, 2007
BOWEN, Margaret H. Kalamazoo, MI Died Saturday morning April 21, 2007 at her residence. Margaret was born November 29, 1907 in Derby, Connecticut a daughter of Ross and Lorilla Newcomb Bowen. She had been a lifelong Kalamazoo area resident and was employed with the Shakespeare Company for 45 years before retiring. She loved animals, enjoyed listening to big band music,...
Louise Suddith
Apr 20, 2007
SUDDITH, Mrs. Louise Kalamazoo, MI Died Friday afternoon April 20, 2007. Louise was born May 25, 1928 in Lawrence County, Alabama a daughter of Walter and Jessie Blankenship Louallen. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident since 1953 and was employed with Checker Motors for 30 years, retiring in 1991. She was also a member of the Comstock V.F.W. Auxiliary...
John T. ''Jack'' Hawthorne
Apr 20, 2007
HAWTHORNE, John T. ?Jack? Richland Passed away Friday, April 20, 2007. He was born June 30, 1932 in Indianapolis, IN, the son of William G. and Marcia Moorman Hawthorne and had been a resident of the Richland area for over 30 years. Jack began his career as a journalist, including several years with the Kalamazoo Gazette. He was a prolific...
Richard William Wills
Apr 18, 2007
WILLS, Mr. Richard William Portage, MI Richard William Wills, 73, of Portage Michigan lost his seemingly short battle with pancreatic cancer on April 18, 2007. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 1933 and baptized in the Perryville Lutheran Church, he was the third son of John and Lillian Wills. His older brothers John and Donald preceded him in death....
Luther ''Lou'' Perkins
Apr 18, 2007
PERKINS, Luther ?LC?, ?Lou? Of Galesburg Passed away Wednesday morning April 18, 2007 at his residence. Luther was born February 8, 1937 in Jackson, Kentucky, the son of Martin and Nora Little Perkins and has been a lifelong Galesburg resident. He had served in the U.S. Navy and worked for over 30 years with AT & T. Luther was an...
Russell Stanfill
Apr 18, 2007
STANFILL, Russell Portage Passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007. He was born May 22, 1953 the son of Henry William, Sr. and Lottie Clark Stanfill and had been a lifelong resident of the area. Russ had been employed in maintenance at Drake?s Pond and owned his own company, Stanfill Painting. He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers...
Jerry Doorlag, Sr
Apr 18, 2007
DOORLAG, Jerry, Sr. Of Kalamazoo Went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Jerry was born January 21, 1923, in Kalamazoo, the son of Henry and Rena Engberts Doorlag and has been a lifelong area resident. During WW II he served in the U.S. Air Force, and for many years was a self-employed contractor. Jerry was...
Doris B. DerHammer
Apr 17, 2007
DERHAMMER, Mrs. Doris B. Schoolcraft, MI Died Tuesday morning April 17, 2007. Doris was born October 26, 1928 in Lawton, Michigan a daughter of Merle and Edna LaFever Butcher. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident most of her life and was employed with the Shakespeare Company for over 30 years before retiring. She was preceded in death by her...
Elsie B. Murray
Apr 17, 2007
PERKINS, Luther ?LC?, ?Lou? Of Galesburg Passed away Wednesday morning April 18, 2007 at his residence. Luther was born February 8, 1937 in Jackson, Kentuckey, the son of Martin and Nora Little Perkins and has been a lifelong Galesburg resident. He had served in the U.S. Navy and worked for over 30 years with AT & T. Luther was an...
Elsie B. Murray
Apr 17, 2007
MURRAY, Mrs. Elsie B. Galesburg, MI Passed away peacefully Tuesday morning April 17, 2007. Elsie was born September 25, 1918 in Bellaire MI to Charles and Bertha Cotton Lutz. She has been in the Galesburg area for many years. On May 16, 1935, she married Frank Murray and so they started there life together. Elsie was a hard worker all...
Robert H. ''Steamboat'' Padgett, Sr
Apr 17, 2007
PADGETT, Mr. Robert H. ?Steamboat?, Sr. Kalamazoo, MI Died Tuesday afternoon April 17, 2007. Robert was born August 18, 1936 in Kalamazoo, Michigan a son of George and Vera Tyler Padgett. During the Korean Conflict, he served with the U.S. Navy. He had been a lifelong Kalamazoo area resident and was employed with Georgia Pacific for 18 years, retiring in...
Leldon R. ''Blackie'' Black
Apr 17, 2007
BLACK, Leldon R. ?Blackie? Portage Mr. Black passed away early Tuesday morning, April 17, 2007 at his home. He was born January 10, 1932 in Decatur, Alabama the son of Robert and Sally Massey Black. Leldon was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during the Korean Conflict. He was employed by Allied Paper Co. for 38 years...
Margaret A. Wiborn
Apr 16, 2007
WIBORN, Margaret A. Of Portage Passed away Monday evening, April 16, 2007. Margaret was born June 9, 1935 in Kalamazoo the daughter of Jack and Zana Casteel Reis and was a lifelong resident of Portage. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Robert Reis; and a sister, Lucille Prough. On July 11, 1953 she was united in...
Nora J. Duff
Apr 15, 2007
DUFF, Mrs. Nora J. Scotts, MI Formerly of Portage, MI Went to be with the Lord Sunday afternoon April 15, 2007. Nora was born March 16, 1928 in Success, Arkansas a daughter of James and Mary Willis VanNada. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident for 53 years, coming from Arkansas. She was employed with W.L. Moulding for over 30...
Gertrude C. ''Trudy'' Doane
Apr 15, 2007
DOANE, Gertrude C., ?Trudy? Kalamazoo Passed away Saturday, April 15, 2007. She was born November 4, 1915 in Carlstadt, NJ the daughter of William Colman and Bertha Amelia Wohlgemuth Frederick and had lived in the Kalamazoo area since 1943. She had been employed by Kalamazoo Coaches, now called Unifab, as an office manager for 10 years. She also co-owned Fairfield...
James O. Stewart
Apr 15, 2007
STEWART, James O. Portage Passed away April 15, 2007 in Kalamazoo. He was born October 16, 1929 in Kalamazoo, the son of Oscar Doyle and Lydia Viola Hose Stewart and had been a resident of the area for many years. He loved his family, fishing, and talking on his ham radio, having talked to almost every country in the world....
Janis Rubenis
Apr 14, 2007
RUBENIS, Janis Of Kalamazoo Passed away Saturday April 14, 2007 at Borgess Nursing Home following a short illness. He was born May 5, 1926 in Latvia to Janis and Minna Rubenis, who preceded him death. Jan immigrated to the United States at the age of 26 where he quickly joined the United States Marine Corps and became a U.S. citizen....
Evelyn G Karr
Apr 14, 2007
Karr, Evelyn G. 94 of Plainwell, MI formally of Richland, MI & Cass City, MI Evelyn was 94 when she passed away on Saturday, April 14th, 2007 in the Plainwell Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Comm. where she had been a resident for over 7 years. She was born on July 16, 1912 in a farm home near Gagetown, MI. Her...
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