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Barbara Lee Shearer
Feb 8, 2014
Barbara Lee Shearer age 85 of White Pigeon, passed away Saturday, February 8th, 2014 at her home. She was born in Culver, IN on December 10, 1928. In December 1963 she married Eddie L. Shearer in Elkhart. Barbara was owner & operator of Riverview Tavern, (Ma's Place) in White Pigeon for 50 years. Surviving are her husband Eddie Shearer, White...
Robert R Gest
Feb 1, 2014
Robert R. (Bob) Gest Sr., age 71, of Mendon passed away Saturday, February 1st, 2014 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on November 21, 1942, a son of Roy O. and Ruth L. (Waldron) Gest in Sturgis. He graduated from Sturgis High School and later proudly served in the US Army. On March 28, 1996...
Albert C Fry
Jan 31, 2014
Albert C. Fry, age 91 of Constantine, passed away Friday, January 31st, 2014 at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. He was born in Ramona, MI on March 31, 1922, the son of Andrew and Ida (Chupp) Fry. Albert served in the US Army from 1942 - 1946. He was the husband of Muriel (Tripp) Fry, whom he married January...
Linda Gayle Frasier
Jan 30, 2014
Linda Gayle Frasier, age 67 of Constantine, MI, passed away Thursday, January 30th, 2014 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born in New Buffalo, MI on December 10, 1946, a daughter of Robert and Judith (York) Humphrey. Linda graduated from New Buffalo High School and from Cosmetology school. Surviving are daughters Cheri Ann Landrus of Elkhart, IN, Renee...
Albert J Filbrandt
Jan 28, 2014
Albert John Filbrandt, Jr., age 86 of Jones, MI, died Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born in South Haven, MI on October 6, 1927, a son of Albert and Leah (Abbott) Filbrandt Sr. Albert served in the US Army. On April 26, 1952 he married Georgia Tolbert in Elkhart. She preceded him in death February...
Myra Ellen Beachey
Jan 27, 2014
Myra Ellen Beachey, age 79 of Constantine, died January 27th, 2014 at Riverview Manor Nursing Home. She was born in Three Rivers on September 15, 1934, a daughter of Everett and Ruth (Hoyt) Foust. Myra graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1952. On August 13, 1955 she married Norman Beachey at Ninth Street Methodist Church, Three Rivers. He preceded...
Ardith N Smoll
Jan 17, 2014
Ardith Smoll, age 95 of Sturgis passed away Friday, January 17th, 2014 at Thurston Woods Village. She was born in Sturgis, on November 9, 1918, a daughter of William and Grace (Rost) Young. Ardith graduated from Sturgis High School in 1936. On September 5, 1937 she married Estel R. Smoll in Sturgis. He preceded her in death July 27, 1976....
Elbert Hendrik Regtuyt
Jan 10, 2014
Elbert (Al) Hendrik Regtuyt, 72, of Cape Coral, Florida passed away on January 10, 2014 at Hope Hospice of Cape Coral. He had been a resident of Cape Coral since 1978, formerly from Constantine, Michigan. Elbert was born on September 6, 1941 to parents, Gysbertus (Gus) and Wilhemina (Willie) Regtuyt in Muiden, Netherlands, now deceased. After surviving the German occupation...
Mary Lee Brown
Jan 8, 2014
Mary Lee (Heskett) Brown, age 48 White Pigeon, MI Mary Brown, daughter,sister, mother, wife and grandmother sadly passed away Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born in Elmhurst, IL, on December 10, 1965, a loving daughter of Don E. and Dorothy M (Corbin) Heskett. Mary attended Constantine Schools. On February 11, 2010 she married...
Douglas A Cunningham
Jan 8, 2014
Douglas Allen Cunningham, age 54, of Centreville, passed away Wednesday morning, Jan. 8, 2014 at his residence. He was born December 14, 1959 a son of Howard and Melva (Veon) Cunningham at Three Rivers Hospital. Following graduation from Centreville High School in 1979 he farmed with his father & brother, raising livestock, crops and training harness racing horses. He was...
Rose Marie Peterson
Jan 4, 2014
Rose Marie Peterson, age 90 of Sturgis, MI, was called to her Heavenly Home Saturday, January 4th, 2014. Rose was born in Rockford, IL on June 29, 1923, a daughter of Bror and Sigrid (Gustafsson) Challberg. She graduated from Rockford East High School and received her associates degree from Bethel College in St. Paul, MN. On May 3, 1947 she...
Philip Shorty Clark
Jan 4, 2014
Philip "Shorty" Clark, age 71of Centreville, MI, passed away Saturday, January 4th, 2014 at his home. He born in Three Rivers, MI on September 10, 1942, a son of William P. and Bernice (Parker) Clark. On June 21,1964 Shorty married Janet Brooks in Three Rivers. She preceded him in death on July 20, 2009. He worked as a materials handler...
Molly Mary Swan
Dec 31, 2013
Molly Mary Swan, age 85 of Centreville, MI passed away Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband Eugene W. Swan. Cremation has taken place. Interment of Ashes will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers.
Ethel Mae Ruggles
Dec 21, 2013
Ethel Mae Ruggles, age 92 of Constantine, MI, passed away December 21st, 2013 at her home. She was born in Constantine, on September 26, 1921, a daughter of Sam and Hazel (Rangler) Whitmore. Ethel graduated from Constantine High School in 1939. On January 26, 1946 Ethel married Harold A. Ruggles in Constantine. She worked as a secretary at Constantine Creamery...
Charles E Peasley
Dec 17, 2013
Charles E. Peasley, age 83 of Three Rivers, passed away Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born in Brookfield, Maine on June 2, 1930, a son of Harry & Myrtle (Simpson) Peasley. Charles served in the United States Navy for 5 years aboard the USS Roosevelt. On February 15, 1952 he married Patricia Parks...
Willa Mae Clark
Dec 17, 2013
Willa Mae (Toots) Clark age 76 Centreville Willa Mae Clark, age 76, passed away, December 17, 2013. She was born April 6, 1937 in Cornette, KY, the daughter of the late Raliegh and Retha (McCallum) Parker. She was married to James R. Clark on September 27, 1958 in Jellico, TN. To that marriage was born three children. She was a...
Maurice Brucek
Dec 8, 2013
Maurice William Brueck Age 84 of Nottawa, went to be with his Lord on December 8, 2013. Maurice was born July 13, 1923 in Wasepi, the sixth of nine children of Lewis and Irene (Henrich) Brueck. He lived most of his life in St. Joseph County, namely in Nottawa. Maurice attended schools in Wasepi, and Nottawa Michigan. He worked as...
Doris E Latislaw
Dec 7, 2013
Doris E. Latislaw, age 78, of Constantine, passed away Saturday, December 7th, 2013 at Heartland Health Care Center, Three Rivers. Doris was born on January 30, 1935, a daughter of the late Ellie and Pollie Davison in Tremont, Mississippi. She graduated from Zion Benton High School in Zion IL, with the class of 1952. On March 28, 1953 she married...
Gerald Douglas Tomey
Nov 25, 2013
Gerald Douglas Tomey, Centreville, MI, passed away peacefully at his home Monday evening, November 25, 2013. He was born in Romulus, MI, on July 31, 1941 to Eula (Webb) and Earl Tomey. Jerry graduated from Romulus High School in 1960. He entered the US Air Force where he served as a jet mechanic in Plattsburgh, NY. In 1961 he married...
Mary Ellen Meyer
Nov 20, 2013
Mary Ellen Meyer, age 90, of Churubuso, IN, passed away Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 at Millers Merry Manor in Lagrange, IN. She was born on December 1, 1922, a daughter of Earl and Edna (Lankenau) Maystead in Springfield, OH. She attended school in Burr Oak. On December 1, 1947 she married Elmer Meyer in Lagrange, IN. He preceded her in...
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