Obituary Listing

Harold Stidham
Mar 18, 2019
Harold E. Stidham, age 77, of Hanover, passed away Monday, March 18, 2019 at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson. The son of Woodrow & Minnie (Turner) Stidham, he was born on October 11, 1941 in War Creek, Kentucky. Harold was a proud veteran of the United States Army, serving stateside at Fort Bragg during the Vietnam War. After his...

John Cole
Mar 18, 2019
John Vincent Cole, 69, passed away Monday, March 18th, 2019 at Holland Hospital. The son of Lawrence and Dorothy (Thorpe) Cole, he was born July 26, 1949 in Detroit. John was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Dorothy Jean Cole and two brothers, Robert and Larry Cole. He is survived by the love of his life Susan (Ferguson)...

Robert Biggs
Mar 18, 2019
Robert James Biggs II, age 64, of Caledonia, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019. He was born on July 9, 1954, in Grand Rapids, to Robert & Phyllis (Huntley) Biggs. Bobby enjoyed working on vehicles and "Wrenchin". Survivors include his love, Evelyn Boyer; several sisters; nieces and nephews; several great nieces and nephews; special friend, Tim "Skippy". The family...
William Frizzell
Mar 17, 2019
William Lynn Frizzell, 72, passed away Sunday night, March 17, 2019 at Green Acres of Wayland with his family at his side. The son of William & Jessie (Mudd) Frizzell he was born May 18, 1946 in Jackson. William will be remembered for his quick wit, good humor, and even better advice. He had a variety of favorite pastimes including;...

Marvin Foster
Mar 16, 2019
Marvin W. Foster passed away March 16, 2019 at Spectrum Health. The son of Clifford & Goldie Foster, he was born June 24, 1940 in Mt. Pleasant. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation and Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.

Susan Shinske
Mar 16, 2019
Susan Marie Shinske, age 50, of Baldwin, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. The daughter of Anthony Robert & Patricia Joyce (Steciak) Shinske, she was born on September 17, 1968 in Livonia. Arrangements were entrusted to Christiansen Cremation & Funeral Care, Greenville.
Vitolds Cybulskis
Mar 15, 2019
Vitolds Cybulskis, 85, passed away Friday, March 15, 2019 a Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. He was born in Nautreni, Latvia on January 4, 1934 to Viktors & Izabella Cybulskis. He fled Latvija in 1944, and spent several years in displaced persons camps in Germany, primarily Ansbach. He emigrated to the US in 1949 aboard the USS General Hershey. He worked...
Betty Kinney
Mar 13, 2019
Betty Lou Kinney, age 76, of Lansing, passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. She was born on February 23, 1943, in Lansing, to the late Alton & Leona (Fink) Kinney. Graduated from Holt High School class of 1962 and attended Great Lakes Bible college. Betty worked in Child Evangelism, Women's Christian Temperance Union, supported Korean orphans, taught Sunday school...
Jane Elkins
Mar 12, 2019
Jane Marie (Sardi) Elkins, age 67, of Grand Rapids, passed away after a long battle with cancer on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. She was born April 3, 1951, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the late Carl and Jane (Harris) Sardi. Jane married the love of her life, Randy Elkins on July 5, 1973, in Jackson, Michigan. For many years Jane was...

Dennis Eckert
Mar 12, 2019
Dennis M. Eckert, 82, passed away Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 at home under the care of Spectrum Health Hospice, with his wife at his side. The son of Walter & Leona Eckert, he was born June 11, 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri. Dennis was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps., serving during the Vietnam era as a...

Shirley Purcell
Mar 12, 2019
Shirley Ann Purcell, 81, passed away Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 at Faith Hospice of Trillium Woods. The daughter of Leo & Evelyn (Koenes) Sierz, she was born April 16, 1937 in Grand Rapids. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.

Kenneth Neste
Mar 12, 2019
Kenneth "Kenny" James VanNeste, resident of Battle Creek, formerly of Wyoming and Sterling Heights, passed away on March 12, 2019 at his home at the age of 51. Kenny was born on February 26, 1968 in Southfield. He was raised in Sterling Heights and attended Haitema Elementary School, and was a proud Hornet. He also attended Carleton Jr. High where...
Norma Peterson
Mar 11, 2019
"What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes part of us." Norma Jean Peterson, age 78, of Jenison, passed away at home on Monday, March 11th, 2019. Norma was born on December 27th,1940 to the late Sidney and Jeanette (Bruining) Woudstra. She grew up in Wyoming and graduated from Wyoming Park High...

David Corner
Mar 11, 2019
David J. Corner, age 72, of Wayland, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019. He was born on November 10, 1946, in Plainwell, to the late James & Ida (Farmsworth) Corner.
Paul Amenta,
Mar 11, 2019
Paul Thomas Amenta, Sr., age 75, of Grant, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 11, 2019 in the emergency room at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. The son of Leonard & Gertrude Ella (Caplick) Amenta, he was born on January 6, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. On October 8, 1966, in Hammond, Indiana, he married Patricia Marie Evanoff and then...

Mary Sickle
Mar 11, 2019
Mary Catherine Van Sickle, 77, passed away Monday March 11, 2019 at home under the care of Sparrow Hospice. The daughter of Donald & Katie (Ebnit) Myers, she was born March 22, 1941 in St. Louis, Michigan. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.

Pamela Flagg
Mar 11, 2019
Pamela Marie Flagg passed away March 11, 2019. The daughter of Fairley & Alpha (Brown) Flagg, she was born August 25, 1952 in Lansing. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation and Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.
Howard Woodfork
Mar 10, 2019
Howard Woodfork Jr. was called home on Sunday, March 10, 2019. He was born April 13, 1946, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his father, Howard Woodfork Sr.; mother, Mary C. Becton; grandmother, Katie Becton; and brother, Danny Becton. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Rosemary DuBoise-Woodfork; six loving children, Virgil, Troy (Annabelle), Howard Sr....

George Cornett
Mar 10, 2019
George E. Cornett, 78, of Hastings, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019. He was born on March 31, 1940, to George & Nora (Southerland) Cornett. George served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids, exclusive providers of Veterans Funeral Care. , exclusive providers of Veterans Funeral Care.

Nathaniel Feilert
Mar 10, 2019
Nathaniel Lee Feilert, 39, passed away Sunday, March 10th, 2019 at home. The son of Dara L. Beckwith, he was born September 9, 1979 in Pontiac. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.