Obituary Listing
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.
Sharon Cashin
Mar 9, 2019
Sharon L. Cashin, age 82, of Grand Marais, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019. She was born on February 7, 1937, in South Haven, to Albert & Mariam (Moore) Graham. Sharon married Patricia M. Grasser on August 1, 2013, in Duluth, MN. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.
Shannon Horrell
Mar 8, 2019
Shannon L. Horrell, 45, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019 at home under the care of Kindred Hospice, with his family at his side. The son of Crystal J. Horrell, he was born November 13, 1973 in Bloomington, IL. Honoring his wishes cremation has taken place. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.
Patricia Young
Mar 8, 2019
Patricia E. Young, age 80, of Battle Creek, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019. She was born August 31, 1938, in Streater, Illinois, to the late Edward James and Margaret Myrtle (Campbell) Ryan. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.
Jon Overhiser
Mar 7, 2019
Jon N. Overhiser, age 55, of New Era, passed away Thursday evening, March 7, 2019 at Mercy Health-St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids following a sudden illness. The son of Lynn Neil & Jeannette (Stefaniakis) Overhiser, he was born on August 4, 1963 in East Grand Rapids. After graduating high school, Jon enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and...
Rita Mosholder
Mar 6, 2019
Rita S. Mosholder passed away March 6, 2019 at home under the care of Sparrow Hospice. The daughter of John & Helen (KEgelmyer) Lampila, she was born August 11, 1942 in Warren, Ohio. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation and Funeral Care, Grand Rapids.
Anthony Ayers
Mar 5, 2019
Anthony Dale Ayers, 62, passed away Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital. The son of C. M. & Helen (Fiddler) Ayers, he was born August 2, 1956 in Detroit. Anthony's favorite pastimes were spent hunting at Deer Camp and fishing either at Crooked Lake or walleye fishing in the Detroit River. He was preceded in death by...


