Obituary Listing

Ellen Loomis
May 20, 2010
Ellen Ruth Loomis, age 87, of Watervliet, passed away Thursday, May 20, 2010 at her home under the loving care of her family and Hospice. Honoring her wishes, cremation will take place.

Richard Logan
May 19, 2010
Richard Logan, age 80, of Grand Rapids, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at The Lodge at Maplecreek in Grand Rapids. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place.

Frederick Christie
May 17, 2010
Frederick Christie, age 68, of Norton Shores, passed away Monday morning, May 17, 2010 at his home under the loving care of his family and Harbor Hospice. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place.

Lester Emmons
May 17, 2010
Lester Nelson Emmons Jr, age 72, of Jenison passed away Monday, May 17, 2010 at Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming. Honoring his wishes cremation will take place. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 22 at Maranatha Bible Church, 4426 Stoney Creek, Comstock Park, MI, 784-5905. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Holland...

Elizabeth Borden
May 16, 2010
Mrs. Elizabeth Lillian (King) Borden, age 84, of Wyoming, passed away Sunday morning, May 16, 2010 at her home under the loving care of her family and Spectrum Health Hospice. Honoring her wishes, cremation will take place.

Ellanie Simerson
May 14, 2010
Simerson,Ellanie Rose Saginaw,Michigan. Ellanie was born asleep Friday May 14th at 24 weeks old. She will be greatly missed by her parents Jeremy and Jessica Simerson, brother Christopher, sisters Kierra and Jaelyn, Grandparents Gary and Terri Simerson, Kenneth and Janet Kowalski, Aunt Toni Simerson, Uncles John and Justin Kowalski, cousins Ashton and Kenneth and many more family members. There will...

Clifford Westpfahl
May 13, 2010
Clifford Westpfahl Twinning, Michigan Clifford passed away May 13, 2010 at Saginaw Veterans Medical Center following a lingering illness. At Cliffs request cremation has taken place. No services are planned at this time.

Mary Leyrer
May 11, 2010
Mary Marie Leyrer, age 90, of rural Stanton, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Masonic Pathways in Alma. The daughter of Daniel & Fannie (Benson) Paulino, she was born on July 7, 1919 in Alma. A graduate of St. Marys High School, she married Robert J. Leyrer on Sept. 28, 1940 in Lansing. Together, they raised seven children and...

Stephen Gutierrez
May 10, 2010
Stephen Gutierrez, age 49, passed away early Monday morning, May 10, 2010 at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place.

Joel Ray
May 10, 2010
Joel Rovey Ray, age 49, of Grand Rapids, passed away Monday, May 10, 2010 from accidential injuries. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place.

Robert Williams
May 9, 2010
Robert L. Williams, age 80, of Greenville, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010 at Spectrum Health-United Hospital in Greenville. The son of Martha & Milo Williams, Sr., he was born on July 8, 1929 in Greenville. On Valentines Day, Feb. 14, 1948, in Greenville, he married the former Anna Belle Broomfield. Together, they raised three children while he worked at...

James Stawasz
May 8, 2010
James Allen Stawasz, age 34, of Belding, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday morning, May 8, 2010 at home. Born on October 6, 1975, in Grand Rapids, James had been employed with Wolverine World Wide and was currently a student in the auto mechanics program at Montcalm Community College. A very loving and devoted father and husband, his two boys were...

Carolyn Lemaire
May 6, 2010
Carolyn, beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend went to be with her Lord on Thursday, May 6th, 2010. She was born in Sunfield, MI on August 27th, 1950 to Raymond Beebe and the late Lelia King Beebe of Six Lakes, MI. She attended school at Maple Valley in Vermontville, MI and later Montcalm Community in Sidney MI. Carolyn enjoyed...

Robert Elliott
May 5, 2010
Robert Lynn Elliott, age 60, of Plainwell, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010. A veteran of the Vietnam war, Robert served in the U.S. Army for 14 years and had attained the rank of Sergeant First Class. Committal services, with full military honors, are at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Fort Custer National Cemetery near Battle Creek. Robert...

William Mcalpine
May 4, 2010
William Joseph McAlpine, age 84 passed away May 4, 2010 at the Veteran's Hospital in Saginaw, MI. He was born on November 9, 1925 to Jay and Sylvia (Kincald) McAlpine. Surviving him are his children Jack (Marilyn) McAlpine, Jill (Robert) Cady, Janice (Lester) Johnson, Terrance Malley, Joann (Robert) Oberle, and Margaret (Willie) Brown, grandchildren; Christopher Krueger, Jonathan Emery, Jason ,...
Leo Clarke
May 1, 2010
Leo C. "Skip" Clarke, age 81, of Harbor Beach, passed away Saturday morning, May 1, 2010, at Bay Regional Medical Center in Bay City. Born on June 25, 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mr. Clarke was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Following the war he came to Detroit and worked for the Chrysler Corporation. In retirement he made...

Leo Clarke
May 1, 2010
Leo C. "Skip" Clarke, age 81, of Harbor Beach, passed away Saturday morning, May 1, 2010, at Bay Regional Medical Center in Bay City. Born on June 25, 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mr. Clarke was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Following the war he came to Detroit and worked for the Chrysler Corporation. In retirement he made...

Kenneth Rasmussen
May 1, 2010
Mr. Kenneth Rasmussen, age 77, of Muskegon, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place.

Burr Bevier
Apr 29, 2010
Burr David Bevier, age 63, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2010 at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. Committal services, with full military honors, are at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 3, 2010 at Fort Custer National Cemetery near Battle Creek. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May...

George Doherty
Apr 25, 2010
George Irwin Doherty, age 73 of Spring Lake passed away Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Heartwood Lodge in Spring Lake. Honoring his wishes cremation will take place. A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 30, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Cascade Christian Church sanctuary.