Obituary Listing

Joellen Arnold
Sep 4, 2009
Jo Ellen Arnold, age 57, of Belding, passed away Friday, September 4, 2009 in the emergency room of Spectrum Health-United Hospital, Greenville. The daughter of Murn & Beatrice (Olger) Coston, she was born on Dec. 15, 1951 in Greenville. A graduate of Greenville High School, she earned her Licensed Practical Nursing diploma from Montcalm Community College and worked for many...

Robin Keller
Sep 4, 2009
Robin Keller, age 54, of Greenville, passed away Friday evening, September 4, 2009 at her home under the loving care of her family and Spectrum Health Hospice. The daughter of Charles & Alice E. Woods, she was born on April 29, 1955 in Greenville. For several years, Robin worked as a teacher at Cornerstone Academy in Sheridan. She was an...

Helen Whitesheep
Sep 1, 2009
Helen Whitesheep, age 57, a member of the Navajo Nation Native American tribe, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Mercy Health Partners-Hackley Campus in Muskegon. Funeral services will be held in Dennehotso, Arizona with burial following at Community Cemetery. Local arrangements were entrusted to the Christiansen Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Greenville.

Eric Andres
Aug 27, 2009
Eric A. Andres, age 27, formerly of Greenville and Belding, passed away from injuries received in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 in Walker. The son of Samuel N. & Mary L. (Bozung) Andres, he was born on May 25, 1982 in Grand Rapids. A graduate of Greenville High School, he had earned his associates degree from Grand...

Leroy Vogel
Aug 24, 2009
Leroy James Vogel, age 55, of Grand Rapids, passed away Monday, August 24, 2009 at his home. Cremation has taken place and memorial services are being planned.

William Cooley
Aug 23, 2009
William R. Cooley, Sr., age 81, passed away Sunday evening, Aug. 23, 2009 at Hospice House at Heartwood Lodge, Spring Lake. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place.

Lawrence Gard
Aug 21, 2009
Lawrence E. Gard, age 61, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Six Lakes, passed away Friday morning, Aug. 21, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. He was a veteran who proudly served in the Vietnam War. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Geraldine Gard. Surviving are two sons, Cody J. Gard of Grand Rapids and Jeremy...

Roger Yates
Aug 20, 2009
Mr. Roger Yates, age 62, a Vietnam Veteran, passed away Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 at the V.A. Medical Center in Battle Creek. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place and interment will be in Bay Pines National Cemetery, Florida.

Hattie Stenberg
Aug 20, 2009
Mrs. Hattie Stenberg, age 76, passed away Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 at Bronson Mehtodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. Honoring her wishes, cremation will take place.

Roger Swartout
Aug 20, 2009
Mr. Roger D. Swartout, age 78, of Greenville, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 20, 2009 in the Emergency Room of Spectrum Health-United Hospital, Greenville. The son of Alpha J. & Addie M. (Paskins) Swartout, he was born on Aug. 21, 1931 in Lansing. Following high school, Roger enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and...

Richard Genette
Aug 18, 2009
Mr. Richard C. Genette, age 72, of Greenville, passed away Aug. 18, 2009 at Spectrum Health-United Hospital, Greenville. The son of Eldridge & Dorothy (Enderich) Genette, he was born on Aug. 12, 1937 in Detroit. For most of his life, Richard worked in overhead garage door sales and service, and after moving to Greenville became known as the areas garage...

Karen Field
Aug 16, 2009
Mrs. Karen Field, age 90, of Lansing, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009. She was born March 20, 1919, in Ishpeming, the daughter of Hilja and Werner Besonen. Karen raised her three daughters in Mason, and retired from the Ingham County Sheriff's Dept. She was a member of the Mason First United Methodist Church and enjoyed working with the children...

Kay Weststrate
Aug 16, 2009
Ms. Katherine "Kay" Weststrate, age 78, of Grand Rapids, went to be with her Lord on Saturday evening, Aug. 16, 2009 from Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. She was preceded by her brothers, Robert and James Frary. She is survived by her children, Jerry (Brenda) Weststrate, Lucille (Richard) Martin, Janice Daniels, Terry Holt, Pauline Mullins and Tina (Russell) Griffin; one...

Leonard Zimmerman
Aug 16, 2009
Leonard Paul "Lenny" Zimmerman, age 81, of Greenville, passed away Sunday evening, Aug. 16, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. The son of Anthony Edward & Pauline Monica (Dukowska) Zimmerman, he was born on June 2, 1928 in Hamtramck. Following his graduation from Belding High School in 1947, he briefly attended Michigan State University before enlisting in the U.S....

Robert Steele
Aug 15, 2009
Mr. Robert A. Steele, age 89, passed away Saturday evening, Aug. 15, 2009 at Easton Community Hospice in Charlotte. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place.

Ken Ken
Aug 13, 2009
Mr. Kenneth Daniel Middling, Jr., age 62, of Gowen, passed away Thursday morning, Aug. 13, 2009 at St. Mary's of Michigan Hospital in Saginaw. The son of June (Blount) and Kenneth D. Middling Sr., he was born March 4, 1947 in Greenville. Ken was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Middling in 1993, and by a sister, Janice K....

Karen Hart-Pringle
Aug 13, 2009
Mrs. Karen Hart-Pringle, age 60, of Greenville, passed away early Thursday morning, Aug. 13, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. The daughter of Norris Leonard & Alice Marie (Kitchen) Jury, she was born on Feb. 22, 1949 in Greenville and was a graduate of Greenville High School. Following high school, she began a career as a paralegal first working...

Felix Garcia
Aug 13, 2009
Mr. Felix Garcia, Jr., age 71, of Holland, passed away Thursday morning, Aug. 13, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place and memorial services are being planned.

Felix Felix
Aug 13, 2009
Mr. Felix Garcia, Jr., age 71, of Holland, passed away Thursday morning, Aug. 13, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take place and memorial services are being planned.

Keith Packard
Aug 12, 2009
Keith A. Packard, Jr., age 50, of Orleans, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. The son of Lorraine Violet (King) & Keith Arnold Packard, Sr., he was born with special needs on July 2, 1959 in Belding. An innocent child of God, Keith had worked at EBI Breakthrough in Belding and delighted in attending...