Obituary Listing

Irene Jorgensen
Mar 31, 2009
Memorial Service: 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2009 at Douglass Township Hall, Entrican Mrs. Irene Lucille Jorgensen, 84, formerly of Edmore, passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 31, 2009 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Hospital, Greenville. The daughter of Oscar & Eva (Jamieson) Richardson, she was born on Sept. 10, 1924 in Boyne City. Irene grew up in Carson City, where...

Joan De Young
Mar 31, 2009
Mrs. Joan Marie DeYoung, age 87, of Grandville, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. The daughter of Henry J. & Pearl (Bradenhorst) Blacquiere, she was born on Nov. 4, 1921 in Grand Rapids. On Feb. 18, 1943 she married Matthew F. "Fred" DeYoung, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death...

Betty Ambrose
Mar 30, 2009
Ms. Betty Lou Ambrose, age 66, of Grand Rapids, passed away Monday, March 30, 2009 at Metro Health Hospital, Grand Rapids. Honoring her wishes, cremation has taken place.

Sally Nitz
Mar 28, 2009
Sally Ann Nitz-Busch, age 56, passed away on March 14, 2009 in Grattan Township. The daughter of Leonard & Gloria (O'Brien) Nitz, she was born on March 5, 1953 in St. Joseph. Sally attended Lakeshore High School, Ferris State University, and Western Michigan University. She will be remembered for her caring, giving nature and love of helping people which she...

Ray Jensen
Mar 18, 2009
Ray Howard Jensen, age 66, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday evening, March 18, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. The son of Stanley Edgar & Freda (Park) Jensen, he was born on Feb. 11, 1943. For 41 years Ray worked at the former Gibson Refrigerator Company where he was a member of UAW Local 137. Before marrying Donna Yvonne...

Lorna Torgeson
Mar 17, 2009
Mrs. Lorna Lorraine Torgeson, age 78, passed away Tuesday morning, March 17, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer, at her daughter's home in Spring Lake. She was born Aug. 3, 1930 to Simon and Ida (Simonelli) Lorenson in Laketon Twp., and lived all of her life in the Whitehall, Muskegon and Tri Cities Area. She graduated from Whitehall High...

Zoltan Kocsis
Mar 15, 2009
Mr. Zoltan Kocsis, Sr., age 82, of Grand Rapids, died Sunday evening, March 15, 2009 in Grand Rapids. Cremation has taken place and private family services will be held.

Zoltan Zoltan
Mar 15, 2009
Mr. Zoltan Kocsis, Sr., age 82, of Grand Rapids, died Sunday evening, March 15, 2009 in Grand Rapids. Cremation has taken place and private family services will be held.

Victoria Flickinger
Mar 13, 2009
Mrs. Victoria Lee Vikki Flickinger, age 49, of Howard City, passed away Friday, March 13, 2009 at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. The daughter of Wayne C. & Cozette (Decker) Davis, she was born on May 2, 1959 in Grand Rapids. Her father preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband, Robert Flickinger; her mother, Cozette Davis; a sister,...

William Snyder
Mar 11, 2009
Mr. William Hugh "Bill" Snyder, age 80, of Langston, passed away Wednesday evening, March 11, 2009 at home. The son of George and Letha (Lunger) Snyder, he was born on July 13, 1928 in Howard City. A veteran of World War II, Bill proudly served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the Ray I. Booth American Legion...

Ding Cheng
Mar 6, 2009
Mr. Ding Cheng, age 82, of Belmont, formerly of San Francisco, California, died late Friday evening, March 6, 2009 at the Laurels of Kent, Lowell. Born on April 14, 1926 in Canton, China, Ding emigrated from Hong Kong to America in 1971. In San Francisco he worked for as a cook and in restaurant management. He was preceded in death...

Jay Freeman
Mar 6, 2009
Jay Alan Freeman, age 52, of Grand Rapids, passed away early Friday morning, March 6, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital. The son of Russell H. & Helen M. (Juday) Freeman, he was born on July 12, 1956 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jay grew up in Grand Rapids and was self-employed as a general contractor. Honoring his wishes, cremation will take...

Albert Jennings
Mar 4, 2009
Albert Vowell Jennings, Jr., age 53, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 4, 2009 at home. The son of Nancy Snow (Jean) & Albert Vowell Jennings, Jr., he was born on Dec. 16, 1955 at Swanwick Air Force Base in England. On Nov. 11, 1994, in Wasilla, Alaska, he married Susan Kay Henderson. Al worked as a claims representative...

Anita Eagan
Mar 4, 2009
Anita Marie Eagan, age 66, of Wyoming, died Wednesday evening, March 4, 2009 at Metro Health Hospital. The daughter of Mary Jean Nellist and Donald Murphy, she was born on March 12, 1942 in Grand Rapids. A devoted mother and grandmother, Anita was also an avid reader. Surviving are her children, Russell (Theanae) Boersma, Robin (Michele) Boersma, Ronda (Keith) Tyler,...

Donald Linebaugh
Mar 4, 2009
Donald Roy Linebaugh, age 76, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday evening, March 4, 2009, at home under the loving care of his family and Spectrum Health Hospice. The son of George F. & Cecila (McClain) Linebaugh, he was born on Aug. 10, 1932 in Lansing. Don was a proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. He worked in...
James Bentley
Feb 28, 2009
Mr. James Elmo Bentley, age 70, of Ada, passed away Saturday morning, Feb. 28, 2009 at Faith Hospice at Trillium Woods, Byron Center. For most of his 20-year career with the U.S. Navy, Mr. Bentley served as an air controlman aboard air craft carriers and at naval air stations. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving aboard the...

Ethel Vannocker
Feb 25, 2009
Ethel Grace VanNocker, age 101, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 25, 2009 at Tendercare of Hastings. Honoring her wishes, cremation has taken place.

Tristan Smalley
Feb 24, 2009
Tristan Asher Wells Smalley, age four months, of Greenville, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-Kelsey Campus, Lakeview. The son of Victoria Ann Wells and Eric S. Smalley, he was born on October 1, 2008 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. No public services are planned and cremation will take place. The Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home...

William Olbert
Feb 22, 2009
Mr. William J. Olbert, age 53, of Zeeland, died Sunday evening, Feb. 22, 2009 at home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 in Cresson, Pennsylvania, with burial following at Brumbaugh Cemetery in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania. Local arrangements were entrusted to the Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Greenville.

John Chevis
Feb 17, 2009
Mr. John Chevis, Jr., age 46, of Grand Rapids, passed away Tuesday morning, Feb. 17, 2009 at Spectrum Health Continuing Care, Grand Rapids. The son of Daisy (Lee) & John Chevis, Sr., he was born on March 22, 1962 in Grand Rapids. John had worked in the drywall construction trade, as well as an assembly laborer in the auto parts...