Obituary Listing

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...

John John
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...
Mary Mccambridge
Feb 12, 2009
Mrs. Mary Frances McCambridge, age 68, of Caledonia, passed away peacefully on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 12, 2009 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital. The only child of Francis & Helen (Johnson) Southwell, she was born on Dec. 31, 1940 in Ludington. Mary retired from Porter Hills where she worked as a nurse and also enjoyed camping and fishing. Surviving are her husband,...
Catherine Brown
Feb 6, 2009
Catherine Debra Brown, age 46, of rural Crystal, passed away Friday morning, Feb. 6, 2009 at Gratiot Medical Center in Alma. The daughter of Walter & Barbra (Hunsley) Mentkowski, she was born on June 22, 1962 in Pontiac. Cathy was a loving mother and devoted homemaker. Survivors include two daughters, Jessica Brown and Elizabeth Brown. Arrangements were entrusted to the...

Jesse Brown
Feb 6, 2009
Jesse J. Brown, Jr., age 73, of Corning, California, formerly of Greenville, passed away on Feb. 6, 2009 in Red Bluff, California. The son of Gladys (Hammond) and Jesse Brown, Sr., he was born on April 18, 1936, in Greenville. Always a child at heart, Jesse delighted in spending time with his family especially his nieces and nephews. He was...

John Zagorjan
Feb 4, 2009
Mr. John Zagorjan, age 84, of Glenwood, passed away Wednesday evening, Feb. 4, 2009 at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. The son of Frank & Ursula (Cerin) Zagorjan, he was born on June 20, 1924 in Cherry, Illinois and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Following the war, John returned to the family farm in the...

Imogene Keene
Jan 31, 2009
Imogene E. Keene, age 89, formerly of Edmore, passed away early Saturday morning, Jan. 31, 2009 at Schnepp Health Care Center in St. Louis. Honoring her wishes, no services will be held and cremation will take place.

Richard Jensen
Jan 31, 2009
Richard Robert Jensen, age 88, of Greenville, passed away Saturday afternoon, Jan. 31, 2009 at Metron of Greenville. Honoring his wishes, no services will be held and burial will take place at North Sidney Cemetery.

Virginia Hansen-Gerberry
Jan 29, 2009
Virginia M. Hansen-Gerberry, age 90, a long time Stanton resident, passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 29, 2009 at Margaret's Meadows near Remus. The daughter of Lena (Biddle) and Charles Thurber, she was born on Sept. 26, 1918 in Detroit. A graduate of Lakeview High School, she married Frederick L. Hansen on Oct. 3, 1936 in Indiana. Together they raised three...

Duane Harterink
Jan 29, 2009
Duane V. Hartgerink, age 85, of Portage, passed away Thursday evening, Jan. 29, 2009 at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo. Committal services, with full military honors, will take place in the spring at Fort Custer National Cemetery near Battle Creek.