Obituary Listing

Jean Sherrick
Jul 30, 2008
Mrs. Gloria Jean Sherrick, age 79, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday evening, July 30, 2008 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Campus, Greenville, with her family at her side. The daughter of Lester & Cecil (Morris) Spyker, she was born on Aug. 20, 1928 in Cridersville, Ohio where she graduated as class salutatorian. In Cridersville she met Eugene B. Sherrick when...

Ray Foster
Jul 30, 2008
Mr. Ray Foster, age 77, of Greenville, longtime Greenville businessman and proprietor of OConnors Shoes, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 30, 2008 at his home under the loving care of his wife and Spectrum Health Hospice. The son of Ben & Hilda (Mayo) Foster, he was born on Jan. 21, 1931 in Edmore and was a 1949 graduate of Greenville...

Daniel Butler
Jul 29, 2008
Mr. Daniel Lee Butler, age 52, of Stanton, passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 29, 2008 at Carson City Hospital after a long battle with cancer. The son of Arnold & Josephine (Hallock) Butler, he was born on Sept. 14, 1955 in Greenville and had been self-employed in the drywall trade. Dan was was a peacetime veteran of the U.S. Air...

Daniel Butler
Jul 29, 2008
Mr. Daniel Lee Butler, age 52, of Stanton, passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 29, 2008 at Carson City Hospital after a long battle with cancer. The son of Arnold & Josephine (Hallock) Butler, he was born on Sept. 14, 1955 in Greenville and had been self-employed in the drywall trade. Dan was was a peacetime veteran of the U.S. Air...

Russell Larsen
Jul 26, 2008
Mr. Russell Wallace Larsen, age 87, formerly of Greenville, Michigan passed away Saturday evening, July 26, 2008 at Fountain Park Retirement Community in Bryan, Ohio. The son of Peter & Lena (Nielsen) Larsen, he was born on July 16, 1921 in McBride, Michigan. Following his graduation from Greenville High School, he married Margaret Pauline "Polly" Kain on April 11, 1942...

Katherine Vanrees
Jul 15, 2008
Mrs. Katherine A. VanRees, age 73, of Muskegon, passed away Tuesday evening, July 15, 2008 at her home under the loving care of her family and Harbor Hospice. Honoring her wishes, cremation will take place. Arrangements were entrusted to the Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Greenville.

Eugene Gotwalt
Jul 12, 2008
Mr. Eugene A. Gotwalt, age 75, of Greenville, passed away early Saturday morning, July 12, 2008 at home under the loving care of his family and Hospice of Michigan. The son of Archie & Ida (Atkinson) Gotwalt, he was born on Jan. 24, 1933 at Fife Lake. Gene began working at the former Ranney Refrigerator Company in Greenville and on...

Marjorie Christensen
Jul 8, 2008
Mrs. Marjorie Sembla Christensen, 86, of Medina, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born June 11, 1922, in Laurium, Mich., to Oscar and Mary Sembla. Prior to moving to Medina, she resided for many years in Edmore, Mich., where she served as a librarian at the Home Township Library and was active in Our...

Rachel Dakin
Jul 5, 2008
Miss Rachel C. Dakin, age 88, of the Blanchard-Six Lakes area, formerly of rural Entrican, passed away Saturday morning, July 5, 2008 at home. The daughter of John Jack & Bessie Mae (Foote) Dakin, she was born on Nov. 28, 1919 near Stanton. A graduate of Stanton High School, Rachel retired from the former Hitachi Magnetics plant in Edmore and...

Wilmer Morris
Jul 5, 2008
Mr. Wilmer C. Morris, age 90, of Fenwick, passed away Saturday afternoon, July 5, 2008 under the care of Central Michigan Hospice at Margarets Meadows Care Center in Remus. The son of Wilmer C. & Grace A. (Baker) Morris, he was born on Oct. 24, 1917 in Fenwick. On June 11, 1938, in Sheridan, he married the former Ruby Mae...

Timothy Brown
Jul 3, 2008
Mr. Timothy Jerome Brown, age 50, of Kalamazoo, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2008 in Kalamazoo. Arrangements are pending and incomplete at this time.

Dorothy Forton
Jun 26, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy Lucille Forton, age 85, of Greenville, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, June 26, 2008 at her daughters home in Gowen. Born on Feb. 5, 1923, in Greenville, she was one of eight children born to Bert & Lavina Bauman. While raising her family Dorothy had many jobs, including a donut maker at the Meijer quansethut store, a...

Polly Larsen
Jun 25, 2008
Mrs. Margaret Pauline "Polly" Larsen, age 86, formerly of Greenville, passed away Wednesday morning, June 25, 2008 at Community Hospital & Wellness Center in Bryan, Ohio. The daughter of Charles & Mable (Sickles) Kain, she was born on March 25, 1922 in Coral, Michigan. She married Russell Larsen on April 11, 1942, at Sand Lake, and together they designed and...

Joseph Simones
Jun 24, 2008
Mr. Joseph Eugene Simones, 50, of rural Gowen, passed away Tuesday evening, June 24, 2008 at home. The son of Myron Eugene & Valeria S. (Frencel) Simones, he was born on June 13, 1958 in Hammond, Indiana. After high school, Joe served his country for over ten years in the U.S. Army, including four years stationed in Korea. He was...

Charles Collins
Jun 21, 2008
Mr. Charles Collins, Sr., age 89, of Six Lakes, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Laurels of Carson City. The son of Lewis & Rosa Collins, he was born on April 27, 1919 in Kentucky. On July 14, 1958 he married the former Rita Whitney. A member of the Howard City Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses, Charles enjoyed Bible...

Dorothy Coulson
Jun 19, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy Anna Coulson-Mitchell, age 89, passed away after a long illness on Thursday, June 19, 2008 near her daughter's home in Tennessee. The daughter of Harry Pilkington and Mary (Crowley) Dawson, she was born July 14, 1918 in Somerville, Massachusetts. A graduate of Flint Northern High School, she was a long time resident of Adrian where she was a...
Dorothy Mitchell
Jun 19, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy Anna Coulson-Mitchell, age 89, a long time resident of Adrian, passed away after a long illness on Thursday, June 19, 2008 near her daughter's home in Tennessee. The daughter of Harry Pilkington and Mary (Crowley) Dawson, she was born July 14, 1918 in Somerville, Massachusetts. A graduate of Flint Northern High School, she was a long time resident...

John Morris
Jun 19, 2008
John David Morris, age 48, formerly of Carmel, California, died Monday evening, June 16, 2008 near Albion after being struck by a truck along Interstate-94. For 26 years, John worked as a political organizer with the LaRouche movement. Survivors include his parents, Harold "Hal" and Barbara Morris of Carmel, California; brother Rob Morris; and many colleagues and friends. Condolences and...

Ralph Malone
Jun 18, 2008
Mr. Ralph Edward Malone, age 78, of Turk Lake, Greenville, passed away Wednesday morning, June 18, 2008 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Hospital, Greenville. The son of Roy Burton & Catherine Inez (Bruce) Malone, he was born on Sept. 28, 1929 in Dalton, Georgia. After graduating from Belding High School in 1946, he began working at the former Gibson Refrigerator...

Genevieve Varney
Jun 4, 2008
Mrs. Genevieve Varney, age 83, of Greenville, passed away early Wednesday morning, June 4, 2008 at Metron of Greenville. The daughter of Owen & Germaina (Scranton) Lillie, she was born on Dec. 14, 1924 in Gowen. On May 18, 1956, in Belding, she married Harvey Neal Varney and together they raised three children. A devoted wife and mother, Genevieve was...