Obituary Listing

Bruce Deforest
Nov 2, 2007
Mr. Bruce Alden DeForest, age 58, of Greenville, passed away Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007 at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans after a long and courageous battle with Huntingtons Disease. The son of Alden Ben & Lela (Collins) DeForest, he was born on Aug. 30, 1949 in Sheridan. After high school, Bruce served with the U.S. Navy as a...

Raiden Klunder
Nov 1, 2007
Raiden Marie Klunder, infant daughter of Ashley Goodemoot and Kyle Klunder, returned to Heaven on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 shortly after her birth at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. She was eleven inches long and weighed one pound, four ounces. Private services will be held at the Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home, Greenville, with the Rev. Kenneth Harger, pastor of...

Don Johnson
Oct 28, 2007
Mr. Donald F. Johnson, age 80, of Greenville, passed away Sunday evening, Oct. 28, 2007 at Faith Hospice at Trillium Woods, Byron Center, after a brief but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. The son of Edward & Mary (Sixberry) Johnson, he was born on April 15, 1927 in Greenville. After graduating from high school, he married Mary Louise Dunlap on...
Donald Johnson
Oct 28, 2007
Mr. Donald F. Johnson, age 80, of Greenville, passed away Sunday evening, Oct. 28, 2007 at Faith Hospice at Trillium Woods, Byron Center, after a brief but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. The son of Edward & Mary (Sixberry) Johnson, he was born on April 15, 1927 in Greenville. After graduating from high school, he married Mary Louise Dunlap on...

Linda Berger
Oct 24, 2007
Linda M. Roberts-Berger, age 50, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2007 at Spectrum Health's Fred & Lena Meijer Heart Center, Grand Rapids, after suffering a sudden stroke. The daughter of Ronald A. & Edna Mae (Swanger) Roberts, she was born on Jan. 17, 1957 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was raised in Greenville and then made her home...

Connie Schill
Oct 23, 2007
Mrs. Conchetia Viola "Connie" Schill, age 83, of Manchester, formerly of Greenville, passed away Tuesday morning, Oct. 23, 2007 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Hospital, Greenville. Honoring her wishes, cremation has taken place. Arrangements were entrusted to the Christiansen Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Greenville.

Inez Dolliver
Oct 22, 2007
Inez C. Dolliver, 98, much loved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. She was born Feb. 17, 1909, in Springfield, Ill. She moved to California in 1961. She grew to love the desert and through the years made many friends in Yucca Valley as a member of St. Marys Church, Catholic Daughters of America...
Inez Dolliver
Oct 22, 2007
Inez C. Dolliver, 98, much loved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. She was born Feb. 17, 1909, in Springfield, Ill. She moved to California in 1961. She grew to love the desert and through the years made many friends in Yucca Valley as a member of St. Mary's Church, Catholic Daughters of America...

John Maliepaard
Oct 20, 2007
Rev. John Maliepaard, age 79, of Kentwood, passed away Saturday morning, Oct. 20, 2007 at his home under the loving care of his family and Hospice of Michigan. As he wished, his body was donated to ScienceCare Anatomical, Denver, Colorado, for the advancement of medical science and research. A celebration of life memorial event will be scheduled later. The Brown-Teman...

Gary Brail
Oct 19, 2007
Mr. Gary Lyle Brail, age 61, of Greenville, passed away Friday morning, Oct. 19, 2007 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Hospital, Greenville. The son of Lyle & Pearl Maxine (Tomlinson) Brail, he was born on Jan. 30, 1946 in Ionia. For 18 years Gary worked in private security for Pinkerton, in addition to singing in a band for many years....
Gary Brail
Oct 19, 2007
Gary Lyle Brail, age 61, of Greenville, passed away Friday morning, Oct. 19, 2007 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Hospital, Greenville. The son of Lyle & Pearl Maxine (Tomlinson) Brail, he was born on Jan. 30, 1946 in Ionia. For 18 years Gary worked in private security for Pinkerton, in addition to singing in a band for many years. On...

Glenn Williams
Oct 10, 2007
Glenn Thomas Williams, age 60, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, 2007 at his home under the loving care of his family and Spectrum Health Hospice. The son of Fred & Mary Louise (Conners) Williams, he was born on Jan. 17, 1947 in Mt. Clemens. A veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, Glenn served with the U.S. Army and...

Dorothy Williams
Oct 6, 2007
Dorothy Elaine Williams, 87, of Greenville, passed away Saturday morning, Oct. 6, 2007 at her home under the loving care of her family and Spectrum Health Hospice. The daughter of Hugh & Lillian (Sass) Silverthorne, she was born on March 7, 1920 in Greenville. A 1937 graduate of Greenville High School, Dorothy later earned her nursing diploma and worked as...

Evelina Pytko
Oct 5, 2007
Miss Evelina Pytko, age 13, of Chicago, Illinois, died Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 from injuries received in an automobile accident on US-131 near Pine Island Drive in Plainfield Township, Kent County. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Chicago, with burial following in her native homeland of Poland. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral...

John Copeland
Oct 3, 2007
View Video Tribute Mr. John A. Copeland, age 92, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at the Fred & Lena Meijer Heart Center of Spectrum Health-Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. The son of Albert & Pearl (Drake) Copeland, he was born on Feb. 19, 1915. He married Elizabeth Calista Betty Bower, at her parents home, on Sept. 4, 1937....

Caroline Wilbur
Sep 29, 2007
Caroline M. Wilbur, age 80, of Turk Lake, formerly of Gowen, passed away Saturday morning, Sept. 29, 2007 at Gratiot Medical Center, Alma. The daughter of Louis & Reva (Conner) Meno, she was born on Sept. 2, 1927 in Ionia. On Nov. 22, 1947, at Ionia, she married Melvin Harold Wilbur, who preceded her in death on Aug. 27, 1999....

Paula Allen
Sep 22, 2007
Paula Lynn Allen, age 39, of Cedar Springs, passed away early Saturday morning, Sept. 22, 2007 at home under the loving care of her family and Hospice. The daughter of Robert L. & Nancy S. (LeBaron) Allen, she was born on Jan. 10, 1968 in Greenville. A 1986 graduate of Cedar Springs High School, Paula was an avid baker and...

William Cameron
Sep 22, 2007
William Duncan Cameron, age 65, of Spring Valley, California, formerly of Greenville, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2007 in Paris, Arkansas while attending a motorcycle rally. He was born in Superior, Wisconsin, the son of Duncan and Ada Cameron. He spent the majority of his youth in Escanaba where he attended St. Joseph Grade School and graduated in...
Grover Smith
Sep 21, 2007
Mr. Grover Harold Smith, age 81, of Sheridan, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 at his home under the loving care of his family and Hospice after a nearly 20 year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gerhig's Disease). The son of Gladys Madge (Gordon) and Grover Cleveland Smith, he was born on Dec. 23, 1925 in Owosso. A veteran...

Grover Smith
Sep 21, 2007
Mr. Grover Harold Smith, age 81, of Sheridan, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 at his home under the loving care of his family and Hospice after a nearly 20 year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gerhigs Disease). The son of Gladys Madge (Gordon) and Grover Cleveland Smith, he was born on Dec. 23, 1925 in Owosso. A veteran...