Obituary Listing

Ida Watts
Mar 11, 2006
Mrs. Ida L. Jones-Watts, age 100, of Greenville, passed away Saturday evening, March 11, 2006 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Campus, Greenville. The daughter of Peter & Anna Hill, she was born on Aug. 10, 1905 in Louisiana, and was raised by her grandmother, Minnie. Ida was a long time member of the Greenville Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses and...

Larry Kingsley
Mar 8, 2006
Mr. Larry Allen Kingsley, 70, of Lansing and Mecosta, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006 at his sisters home in Lansing. The son of Allen John & Pauline (Hines) Kingsley, he was born on June 30, 1935 in Grand Ledge. After graduating high school, Larry learned the trade of a tinsmith and began a career as a union...

Irene Varney
Mar 8, 2006
View Video Tribute Mrs. Irene Ruth Varney, age 86, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday evening, March 8, 2006 in the Long Term Care Unit of Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Campus, Greenville. The daughter of Bert & Lovina (Ecker) Bauman, she was born on Oct. 20, 1919 in Greenville. She married Freeman Varney on March 9, 1938, in Petoskey. In 1952...

William Hamrick
Mar 6, 2006
Mr. William Ford Hamrick, age 78, of Grand Rapids, died Monday, March 6, 2006 at Metro Health Hospital, Grand Rapids. The son of Quincy Ford & Dolly (Harpold) Hamrick, he was born on Aug. 27, 1927 in Dunbar, West Virginia. A proud veteran of World War II, he served with the U.S. Navy. For many years, William worked at Toms...

Florence Switzer
Mar 4, 2006
View Video Tribute Mrs. Florence V. Switzer, age 77, of Spencer Township, passed away Saturday evening, March 4, 2006 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Campus, Greenville. One of 17 children, she was born on March 6, 1928 in Belding to Silas Edward & Mary (Martin) Thompson. For many years, Florence worked as a seamstress at Jolly Kids in Belding and...

Eleanor Mulnix
Mar 3, 2006
Mrs. Eleanor E. Mulnix, age 82, of Greenville, passed away Friday evening, March 3, 2006 at Metron of Greenville. The daughter of Mark & Leonora (Gross) Collins, she was born on Aug. 10, 1923 in Lakeview and raised in the Coral area. On June 20, 1951, in Greenville, she married Clarence L. Mulnix. A caring wife, mother, and grandmother, Eleanor...

Ellen Weber
Feb 27, 2006
Mrs. Ellen L. Weber, age 94, of Greenville, passed away Monday evening, Feb. 27, 2006 at the Laurels of Kent, Lowell. The daughter of Dudley & Maude (Cooper) Peterman, she was born on Dec. 20, 1911 in Greenville. In Sept. 2, 1933, in Greenville, she married Frank Weber. A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, Ellen had also been a member...

Goebel Gibson
Feb 26, 2006
Mr. Goebel Gibson, age 86, passed away early Sunday morning, Feb. 26, 2006 at Crestview Nursing Center, Wyoming. Funeral services will be held in Campton, Kentucky, with arrangements by Porter & Sons Funeral Directors. Local arrangements were entrusted to the Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home, Greenville.

Dick Bresnahan
Feb 21, 2006
Mr. Richard J. Bresnahan, age 81, of rural Sand Lake, passed away Tuesday evening, Feb. 21, 2006 at his home. The son of John C. & Catherine M. (Schafer) Bresnahan, he was born on June 3, 1924 in Grand Rapids. A proud veteran of World War II, he interrupted his education and enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served...

Kevin Mcnee
Feb 18, 2006
Mr. Kevin R. McNee, age 47, of Belding, formerly of Grand Rapids, passed away unexpectedly late Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2006 in the emergency room of Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Campus, Greenville. The son of Richard B. & Ruthe L. (Straw) McNee, he was born on June 30, 1958 in Grand Rapids. Kevin had retired from Baker Furniture in Grand...

Golda Hodges
Feb 17, 2006
Golda Vivian Hodges, 68, of Stanton, Michigan, formerly of Tompkinsville, Kentucky, died Friday, February 17, 2006 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - Livingston Campus, in Howell, Michigan of natural causes after battling a serious illness for several years. The daughter of Dewey Frank Froedge and Ella Mae (Kerr) Froedge, she was born October 23, 1937 in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. A native...

Patsy Crater
Feb 16, 2006
Mrs. Patsy Marie Crater, age 64, of Greenville, passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 16, 2006 at her home. The daughter of George & Viola (Dukes) Parrish, she was born on Nov. 15, 1941 in Adrian. For many years Patsy worked as a care provider at Greenville Acres and Quality adult foster care homes. On May 6, 1995, in Amble, she...

Andrew Tice
Feb 14, 2006
View Video Tribute Andrew James Tice, age 20, of Greenville, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes, early Tuesday morning, Feb. 14, 2006 at his home. The son of Robert H. & Michelle A. (Phenix) Tice, he was born on April 30, 1985 in Greenville, and was a 2004 graduate of Greenville High School. Andrew was employed at Lacks Industries in...

Wilma Farrell
Feb 13, 2006
Mrs. Wilma F. Billie (Foley) Farrell, age 94, of Friendship Village, Schaumburg, Illinois, formerly of Greenville, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2006 in Schaumburg. Born on August 11, 1911, in Sodus, New York, she was a graduate of Parsons School of Fine Arts in New York City. Although she had worked as an interior designer until her marriage to James...

Ken Dines
Feb 10, 2006
Mr. Ralph Kenneth Dines, age 88, formerly of Greenville and Baldwin, passed away late Friday morning, Feb. 10, 2006 at Kendallville Manor Nursing Home in Kendallville, Indiana. The son of George Lorenzo & Christine (Dard) Dines, he was born on Oct. 20, 1917 in Rockford, grew up in the Rockford-Belmont area, and graduated from Rockford High School. On Aug. 5,...

Mildred Sturgis
Feb 10, 2006
Mrs. Mildred Belle Sturgis, of Greenville, passed away on her 93rd birthday, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 at Spectrum Health United Memorial-United Hospital, Greenville. The daughter of Jess & Lula Sperry, she was born on Feb. 10, 1916 in Fowler. After graduating high school, she married George Benjamin Sturgis on March 24, 1934 in St. Johns. Together, they raised five children,...

Zach Steffes
Feb 10, 2006
View Video Tribute Zachariah Lawrence Zach Steffes, age 18, of Trufant, passed away Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Campus, Grand Rapids, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident last Sunday. The son of Bruce L. & Raquel (Christensen) Steffes, he was born on Nov. 25, 1987 in Greenville. As a member of the Class of 2006, Zach looked...

Bill Blanchard
Feb 8, 2006
View Video Tribute Billy Gene Blanchard, age 59, of Trufant, passed away early Wednesday morning, Feb. 8, 2006. The son of Howard H. & Marion E. (Delong) Blanchard, he was born on Oct. 30, 1946 in Kendallville, Indiana and graduated from Hamilton Community Schools in 1965. Billy enlisted with the U.S. Army in 1969 and served in Germany during the...

Bertha Mckenzie
Jan 31, 2006
Mrs. Bertha A. McKenzie, age 85, of Gowen, passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, 2006 at her home. The daughter of Cecil & Bessie (Kecker) Clark, she was born on Feb. 6, 1920 in Elmira. On July 13, 1939 she married Donald J. McKenzie. A devoted wife and mother, Bertha lived in the Lansing area until she and Don retired...

Dorothy Glass
Jan 29, 2006
Mrs. Dorothy J. Glass, 81, of Grand Rapids, passed away early Sunday morning, Jan. 29, 2006 at Metron of Greenville. Survivors include her children and their families: Deborah Pranomvanavech of Grand Rapids, Tamara J. Weatherford of Muir, Micheal William Root of Six Lakes, Donald L. Root of Trufant, and Howard C. Whipple of Six Lakes. As Dorothy requested, cremation will...