Gordon Leigh Worst
May 4, 2021
Gordon Leigh Worst, age 91, passed away at Friendship Village Health Center on May 04, 2021. Gordon was born October 09, 1929 to John and Dorothy (Weber) Worst at home in Kalamazoo. He lived most of his life in Galesburg, before moving to Friendship Village in 2014. Gordon married Dorene (Thomas) in 1947. Together they raised 4 children. They were...
Patricia Ann Burson
May 2, 2021
Patricia A. Burson, of Schoolcraft passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at the age of 74. Patricia was born on December 5, 1946 in Kalamazoo, MI. She was the daughter of Willard and Bernice (Hagg) Reinoehl. She was married to Robert “Bob” Burson and they raised four children together: Jim, Kevin, Lori, and T.J. Patricia worked for over 17...
Mark Donald Holloway
May 1, 2021
Mark Donald Holloway February 15th, 1970 - May 1st, 2021 On May 1, 2021, Mark Donald Holloway, loving husband and father of four children, passed away at the age of 51, after a twelve year battle with cancer. Mark, son of Donald Arthur Holloway and Suzanne Irene (Celmer) Holloway, was born February 15th, 1970 in South Bend, Indiana. Mark was...
BethAnn Vanderberg
Apr 30, 2021
BethAnn Vanderberg, of Plainwell, went to be with the Lord on April 30, 2021 at the age of 64. She was born on April 18, 1957 the daughter of Norman and Charlene (Chrisman) VanKampen. BethAnn is survived by her significate other: Lee Hurd; three children: Ron Lucas, Michael John and Jeffrey Norman (Jessica Burd); Anjo Vanderberg; four grandchildren; siblings: Yvonne...
Shirley Ann Ball
Apr 30, 2021
Shirley Ann Ball of Kalamazoo, MI passed away on April 30, 2021 in Kalamazoo at the age of 71. She was born on January 16, 1950 in Byron, MI the daughter of Daniel Wells and Verna Porter. A complete obituary is currently in the process of being written. While visiting Shirley's tribute page please take a moment to light a...
Luann Rea Olsen
Apr 30, 2021
Luann Rea Olsen of Marcellus, MI passed away unexpectedly in Kalamazoo, MI on Friday, April 30, 2021 at the age of 66. She was born in Three Rivers, MI on November 16, 1954 the daughter of Wilbur Jacobs and Dorothy Johnson. A complete obituary is currently in the process of being written. While visiting Luann's tribute page please take a...
Mildred Robertson
Apr 29, 2021
Mildred Robertson of Allegan, MI passed away peacefully on April 29, 2021 at the age of 99. She was born on May 6, 1921 in Chicago, IL the daughter of Henry Heizenbuttel and Elise Carter. A complete obituary is currently in the process of being written. While visiting Mildred's tribute page please take a moment to light a candle or...
Addison Michael-Lee Nicodemus
Apr 29, 2021
In loving memory of Addison Michael-Lee Tierney. Addison passed on to a better world on April 29th at 5:25pm. He was 21 years old but had the soul of a very wise, very strong warrior. Even though his time with us was short his memory will live on. He never let cystic fibrosis define him. For many long hard years...
Betty Lou Whitney
Apr 28, 2021
Betty Lou Whitney October 27, 1928 ~ April 28, 2021 Betty Lou Whitney, age 92 of Kalamazoo, Michigan passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at Friendship Village of Kalamazoo. Betty was born in Athens, Michigan on October 27, 1928 the daughter of Leo Oscar Wood and Minnie E. Vedder, and the fourth of eight children. On June 28, 1947, in...
Nyoda Higgins
Apr 28, 2021
Nyoda Dian Higgins transitioned back into the spirit world, quietly in her sleep on April 28th, 2021. She was born on May 5, 1939. She was the daughter of Danford H. Higgins, and Louise Nyoda Stebbins (Higgins), who preceded her in death. She was a special child with different learning abilities and spent most of her adult life in adult...
Russell N. Ingold
Apr 28, 2021
Russell N. Ingold, age 74, passed away April 28, 2021 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo, MI. Russ was born on February 8, 1947, in Kalamazoo to Donald and Fern (Newton) Ingold. He was a graduate of Otsego High School. He worked as a delivery driver at Bell’s Greenhouse. In his younger days, Russ loved hunting, playing poker, drag racing,...
Jimmy Lee Roberts
Apr 28, 2021
ROBERTS, JIMMY LEE 10/28/1956 – 4/28/2021 Crooked Lake, Texas Township That fateful morning Jim awoke, began the new day’s routine, but suddenly he was lost. A startling start to the day we could never have anticipated, but true to how he lived, Jim continued to surprise us until the end. He was quietly taken from his beloved home on Crooked...
Bernice Dussia
Apr 27, 2021
Bernice Dussia December 25, 1944-April 27, 2021 (Thelma) Bernice Davis Dussia passed away peacefully on April 27th, 2021. Bernice was born on Christmas Day, 1944 in Leachville, Arkansas to (Willis) Bill and (Delores) Lorene (Moss) Davis. She joined her older sister (Joyce) Geneva and two years later, they were joined by their brother Owen. The Davis Family moved to Michigan...
Daniel Murray
Apr 27, 2021
Daniel A. Murray, of Battle Creek passed away on April 27, 2021 at the age of 62. Daniel A. Murray was born to Daniel Anderson Murray Sr. and Castoria Nutall, in the city of Detroit, May 30, 1958. Daniel was the youngest son, and he graduated from Chadsey High School in 1976. After high school, Daniel began to work in...
Dale Norman Bowlby
Apr 26, 2021
Dale Norman Bowlby December 29, 1929 ~ April 26, 2021 Dale Bowlby went home to be with the Lord early Monday morning, April 26, 2021 at the Borgess Hospital following a battle with colon cancer. Dale was born to Forrest C. Bowlby and Lydia Amber Reames on December 29, 1929 in a small village called Corey, Michigan. On April 26,...
Kenneth Alan Jones
Apr 26, 2021
Kenneth Alan Jones, 63, died unexpectedly in his Kalamazoo home on April 26, 2021. He was a well known musician, performing with the Grand Rapids and Battle Creek Symphonies. He was a percussionist with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra for 45 years. He had also played in local churches and other musical venues. Ken was born in Sturgis, MI in 1957....
Donna Mae Bates
Apr 24, 2021
Donna Mae Bates March 16, 1941 ~ April 24, 2021 Donna Mae Bates, age 80 of Marcellus, Michigan passed away Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Borgess Ascension Hospital. Donna was born in Three Rivers, Michigan on March 16, 1941, the daughter of Norman A. and Violet R. (Carpenter) McClain. On July 18, 1958 in Marcellus, Michigan, Donna married Carl Lavon...
Orrin "Ray" Miller
Apr 23, 2021
Orrin Miller Jr “Ray Miller”, of Plainwell, went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Friday, April 23,2021, at the age of 70. Ray was the son of Orrin and Lillian (Price) Miller Sr. Ray retired from Bentler Automotive as a journeyman machine repairman. Ray spent the early hours of each day in his devotion unto the Lord, in...
Glen McGuire
Apr 22, 2021
Glen McGuire, Jr. died April 22, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada of natural causes. He was 85 years old. He was born November 8, 1935 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Glen, Sr. and Mary McGuire. He attended Comstock Schools in Comstock, Michigan. After his schooling he entered the US Army and was stationed in Hawaii at Schofield Barracks from...
Ellen Louise Westberg
Apr 21, 2021
Westberg, Ellen 8/15/35 to 4/21/21 Kalamazoo, MI. Ellen was born in Grand Rapids, MI on 8/15/35 daughter of Maynard B & Sarah Louise (Fischer) Stover. She was predeceased by her husband of many years, Ward Westberg. Ellen is survived by her daughters Laura Clute and Linda Drenth, step-children Mary Elaine Westberg and David Westberg, her chums (grandchildren) Jon Drenth (Carolin),...