Raymon Grinnell
Jun 6, 2007
Ray Grinnell passed away very unexpectedly on June 6, 2007. Ray was born on April 8, 1947 to Robert and Vernotta Halley Grinnell. After graduation from high school, he married Michelle Marks on March 23, 1968. He worked for 30 years in California and moved to Texas within the last 3 years. Ray was a member of St. Williams...
Lillian Prentice
Jun 5, 2007
Lillian Mary Ann Prentice, age 85, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at the Poppen Hospice Residence. She was born September 27, 1921 in Hartford, WI to Fred & Clara (Rausch) Hamann. She grew up in Milwaukee and attended Marquette University where she met her husband Edwin Prentice to whom she was married in 1941. She lived most of...
Margaret Higby
Jun 5, 2007
Mrs. Margaret M. Higby, age 92, died Sunday, June 3, 2007. She was born in Muskegon, MI on March 30, 1915 to Gustav & Mary (Norman) Edlund and married Maurey Higby. Margaret was a member of Olivet Evangelical Free Church. SURVIVORS Nephews, James Edlund & Bob Edlund; nieces, Judy McPherson & Mary Ann Mrvos. She was preceded in death...
Loren Lavassuer
Jun 5, 2007
Mr. Loren M. LaVassuer, age 52, passed away suddenly in Muskegon on June 5, 2007. He was born August 12, 1954 in Muskegon to Bernard and Dolores (Dwyer) LaVassuer. He married Jan White on February 3, 1984. Loren was a collector, loved cooking, gardening and spending time with his children. He was a very hard worker and was employed...
David Boyd
Jun 5, 2007
Mr. David E. Boyd, aged 85, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007. He was born in Elwood City, PA on June 11, 1921 to David & Gertrude (Engel) Boyd. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia of 63 years; daughter, Janet Worrell (Jack) of New London, PA; sons, Robert (Kimberley) of Pittsburgh, PA, Timothy (Jeanne) of Okemos, MI; five grandchildren,...
Marie Jacobson
Jun 5, 2007
Marie (Bradford) Jacobson, age 85, of Spring Lake went to be with her Lord on June 5, 2007 at North Ottawa Community Hospital in the caring arms of Hospice of North Ottawa Community. She was born February 25, 1922 in Muskegon to John and Clara (Schuitema) Musk and she married Kenneth O. Bradford on March 23, 1943 in Muskegon,...
Emily Janczyk
Jun 5, 2007
Mrs. Emily B. Janczyk, age 88, passed away June 5, 2007 at a local nursing home. She was born November 30, 1918 in Muskegon and married Bruno B. Janczyk in 1942. He preceded her in death on December 11, 2002. Mrs. Janczyk managed Daniels Beauty Academy for many years. She is survived by her two sons, Ronald B. Janczyk...
Gerrit Vandonkelaar
Jun 5, 2007
Mr. Gerrit M. "Gary" VanDonkelaar, age 85, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday evening, June 5, 2007. He was born in Muskegon on September 27, 1921 to Joseph and Sophia (VanVeelen) VanDonkelaar and was a life resident of the area. Mr. VanDonkelaar was a veteran of the United States Army having served over seas during WWII...
David Gee Sr.
Jun 5, 2007
Mr. David Alan Gee, Sr., age 33, of Muskegon, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Hackley Hospital after a three year courageous battle with leukemia. David was born October 15, 1973 to Donald and Linda (Patterson) Gee in Muskegon. He was baptized at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. He attended Muskegon High School and had previously been employed at...
Constance Supernaw
Jun 4, 2007
Constance P. Supernaw, age 80 passed away at home under the loving care of her family on Monday, June 4, 2007. Patsy was preceded in death by two husbands, Homer Ames, in 1969 and David Supernaw in 1990; a granddaughter, Heather LeRoux; and a son in law, Ron LeRoux, along with a brother. She is survived by five children,...
Thornton Stone
Jun 4, 2007
Mr. Thornton "TJ" Stone, age 80, passed away Monday, June 4, 2007 in Muskegon, MI. He was born September 5, 1926 in Muskegon, MI. He married the former Barbara Mattrick of 53 years on June 10, 1954 in Ann Arbor, MI. Mr. Stone served in the U.S. Army. He became principal at Bunker School, and then taught at Muskegon...
Elden Bonter
Jun 4, 2007
Elden C. Bonter age 69 of Ravenna died, Monday, June 4, 2007 at Lax Cancer Center in Grand Rapids surrounded by his loving family. Elden C. Bonter was born on January 16, 1938 in Ravenna, Michigan to the late Clifford and Viola (Patterson) Bonter. He married Lorraine Kay Slocum on November 15, 1975. Eldon was a mailman for the...
Doris Tornga
Jun 3, 2007
Doris M. Tornga, age 81, of Grand Haven passed away Sunday, June 3, 2007, at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. She was born August 31, 1925 in Muskegon to John and Mattie (Burgess) Kooi. She married Sidney Tornga September 6, 1947 in Muskegon and moved to this area from Chicago in l953. Mrs. Tornga worked at Continental Motors in...
Juanita Ulfsax
Jun 3, 2007
Mrs. Juanita F. Ulfsax, age 93, passed away June 3, 2007. She was born March 11, 1914 in Muskegon to Henry and Lula (Smith) Stevens and graduated from Muskegon Heights High School in 1932. She married Carl S. Ulfsax in Grand Rapids on March 28, 1932 and they were married 73 years until he passed away on May 17,...
Ed Garlock
Jun 3, 2007
Ed Garlock was a wonderful man, who lived a wonderful life, a life full of laughter, fun times, and most of all, family. Everything Ed did in life he did for his family, from his children and grandchildren he was so proud of, to the loving wife he adored every day. Ed was blessed with a beautiful family, but...
Audrey Brown
Jun 3, 2007
Audrey B. Brown, age 92 passed away at her home on Sunday, June 3, 2007. Audrey was preceded in death by her husband of over 70 years, Harold, and a son Richard. She is survived by three children, Harold (Darlene) Brown, Wanda (Acklin) Hoofman, and Suzanne Brown; several grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Audrey had been a homemaker all her life....
Thelma Phelps
Jun 3, 2007
Mrs. Thelma J. Phelps, age 88, went to her Lord in Heaven early Sunday morning, June 3, 2007. She was born May 13, 1919 in Muskegon Hts. to Arlie and Bertha (Newburn) French. She married George Lillibridge on January 4, 1939, who preceded her in death in 1975. She later married William J. Phelps in Muskegon on February 14,...
William Thieman
Jun 3, 2007
Mr. William (Bill) Hall Thieman, of Montague, age 92, passed away June 3, 2007. Born and raised in Montague, on June 9, 1914, to John and Nellie (Hall) Thieman, he continued to live and work in Montague for the remainder of his life. On December 14, 1934, he married Illa Fern Minor of Muskegon and together the two shared...
Beatrice Hahn
Jun 2, 2007
Mrs. Hahn, age 81, died June 2, 2007. Born May 29, 1926, in Pontiac, to Hugh and Arivella (Baer) Allen, and a 1944 graduate of Alma High School, she had lived in the White Lake area the past 27 years, coming here from Saline. On September 28, 1951, in Breckenridge, she married Lynn H. Hahn and had been a...
Rita Demarse
Jun 2, 2007
Mrs. Rita D. DeMarse, age 83, passed away on Saturday, June 2. Rita was born in Muskegon on May 27, 1924, to Urgelle "John" and Flora (Langlois) Chandonnet. A resident of Muskegon for most of her life, she was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church for 30 years. Rita most enjoyed spending time with friends and...
