Betty Beaton
May 25, 2007
Betty Beaton, age 81 of Stanwood, passed away Friday, May 25, 2007 at Mecosta County Medical Center in Big Rapids. She was born Elizabeth Caroline Lyons on May 19, 1926 to Willard and Elizabeth (Biehler) Lyons on the family farm near Stanwood. Betty had lived in East Lansing where she was an administrative secretary at Michigan State University. She later...
Evelyn R. Nott
May 23, 2007
Evelyn R. Nott, age 92 of Chippewa Lake, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Metron of Big Rapids. She was born June 24, 1914 in Nunica to Arthur and Rose (Moninger) Hale. Evelyn graduated from Muskegon High School. Following graduation she moved to Mecosta County with her family, where she met Ernest Nott of Chippewa Lake. They were married...
Alvah "Jr." Metcalf
May 23, 2007
Alvah "Jr." Metcalf, age 83 of Chippewa Lake, passed away unexpectedly at his home, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. He was born May 24, 1923 in Remus to Alvah L. and Jessie Mae (Hetherington) Metcalf. Jr. attended Barryton Rural Agricultural High School. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army serving during World War II. Following the service, Jr. moved...
Geneva Pearl Brady
May 21, 2007
Geneva Pearl (Ramsey) Brady May 2, 1916 "" May 21, 2007 Geneva Brady died May 21, 2007 at age 91 of pancreatic cancer. She was born in Wellington, Kansas on May 2, 1916 to Ernest Clyde and Stella (Spear) Ramsey, but at age 3 moved to Iowa with her family where she graduated Newton (IA) High School in 1934. She...
Connie L. Metcalf
May 21, 2007
Connie L. Metcalf, age 62 of Rodney, passed away Monday, May 21, 2007 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 24, 1944 in Lansing to Norton and Virginia (Doan) Blank. Connie is survived by: Her husband, Larry Metcalf of Rodney Daughters: Terry Ann (Todd) Shaw of Lakeview Stephanie Clark of Rodney Heather (Rich) Coby of Howard...
Betty J. Thompson
May 18, 2007
Betty Jean (Stoll) Thompson, age 81 of Weidman passed away Friday, May 18, 2007 at Central Michigan Community Hospital in Mt. Pleasant after a long battle with cancer. Betty was born March 9, 1926 in Wacousta, Michigan the only child of John and J. Myrl (King) Stoll. Betty attended a one room school house on her parent's farm until her...
Alvin J. Latham
May 14, 2007
Alvin "John" Latham, 73, of Lake passed away Monday evening May 14, 2007 at Tendercare of Mt. Pleasant. Alvin was born April 14, 1934 to Gerald and Laura (Sheldon) Latham in Lake, MI where he resided his entire life and raised his family with his late wife Bettie. He was a laborer on the pipeline and member of Local 1098....
Vonnie Lynn-Burman Mac
May 10, 2007
Vonnie Lynn-Burman Mac, age 45, of Reed City went to be with her Lord Thursday, May 10, 2007 at her home with loved ones at her side. She was born August 11, 1961 in Detroit to David LeRoy and Janet Lucile (Phillips) Burman. She was married to Matthew Lawrence Mac in Reed City on June 22, 1996. Vonnie was a...
Bernard I. Losey
Apr 30, 2007
Bernard I. Losey, age 81 of Morley, passed away Monday, April 30, 2007. He was born July 14, 1925 in Weidman to Filles and Thelma (Thompson) Losey. Bernard was honorable discharged from the United States Army serving during World War II in the European Theater. Following the service he returned to Weidman and went into farming. Bernard married Chrystal Tindle...
Stanley R. Spooner
Apr 25, 2007
Stanley R. Spooner, age 86 a lifelong resident of Big Rapids, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2007. He was born June 27, 1920 in Grand Ledge to Orlie and Frieda (Kreller) Spooner. Stanley was honorably discharged from the United States Army serving during World War II in the European Theater. He married Beulah M. Mercer on June 22, 1946. They...
Jerry H. Koehn
Apr 19, 2007
Jerry H. Koehn, age 63 of Mecosta, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2007 at his home. He was born April 17, 1944 in Stanwood to Frederick and Wilma (Hollenbeck) Koehn. Jerry graduated from Kenowa Hills High School. He was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps, serving during the Vietnam Era. He was a graduate of I.T.T. Technical Institute....
Dorothy B. Johnson
Apr 14, 2007
Dorothy B. Johnson, age 97 of Big Rapids passed away Saturday, April 14, 2007 at Mecosta County Medical Center. She was born October 15, 1909 to William and Nellie (Shields) Brown in Iron Mountain, Michigan. Dorothy married Cecil E. Johnson in 1934 and he preceded her in death in 1964. She graduated from Iron Mountain High School in 1927 and...
Judith A. Woody
Apr 9, 2007
Judith A. Woody, age 70, passed away unexpectedly Monday, April 09, 2007 at her home near Stanwood. She was born December 28, 1936 in Grand Rapids to Leonard and Evelyn (Texter) Dykstra. Judith lived in Grand Rapids for many years and was retired from General Motors. She was a spiritual person, a faithful Catholic her entire life. Judith lived for...
Richard Carl Engstrom
Apr 9, 2007
Richard C. Engstrom, age 75 of Big Rapids, passed away Monday, April 9, 2007 at his home. He was born July 1, 1931 in Big Rapids to Karl and Ethel (Sampier) Engstrom. Dick graduated from Big Rapids High School in 1950. He was honorably discharged from the Michigan National Guard, Company E, 126th Infantry, after 25 years of service. He...
Rose Mary Welch
Apr 3, 2007
Rose Mary Welch, age 61 of Morley, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 3, 2007 at her home. She was born August 11, 1945 in Flint to Elias and Eva (Kecker) Alcorn. Rose Mary married Kenneth C. Welch on January 9, 1965 in Morley. She was employed at Wolverine World Wide in Rockford and later stayed at home to take care...
Della "Dolly" Isanhart
Apr 2, 2007
Della Dawn Isanhart age 56 of Barryton passed away at her home Monday, April 2, 2007 with her family at her side. She was born May 17, 1950 to the late John and Mary Stratton in Grand Rapids. Della is survived by her loving husband Roy, two children Robert (fianc Becky Simon) Isanhart of Barryton and Jennifer (Patrick) Moore of...
Megan Miller
Apr 1, 2007
Megan Jane Miller, age 7, of Chippewa Lake went to be with the Lord April 1, 2007 at her home. She was born August 13, 1999 in Grand Rapids. Megan has attended Big Rapids MOISD since she was 18 months old. She brought joy to those around her and made a giant impact on a small community. Megan loved to...
Lillian M. Darnell
Apr 1, 2007
Lillian M. Darnell, age 93, formerly of Barryton passed away April 1, 2007 at Autumnwood of McBain. She was born February 7, 1914 in Montcalm County, Mich. to Edward and Elinar (McClelland) Hart. On June 17, 1933 Lillian married Cecil "Red" Darnell in Weidman. They made their home in Weidman moving to Barryton in 1939 where Lillian took pride in...
Lillian Pontello
Mar 31, 2007
Lillian Pontello age 70, of Canadian Lakes, formerly of Flint passed away Saturday, March 31, 2007 at her home. She was born in Flint on December 10, 1936 to the late Louis and Lydia (Yanka) Sipos. Lillian is survived by her companion Howard G. Fisher, two sons and their spouses; Mark (Ann) McKeen and Matthew (Kim) Tihelka and one grandson...
Norman L. Schippa
Mar 30, 2007
Norman L. Schippa, age 75 a lifelong resident of Big Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Friday, March 30, 2007. He was born November 22, 1931, in Big Rapids to Fred and Lenna (Fenstermacher) Schippa. Norm graduated from Big Rapids High School in 1949 and then joined the United States Air Force. He was honorably discharged following four years of service during...
