Allan Millan Bacon
Sep 22, 2020
Allan Millan "Growler" Bacon, age 91 of Big Rapids, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at his home in the country. He was born May 22, 1929, in Flint, the son of Millan and Mary (Rhyndress) Bacon. Allan was a 1947 graduate of Big Rapids High School. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army in 1948. While serving...
James E. Vredenburg
Sep 22, 2020
James E. "Jim" Vredenburg, age 78 of Stanwood, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020. He was born November 13, 1941, in Lakeview, the son of Dorothy and Arthur "Reo" Vredenburg. Jim graduated from Morley-Stanwood High School in 1961. He married Linda ONeil May 2, 1964, in Morley and together they made their home in Stanwood. Jim farmed his familys farm...
David J. Hull
Sep 19, 2020
David J. Hull, age 58 of Big Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital. He was born February 2, 1962 the son of Velma L. Hull. Velma passed away when David was only four years old and he was raised in Big Rapids by his maternal grandparents, Olive and Ezra Hull. Even though...
Ruth E. Clark
Sep 18, 2020
Ruth E. Clark, age 86 of Remus, passed away Friday September 18, 2020 with family at her side. She was born April 22, 1934 at home near Clare, the daughter of George and Gladys Haight. On September 8, 1951 she married James Clark. They were married in Remus where they made their home and lived the majority of their life....
Thomas E. Horan
Sep 14, 2020
Thomas E. Horan age 64, lifelong resident of Big Rapids, passed away Monday, September 14, 2020. He was born April 17, 1956, the son of Robert Jr. and Dolores (Conley) Horan. Tom was a member of St. Mary St. Paul Catholic Community. He attended St. Mary Catholic School and then graduated from Big Rapids High School in 1974. Tom earned...
Douglas E. Weed
Sep 13, 2020
Douglas Eugene Weed was reunited with his sweet wife Cathy in heaven on September 13, 2020. He was at peace in his home, surrounded by many of his loved ones. There was no other place he would have wanted to be. He was born March 6, 1946 to his loving parents Bud and Helen. He was the youngest of their...
Lynn A. Goldthwait
Sep 12, 2020
Lynn A. Goldthwait, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at the age of 65 Saturday, September 12, 2020, at his home in Big Rapids with his family by his side. He was born a natural jokester on April 1, 1955, in Lakeview, the son of Martin and Gladys (Merrifield) Goldthwait. Lynn was a 1973 graduate of Morley-Stanwood High School....
Mabel E. Starr
Sep 7, 2020
Mabel E. Starr, a lifelong resident of Big Rapids, passed away Monday, September 7, 2020, at her home. She was born November 5, 1926, the daughter of Claude and Mary (Stoner) Wilson. Mabel was a miracle in the eyes of a physician. She was born with difficulties and not expected to live past the age of three months. With great...
Eleanore Anna Harthan
Sep 4, 2020
Eleanore Anne Harthan, age 98, passed away Friday, September 4, 2020. She was born in Aurora, Il. February 23, 1922 to Frank and Hildegarde Hartman. In 1939 she married Miles Henry Harthan. In 1955 they moved to Michigan and later settled in Big Rapids in 1971. Eleanore then managed the Whitmark Catalog Store until it's closing. Eleanore loved her family,...
Clarron Sigurd Sivertsen
Aug 31, 2020
Clarron Sigurd Sivertsen, age 94, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 at his home with his family. He was born December 1, 1925, the son of Sigurd and Beatrice Sivertsen. Much like many others of the time Clarron served his country proudly during WWII in the US Army. Following his time in the war he married Betty Corey on November...
Michael Trouble O'Connor
Aug 31, 2020
Michael T. OConnor, Warrior Clown of Big Rapids, passed away at the age of 74 Monday, August 31, 2020. He was born in Saginaw August 6, 1946, the son of Charles and Alice (Swanson) OConnor. While in high school, Mike looked up to his social studies teacher who was awarded a Medal of Honor for his service during World War...
Wayne K. Kleckler
Aug 30, 2020
Wayne K. Kleckler, age 85 of Big Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, August 30, 2020. He was born in Manton, Michigan June 20, 1935, the son of Otto and Helen (Fiske) Kleckler. Wayne was a 1953 graduate from Manton High School. He married Mary Voorhees on June 26, 1954, in Cadillac and together they raised their family in the Kent...
Charlie C. Brenner
Aug 25, 2020
Charlie C. Brenner, age 24 of Howard City, passed away unexpectedly due to injuries sustained from an automobile accident on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. She was born December 23, 1995, in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Sandra Brenner and Ira Norman. Charlie graduated from Tri County High School in Howard City, where she was raised. She was known for her...
Louis Ralph Teceno
Aug 19, 2020
Louis R. Teceno, age 85, passed away unexpectedly, of natural causes, at home, Wednesday, August 19, 2020. He was born November 6, 1934, in East Detroit, the son of Louis and Helen (Brown) Teceno. Louis graduated from East Detroit High School in 1952. There, he met the love of his life, Marie Doss, and they were married September 17, 1952....
Doreen M. Estes
Aug 17, 2020
Doreen Estes was born October 27, in Muskegon, Michigan, the third child of Anthony (Tom) and Ruth Bell. A child of the Depression, she learned as a young child the importance and value of work, holding a variety of jobs from child care to house cleaning, selling Flint Coney Dogs at local fairs with her brother and sister, to working...
Evelyn Ann Isanhart
Aug 16, 2020
Evelyn Ann Isanhart, age 82 of Barryton, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2020, peacefully at home after a battle with cancer. Evelyn was born September 27, 1937, in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan to the late Finnan J. and Dorthea (Judge) Cuthbert. She married Archie Isanhart in February 1955. They lived in Lansing before moving to Barryton to raise their three children....
Lois Mae Pickering
Aug 16, 2020
Lois Mae Pickering passed away Sunday, August 16, 2020, after a short battle with cancer. She was born February 6, 1941, in East Detroit, Michigan, to Jane and Herbert Glidden. Lois was married to David Pickering for 52 years. They made their home in Ortonville, Michigan where they raised their family and a menagerie of animals. After retirement, they moved...
Patricia Nellett
Aug 16, 2020
Patricia Kaye (Patty) Nellett, 73, of Barryton (formerly of Lansing), passed away surrounded in love by her family on Sunday, August 16, 2020. She was born in Cadillac on June 16, 1947, the daughter of Donald and Mary Alice (Knudsen) Hynes. Patty married the love of her life, Richard Nellett on June 27, 1981 and together they enjoyed 39 years...
Glenna L. Moran
Aug 11, 2020
Glenna L. "Big Momma" Moran, age 63 of Big Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, August 11, 2020. She was born September 4, 1956, in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of James R. and Betty (Young) Little. Glenna married the love of her life, Allen "Al" Moran Jr., on April 18, 1993, in Big Rapids where they made their home. Her heart...
Patricia J. Werner
Aug 11, 2020
Patricia J. "Pat" Werner, age 89 of Big Rapids, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at home. She was born June 3, 1931 in Grand Rapids the daughter of Ray and Loretta (Brown) Bowen. Pat graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in 1949 and went on to attended Grand Rapids Junior College. While in College she met Robert L....
