James Thomas Woods
Aug 27, 2009
James T. Woods, 69 formerly of Pullman died Thursday, August 27, 2009 at Meadow Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, in Bloomingdale. James was born August 25, 1940 in Allegan, MI, he was the son of William and Edith (Barnes) Woods. A retired Roofer and contractor, he is survived by his sister Dawn Woods of Grand Junction, MI. At his request...
Helen Virginia Kellum
Aug 25, 2009
Helen Virginia Kellum, age 89, of Holland, formerly of Fennville, died, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, at Resthaven Care Center in Holland. Born October 1, 1919 in Cardwell, Missouri, she was the daughter of William and Alma (Lawson) Acree. A retired employee of Lifesavers in Holland, she was preceded in death by her husband Junior Ray Kellum on July 4, 1986,...
Burnette Elenbaas
Aug 16, 2009
Burnette Elenbaas, age 86 of Fennville, died Sunday, August 16, 2009 at Holland Community Hospital. Born June 4, 1923 in Allegan County, she was the daughter of Nick and Jennie (Schra) Boremen. Burnette was a retired secretary and a member of the Community Church Douglas. Her husband Bud Elenbaas preceded her in death, Dec. 26, 1989. Surviving are her children...
Troy Burklow
Aug 14, 2009
Troy Burklow age 62, of Fennville, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 at Holland Community Hospital. Born Nov. 12, 1946 in Harrisburg, Arkansas, he was the son of Charles and Nolar (Nash) Burklow. Troy was self employed in the yard care business, and a member of A.A. for over 25 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son...
Marcella Jane Laaksonen
Aug 8, 2009
Marcella Jane (Marcy) Laaksonen, 72, of Fennville, died Saturday August 8, 2009 at Hospice House of Holland. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Leonard W. Laaksonen and children Len and Connee Laaksonen, Debbie and Doug Wieland, Scott and Kathy Laaksonen and Kim Rasmussen. Also several sisters, a brother, grandchildren, great-grandchildren as well as many close friends. A...
Mary Virginia Weed
Aug 7, 2009
Mary V. Weed, age 85, of Fennville, died Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 at Holland Community Hospital. Born Aug. 26, 1923, in Glenn, MI, she was the daughter of Leon and Blanche (Foster) Warren. A graduate of South Haven High School, Mary married George F. Weed April 28, 1951, George preceded her in death September 14, 2008. Mary was a member...
Caroline (Kay) Ward
Aug 5, 2009
Caroline (Kay) Ward, 83, of Fennville, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at Golden Orchards Assisted Living. Born Oct. 16, 1925, she was the daughter of Elmer and Minnie (Lierman) Reum. Kay lived in the Fennville area for the past 32 years, coming from Bloomington, IL, she retired from Life Savers in Holland, was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in...
Frank Newton Daisher
Aug 4, 2009
Frank N. Daisher, age 74 of Pullman, died Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at his home. Born August 24, 1934 in Dundee, Michigan, he was the son of Lavier N. Lovett and Bertha V. Slayton. A member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, he lived and worked at Oak Haven, in Pullman, MI, for the past 33 years. Frank is survived...
Shirley Elaine Bush
Aug 3, 2009
Shirley Elaine (Dill) Bush, 78, of Wellston, MI, and Winter Springs, FL, died Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, at her home in Wellston. Born May 14, 1931, in Kalamazoo, the oldest of four children, Shirley and her sister Margaret were inseparable in their activities in Girl Scouts and the Episcopal Church youth group. Margaret died at an early age from lung...
Hilda Ruth Guigue
Jul 24, 2009
Hilda R. Guigue, age 82 of Fennville, died Friday, July 24, 2009 at Providence Healthcare in Zeeland. Born Feb. 6, 1927 in Glenn, MI, she was the daughter of Willy and Anna (Blossey) Radseck. Hilda married Lewis E. Guigue in Douglas, MI on Oct. 1, 1949, a homemaker, Hilda was a member of the Glenn United Methodist Church. Surviving is...
Amy Michelle Castillo
Jul 18, 2009
Amy M. Castillo, age 38, of Pullman, died Saturday, July 18, 2009. Born March 25, 1971 in Benton Harbor Michigan, she was the daughter of David H. Remus and Jean Ann Wheeler. A homemaker, Amy is survived by her sons, Jaime Robert Remus LeMay, Jose Jordan Ramirez and Antonio Castillo, her father David H. Remus of Tunnel Hill, IL, mother...
Roy E. Averye
Jul 15, 2009
Roy E. Averye, age 67, of Allegan, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at his home. Born Sept. 6, 1941 in Grand Rapids, MI, he was the son of Vernon E. and Irene (Harkema) Averye. A machine builder at Batts in Zeeland, he retired in 1999, after 20 years. Roy was a member of the Assembly of Yaltweh and the N.R.A....
Hershel Lee Baker
Jul 11, 2009
Hershel Lee Baker, age 75, of Fennville, went to be with his Lord, Saturday, July 11, 2009. Born March 5, 1934, in Monette, Arkansas, he was the son of James and Addie (Anderson) Baker. A retired mechanic, Hershel was a long time Fennville area resident and a member of the Fennville Baptist Church. Surviving is his wife, Sarah F. Baker,...
Clair Edmund Griffin
Jul 9, 2009
Clair Edmund Griffin, age 85 of Fennville was called home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,on Thursday, July 9, 2009, with his loving family by his side. A loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Clair was born on October 31, 1923 in Vestaburg, Michigan, he was the son of Frank and Fern (Bell) Griffin. Clair proudly served...
Nan L. Collins
Jul 3, 2009
Nan L. Collins, age 70, of Fennville, went to be with her Lord Friday, July 3, 2009 after a lifetime of dedication to her husband, children, and church. Born April 11, 1939 in Walnut, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Dewitt and Annie Bell (Stamey) Kennedy. On Sept 27, 1959, Nan married Bob J. Collins. A homemaker, Nan also worked...
Alice Hannah Allen
Jul 3, 2009
Alice H. Allen, age 94, of Fennville, died Friday, July 3, 2009 at Grace of Douglas. Born November 17, 1914 in Conimicut, Rhode Island, she was the daughter of William and Emma (Hadfield) Worthington. A member of the Fennville Assembly of God church, she was a homemaker and also retired from High Q industries, in Fennville after twenty years of...
John Winston Jr.
May 24, 2009
John Winston Jr, age 83, of Holland, formerly of Pullman, died Sunday, May 24, 2009 at Holland Community Hospital. Born Dec. 24, 1925 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he was the son of John and Emma Winston. John was a retired truck driver who lived in the Pullman area from 1970 till 2008 when moving to Holland, he served in the US...
Patricia Gaye Riede
May 17, 2009
Patricia G. Riede, age 57, of Grand Junction, MI, died Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. Born May 22, 1951, she was the daughter of Raymond and Freida (Kelly) Isenblatter. Patricia was a homemaker and lived in the Grand Junction area. Surviving are her children; Dina M. Smith of Grand Junction, Raymond J. Smith of Plainwell,...
Ruth Mae Jones
May 16, 2009
Ruth Mae Jones, age 96, of Fennville, died suddenly May 16, 2009 at Oak Crest Manor in Holland. Born Nov. 9, 1912 in Shelby, MI, she was the daughter of Leo Benjamin Plummer and Laura Easter Plummer. A graduate of Olivet College, Ruth was a retired Illinois school teacher, and a member of the First Congregational Church in Saugatuck. She...
Dean Wark Dornan
May 9, 2009
Dean Wark Dornan, age 70, of Douglas, MI, died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at his home. Born August 4, 1938 in Holland, MI, he was the son of Adrian Dornan and Grace Wark Dornan. He was a 1964 graduate of Michigan State University and also attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. Dean worked in Industrial Sales...
