Irene Mary Vana
Jan 15, 2009
Irene Mary Vana of Fennville MI. died peacefully Thursday Jan. 15. She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Rose Zanovit. Sister to the late Rose (Filetz), Eleanor (Opatrny), & Emil Zanovit. Her husband was the late Erwin Vana. Mother to two sons Andrew (Mary) & the late Paul (Cynthia). Grandmother to Allison, Joel, Maureen, Jason, Bill, & Brian....
Emil Edwin Wons
Jan 13, 2009
Emil E. Wons, age 88 of Fennville, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 at the Grace of Douglas. Born Dec. 14, 1920 in Chicago, Il, he was the son of Edwin and Ann Wons. Emil was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Douglas, Michigan. He retired from the Fennville Post Office, after many years of service as a rural...
Mildred L. Armstrong
Jan 11, 2009
Mildred L. Armstrong, 95. died Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Grace of Douglas in Douglas, Michigan. She is survived by three children, Rebecca (John) McClain, Richard L. Clark, and Dorothye B. Clark. Her body has been donated to the University of Michigan Medical School as an anatomical gift. Memorials may be made to Grace of Douglas Activities Department.
Renee Adele Thaler
Jan 8, 2009
South Haven - Renee Adele Thaler (Gregory age 81, passed away peacefully at home January 8, 2009 surrounded by her loving family. Renee was born on October 5th 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her husband John, parents Roscoe and Dorothy (Wright) Gregory and her brother Roscoe Gregory II. Renee enjoyed hunting and bowling in her...
Helen Marie Shoulders
Dec 28, 2008
Helen Marie Shoulders, age 72, of Allegan, MI, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008 at Heartland of Holland. Born April 29, 1936 in Jonesboro Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband Junior Shoulders on Nov. 12, 2008. Helen was a member of the Jenison Baptist Temple. Surviving is her son Gregory and Leann Shoulders of Millersburg, MI, and two...
Marian Doris Snow
Dec 21, 2008
Marian Snow passed away at the age of 93 on December 21, 2008 in Fennville Michigan. Marian was the oldest daughter of Henry and Doris Merkle, owners of Preusser Jewelers in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is survived by her sisters, Betty Gillette and Ruth McCurdy and her brother David Merkle. Marian was preceded in death by her husband of 50...
Carolyn Lee Visser
Dec 14, 2008
Carolyn Lee Visser (Hoyt), daughter of the late Joseph and Dorothy Skinner, was born on Dec. 24, 1941 and went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 at the age of 66. Ms. Visser (Hoyt) was of the Baptist faith. She loved crafts, cooking, fishing, UNC basketball, and spending time with her grandchildren. She spent most...
Howard Ronald Knight
Dec 4, 2008
Howard R. Knight, age 52 of Fennville, MI, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 at the Holland Community Hospital. Born July 28, 1956, in Allegan, MI, he was the son of Howard Vernon and Jacqueline (Stewart) Knight. Howard worked for Michigan Fruit Canners in Fennville as a fork lift driver for many years, he loved to spend time in the outdoors,...
Albert Wayne Overhiser
Dec 2, 2008
Albert Wayne Overhiser, 91, of Pullman, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at his home. He was a life long resident of Casco Township and a member of the Casco United Methodist Church. He was born December 17, 1916 on the Trowbridge Farm at the home of his mother's parents on Phoenix Road East of South Haven. In 1935, he graduated...
Roy Elry Grigg
Nov 29, 2008
Roy Elry Grigg, age 77 of Fennville, Michigan, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. Born January 23, 1931, in Brush, Colorado, he was the son of Samuel and Maggie (Cole) Grigg. He married Margaret Fay Burris on June 25, 1950 in Arkansas. Roy worked for Michigan Fruit Canners in Fennville for many years. Surviving...
Yvonne Elizabeth Jackson
Nov 26, 2008
Yvonne Jackson, 91, Fennville, died, November 26, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband Leon and son Johnny. Surviving are her children Judy and John McMahon, and Gary Jackson of Hamilton. granddaughters Kelly and Brett Geier, Bloomingdale, Kathleen and Rick Alamillo, Boerne, Texas, Meghan and Tim Mowinski, Hawthorn Woods, Illinois. Six great-grand children, Clayton and Madison Geier, Elizabeth...
Donna J. Leslie
Nov 24, 2008
Donna J. Leslie, age 70, of Fennville, MI. died Monday, November 24, 2008 at the Hospice House in Holland, MI. Born April 29, 1938 in Allegan, MI she was the daughter of Blenn and Marian (Clawson) Brenner. Donna married Calvin E. Leslie in April of 1954, and worked as a custodian at the Fennville Public School for over 30 years,...
Luis Manuel Canales
Nov 13, 2008
Luis M. Canales, age, 54, of Clarksville, TN, formerly of Holland, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 in Clarksville, TN. Born Oct. 11, 1954 in Germany, he was the son of Domingo Canales and Anna Wittmann. Luis was a US Army veteran. Surviving are his sons Christopher canales, and Shane Canales, father Domingo and Donna Canales of Allegan, mother Anna Barnes...
Mark Gregory Evans
Nov 13, 2008
Mark G. Evans, age 50, of Fennville, Michigan, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, at Meadowbrook Nursing and rehabilitation Center in Bloomingdale. Born Oct. 25, 1958 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, he was the son of the late Floyd Evans and Marie (Porter) Evans. Mark was a 1976 graduate of Fennville High School, and worked for Perrigo in Allegan for over 30...
Junior Odell Shoulders
Nov 12, 2008
Junior O. Shoulders, 71, of Holland died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in Holland, Michigan. Born February 28, 1937 in Villa Grove, Il he was the son of Odell Shoulders and Verda (Simpson) Shoulders. He married Helen M. Chadwick and worked as a hand buffer. He was a member of the Jenison Baptist Temple. Surviving are his wife, Helen M. Shoulders...
Shauntoy Jean Chambers
Nov 10, 2008
Shauntoy Jean Chambers, 23, of Holland, Michigan, died Monday, November 10, 2008 at Holland Community Hospital, born in Grand Rapids, MI the daughter of Michael W. Chambers and Etoy (Fischer) Chambers. She worked for Haworth in Douglas and also worked for Best Buy in Holland, MI. She was a graduate of Fennville High School. Surviving are her children;, Najeeah Chambers,...
Margaret Kemp
Nov 9, 2008
Margaret Kemp, 79, of Pullman, Michigan died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at Allegan General Hospital. Born Sept. 27, 1929 in Germany to Alois Engelmann and Emllie (Veit) Englemann. She married Robert Chester Kemp on June 2, 1957. She was a homemaker and lived in the Pullman area for the past 48 years. Surviving are her husband, Chester Kemp;, 3 sisters,...
James Hamilton Bailey
Oct 22, 2008
James H. Bailey, 56, of Fennville died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Holland Community Hospital. He was born May 1, 1952 in Champaign, Illinois, son of Albert and Madeline Bailey. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign with a degree in Engineering. Jim was a Boiler Engineer at Hope College in Holland and operated Old Allegan...
Arthur James Fenrich
Oct 21, 2008
Arthur J. Fenrich, 64, of Grand Junction, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Born in Chicago to Arthur and Gereta Fenrich, he graduated from Saugatuck High School. He was employed by Donnelly Corporation and retired from Haworth in 2001. He is survived by his sons, Art (Lisa) Fenrich, Aaron Fenrich of Hamilton, daughter Julie (Danny) Chappell of Fennville and...
Mary Julia Miller
Oct 18, 2008
Mary Julia Miller, 99, of Holland, Michigan, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Oakcrest Manor. Born December 15, 1909 to Eason E. Wells and Priscilla (Sowersby) Wells in Clyde Township, Michigan. She married Clarence Miller who preceded her in death December 24, 2001. She was a school teacher for many years in the Fennville Area Schools from 1951 till her...
