Katherine Jean Emerick
Nov 22, 2006
Katherine Jean Emerick, 84, of Douglas, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, in Harbors Health Facility, Douglas. Born in Kalamazoo, she was a homemaker and attended Fennville United Methodist Church. She resided in the Fennville area since 1946, coming from Allegan. Surviving are a daughter, Melanie and Tom Sowers of Fennville; and a sister-in-law, Jean Bush. Her husband George, preceded her...
Alice Isabelle Doggendorf
Nov 21, 2006
Alice I. Doggendorf, 85, of Fennville, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, at Resthaven Care Center in Holland. She was a homemaker who lived in the Ganges area all her life and attended Glenn United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her son Michael in 1990 and husband Carl in 1995. She is survived by her children Larry and...
Robert Lee Breed
Nov 17, 2006
Robert Lee Breed, 79, of Fennville, died Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, at Countryside Nursing Home in South Haven. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He retired from Holland Die Cast in 1982. He was a member of the American Legion. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert Breed in 2004. He is survived by...
Bernard Carl Dornan
Nov 14, 2006
Bernard C. Dornan, 76, of Glenn, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006 in Holland, Michigan. Born in Glenn, MI., he was a retired mechanic, retiring from Getman Corp. and also a long time employee of Fleming Collision in Fennville. He was a volunteer fireman for Ganges Township for more than 20 years. Surviving are his fiancee, Ruth Ann Peak; children, Patricia...
Margaret Frances Hagger
Nov 11, 2006
Margaret Frances Hagger, 87, of Fennville, died Saturday, November 11, 2006, at Hospice House of Holland. She was born in Ganges, Michigan. She worked for Michigan Fruit Canners and retired from Fennville Public Schools. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter, in 2001; a daughter, Donita Fogerty, and a grandson, Rex Hagger. She is survived by her children,...
Saige Michael Maat
Nov 1, 2006
Saige Michael Maat, age five weeks, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, at is home. Surviving are his mother, Tarra Maat of Fennville; a sister, Nevaeh Betancourt of Fennville; grandparents, Tom and Sara Nolan of Fennville, and John and Hope Maat of Zeeland; great-grandparents, Joyce Copeland, and Warren and Amy Maat of Holland; aunts and an uncle. Services are l p.m....
Veronica Keenan Carlson
Oct 27, 2006
Veronica Keenan Carlson, 94 of Holland, died Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, at Lakeside Vista and Villas. A homemaker, she lived in the Holland area since 1996, coming from Oak Lawn, IL. She attended St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. She is survived by her children, David and Masako Carlson, Maureen and Louis Sytsma and Kathleen Goncalves: three Grandchildren; three Great...
Earl Clark Mars
Oct 25, 2006
Earl Clark Mars, 87, of Pullman, died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, in Allegan County Medical Care Facility. Born in Burwell, Neb., he had lived in the Fennville area since 1959, coming from Augusta. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in World War II. He worked for the Michigan State Highway Department, retiring in 1977. He was a member...
Stella Dorothy Kopacz
Oct 19, 2006
Stella Dorothy Kopacz, 94, of Douglas, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006. Born in Chicago, she lived in the Fennville area since 1938. She was a homemaker and farmer, and a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Douglas. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1977, and by a granddaughter, Donna Karaus. Surviving are her children, John...
Louis Alyn Baldus
Oct 18, 2006
Louis Alyn Baldus, 50. of Fennville, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, at his home. Born in Grand Haven, he had lived in the Ganges area for the past six years, coming from Grand Rapids. He had worked for Boy Machines, Inc. in Plastic Injections Molding and was also a professional photographer. He was a member of the Ganges Township Fire...
James Richard Davoren
Oct 10, 2006
James Richard Davoren, 72, of Pullman, died Oct. 10, 2006, in Hospice House of Holland. He had been a chief surveyor for the city of Chicago, Ill., retiring in 1992. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a Pullman area resident for the past 15 years coming from Chicago. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in...
Glorian Helen Lytle
Sep 23, 2006
Glorian Helen Lytle, 90, of Fennville, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, in Allegan General Hospital. Her husband, Jay, preceded her in death. She was a retired office supervisor and had lived in the Fennville are for several years, coming from North Muskegon. She is survived by a son, Dane and Kerry Lytle of Fennville. No visiting or services are planned....
Rhea Marguerite Larsen
Sep 22, 2006
Rhea Larsen, 96, of Fennville, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at Heartland of Holland. Born in Ganges, she was a retired school teacher and homemaker. She was a member of Pearl United Methodist Church and the Pearl Ladies Aid. Surviving are her children, Robert and Margaret "Bubs" Larsen of Fennville, Eleanor and Paul LeFevre of Montoursville, Pa., and Beatrice and...
Mark Orrin Williams
Sep 22, 2006
Mark Orrin Williams, 52, of Grand Rapids, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at his home. Born in Detroit, the son of Joseph and Eileen Williams, he had been employed as a construction worker. Surviving are a daughter, Stacey and Daniel Hicks of Pullman; one granddaughter; brothers, Fred Williams of Fennville, and Joe Williams of Phoenix, Ariz.; a sister, Mary and...
Ellen Joyce Cosgrove
Sep 18, 2006
Ellen Joyce Cosgrove, 72, of South Haven, died Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, in Hospice House of Holland. Retired, she had been employed as a cook for Fennville Public Schools for numerous years. Surviving are her husband, Edward; children; Brian and Cathy Cosgrove of Fennville, Brenda Cosgrove and Beth Cosgrove, both of Holland; two granddaughters; brother, Norman and Connie Skinner of...
Florence E. Sowle
Sep 15, 2006
Florence E. Sowle, 81, of Douglas, died Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, at Holland Hospital. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husbands, John E. Wemus, and Norman Sowle. She is survived by a daughter, Sally Drew of Allegan; sons, Edward and Marge Wemus of Holland, Ronald and Ann Wemus of Otsego, and Robert Wemus of Chico,...
James Wallace Curtis
Sep 5, 2006
Rev. James Wallace Curtis, 85, of Fennville, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, at his home. Born in St. Louis, Mo., he was a retired episcopal priest having served All Saints' Episcopal Church, Christ Church in Gary, Ind., and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Hobart, Ind. He had also served as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy Reserves. A veteran of...
Carol Sue Koehler
Sep 2, 2006
Carol S. Koehler, 64, of Holland, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006 at Holland Community Hospital. Born in Cook County, Illinois, to Donald and Dorothy (Seymour) Koehler, she had been employed as a advertising secretary in her younger years. She lived in the Fennville and Holland area since 1981 coming from Chicago. She was a member of the Fennville Bible Church....
John Lewis
Aug 22, 2006
PULLMAN - John Lewis, 60, a Pullman resident passed away early Tuesday morning, August 22nd at his residence following a year long battle with cancer. John was born in Chicago to John and Annie (Heglar) Lewis. He married Joyce Ann Nunn in September of 1971. Prior to his illness, John was employed as a Custodian for Clementines Restaurant in South...
Tracy Joellen Bower
Aug 19, 2006
Tracy J. Bower, 48, a Ganges Township resident, was killed in a tractor accident on Saturday, August 19, 2006 at her residence. Tracy was born in Holland, and had been a resident of Colorado and Arizona before returning to Fennville in 2001. She owned and operated the Lady Appliance Repair Service of Fennville. Tracy was an avid motorcyclist, enjoyed nature...
