In Memo riam Obituaries from st January 1 th - June 30 , 2026
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In Memo riam
Jack Cooley
Rod Shroyer
Ralph Manting
Clyde A. Bulmer
Mike L. Malcomson
Big Rapids, MI 9/13/1951-12/23/2025
Ellicott City, MD 4/3/1937-12/22/2025
Big Rapids, MI 4/12/1941-12/28/1925
Big Rapids, MI 9/7/1930-12/17/2025
Big Rapids, MI 9/21/1952-12/30/2025
Allene Long
Donald A. Peterman
Melinda “Mindy” Joy Britton
Norma Smith
White Cloud, MI 9/2/1948-1/3/2026
Mecosta, MI 12/7/1957-1/5/2026
Ina “Jean” Bitler Barryton, MI 1/17/1949-12/27/2025
Grand Rapids, MI 11/5/1932-12/27/2025
51231918.pdf The file is missing! 31356015.1 In Memoriam>Any 6 x 2.25 POSTMA MONUMENT
Mecosta, MI 5/7/1929-1/3/2026
Family Owned & Operated
Tom Postma
Showroom South M-37 8196 S. Mason Dr., Newaygo (Next to Burger King)
231-652-6961 | postmamonument.com
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In Memo riam
Patricia Boris Greenville, MI 1953-2/7/2025
Dale William Appelgreen Mecosta, MI 9/13/1949-1/1/2026
Karen Jetter
James H. Carter
Big Rapids, MI 10/18/1946-12/29/2025
Big Rapids, MI 6/11/1940-1/6/2026
Linda Louise Lenahan Paris, MI 7/13/1959-1/8/2026
Mildred Burden
Raymond G. Hare
Janet Reinking
Dorothy Marie Burch
Doreen Marie Dellar
Battle Creek, MI 6/4/1940-1/12/2026
Big Rapids, MI 3/26/1936-1/14/2026
Mt Pleasant, MI 4/8/1941-1/18/2026
Big Rapids, MI 2/22/1936-1/18/2026
Big Rapids, MI 2/27/1949-1/20/2026
Richard Cole
Craig William McDonald
Lawrence Benson
Norman Paul Hopkins
James Sabo, Jr
Big Rapids, MI 7/29/1946-1/19/2026
Grand Blanc, MI 4/28/1948-1/24/2026
Morley, MI 3/3/1939-1/24/2026
Big Rapids, MI 8/2/1945-1/24/2026
Morley, MI 1/4/1944-1/24/2026
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In Memo riam
Cornelia “Keil” Basch
Martin Nathan Kidder
Ruth Henderson
Walter Eugene “Walt” Drach
6/10/1949-1/25/2026
Reed City, MI 12/21/1960-1/27/2026
Linda Curtis
4/30/1930-1/27/2026
Lakeview, MI 7/12/1936-1/23/2026
Darrell Lee Aldrich
Sandra Nott
Betty Johanson
Dean Alan Birch
Irene Schafer
Big Rapids, MI 7/26/1932-2/6/2026
Barryton, MI 3/31/1939-2/4/2026
Big Rapids, MI 2/21/1929-2/5/2026
Mecosta, MI 4/22/1936-2/8/2026
Mecosta, MI 3/10/1930-2/5/2026
Linda L. Showers
Mary Therese Smith
Mason Taylor
Barron Jon Helbert
Robert Rushmore Sr.
Rodney, MI 10/22/1942-2/13/2026
Big Rapids, MI 6/28/1929-2/9/2026
Paris, MI 11/9/2006-2/15/2026
Rockford, MI 3/16/1964-2/17/2026
Morley, MI 3/9/1964-2/9/2026
Reed City, MI 1/16/1956-2/6/2026
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In Memo riam
Jewel “Julie” Henderson
James Walls
Robert “Bob” Nelson
Janie Marie Buck
James Cox
Stanwood, MI 10/9/1941-2/17/2026
Big Rapids, MI 8/19/1943-2/18/2026
Rodney, MI 1/29/1952-2/14/2026
Morley, MI 2/28/1971-2/18/2026
Big Rapids, MI 3/7/1952-2/11/2026
Marlene Joyce Toogood
Creal Leon Hoover
Robert Fulmerhouser
Reed City, MI 2/1/1939-2/22/2026
Juanita June Wheeland
Lulubelle McCauley
Big Rapids, MI 1/10/1937-2/21/2026
2/8/2026
Evart, MI 12/3/1937-2/21/2026
Reed City, MI 12/1/1943- 1/15/2026
Michael Sonnentag
Roberto R. Rosales
Robert Parker Jr.
Esther L. Simpson
Nancy A. Horan
Cadott, WI 7/29/1984-2/20/2026
Evart, MI 12/30/1938-2/25/2026
Howard City, MI 4/3/1982-2/27/2026
Rodney, MI 10/20/1949-3/2/2026
Big Rapids, MI 4/19/1939-2/27/2026
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In Memo riam
Zachary Kafka
Dale Allers
John David Henry, III
Thomas Robert O’Neil
Virginia M. Kienitz
Reed City, MI 1/22/1994-3/3/2026
Cedar Springs, MI 2/20/1945-3/3/2026
Byron Center, MI 7/5/1957-3/2/2026
Stanwood, MI 6/19/1944-3/5/2026
Big Rapids, MI 5/31/1934-3/7/2026
Doyle Robison
Diann Wassenaar
Kenneth Kilbourne
Jeffeory Henderson
Albert Lea, MN 1951-3/6/2026
Barryton, MI 1/7/1951-2/27/2026
Big Rapids, MI 9/7/1956-3/11/2026
Mt Pleasant, MI 1/28/1965-3/14/2026
Joseph Edward Sheppard
Teresa Brown
Noreen Argue
Robert Borkowski
Evart, MI 5/25/1955-3/20/2026
Evart, MI 1/16/1938-3/20/2026
Jerseyville, IL 5/13/1942-3/24/2026
Deborah “Deb” Joy Macaddino Canadian Lakes, MI 3/21/1955-3/24/2026
Big Rapids, MI 11/8/1954-3/18/2026
Ernest Smith Big Rapids, MI 4/20/1951-3/20/2026
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In Memo riam
Ronald Monroe Boyce
Joyce Freiberg
Sarah D. Schippers
Chase, MI 9/9/1943-3/23/2026
Phoenix, AZ 1/20/1947-3/17/2026
Big Rapids, MI 12/25/1972-3/23/2026
6/19/1951-4/1/2026
Stanwood, MI 9/13/1981-3/30/2026
Janice Harris
Betty E. Little
Val Patrick Pierson
Glenn Norton
Joyce Conley
Morley, MI 12/15/1942-3/31/2026
Van Wert, OH 11/13/1937-4/5/2026
Rodney, MI 12/2/1952-3/24/2026
Muskegon, MI 4/3/1927-4/1/2026
Big Rapids, MI 5/5/1933-4/5/2026
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In Memo riam
James Misner Jr.
William Rose
Evart, MI 8/13/1947-4/2/2026
Lakeview, MI 8/16/1946-3/24/2026
Deonna Todd-Green Barryton, MI 6/23/1948-4/9/2026
Harold Yarrington
Juanita Marie Brower
Harrison “Mike” D. Blanchard
8/14/1932-4/1/2026
Hersey, MI 12/1/1937-12/13/2025
Gary W. Gilbert
Pat Wales
Beverly Kay Ellis
Rex Winter
Mecosta, MI 10/18/1942-4/13/2026
Norton Shores, MI 1939-4/9/2026
Hersey, MI 4/8/1947-4/16/2026
Morley, MI 2/8/1953-4/14/2026
Jean Benson
Kevin Cole Big Rapids, MI 3/18/1955-4/17/2026
William “Bill” Beghein
Gary Lobdell
Morley, MI 1/3/1938-4/17/2026
Darin Lee Thompson
1934-4/17/2026
Big Rapids, MI 1/19/1940-4/18/2026
6/9/1951-1/25/2026
12/22/1965-4/22/2026
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In Memo riam
Steven Eugene Howe
Terry Arnold
Pamela Jean Remus
Dianne Elizabeth Duran
Valerie Jean Samuels
Reed City, MI 9/22/1946-4/23/2026
White Cloud, MI 1/14/1945-4/22/2026
Reed City, MI 4/19/1949-4/22/2026
Big Rapids, MI 3/26/1956-4/23/2026
Reed City, MI 9/11/1958-4/23/2026
Ruth Hess
Thane Hess
Vernon Johnson
Mikkel “Mike” Larsen
Sandra Norton
Morley, MI 5/27/1945-4/30/2026
Hersey, MI 4/28/1935-5/2/2026
Lakeview, MI 5/28/1928-5/6/2026
Big Rapids, MI 9/11/1949-5/5/2026
2/28/1959-12/21/2025
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In Memo riam
David Paul Nelson
Paul George Lipar
Debra Jae Lehnert
Garry Davis
Phyllis Zacharias
Big Rapids, MI 5/16/1943-5/6/2026
Remus, MI 6/3/1948-5/7/2026
Remus, MI 11/12/1954-5/7/2026
Evart, MI 6/9/1951-5/8/2026
Canadian Lakes, MI 11/19/1941-5/6/2026
Patricia Deschamps
June Belleville
Esta Stover
Sally Grayvold
James Faiella
Evart, MI 1/9/2026
8/24/1939-11/25/2025
Excelsior, MN 1939-5/11/2026
Sparta, MI 12/26/1942-5/14/2026
Cadillac, MI 1953-4/30/2026
Pauline Andrew
Ann Mary Steig
Donald Stanley Supenski
Ralph Hetherington
Rodney, MI 1/1/1940-5/9/2026
Reed City, MI 6/5/1933-5/15/2026
Big Rapids, MI 9/24/1957-5/12/2026
Barryton, MI 5/31/1939-5/25/2026
Pasquale Raffaele Di Raddo Big Rapids, MI 3/13/1954-5/24/2026
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In Memo riam
Allen R. Miller Morley, MI 10/10/1954-5/19/2026
Karl Lee Verrill Big Rapids, MI 8/15/1956-6/2/2026
Scott L. Lindsey, 9/2/1966-12/5/2025
Diane K. Hampel 9/21/1942-6/1/2026
Billy Allen
Marvin Thompson
John Allen Cookingham
Grand Rapids, MI 7/8/1948-5/28/2026
Big Rapids, MI 9/20/1950-1/18/2026
Reed City, MI 1/11/1936-5/23/2026
Jeffrey Schultz
Patricia Eisler
Marie Wagester
Cadillac, MI 12/10/1965-6/1/2026
Big Rapids, MI 9/9/1950-6/3/2026
Castle Rock, CO 1947-11/22/2025
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
~ Helen Keller
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In Memo riam
James Sherlock
Richard “Rick” Habel
Sherrie Anne Vaughn
Brenda Lee Vasicek
Big Rapids, MI 2/8/1950-6/8/2026
Cadillac, MI 4/16/1949-6/5/2026
Victory Ray “Vic” Havens
Kenneth Green
Dennis “Denny” Rosen
William “Bill” Lenau
Rockford, MI 3/28/1945-6/16/2026
Petoskey, MI 8/9/1930-6/12/2026
Newaygo, MI 7/18/1948-6/5/2026
5/27/1956-6/7/2026
Janet Marie Eichenberg
Michael Dunklee
Reed City, MI 3/11/1957-6/11/2026
11/2/1979-6/8/2026
Morley, MI 9/27/1933-6/11/2026
Keith Reynolds
Scott Marek
Paul Trynor
George Herbert
Ronald Fuller
Reed City, MI 8/21/1964-6/20/2026
Evart, MI 5/11/1954-6/7/2026
Rockford, MI 4/7/1935-6/18/2026
Roger Heights, MI 10/12/1962-6/22/2026
4/30/1939-6/21/2026
Gladwin, MI 8/3/1942-5/30/2026
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In Memo riam “What we leave
behind is not what
is engraved in stone monuments,
but what is woven into the lives of others.”
— Pericles
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In Memo riam
Saul Kominsky
Harry Boyd Johnson
Linda Louise Lenahan
Russell Ronald Frank
Sharon (Lehr) Caldwell
4/20/1929-12/17/2025
Bitely, MI 8/25/1947-12/26/2025
Paris, MI 7/13/1959-1/8/2026
Branch, MI 2/8/1938-12/24/2025
Leroy, MI 6/26/1942-1/16/2026
Richard “Dick” Moreschini
Debra “Debbie” Jo Russell
Robert “Bob” Kenneth Reidel
Loretta Ann Esch-Haight
Evelyn Marie Myers
Wellston, MI 10/22/1932-1/18/2026
Baldwin, MI 3/11/1952-1/8/2026
Baldwin, MI 5/5/1947-2/6/2026
Baldwin, MI 5/26/1956-2/19/2026
Irons, MI 1/5/1925-3/13/2026
Those we love don’t go away; they walk beside us
every day.
— Author Unknown
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In Memo riam
Arthur Varney
Cynthia “Cindy” Ankelen
Dran George Bradford
Baldwin, MI 11/3/1949-3/7/2026
Baldwin, MI 1947-1/3/2026
Grand Blanc, MI 2/9/1936-1/31/2026
Joann Kucera
Alan J. Cox,
Irons, MI 4/7/1942-3/5/2026
Lake County, MI 5/16/1946-5/12/2026
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Harrison “Mike” D. Blanchard 6/9/1951-1/25/2026
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Sandra Smith Irons, MI 10/20/1947-4/7/2026
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In Memo riam
Michael Eschenweck
Dale Richard Golombisky
Dran George Bradford
Ardith Marie Gugle
Steven Eugene Howe
Thayer, NE 2/8/1955-1/23/2026
Evart, MI 4/20/1931-3/8/2026
Grand Blanc, MI 2/9/1936-1/31/2026
Tustin, MI 10/11/1936-3/19/2026
Reed City, MI 9/22/1946-4/23/2026
Carole LePage
Robert “Bob” Foster
Kenneth Brackett
Alan J. Cox
John Allen Cookingham
Decatur, IL 11/8/1941-3/10/2026
Evart, MI 5/17/1928-10/6/2025
Naples, FL 6/20/1949-5/11/2026
Lake County, MI 5/16/1946-5/12/2026
Reed City, MI 1/11/1936-5/23/2026
One day we will remember how lucky we were to have
known their love, with wonder, Rick Schuberg 5/31/2026
Isabel Sproule Tucson, AZ 5/16/1928-5/13/2026
not grief. — Elizabeth Postle