PIO - In Memoriam - July 2022

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July 23, 2022

In Memoriam

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In Memoriam Barbara D. Covey 7/8/1933-12/23/2021

7/25/1954-12/30/2021 Leroy, MI

Don O. Hills

Burdett “Al” Alex Stout

Daniel C Fuller, Sr.

Ardella Shippel

Thomas Milton Benson

Clair E. Bouck

Robert Gordon Davis

Gertrude Edna Ottobre

Melodie Covert Jarnigin

Thurlow Michael Weed IV

Mark Duane Reeds

Leon Garth Benzing

Jack Elmer Pierson

Dale R. Patrick

Shirley Ione Johnson

2/18/1926-1/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI

7/22/1935-1/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI

9/9/1953-1/8/2022 Mecosta, MI

12/28/2021 Dola, OH

4/2/1926-1/11/2022 Barryton, MI

9/8/1930-1/12/2022 Big Rapids, MI

Serving Our COmmunity SinCe 1921

8/6/1948-12/30/2021 Pierson, MI

1/6/2022 Greenville, MI

1/14/1946-1/4/2022 Stanwood, MI

8/19/1938-1/9/2022 Colfax Township, MI

1/10/2022

6/14/1959-1/12/2022 Big Rapids, MI (Woodville)

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9/16/1953-1/13/2022 Big Rapids, MI

elebrating

1/12/1932-1/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI

100 yearS

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In Memoriam Edward and Sally Thebo

Wanda Kinsey

Violet I. Sprague

Louise W. Brigner 3/7/1940-1/22/2022 Barryton, MI

4/26/1936-1/22/2022 Naples, FL

Duain Moore

Harry Louis Wells

Leo “Sonny” Herman Kailing

Max Eugene Baker

Arlene M. Rose

Patricia M. Mondrella 3/7/1947-1/31/2022 Rodney, MI

4/16/1974-1/30/2022 Barryton, MI

Ruth Alice Melvin

Rachel Goldman (Fetterley)

Roy O. Oberlin

Carl E. Wondergem

1/18/2022 Norwich Township, MI

1/21/2022 Barryton, MI

1/24/2022 Morley, MI

6/17/1927-1/26/2022 Grand Rapids, MI

9/29/1930-1/16/2022 Muskegon, MI

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1/19/2022 Morley, MI

1/7/1934-1/26/2022 Morley, MI

1/27/2022 Grand, MI

2/24/1985-1/28/2022 South Haven, MS

Bonnie Sue Ruetz

Joseph Foster Herring

Philip Roy Couch

Lawrence “Edwin” E. O’Neil

8/11/1935-1/12/2022 Remus, MI

3/7/1935-1/24/2022 Reed City, MI

1/28/2022

10/21/1935-1/20/2022 Reed City, MI

9/3/1933-1/25/2022 Barryton, MI

Marquis J. Lake

1/4/1944-1/26/2022 Sterling, IL

Joseph M. Sisco

1/17/2022 Morley, MI

In Memoriam Joan Belle Herrick

William “Bill” Earl Walker

Norma Eilene Cool

Marjorie Ann Brooks

Henry “Hank” M. Buttons, Sr.

Michael Wayne Hobbs

Joyce C. Eisenhart

Donna Krum

Earl R. Haney

Virgil Thomas Galer

Elmer Richard Van Alstine 9/6/1926-2/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI

9/18/1939-2/7/2022 Reed City, MI

Fred Howting

Darlene Dora Howard

Timothy Porter

6/24/1942-1/23/2022 Murray, UT

7/22/1927-2/1/2022 Canadian Lakes, MI

2/20/1930-2/3/2022 Big Rapids, MI

6/21/1940-2/2/2022 Reed City, MI

7/23/1935-2/6/2022 Mecosta, MI

Michael James Brocker 1/4/1966-2/8/2022 Reed City, MI

9/8/1948-2/1/2022 Cedar Springs, MI

7/7/1937-2/6/2022 Santa Barbara, CA

“Every Life Tells A Story”

6/18/1931-2/1/2022 Gowen, MI

1/30/1928-2/4/2022

7/10/1931-2/10/2022 Remus, MI

3/25/1935-1/28/2022 Reed City, MI

2/5/2022 Stanwood, MI

Betty Lou Pontz

2/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI

Newaygo Chapel

Grant Chapel

231-652-5613

231-834-5613

226 State Road Newaygo, MI 49337

45 E. Main Steet Grant, MI 49327

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In Memoriam Rickie Lee Hoffman

Peter “Poppa” J. Bartz

Garrnett Mary Brandt

Evelyn Louise Telfer

John “Bucko” James Davidson, Jr.

Debra “Deb” C. Fountain 4/19/1955-2/16/2022 Big Rapids, MI

5/8/1945-2/18/2022 Barryton, MI

Beatrice Ilah Vera

Kenneth Lloyd Brown

Barbara Jean Johnson

Craig Allen Blakely

Donald “Donnie” L. Weeks

Ilene Ruth Ikens

Robert Charles Ehrhart

Glen L. Miller

3/8/1945-2/15/2022 Big Rapids, MI

8/4/1954-2/11/2022

7/1/1915-2/17/2022 Big Rapids, MI

4/5/1961-1/30/2022 Big Rapids, MI

10/24/1934-2/15/2022 Morley, MI

12/18/1954-2/22/2022 Morley, MI

9/4/1944-2/19/2022 Big Rapids, MI

4/2/1940-2/21/2022 Reed City, MI

7/20/1941-2/14/2022 Rodney, MI

9/8/1937-2/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI

1/26/1942-2/24/2022 LeRoy, MI

Those we love can never be more than a thought away, for as long as there’s a memory they live in our hearts to stay.

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John Francis Cuneo 10/28/1931-2/12/2022 Mount Pleasant, MI

Beth A. Riley

9/25/1948-2/20/2022 Athens, TN

2/24/2022 Rodney, MI

In Memoriam Dale L. Herring

Lewis Schultz 2/23/2022 Reed City, MI

2/21/1920-2/28/2022 Wabash, IN

Maxine L. Haist

Ruth N. Woolworth

Shirley Jean Baumunk

Ronald “Ron” L. Baker

Geraldine “Jerry” Ranshaw

Thomas James Hogenson

Donald Hall

June U. Buckley

Alex William Fate

Walter George Witt

Charles “Chuck” D. King

William Dan Healy

Richard Harris

10/8/1935-2/21/2022 Reed City, MI

11/4/1926-3/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI

8/27/1933-3/17/2022 Floral City, FL

2/25/1942-3/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI

3/1/1940-3/3/2022

3/16/2022 Big Rapids, MI

9/29/1948-3/17/2022 Canadian Lakes, MI

7/6/1936-3/7/2022 Chippewa Lake, MI

7/3/1951-3/16/2022 Stanwood, MI

6/25/1935-3/1/2022 Coral, MI

11/13/1948-3/12/2022 Big Rapids, MI

3/18/2022 Rockford, MI

1/2/1957-3/16/2022 Reed City, MI

Sally Mae Marr

9/24/1959-3/8/2022 Chase, MI

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In Memoriam Faye Marie Thomas

John Joseph Oswald 4/5/1933-3/28/2022 Remus, MI

4/23/1937-3/28/2022 Morley, MI

Beverly J. Weeks

Duane E. Van Horn

Deborah Lynn Swears

Joanne G. Emmons

Donald Lewis Robbins

Amielia “Amy” Joan DeLuca

Michael “Mike” Orin Knapp

John L. Strum IV 8/27/1947-4/3/2022 Hersey, MI

10/26/1927-4/2/2022

Alphonsus Doerr

Donald “Don” Cross

Delores Strpko

Barbara G. Rekeny

Patrick Brown Davenport

Anna Marie Vincent

5/18/1944-3/23/2022 Remus, MI

8/20/1961-3/21/2022 Big Rapids, MI

11/10/1940-3/30/2022 Big Rapids, MI

2/13/1933-4/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI

2/8/1934-3/31/2022 Big Rapids, MI

3/27/1931-3/14/2022 Big Rapids, MI

3/29/1921-3/30/2022 Luther, MI

7/5/1969-4/2/2022 Hersey, MI

5/4/1941-3/28/2022 Paris, MI

3/24/1966-3/17/2022 Grand Rapids, MI

7/4/1950-4/2/2022 Big Rapids, MI

12/21/1930-4/4/2022 West Branch, MI

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.

-Richard Puz 8

In Memoriam Aleta Lou (Axtmann) Hursh

Elnora M. Benjamin

Nelson “Dale” Johnson

Tad Brian Yeakey

Sally Marie Ripley

Novella “Billie” Brady

Bonnie Jean Sargent

Brian Wayne Hayden

Esther Edna Briggs Wekenman

Linda Cross 12/4/2021

10/25/1956-4/19/2022 Big Rapids, MI

6/21/1942-4/19/2022

Mark Edward Strpko

Steven C. Harmon

Gordon V. Turner

David L. Spaulding

2/7/1933-4/10/2022

8/10/1937-4/18/2022 Leavenworth, KS

10/22/1926-4/20/2022 Reed City, MI

8/31/1958-4/22/2022 Sand Lake, MI

12/30/1931-4/8/2022 Big Rapids, MI

2/1/2022 Hersey, MI

7/7/1959-4/20/2022 Shelby, MI

10/4/1944-4/14/2022 Barryton, MI

12/31/1945-4/19/2022 Slippery Rock, PA

Liane Walsh

4/8/1935-4/23/2022 Big Rapids, MI

10/23/1972-4/8/2022 Kalamazoo, MI

8/3/1965-4/4/2022 Reed City, MI

Cecil D. DeMott

8/2/1933-4/26/2022 Cedar Springs, MI

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In Memoriam Larry L. Hinsley

William “Bill” Lutterloh

Hilda Ruby Spedowski

Jerome “Jerry” David Mascotti

Philip Paul Marcotte

Nathan Bongard

Glen & Floyd Johansen

Betty Jean Hosking

Monique Cecile Mercier

Arlene Joyce Parker

Mary Louise Noreen

Kenneth Sonny Phillips

Mary Marjorie Gamble

Charlotte Lee Vine

Robert G. DeLosh

David Lawrence Steeno

4/2/1941-4/15/2022 Big Rapids, MI

1/19/1940-5/2/2022 Blanchard, MI

5/14/1966-5/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI

1/19/1933-5/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI

12/18/1951-3/6/2022 Howard City, MI

5/3/2022

9/7/1932-4/30/2022 LeRoy, MI

7/26/1972-5/3/2022

8/29/1925-4/30/2022 Big Rapids, MI

11/30/2021

6/25/1955-5/5/2022 Reed City, MI

11/25/1934-3/26/2022 Ann Arbor, MI

“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” ~Helen Keller 10

1/4/1938-4/24/2022 Reed City, MI

11/24/1923-5/4/2022 Iron Mountain, MI

4/28/1936-11/30/2021 Hersey, MI

6/20/1944-5/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI

In Memoriam Darrell “Louis” Shoemaker

Barbara J. Gernant

Phillip E. Brammel

Carl J. Hartman

William “Bill” Lipar

James “Jim” Hoffman

Gary Lee McMillen

Mark Eugene Squires

Marjorie L. Horstman

Duane Lyle Bevier

Zachary Michael Sutton

Vera A. Retzloff (Miller)

Raymond Joseph Couture

Mark James Eichenberg

Dale L. Robinson

Marty McGovern

7/30/1943-5/14/2022 Reed City, MI

5/24/1954-5/16/2022 Remus, MI

7/11/1938-5/22/2022 Barryton, MI

8/9/1950-5/18/2022 Hersey, MI

9/14/1965-4/14/2022 Big Rapids, MI

3/27/1941-5/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI

12/5/1943-5/21/2022 LeRoy, MI

12/31/1954-5/15/2022 Ionia, MI

6/2/1936-1/30/2022 Evart, MI

11/28/1955-5/22/2022 Reed City, MI

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5/17/2022 Lawrence, KS

3/19/1933-4/25/2022 Chippewa Lake, MI

12/2/2021 Barryton, MI

3/6/1954-5/20/2022 Reed City, MI

7/25/1932-5/24/2022

5/13/2022 Big Rapids, MI

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In Memoriam Nancy Spencer

Thomas Gordon Mehl

Markeith Anne Bunker

Richard L. Scholler

William “Bill” Whitman

Joseph A. Dvoracek 6/29/1936-4/5/2022 Chase, MI

1/21/1939-5/16/2022 Big Rapids, MI

Patricia Ann Agar

Joshua Gabriel Gillard

3/31/1941-5/21/2022 Mecosta, MI

3/22/1937-5/25/2022 Rosebush, MI

7/5/1961-12/28/2021 Big Rapids, MI

1/1/1960-5/23/2022 Reed City, MI

11/21/2018-5/27/2022

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1/16/1942-5/1/2022 Big Rapids, MI

Carole Sue Coville

Gary W. Myers

6/23/1943-5/23/2022 Mecosta, MI

8/31/1961-5/24/2022 Big Rapids, MI

Mary Lou Sweet

Harriet Marie Holmquist

Martha Eckert

Edward Duane Carpenter

Michael Lee Smart

Garold T. “Sparky” Sparks

Roy James Burchfield

Ronald “Bugs” Charles Gillard

Katelynn “Dolly” Gillard

Dawn Marie Gillard

5/3/2022 Grand Haven, MI

9/14/1946-5/28/2022 Big Rapids, MI

6/30/2017-5/27/2022

1/16/1934-5/25/2022 Big Rapids, MI

4/7/1938-6/1/2022 Morley, MI

8/23/2015-5/27/2022

1/2/1942-5/27/2022 Reed City, MI

1/7/1929-5/29/2022

6/6/1963-5/25/2022 Big Rapids, MI

9/24/1981-5/27/2022

In Memoriam Alice A. Withers

Michael Grosebeck 11/15/1976-6/3/2022 Big Rapids, MI

9/30/1945-6/5/2022Big Rapids, MI

Margaret Jane Taylor

Esthera Charlotte Klope

Gwendolyn Ford

Ralph Cheesebro

Robin Gail Marks

Terry Forrest Kooiker

Stephanie E. (White-Cloud) Dysard

Wanda Lee (Dysard) Beak

Louise M. Rehkopf

3/9/1924-6/6/2022 Big Rapids, MI

6/6/2022 Reed City, MI

11/7/2021

Michael L. “Mike” Moore 3/4/1956-6/13/2022 Barryton, MI

2/29/1944-6/8/2022 Fife Lake, MI

10/26/2021

Don E. Hyder

6/29/1933-6/12/2022 Barryton, MI

Monuments of Life Family Owned and Operated Since 1905

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9/2/1953-6/8/2022 Reed City, MI

8/29/1924-6/4/2022 Big Rapids, MI

4/29/1941-6/8/2022 Reed City, MI

Hilda Morden

10/25/1928-6/12/2022

7/6/1928-6/12/2022 Rodney, MI

Tony Lee Albright

Rev. Raymond Pollatz, Jr.

12/29/1987-6/13/2022 Rodney, MI

8/3/1938-6/15/2022 Canadian Lakes, MI

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In Memoriam Durk Huntly

Ernest “Ernie” Newman

Joyce Marie Newman 8/30/1949-6/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI

7/25/1938-6/6/2022 Reed City, MI

Arlene Frances (DeYoung) Howe

Lee William Yarrington

Marian Ann Thompson

Harvey Mumah

Jerry Clare Carpenter

Duane Stout

Betty Mae Boerma

Carol J. Tinker J.

Ronald Thomas Nowlin

Erwin John Sengelaub

6/9/2022

9/17/1932-6/14/2022

3/6/1946-6/19/2022 Lake, MI

12/30/1928-6/17/2022 Big Rapids, MI

1/14/1971-6/18/2022 Big Rapids, MI

6/23/2022

8/8/1937-6/26/2022 Hersey, MI

3/10/1927-6/20/2022

5/14/1936-6/26/2022 Morley, MI

Marilyn Jones

11/7/2021 Stanwood, MI

6/25/2022

6/20/1928-6/26/2022 Reed City, MI

Gone, But Not Forgotten 14

In Memoriam

DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glint on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.

I am not there, I do not sleep.

(Do not stand at my grave and cry.

I am not there, I did not die!)

- Mary Elizabeth Frye

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POSTMA In Memoriam Since 1963

Family Owned & Operated

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ne day we will remember how lucky we were to have known their love, with wonder, not grief.

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