Obituaries

Virginia M. Faucher of Allegan, Michigan, passed awayMonday, April 19, 2010in Plainwell. She was bornMarch 30, 1920in Allegan, the daughter of James and Julia (Thorpe) Boylan.Virginiaenjoyed fishing, crocheting, playing cards and Yahtzee. Surviving are her daughter Charlene (fiancée Tom Hawkes) Valkner of Allegan; 4 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandson; 2 sisters Eileen Davis of Allegan and Irene...

David L. Woodward ofKalamazoo,MI passed awayFriday, April 16, 2010at his home. David was bornMay 25, 1954inKalamazoo, the son of George and Imogene (Cowley) Woodward. He was employed as a stocker in the meat dept. at Harding’s Market in Oshtemo. David is survived by his sister, Gail Watson; 2 brothers, Tom and Gary Woodward; 3 children, David Woodward, Chris Woodward and...

Stephen L. Sears of Otsego, Michigan, passed awayTuesday, April 13, 2010inKalamazoo. Mr. Sears was bornNovember 5, 1924inRockford,MI, to Charles and Helen (Jones) Sears. During WWII he served his country as a member of the U.S. Army, stationed in the Pacific. Steve obtained his Bachelor Degree from theUniversityofMichiganand his Masters fromWesternMichiganUniversityand taught math for 29 years atOtsegoHigh School. He was an...

Mary E. Clark of Otsego, Michigan, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2010 in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Clark was born November 13, 1919 in Hastings, MI, the daughter of Albert and Muriel (Beck) Renbarger. Mary graduated from St. Augustine High School in 1937 and she married Merle Clark on February 18, 1939. She and Merle owned Al’s Grocery Store in Kalamazoo in...

Ann B. ‘Peggy’ Rex of Allegan, Michgian, (formerly of Otsego) went to be with her LordonSunday, April 11, 2010. Mrs. Rex was bornMarch 3, 1930in Otsego to Walter andFlorence(Julian) Reed and had been a lifelong resident of the area. Peggy was a member of the United Methodist Church of Otsego. In her leisure time she enjoyed gardening, reading, canning, collecting...

Blanche Brewer ofOtsego,Michigan passed awayFriday, April 9, 2010in Corunna. Mrs. Brewer was bornJanuary 29, 1918inKendall,Michigan, to Cecil and Elsie Mae (Garrison) Leversee. She was a 1936 graduate ofKalamazooCentralHigh School. In 1937 she was married to Lloyd Conner and then worked at KVP Sutherland as a secretary. During WWII she worked in a factory to support the war effort. In 1958...

Kendall ‘Ken’ Holmes, passed away Friday, April 9, 2010 in Otsego. Ken was born July 29, 1957 in Allegan the son of Earl and Mable (Kurtz) Holmes. He had been employed at Harding’s Market in Otsego. He enjoyed yard work and computers, but his wife and kids were first in his life. On January 26, 1980 in Otsego he married...

Rowena Virginia Loebel went home to be with her Lord on April 9th inFort Myers,Florida. Rowena spent her winters with her beloved husband Max A. Loebel inFort Myerssince the late 1950’s and they dearly loved that area. Rowena has been a member of First Baptist Church of Otsego for more than 80 years. For several of those early years she...

Sharon Lee Pedo of Otsego, Michigan,was called to God onApril 8, 2010. She passed away atBorgessHospitalafter a brief illness, with family at her bedside.Sharonwas bornFebruary 4, 1943, the youngest of seven children, to Frank and Mary (Bacca) Gendron. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Marie and Mercedes; brothers, Arthur, Frank Jr. and Leonard. Surviving areSharon’s husband of...

Harry E. McIntyre of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed awayTuesday, April 6, 2010at his home. Mr. McIntyre was bornMay 16, 1927inSidnaw,Michigan, to Harry and Ethyl (Bennett) McIntyre. For several years he worked in construction at a logging camp in Sidnaw and retired from Georgia Pacific after 33 years of service. Harry enjoyed the out-of-doors, woodworking and his dog Toby. In the spring...

James E. Mathis of Otsego, Michgian, passed away Sunday, March 28, 2010 at his home with his family by his side. Mr. Mathis was born November 8, 1933 in Kalamazoo the son of Everett and Ethel (Layton) Mathis. He had been employed as a machinist at Eaton and Parker Hannifin. Jim enjoyed gardening, home improvement, camping, entertaining guests, swimming in...

Linda Lou Jamieson ofMartin, MI went to be with her Lord while she was surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, March 28, 2010 in Otsego. Linda was born on October 9, 1948 in Kalamazoo to Clarence and Anna Bell (Stratton) Sweeney. Linda had been employed by Perrigo where she worked in their warehouse until her retirement on January 1,...

Donald Ray ‘Red’ Pinks ofDelton, MI went to be with the Lord Saturday, March 27, 2010 while at home with his loved ones. Don was born October 16, 1950 in Plainwell, the son of Wallace and Mildred Pinks. He loved hunting with his Uncle Ellis and his brothers. He loved all his family and friends dearly. Don is survived by...

Mary ‘Susy’ (Huitt) Cline of Otsego, Michigan, passed awayFriday, March 26, 2010inKalamazoo. Mary was bornJune 14, 1942inAllegan,MIthe daughter of Howard ‘Sonny’ and Mary (Morrison) Huitt. She had been a Sales Representative for an insurance agency and a real estate agent for Professional Realty in Plainwell. She was a member of the Lions Club. Mary loved her family, friends and animals,...

Marjorie N. Breck of Otsego, Michigan, passed awayWednesday, March 24, 2010inKalamazoo. Margie was bornJune 23, 1919inManistique,MI, the daughter of John and Grace (Fulsher) Wehner. She was employed with Parker Hannifin for 11 years and was the Otsego Township Clerk for 13 years. In her leisure time she enjoyed playing games, especially Scrabble, traveling, gardening, flowers, birds and dogs, sweets, especially...

RobertBoerman ofOtsego,Michigan passed awayWednesday, March 24, 2010inKalamazoo. Mr. Boerman was bornNovember 9, 1930in Otsego to John and Jennie (Arendson) Boerman. Bob served in the Army during the Korean War; he worked for Valley Metal then owned and operated E & B Machine Shop in Otsego for around 25 years. He had been a Scout leader, was a member of the...

Lois King of Plainwell, Michigan, passed awayThursday, March 18, 2010, at her home. Lois was bornMay 2, 1946inGrand Rapidsto Wesley and Marjorie (Giles) Martin. She was a member of Berean Baptist Church of Portage and also volunteered with the M.O.P.S. children’s group atOtsegoFirstBaptistChurch. In her leisure time Lois enjoyed sewing and gardening. OnJune 4, 1971inPortageshe married Garth King, who survives....

Everett C. ‘Red’ Eb’ Brock of Plainwell, Michigan, passed awayThursday, March 18, 2010, inKalamazoo. Mr. Brock was bornMay 31, 1922inBrodhead,Kentuckyand moved to Otsego in 1958. For 12 years he was employed with Weyerhauser (later Plainwell Paper) and had also been a milk truck driver. Red loved to travel, hunt, the out-of-doors, animals and planting trees. He taught himself to play...

James L. Claflin of Plainwell, Michigan, passed awayWednesday, March 17, 2010in Plainwell, MI. Mr. Claflin was bornMarch 3, 1941in South Haven, MI to Kenneth and Eleanor (Dawe) Claflin. In 1963 he received his Bachelor of Science degree fromDePauwUniversitywhere he was a Phi Gamma Delta. Jim then served his country in the U.S. Army. For over 30 years he was employed...

Norman P. Warning of Otsego, Michgian, passed awayTuesday, March 16, 2010, and went to join his 8 siblings, and sons-in-law, Tedd and Jeff. During WWII he served his country in the Army Air Force. He was the loving father of Star, Norma and Ralph. Also surviving are 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and close friends. The family will...