Obituaries

Richard E. Sage ofKalamazoo,Michigan passed awaySaturday, May 1, 2010inKalamazoo. Mr. Sage was bornJanuary 5, 1931inWatsonTownshipthe son of Clifford and Henrietta (Kimball) Sage and was a lifelong resident of the area. Richard taught school in Watson before serving his country during the Korean Conflict in the United States Army. For many years he was employed as office manager with area electrical...

Zaro Large of Plainwell passed awayFriday, April 30, 2010inKalamazoo. Zaro was bornJune 21, 1952inKalamazoo, the son of Charles and Shirley (Snow) Large. For many years he was employed as a lab technician with several ink manufacturing companies. In his leisure time Zaro enjoyed golf and cars. Surviving are his children, Marray Donaldson ofTennessee, Jeb (Sarah) Large of Plainwell; his mother,...

Virginia L. Zwart of Otsego, Michigan, passed awayFriday, April 30, 2010inKalamazoo. Mrs. Zwart was bornNovember 12, 1928inConnersville,INto Russell and Mayfrey ( (Hobbs) Samuels. For many years she was employed as a bus driver with theOtsegoPublic Schools. In her leisure timeVirginiawas an avid crocheter and all of her family members have blankets she had made for them. She also enjoyed bowling,...

Barbara J. Magiera of Richland, Michigan, passed awayWednesday, April 28, 2010at her home. Barbara was bornJune 7, 1950inJarkowice,Polandto Adam and Zofia (Slotwinski) Maruniak. In the mid 1970s she earned her Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering fromWesternMichiganUniversity. In 1984 she and her husband opened their own business, Hytech Spring & Machine, in Plainwell, which they still own and operate. With the...

Sarah A. (Darvarn) Marcy, of Otsego (formerly of Dearborn) known by family and friends as Sally, died peacefully on April 24thinKalamazoo,MI. She was born inSt. John’s,MIonSeptember 16, 1931. Together with her sister, Shirley (John) Fox, and sister Susan (Robert) Vedder, Sally was raised inPewamo,MI, and later in Fowler, MI. OnJune 20, 1953, Sally was united in marriage to Lynn P....

William J. Zugel ofOtsego,Michigan passed awayFriday, April 23, 2010, inKalamazoo. Mr. Zugel was bornSeptember 26, 1923in Otsego to Anthony and Veronica (Durszia) Zugel and was a lifelong resident of the area. For 31 years he was employed with Hammond Machine and retired from St. Margaret’s School as a bus driver. Bill enjoyed coaching little league baseball, bowling, golfing and taking...

Donald L. Rhodes, Otsego, Michigan, passed awayFriday, April 23, 2010inKalamazoo. Donald was bornMay 27, 1934inJefferson Township, Mercer Co., OH, the son of Edgar and Sylvia (Stelts) Rhodes. He had been employed over 25 years with Otsego Television, retiring in 1980. He enjoyed Tinkering with clocks, carpentry, photography, painting and being with his grandchildren. Surviving are his companion of nine years,...

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...

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...

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...

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...