Patricia Jean Reed
Mar 1, 2021
Patricia Jean Reed, age 95 of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on March 1, 2021. She was born on February 9, 1926 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Pliny and Lilia (Strope) McLaughlin.
Patricia graduated from Grand Ledge High School and attended Albion College. On March 23, 1947 Patricia married Richard Floyd Reed, and they enjoyed 68...
Elizabeth Jane Kennedy
Feb 28, 2021
Elizabeth Jane Kennedy, age 91, of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on February 28, 2021. Elizabeth was born on November 9, 1929 in Loretta, PA, the daughter of Elwood James and Stella Catherine (Rudolph) Ivory.
Elizabeth retired as secretary for the St. Rose of Lima Catholic School. She looked after and took care of the students as if...
Nancy Jane Plutschouw
Feb 28, 2021
Nancy Jane Plutschouw, age 84 of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on February 28, 2021. She was born on December 10, 1936 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Albert and Dorothy (Van Vuren) Norton.
Nancy attended Caledonia High School and got her GED Diploma at age 42 in 1978. She worked for Borisch Manufacturing Company, retiring in...
Jerome Miles
Feb 28, 2021
Jerome "Jerry" Miles, age 93, of Hastings, was called home by our Lord on February 28, 2021.
Jerome was born on February 15, 1928 in Kalamazoo to Jacob and Ethel (Born) Miles. He graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1946. Jerome served in the Navy during WWII. Jerome married Clarice (Pease) on July 1, 1949 at...
Douglas Nelson Cook
Feb 27, 2021
Douglas Nelson Cook, age 73 of Delton, Michigan, passed away on February 27, 2021. He was born on March 30, 1947 in Hastings, Michigan, the son of Marshall and Margret (Nelson) Cook.
Douglas was a 1965 graduate of Hastings High School and a 1975 graduate of Western Michigan University, receiving a BS in business. He proudly served...
Lewis Allen Earl
Feb 27, 2021
Lewis A. Earl passed away peacefully on February 27th, 2021 at the age of 92. He was born July 14, 1928 (a birthdate of doubles) in Dowling, Michigan, the son of Fern "Leola" Ketcham and Octa Earl. He lived the first 14 years of his life with his maternal grandparents, Byron & Candace Ketcham, on their Dowling farm. During...
Rick Edward Raak
Feb 27, 2021
Rick Edward Raak, age 56, of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on February 27, 2021 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, Michigan. Rick was born on November 29, 1964, the son of Barbara Jean (McDowell) Werner and Roger Allen Raak. He attended Hastings High School.
Rick worked as a handyman. He loved fishing, hunting, winter sports, and socializing with friends and family.
Rick was...
Ronald H. Lewis
Feb 25, 2021
Ronald "Ron" H. Lewis, age 84 of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on February 25, 2021. He was born on November 9, 1936, the son of Homer and Margaret (Abrams) Lewis. Ron was a 1955 graduate of Hastings High School. On December 24, 1955, Ron married Jacqulyn Kay Payne, and they enjoyed 55 years together until her death in 2011....
Donald Jay Falconer
Feb 22, 2021
Donald Jay Falconer, Sr. passed away on February 22, 2021. He was born in Hastings, Michigan on January 1, 1939, to Bernard and Lois (Neil) Falconer. He had just turned 82 years old.  Don attended Hastings Schools, where he was active in FFA and played football. He graduated in 1956.  Don was a lifetime farmer; even after his health...
Michael Charles Klovanich
Feb 21, 2021
Michael Charles Klovanich, age 83 of Hastings, Michigan passed away on February 21, 2021. Michael was born in Warren, Ohio on March 29, 1937, the son of Mike and Katherine (Paskowitz) Klovanich.
Michael was a 1955 graduate of Howland High School, and attended Youngstown University, Ohio University, and Tri-State (Trine) receiving a Graduate of Civil Engineering. He...
Agnes Marie Rein
Feb 21, 2021
Agnes Marie Humphrey Rein, age 96 of Hastings, Michigan, passed away peacefully at home with her loved ones at her side after a courageous battle with cancer.
Agnes was born August 18, 1924 the daughter of George and Marcella (Dailey) Humphrey of Freeport, Michigan.
Agnes attended the Freeport area schools through eleventh grade, completing her...
Cynthia Ann Robbe
Feb 20, 2021
Cynthia Ann Robbe, age 94, of Hastings passed away on February 20, 2021. She was born on November 9, 1926, the daughter of William and Florence (Mahler) Everett.
Cynthia was a graduate of Flushing High School and Eastern Michigan University. On September 7, 1947, Cynthia married Kenneth James Robbe, and they were married for 71 years until...
Patricia Ann Lancaster
Feb 17, 2021
Patricia Ann (Roscoe) Lancaster passed away just shy of her 81st birthday on February 17, 2021. She was born on March 30, 1940, the daughter of Delbert and Violet (Curtus) Lancaster in Hastings, Michigan, living the entirety of her life in and around the community of her birth. Patricia was a loving mother of six children. She served those...
Leonard Harvey Spyker
Feb 17, 2021
Leonard Harvey Spyker, age 90 of Tellico Village, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Park West Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana September 22, 1930.
After moving to Michigan with his parents as a child, he attended schools in Battle Creek, graduating from Battle Creek Central High School. He married his...
Charles Earl Hubbell
Feb 12, 2021
Charles Earl Hubbell, age 61 of Battle Creek, Michigan passed away on February 12, 2021. He was born on October 11, 1959 in Hastings, Michigan, the son of William and Donna (Polhemus) Hubbell.
Charles previously worked at Ace Hardware, Lowes, and Walmart. He loved fishing - summer and winter - and even lived in Bradenton, Florida for...
Marian Bea Golyar
Feb 12, 2021
Marian Bea (Schaeff) Golyar, age 59, a long-time resident of Hastings, Michigan passed away on February 12, 2021. She was born on April 22, 1961 in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Donald E. and Shirley J. (Jenkins) Schaeff Sr.
Marian liked riding motorcycles, knitting and crafting, and loved her grandkids.
Marian is preceded in death...
Denver Forest Kiersey
Feb 9, 2021
Denver F. Kiersey, age 94 of Hastings passed away peacefully Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Woodlawn Meadows Assisted Care.
Mr. Kiersey was born on July 2, 1926 in Lansing, MI, the son of Donald Sr. & Eleanor Kiersey. He was raised in the Northport area attending Northport High School graduating in 1944.
Denver was a...
Mary Helen Pennington
Feb 9, 2021
Mary Helen Pennington, age 66 of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on February 9, 2021. She was born on October 26, 1954 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Leon and Crystene (Lentz) Jasperse.
Mary was a 1972 graduate of Ottawa Hills High School. On April 8, 1989, she married Michael Pennington, and they enjoyed 28 years together...
June Frances Vandenburg
Feb 5, 2021
June Frances (Colvin) VanDenburg, 93, passed away peacefully on February 5th, 2021.
June was born in Hastings, Michigan on December 3, 1927, the daughter of Elmer and Ina (Ballie) Colvin. She attended Hastings High School, graduating in 1945.
On May 17,1947, June married Robert VanDenburg and they were blessed with seventy-one years of marriage. As...
Leslie "Jim" James Sweeney
Feb 3, 2021
Leslie "Jim" James Sweeney, age 66 of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on February 3, 2021. Jim was born on July 11, 1954, the son of Leslie Leroy and Yvonne (James) Sweeney in Grand Rapids Michigan.
Jim was a 1972 graduate of Thornapple Kellogg High School. On December 9, 2005, Jim married Candi Stow, and they enjoyed 15...
