Kenneth Lee Clemens
Jan 22, 2015
Kenneth Lee Clemens age 80 of Hastings, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Magnum Care in Hastings. Ken was born 1934 in Hart, Michigan the son of Elden Vance and Myrtle Marie (Challender) Clemens. Over the years, Ken worked for General Motors, was a truck driver for T.A. Foresburg and did export packaging for Kainer Export, retiring in 1994....
Wayne Estes Wellman
Jan 19, 2015
Wayne Estes Wellman, age 85 of Hastings passed away Monday January 19, 2015 at his home. Wayne was born in Muskegon, Michigan on December 29, 1929, the son of Lewis A. and Dorothy L. (Cline) Wellman. He attended Hastings High School. Wayne married Barbara Spidell on March 5, 1949. He worked for various factories in Lowell, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo...
Leon Wesley Smith
Jan 19, 2015
Leon W. Smith, age 78 of Middleville, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Hospice Residence in Battle Creek. Leon was born on April 25, 1936 in Middleville, Michigan the son of Arthur and Rose (Johnson) Smith. He attended Hastings Area Schools. Leon married Suzette Bishop on May 11, 1958. In his earlier years, Leon worked with...
Franklin Charles Beckwith
Jan 15, 2015
Franklin C. (Ping) Beckwith age 98 of Hastings, passed away Thursday January 15, 2015 at Magnum Care Nursing Home.
Ping was born January 22, 1916 in Hastings, the son of Charles and Tena (VanSloten) Beckwith above the Beckwith Barbershop on Jefferson St. Ping graduated from Hastings High School in 1934 before pursuing business school in Lansing. He...
George R. Ulrich Sr.
Jan 10, 2015
George R. Ulrich Sr., age 81 of Hastings, passed away at home on January 10, 2015 and went home to be with our Lord and Savior. George was born on March 29, 1933 in Hastings, the son of Michael and Margeret Mary (Daniels) Ulrich. George attended St. Rose School and graduated from Hastings High School. He honorably served in the...
Barbara Ellen Reigler
Jan 10, 2015
Barbara E. Reigler, age 73 of Hastings, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Oakview Adult Foster Care in Hastings. Barbara was born on November 7, 1941 the daughter of Wilfred and Dorothy Burns. She attended Hastings Schools and graduated from Woodland High School. Barbara worked for and retired from Hastings Manufacturing. She was an avid 4-H supporter. Barbara was...
Marie A. Ulrich
Jan 5, 2015
Marie A. Ulrich age 88 of Custer, Michigan and formerly Hastings, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015 at Spectrum Health Butterworth in Grand Rapids. Marie was born on October 8, 1926 in Schultz, Michigan, the daughter of Albert F. and Hazel L. (Jenkins) Nash. Marie attended Hastings High School, graduating in 1944. She married Joseph Ulrich on December 27, 1945....
Darwin Swift
Dec 31, 2014
Darwin Swift, age 91 of Lacey, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Stoneridge Adult Foster Care Home in Bellevue.
Darwin was born February 22, 1923 in Maple Grove Township, Michigan, the son of Aubrey and Inez (Ford) Swift. He attended Hastings High School where he graduated in 1941. Darwin married Marian (Stevens) Swift November 9, 1954....
Pamela Ann (Olesky) Smith
Dec 28, 2014
Pamela Ann (Olesky) Smith, age 55 of Hastings, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 at her home in Hastings. Pamela was born on Valentines Day February 14, 1959 in Bridgeview, Illinois, the daughter of Theodore and Patricia (Moser) Olesky. She attended Argo Community High School where she graduated in 1977. Pamela married Malcolm Smith May 27, 1978. She worked in...
Gilbert Blok
Dec 22, 2014
Gilbert Blok, age 79 of Hastings, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at Woodlawn Meadows in Hastings. Bert was born on November 16, 1935 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the son of Johannes and Lena (Kolff) Blok. He attended school in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Bert married Nancy Townsend on November 1, 1970. He worked for Olmsted Heating and Cooling for many years, until...
Dorothy L. Hoke
Dec 19, 2014
Dorothy L. Hoke , age 92 of Hastings, died Friday December 19, 2014 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. She was born February 10, 1922 in Otsego , Michigan the daughter of Earl and Edith Anderson. She graduated from Otsego High School in 1939 and attended Parsons Business College in Kalamazoo. Dorothy married Jack Hoke in Plainwell, Michigan December 16,1942 ,...
John M. Lenz, Sr.
Dec 11, 2014
John M. Lenz, Sr., age 94, passed away December 11, 2014, unexpectedly, after a short illness. John was born in Flint, Michigan on October 8, 1921. He graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan with high honors. John enjoyed figure skating at the best. John enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, with bravery, dignity, honor and respect, for his...
June Arlene (Roberts) Aston
Dec 9, 2014
June Arlene (Roberts) Aston, age 80 of Hastings passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. June was born on November 9, 1934 in Battle Creek, Michigan the daughter of Clarence and Arlene (Olds) Roberts. She attended Lakeview Schools in Battle Creek and later Bellevue Schools, attaining her GED. June married Richard Aston on September 11, 1950....
Benjamin Kenneth Henry
Dec 7, 2014
Benjamin K. Henry, age 68 of Hastings, passed away December 7, 2014 at Magnum Care in Hastings. Ben was born in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada on August 23, 1946 to the proud parents, Alexander McGee Henry and Kate (Kostyk) Henry. In younger years, Ben and his brothers enjoyed yearly week long family vacations to Ontario to fish to their hearts content...
James Robert Smelker
Dec 6, 2014
James Robert Smelker, passed away on December 6, 2014 at Thornapple Manor in Barry County, Michigan. Born in Freeport on March 15, 1940 to Robert and Agnes (Batey) Smelker. He lived most of his life in the Freeport area and was a graduate of Freeport High School in 1958. In his early years, Jim worked on the family Dairy Farm...
Donna Jean Allerding
Dec 5, 2014
Donna Jean Allerding, age 63 of Hastings passed away December 5, 2014 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Donna was born on October 23, 1951 in Hastings, Michigan, the daughter of Ivan Denver and Evelyn Jean (Montaque) Allerding. She attended Hastings High School, graduating in 1996. Donna worked at Terry's Tick Tock in 1998 and Tender Care Nursing Home in Hastings...
Kreeno O. Dewitt
Dec 5, 2014
Kreeno O. DeWitt, age 74 of Hastings passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 at his home. Kreeno was born on September 21, 1940, the son of Ralph and Aline (Wilkins) DeWitt. He attended Thornapple Kellogg Schools in Middleville. Kreeno worked his entire life in the construction business. He was a self employed contractor in the latter years of his work....
Gerald Leroy Merrill Sr.
Nov 28, 2014
Gerald Leroy Merrill, Sr. of Tempe, AZ passed away peacefully in his sleep from complications after pneumonia on November 28, 2014, with family and friends close by. Gerry was born March 13, 1934 in Hastings, MI. He was the son of Leroy Merrill and Melva Houghtalin Merrill Barr. He graduated from Hastings High School Class of 1952. He graduated from...
Norman Walter Dunkelberger
Nov 21, 2014
Norman Walter Dunkelberger, age 79 of Hastings passed away Friday, November 21, 2014, at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Norman was born on May 17, 1935 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, the son of Walter Ivan and Charlotte Harriet (Wellman) Dunkelberger. He completed the 11th grade at Hastings High School in 1952 and finished his education by attaining his GED. Over...
