Warren James Williams
Mar 2, 2012
Warren J. Williams age 90 of Hastings passed away Friday, March 2, 2012 at his residence. He was born October 21, 1921 in Emerson Township, Michigan the son of Walter and Sylvia (Welch) Williams.
Warren attended Alma High School and later Central Michigan University, graduating in 1943. He was a member of the University Choir, track team...
Donald Paul Werner
Mar 1, 2012
Donald Paul Werner, age 77 of Hastings passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012. He was born March 3, 1934 in Muskegon, Michigan the son of Leo Werner and Martha (Aberlate) Vanburgen.
Don honorably served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He married Louise (Allard) Werner and later Hazel (Hilton) Werner, both marriages ending in divorce....
Cheryl Ann Mills
Feb 29, 2012
Cheryl Mills, aged 67 of Gun Lake MI succumbed to pancreatic cancer on February 29, 2012. She was born in New London WI and moved to MI where she spent the last several years, living on the lake she loved. Left behind to cherish her spirit are her husband, love of her life, Tom, her...
Vicki Jean Goodenough-Rutzebeck
Feb 29, 2012
Vicki Jean Goodenough-Rutzebeck of Monticello, Iowa and formerly of Hastings, Michigan, passed away unexpectedly on February 29, 2012 at her home. She rests in the hands of her loving savior.
Vicki was born April 17, 1954 the daughter of Gail Ann Herbstreith-Wallace and Richard Harry Goodenough.
Vicki's biggest love was her family, especially her grandchildren....
Arthur E. Stauffer
Feb 22, 2012
Arthur E. Stauffer, age 89, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
He was born in Clarksville, Michigan the son of Alcid Stauffer and Lotta (Fairchild) Stauffer. He married Beulah B. (Bush) on May 31, 1949 in Hastings, Michigan.
He is survived by three children: David A. Stauffer of Hastings, MI, Carol C. (Stauffer) and Veryl Fees...
Harriet "Micki" Mae Gillum
Feb 18, 2012
Harriet (Micki) Mae Gillum age 76 of Nashville, Michigan passed away February 18, 2012. She was born April 10, 1935 in Rimansburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Lawson O. McCaskey and Molly Emily Swyers. Micki married Hank Gillum on August 13, 1981. She was a Tupperware sales manager for 15 years. Micki enjoyed driving semi cross country with Hank. She...
Thomas Winn Thompson
Feb 10, 2012
Thomas Winn Thompson, age 63, lifelong resident of Freeport and currently residing in Hastings, passed away Friday, February 10, 2012 at his home. He was born June 10, 1948 in Hastings the son of Frank and Pauline (Moore) Thompson. Tom attended Thornapple Kellogg High School, graduating in 1966.
He honorably served in the US Army, during the Vietnam War....
Jeanne Eloise Crittenden
Feb 10, 2012
Jeanne Eloise Crittenden, 77, of Hastings passed away on February 10, 2012 at home after a prolonged illness. She was born September 17, 1934 in Denton, Texas, daughter of Dr. H. B. and Eloise Masters. Much of her youth was spent traveling with her father throughout the United States, helping him develop and implement youth camps all around the...
Lucy Anne Jacoby
Feb 9, 2012
Lucy Anne Jacoby, age 98 of Hastings, passed away on Thursday February 9, 2012 at Carveth Village in Middleville. She was born October 24, 1913 in Putney , Georgia , the daughter of George Christian and Beatrice Cenci (George) Schempp. Lucy graduated from Ithaca New York Public School and then Cornell University in 1925 , she then received a...
James L. Bower
Feb 5, 2012
James L. Bower, age 68 of Delton, Michigan passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 at his residence. He was born June 25, 1943 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Max L. and Opal I. (Sager) Bower. Jim attended Delton High School. He later attended a Sheet Metal Trade School and became a sheet metal journeyman. He worked for Local...
John Arendson Macqueen
Feb 4, 2012
John Arendson Macqueen, 82, of Hastings, formerly of Holland, joined his heavenly family on Saturday, February 4, 2012. He was preceded in death by his mother, Harter Macqueen, and sister, Kathrynne Howell. He will be greatly missed by his wife of 59 years, Shirley, and children David and Mary Macqueen, Jim and Michelle Visser, Michael and Kim Ter Vree, Greg...
Victor Niles Braendle
Jan 26, 2012
Victor Niles Braendle age 53, of Hastings passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012, unexpectedly. He was born January 9, 1959 in Havana, Illinois the son of Neil and Joan (Ashurst) Braendle. In his early years in Illinois, Victor loved to visit with his doting Grandpa and Grandma Ashurst. Victor went to Cardinal games in St. Louis and became a...
Margaret Jean Vanaman
Jan 20, 2012
Margaret Jean (Fisher) VanAman age 77 of Hastings passed away Friday, January 20, 2012. She was born August 28, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Harold and Elsie (Charon) Fisher. Jean attended Freeport High School, graduating in 1952. She worked for Cappon Oil and Walters Demmick Petroleum from 1985 through 1999. Jean married Cloyd A. VanAman on...
Patricia June Greenfield
Jan 11, 2012
Patricia June (Calkins) Greenfield , age 89 of Hastings , died Wednesday January 11, 2012 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. She was born in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan on October 11, 1922. She was the daughter of Kenneth B. and Cecil (Wilson) Calkins. Pat graduated from Hastings High School in 1940 and attended Davis Business College in Toledo,...
Charles "Darrell" Mauk
Jan 9, 2012
Charles "Darrell" Mauk (also known as, Poppy), age 66 of Delton passed away Monday, January 9, 2012 at his home. He was born and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Charles and Esther (Rosbrough) Mauk.
Darrell attended Springfield High School, graduating in 1963. He then attained his Millwright Apprenticeship, local 2252/1102. Darrell worked as a...
James Richard Lingholm
Jan 7, 2012
James Richard Lingholm, age 56 of Nashville, died suddenly Saturday morning, January 7, 2012. He was born in Joliet, Illinois on October 27, 1955, the son of Eugene and Winifred (Hutchinson) Lingholm. Jim enjoyed taking part in outdoor activities, but took special pleasure in reading about the Great Lakes shipwrecks, watching NASCAR, (Dale Jr.), collecting firearms, and listening to music....
John Hudson Crane, Jr.
Jan 4, 2012
John Hudson Crane, Jr., 67, passed away gracefully at his home on January 4, 2012. He was born on January 23, 1944 in Houston, Texas. He grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, then attended high school in Park Forest, IL and New Buffalo, MI, graduating from New Buffalo in 1962. He attended Western Michigan University,...
Earl Robert Thompson Jr.
Dec 31, 2011
Earl Robert Thompson Jr., age 68 of Hastings passed away unexpectedly, due to a heart attack, Saturday, December 31, 2011. He was born November 2, 1943 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Earl Robert Thompson Sr. and Billie (Downey) Jensen. Earl attended Richland High School, graduating in 1962. He honorably served in the US Army National Guard out of...
Susan June Twigg
Dec 27, 2011
Susan June Twigg, age 64, of Hastings, went to be with her Lord on December 27, 2011. She was preceded in death by her mother Ruth Shellenbarger, aunt Judy Cummings, brother in-law Harold (Gene) Sinclair, niece Tara Ann Shellenbarger, nephew Moses Allen Sinclair, niece Jessica Shellenbarger, and many additional aunts and uncles.
She will be lovingly remembered...
Ralph "Wayne" Hawthorne
Dec 27, 2011
Ralph "Wayne" Hawthorne, age 88 of Hastings passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings.
Wayne was born February 19, 1923 in Hastings, the son of Ralph and Rose (Perry) Hawthorne. He attended Hastings High School, graduating in 1941. Wayne honorably served in the US Army during World War II. He married Agnes Mlynarchek...
