Local Obituaries
Bill W. Steinke
Jul 27, 2017
Bill W. Steinke, age 85, of Olivet passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at his home. He was born May 30, 1932 in Big Rapids, MI, the son of Walter H. and Florence E. (Keitzman) Steinke. On September 22, 1977 he married Jane Ellen Masters at the Olivet Congregational Church. Bill served his country in the US Army during...
Lawerence Joseph Murphy
Jul 12, 2017
Lawerence J. Murphy age 88, of Bellevue, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at the Medilodge of Marshall. Lawrence was born December 11, 1928 in Eaton County the son of Joseph and Freda (Heisler) Murphy. On August 12, 1949 he married Charlene V. Rolfe. Together they raised their family on their dairy farm. Lawerence was a huge Olivet...
Blanche M. Piepkow
Jul 8, 2017
Blanche M. Piepkow, age 88, a life long resident of Olivet passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017 on the family farm. She was born December 31, 1928 on the farm the first of 5 daughters to William Clair and Lena Mae (Hisler) Lake. She married Paul Piepkow on December 31, 1946. They settled on the farm where they would...
Alice Rohdy
Jun 28, 2017
Alice Rohdy, age 93, of Charlotte passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in Charlotte. She was born August 2, 1923 in Olivet the youngest of 12 children to James W. and Zella A. (Gee) Rice. In 1940 she married Bill Cornelius and after only 17 years of marriage he passed away. On February 18, 1961 in Evart, MI she...
Rex B. Hoover
Jun 19, 2017
Rex B. Hoover, age 75, of DeWitt passed away Monday June 19, 2017 with his family by his side. He was born July 1, 1941 in Lansing the son of Clarence R. and Joyce M. (Chadwick) Hoover. Rex was a life long DeWitt resident. He was proud to have served on the Clinton County Sheriffs Posse for many years....
Frances A. Spotts
Jun 18, 2017
Frances A. Spotts passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2017 at the Eaton County Health and Rehab Services in Charlotte. She was born in Byron Center March 13, 1925, the daughter of Samuel and Bertha (Ball) Harmsen. Frances went on to graduate from Byron Center High School. In 1946 she married Clifford E. Spotts. She was very appreciative of...
Susan Fitzpatrick
Jun 17, 2017
Susan E. Fitzpatrick age 68, of Duck Lake/DeWitt (formerly of Lansing) passed away Saturday, June 17th following a brief but mighty battle against leukemia. She was born on November 8, 1948 the only child and cherished daughter of Keith and Dorothy (Simons) Gunthorpe who preceded her in death. Sue graduated from Lansing Everett High School, Lansing Community College, and...
Esther L. Dolman
Jun 15, 2017
Esther Lucile Dolman, age 87, of Potterville, stepped into eternity to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 15, 2017. She was born December 8, 1929 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Ransom and Myrtle (Yuncker) Helmker. Esther graduated from Lansing Eastern High School in 1949. She loved and cared for many different children through the years....
Wallace A. Bruce
Jun 14, 2017
Wallace A. Bruce of Charlotte, Michigan, age 83 passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at his residence with his loving family at his side. Wally was born October 27, 1933 in Charlotte the son of Thomas and Minnie (Garland) Bruce and had lived most of his life in Charlotte. He was a 1952 Graduate of Charlotte High School,...
Patricia Ann Strouse
Jun 12, 2017
Patricia Ann Strouse, age 79, of Dewitt went to her eternal reward on Monday, June 12, 2017 at Mother Teresa House in Lansing, with her family by her side. She was born April 16, 1938 in St. Johns, MI the daughter of Harry and Isabel Lance. On June 15, 1957 Pat married the love of her life Frederick J....
Patricia Ann Buttrick
Jun 10, 2017
Patricia Ann Buttrick, age 86, of Olivet passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Glenn Arbor Hospice Residence in Battle Creek. She was born July 7, 1930 in Alma, Michigan the daughter of Lawrence and Bernice (Whitcomb) Church. Pat moved to Olivet in 1969 and has resided there ever since. She began teaching English at Olivet High School in...
Ronald D. Henry
Jun 6, 2017
Ronald Dale Henry, age 84, of Battle Creek formerly of Olivet, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born August 15, 1932 in Battle Creek the son of Harold R. and Wilma A. (Struble) Henry. Ron graduated from Lansing Everett High School in 1949. He then went on to serve his country...
Connie Lou Owen
Jun 5, 2017
Connie Lou Owen of Charlotte, MI, formerly of Olivet, MI, age 75, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 at the Sensations Memory Care in Charlotte. Connie was born November 4, 1941 in Charlotte, MI the daughter of Russell M. and Donnis L. (Gifford) Owen and was a lifelong area resident. She was a retired Caregiver and Babysitter for...
Lowell Nelson Powers
May 22, 2017
Lowell N. Powers of Charlotte, Michigan, age 94, passed away on Monday May 22, 2017 at the Eaton County Health and Rehabilitation Services in Charlotte. Lowell was born November 23, 1922 in Brookfield Township of Eaton County the son of Homer J. and Jennie R. (Smant) Powers and was a lifelong resident of Brookfield Township and a lifelong Farmer....
Myrtle Mae Riggs
May 19, 2017
Myrtle M. (Collins) Riggs of Okemos, MI, formerly of Potterville, MI and Clearwater, FL, age 96, went to be with her Lord on Friday, May 19, 2017. Those preceding her in death were: two daughters, Mary Gullett and Marcella Carney; 1 granddaughter, 2 grandsons, 5 brothers and 3 sisters. Myrtle was born June 23, 1920 in Ashley, MI to...
Charlene Virginia Murphy
May 19, 2017
Charlene V. (Rolfe) Murphy of Bellevue, MI, age 86, passed away on Friday May 19, 2017 at the Medilodge of Marshall with her loving family at her side. Charlene was born August 26, 1930 at home in Charlotte the daughter of Stanley and Fern (Kimmel) Rolfe. She was a Graduate of Charlotte High School. Surviving are: her husband of...
Ernest B Mullings
May 12, 2017
Ernest B. (Ernie) Mullings, Lansing, MI Born August 28, 1924, in Washington D.C. to Ernest Knorr Mullings and Margaret C. (Brown) Mullings; Ernie died in Charlotte, Michigan, on Friday May 12, 2017 at the age of 92. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Helen Marsh in 2014, and his two oldest children: daughter Georgia Humphreys...
Beverly J. Kane
May 11, 2017
Beverly Jeannette Kane died on May 11, 2017 in Charlotte, MI, one day shy of her 85th birthday. Beverly is survived by her four children, Gary Kane of Charlotte, MI, Kathleen (William) Tully of Randle, WA, Karen (Paul) Wilson of Charlotte, MI, and James (Lilia) Kane of Kaneohe, HI, as well as a sister, Laura Hawley of Howard City,...
Betty J. Blackmer
May 10, 2017
Betty Joanne Blackmer of Charlotte, Michigan, age 81, passed away on Wednesday May 10, 2017 at the Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. Betty was born April 20, 1936 the daughter of Walter and Beulah (Tiffiny) Johnson and was a longtime resident of Charlotte. She had worked for many years as a home caregiver in client homes. Surviving are: two sons,...
Rodney Lee Mann
May 10, 2017
Rodney Lee Mann, born May 28th, 1958 of Holland, MI passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 10th, 2017. Rod was born and grew up in Charlotte, MI and graduated from Charlotte High School in 1976. Son of Robert and Rosanna Mann (Finch), he is survived by his significant other Tangi Allen, Brother Rex (Shelly), and sister...
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