01-30-2020 Remembering our dearly departed of 2019

Remembering our dearly departed of 2019

EDITOR’S NOTE: Now that all of the celebration of the New Year is over please take a few minutes to recall all of our relatives, friends and neighbors who died in 2019. The following are the names of those whose obituaries and death notices appeared in the Tri-City Record issues of 2019.

January 3 Issue Barbara Flagel of Brimley MI, formerly of Watervliet; Lori Ann Smith of Hartford; Nancy Bohn of Plainwell, formerly of Watervliet; Claude T. Gorman Jr. of Watervliet; Michael W. Dahms of Coloma; Helmut G. Hoffman of Coloma; Mary Christine Strait of Hartford; Sandy Robinson Duck of Sodus; Alfred Schetlizki of Lawrence January 10 Issue Charles Richard Jarvis of Pipestone Twp.; Susan Kay Weber of Bainbridge Twp.; Joyce Sornsen of St. Joseph; Janet Culbreath of Benton Harbor; Michael Joe Mangold of Dowagiac; Linda T. Bachus of Branch MI January 17 Issue Joanne Louise Megna of Watervliet; Andre R. Machado; Vera Wade of Hartford; Daniel F. Koehler formerly of Watervliet; Skylinn Sarinne Salinas of Coloma; Herbert Teichman of Eau Claire January 24 Issue Camilla Joan Diebold of Hartford; William Clifford Smith of Hartford; Frances Josephine Nelson of Watervliet; Geraldine A. Bridges of Hartford; Lisette Benson of Benton Harbor; Mark A. Thomas of Benton Harbor; Larry Lambrecht Sr. of Dowagiac; Garold Duane Thibeault of Benton Harbor; Larry Griffin of Watervliet; Michael Westbrook of Coloma January 31 Issue Virginia D. Dyer formerly of Hartford; John King of Sodus; Jonathan Sansom of Bridgman; Geraldine (Jerri-Sis) Ann (Getz) Bridges of Hartford; Theodora (Noles) Cheek of Watervliet

February 7 Issue Mark A. Thomas of Benton Harbor; Daniel Winans of Benton Harbor; Margie A. Alsup of Watervliet; Stephen J. White of Grand Junction; Terri Jeanne (Bender) Palma of Coloma; Charles Sherman Sanders of Hartford February 14 Issue Charles Stainbrook of St. Joseph; Gary R. Hall of Hartford; Wayne L. Otte of Coloma; Joan Marie Harris of Watervliet; Mary Lou Kraft of Benton Harbor; Leatha Mickel of Benton Harbor; Jean Ruth Mathieu of Bridgman; Raymond L. Jahnke of Niles February 21 Issue Verda Ruth DeRosa of Coloma; Michael Kremers of Eau Claire; Seward “Bubs” Lightner Jr. of Hartford; George “Bud” Darling of Coloma; Wallace Eugene Heuser of Lawrence; Mark D. Townsend of Coloma; Anna “Betty” Webb of Coloma; Kenner F. Buckley of Coloma; Richard S. Smith of Watervliet February 28 Issue Janice Roine (Freier) Whitcomb of Stevensville; Verda Ruth (Root) Wallace of Hartford; David A. Jackson of Coloma; Eugene E. Miston Sr. of Fountain MI; Andrew Koshar of Watervliet; Ingeborg Hewitt of Benton Harbor

March 7 Issue John Milton Hauf of Watervliet; Juliet D. Hudson of Coloma; Anna Webb of Coloma; Petro (De Leon) Rios of New Buffalo; Virginia Marie Radewald of Niles; Anna Meister Springer of Coloma; Patricia Ann (Liles) Warren of Watervliet; Marion L. Toney of South Haven March 14 Issue Clarence C. Gunn of Watervliet; Joan Louise Deam formerly of Watervliet; James L. Edgell formerly of Coloma; Eugene Karl Pasek of Watervliet; Boyd M. Umphrey of Clermont FL; Shirley Jean Brooks of Covert March 21 Issue Albert R. Steffens formerly of Watervliet; Luella Knight of Hartford; Roger C. Leach of Decatur; Alice M. Weschgel formerly of Grand Rapids; Jamie L. Juergensen-Mastandrea of Sister Lakes; Terry Ray Henagan of Hartford; Katrina Marie Johnson of Hartford; Pamela S. Froeber of Lawrence March 28 Issue Lauretta F. Titman of Coloma; Larry G. Easton of Coloma; Vada M. Smith of Sister Lakes; Warren Wayne Seabury Sr. of Covert

April 4 Issue Phyllis J. Kling of Hartford; Virginia Anne (Maxfield) Watson of Pipestone Township; Charles E. Herman of Coloma; Ethelyn M. “Chub” Pastrick of Hartford; Wanda Jean (Beck) Ramsey formerly of Hartford; William R. Krohn of Bangor; Robin S. (Rennhack) Nitz of Paw Paw; Walter L. Roung of Coloma April 11 Issue Lenard Lidberg of Coloma; Luetta “Lou” Clem of Stevensville; Stanley W. Carlson of St. Joseph; Donald L. Bohle of Coloma; Linda G. Arthur of Watervliet April 18 Issue Karla R. Ashbrook of Benton Harbor; Michael Douglas Davis of Watervliet; Barbara Jean (Williams) Gunn of Watervliet; Deborah M. Ives of Stevensville; Robert Dale Christy of Benton Harbor; Steven Allen Williams of Hartford; Burland “Lee” McCormick II of Niles; Roger L. Kunkel of Watervliet; Stephen L. Anderson of Baroda April 25 Issue W. Duane Bodfish of Watervliet; Jacquelin L. Hammond of Coloma; Rachel A. DeProw of Berrien Springs; Arthur Ray Mollett of Hartford; Jennie Baker of Coloma; Stanley L. Head of Covert Township; Ellen M. Russell of Coloma; Charles A. Owen of Coloma; Earl Browers formerly of Coloma; Robert Ernest Cheek of Watervliet; Brenda Kay Lawson of Benton Harbor; Jacqueline Y. Peck of Buchanan; Rachel Y. Boruff of Watervliet

May 2 Issue Kenneth B. Godfrey of Bainbridge Twp.; Ervin Duane LaGrow of Benton Harbor; George Edward Spoke of Coloma; Loretta J. Kirby formerly of St. Joseph; Ruth L. Watkins formerly of Benton Harbor; Paula Ausley Melrose Brown formerly of Coloma; Wakelf James of Coloma; Richard G. Hensley of St. Joseph May 9 Issue June Elizabeth Russell of Coloma; Robert “Bob” Millhouse formerly of Keeler; Freddie Stamp of Benton Township; Janice F. Taylor of Kalamazoo; Patrick Alan Freehling of Buchanan; Nellie Gomez of Decatur; Wanda Robertson of Coloma; Lois Elnor Fox of St. Joseph; Julia Aubermann of Coloma; Anthony G. Meloche of Hartford; Lorenzo Romero of Hartford May 16 Patricia Kliss of Watervliet; Raymond Thomas Steinhaus of Watervliet; Evelyn Marie Miller of Hartford; Douglas Allan Clark of Dowagiac; Pamela Denbow of Coloma; Ann J. Kunkel of Coloma; Mignon G. Heppler of St. Joseph; James A. Charleston of St. Joseph; Mildred (Wilkinson) McLeese of Decatur; Anthony Meloche of Hartford; Terry R. Quinn of Rockwall TX; Roger W. Gibbs of Hartford May 23 Palmleaf “Pam” (Flowers) Mooney of Coloma; Ladd “Bud Burr” Wilson of Coloma; Michael C. Holt of South Haven; Ronald F. Hauch of St. Joseph; Patricia Diane Rasmus; Wayne Wolgensinger Sr. formerly of Coloma; William A. Yore Sr. of Coloma; Tommie “Slick” Ellis of St. Joseph May 30 Issue Wayne Wolgensinger Sr. formerly of Coloma; Brant Anthony Koshar of Hartford; Barbara A. Hobdy of Coloma; Beverly M. Koroch-Hirsch of St. Joseph; Roy C. Harrington formerly of Benton Harbor

June 6 Issue Judith Bleich of St. Joseph June 13 Issue Kathryn Ann Jones of Covert; Winifred Edith (Wileman) Knorst formerly of Watervliet; Emma L. Gaipa of Watervliet; Robert L. Nunley of Coloma; Tim Campbell of Coloma; Shirley J. Kietzer of Sister Lakes; Teresa M. (Dibble) Weaver formerly of Hagar Shores; Donna S. Cowsert formerly of Coloma June 20 Issue Heidi Town of Watervliet; Harriet M. Golomb of Coloma; Jeffrey Allen Spear of Galien; Michael Lee Robinson of Hartford; David Louder Sr. of Buchanan June 27 Issue Joyce Ann (Molter) Crowe formerly of Hartford; Alyce (Sarola) MacDonald formerly of Watervliet; Elmer Horn of Lawrence; Jeffrey Allen Spear of Galien; Nancy J. Eggers of Stevensville; Frances R. Zilke of Benton Township

July 4 Issue Darcy Beezley of Paw Paw; Vernon Leroy Curry of Watervliet; Karen Faulkner of Berrien Springs; Dorothy M. Brown of Coloma; Viola R. Drake of Bangor Township; Donnie R. Madison of Hartford; Raymond Eugene Wiltshire; Barbara Allen formerly of Coloma; Judith Ellen Burnette formerly of Keeler July 11 Issue Veronica “Vera” Harrison of Watervliet; Laura Margaret Winkel of Hartford; Suzanne Marie Glass formerly of Coloma; Ardee Adam Faultersack of Felch MI and Yuma AZ; Albert Beebe of St. Joseph; Wilma L. Igert of Benton Township; Iva J. Penley of Baroda July 18 Issue Ellen C. Becker of Coloma; Fay Caroline Hogue of Dowagiac; Ruby Maxine Parker of Hartford; Roberta “Bobbie” Kinney of Aurora CO; Johnny M. Tackett formerly of Watervliet; Deborah L. Pierce of Covert; Frank C. Pooch of Coloma July 25 Issue Kerry Haus of Compton, CA, formerly of Watervliet; Marion L. Davis of Hartford; Arvid Freemont Frazier of Watervliet; Bruce Frederick Schramm of Coloma; Brionna A. Capozio of Coloma; Pamela A. (Baser) Sanicki of Coloma; Piper Boven of Coloma; John L. Shearer of Coloma; Jeanette “Jan” V. Bell of Watervliet; Patricia E. Hill of Hartford

August 1 Issue Amelia F. Fajardo, MD, of Coloma; Chad William Whittington of Coloma; Rickey Strand of Watervliet; Marian Strand of Coloma; Mary A. Gelder of Benton Harbor; Tamara K. Wheeler of Hartford August 8 Issue Kathleen M. Meyers of St. Joseph; Roy Dean McCarley formerly of Watervliet; Craig E. Carlson of Benton Harbor; John Kelemen of Benton Harbor; Yvonne J. Merle of Bridgman August 15 Issue Edward E. Vollrath of Coloma; Elden A. Janke of Bainbridge Twp.; Wilma E. Williams of Bainbridge Twp.; Melva Lorraine Saline-Meachum of Hartford; Alphonse Joseph Calabrese of Hartford; Wilbert “Bill” Smith of Benton Harbor; Rosie Pearl “Rose” Henderson of Lawrence; Burleen E. Sexton of St. Joseph; Margaret A. “Peg” Williamson of Benton Harbor; William “Bill” Kintup of Benton Harbor; Richard L. Kimball of Sister Lakes August 22 Issue George Frederick Hauch of Coloma; Velma (Bundy) Ripsco of Stevensville; Jeanne Phyllis Leach of Watervliet; Delbert P. Hart of Benton Harbor; Lila M. Roethel of St. Joseph; Helen J. Wozniak of Stevensville; Oneta M. Nelson of Bangor; Bonita Joyce (Shoff) Schmalbach of Benton Harbor August 29 Issue Lucille E. Grieser of Bainbridge Twp.; Andrew L. Thomas of Coloma; Floyd Weber of Bainbridge Twp.; William Kintup; Ethel Hayhurst of Coloma; David “Mark” Snyder; Robert Brant of Sister Lakes; Joanne M. (Hocker) Stainbrook formerly of Coloma; Shirley Mae (Mollett) Francis of Stevensville; Guy W. Meachum of Bangor; Marianne R. Oldham of Hartford

September 5 Issue Robert T. Lovell of Coloma; Beverly J. (Witkop) Adams of Coloma; Kenneth G. Mullen of Watervliet; Cynthia Lou MacLeod of Sister Lakes; Thomas E. Jones of Coloma September 12 Issue Rose Scheid of Watervliet; Marian J. Haney of Benton Harbor; Christian Ruppel of St. Joseph; Kay Ann McKinven of Covert; Debra J. (VanAntwerp) Ethridge of Benton Harbor September 19 Issue William E. Otte of Coloma; Thomas J. Powers of Coloma; Patrick Callahan of Hartford; James H. Case of Sister Lakes; Frances M. Hammer of Watervliet; Thomas G. Lafayette Jr. of Arizona; Vivian N. Neff of Coloma; Hans Schulz of Berrien Springs; Melissa Spica of Arizona September 26 Issue Patrick J. Sutter of Los Angeles, CA, formerly Coloma; Charles N. Scherer of Benton Harbor; Marvis Rowley of Watervliet; Joanne H. Duncombe of Hartford; Thomas P. Driscoll of Mishawaka IN; Eunice M. Spilger-Ott formerly of Bridgman

October 3 Issue Douglas Anthony DeVincent of Watervliet; Douglas E. Trottier of Bradenton FL; Jo Ann Gingrich of Coloma; Julius G. Rainey of Bangor; Otto Duane Dahn; DeWayne E. Biastock of Benton Harbor; Arlene A. Zinn of Benton Harbor; Barbara A. Carey of South Haven; Marvin H. Gustafson of Churubusco IN; Paul L. Smith of Hartford; Karen Yvonne Hipskind formerly of Coloma; Juanita Miller of Hartford; William C. McFadden of Watervliet October 10 Issue John L. Nosko of Watervliet, formerly Tustin MI; James Edmond Honea formerly of Hartford; Patricia K. Brown of Benton Harbor; Paul H. Straub of Sister Lakes; Billy J. Arivett of Coloma; Ira Dell Woodard-Skidmore of Bainbridge Twp.; Glenn “Sid” Merritt of Coloma; Mary Thomas of Watervliet; Debra Barrows of South Bend IN; Edward G. Baes of Hagar Shores; Rennee I. Schroeder of St. Joseph; Laura J. Shirley of Hartford; Mary L. Shirley of Bloomingdale; Pearl “Wyn” Yore of Stevensville October 17 Issue Redmond “Red” Thomas Sage of Coloma; Browney Shearer of Coloma; Helen Powers Herbert of St. Joseph; David L. Krieger Sr. of Stevensville; Richard M. Ginger of Hartford October 24 Issue Terry T. Madison of Coloma; Guy Moore of Watervliet; James Paul Chevrette of Benton Harbor; River A. Fitch of Covert; Elizabeth “Betty” C. Robinson of St. Joseph; Donald Keith Adams of Coloma; Jeffrey A. Terrill formerly of Hartford; Patrick H. Pelletier of Coloma; Shelby Flagel of Benton Harbor October 31 Issue Mary P. Kniebes of Coloma; Gerald Freier Sr. of Benton Harbor; Eunice M. Spilger-Ott formerly of Bridgman; Roy G. Krieger of Coloma; Beverly Louise Cole of St. Joseph; Mary Niblett of Coloma; Camilia A. Styburski of Coloma; Mae D. Randall of Stevensville; Wayne D. Bunn formerly of Hartford; August J. Falkner Jr. formerly of Sodus; Gertrude M. Schlieter of Lawrence

November 7 Issue Jimmey Bolin of Benton Harbor; Mary Lou Altom formerly of Coloma; Glenda M. Taylor of Watervliet; Mary F. Pounders of Coloma; Joy L. Stump of Watervliet; Marion Jean (Lowen) Darr of St. Joseph; Margaret E. Morton of Eau Claire; Dawn Marie Pierce of Lawrence; Kuscuita F. Rapp of Hartford November 14 Issue Arnold H. Arndt of St. Joseph; Suzanne Zandarski of Coloma; Eleanore Fish of Watervliet; Everette L. Gaston Sr. of Benton Harbor; Gloria J. (Lambrecht) Kendzior of Hartford; Brian W. Simpson of Hartford; Michael W. Allard of Gepp AR November 21 Issue Kathryn Sekula of Coloma; Cheri L. Coombs of Lawrence; Carl N. Grigereit Jr. of Coloma; Esther M. Goldamer of Paw Paw; Sharon Jean Grigsby of Watervliet; Marion Jean (Lowen) Darr of St. Joseph; Darwin “Dar” Hettig formerly of Benton Harbor; Michael Jackson of Eau Claire; Gloria L. Pribbernow of St. Joseph; Steven Scott Gauthier of Sodus November 28 Issue Gordon Everett Banasik of St. Johns, MI, formerly of Watervliet; Michael H. Graffenius of Watervliet; Karen L. Vertroba of Coloma; Barbara Sue Machado of Coloma; Dawn M. Scott of Watervliet; Ray Burns of Benton Harbor; Juana Cruz of Lawrence

December 5 Issue Theodore Clark Johnson of Hartford; Ann Jeanette Nyhuis; Francis A. “Vince” Nilles of Hamilton NY; Sally N. Dombroski of Stevensville; James W. Brumitt; Jeraldine “Jerry” M. Hall formerly of Watervliet; Kathryn Strawbridge of St. Joseph; Carolyn Fowler; Rodney Stanford; Isabel Ione Bower; Terry W. Molter of Bainbridge; Jean Alice Walker of Lawton; Marion E. Lavoie of Coloma; Sarah May Bachleda of Covert; Shirley L. Beck of South Haven; Pauline C. Montgomery of St. Joseph December 12 Issue Vera Walther of Mishawaka IN; Mary C. Murphy of Coloma; Adriano Boffi of Coloma; Robert Louis Kling formerly of Hartford; Sharon Bachman of Coloma; Clayton J. Couturier of Watervliet; Darryl W. Williamson of Bangor December 19 Issue Rev. Raymond Barth of Baroda; Patricia A. Hutchinson of Naples FL, formerly of Watervliet; Leonard C. (Larry) Smith Jr.; Lorraine “Susie” Kietzer Medina, former area resident; Kenneth F. Umphrey of Sylvania OH; Stacy L. Jones of Coloma; Betty P. Mathis of Watervliet; Ray L. Evans of Coloma; Roy J. Nicholson of Three Oaks; Timethy W. Bullock of Coloma; Mylisa Lynn Bryant of Philadelphia MS; Ralph A. Kaczmarek formerly of South Haven; Charles F. Martin of Coloma December 26 Issue Percy “John” Crumb of Watervliet; Rosellen O. Wessendorf of Dowagiac; Elbert “Woody” Elwood Jones of Hartford; Mary L. Hanson of Lincoln Township; Maxine A. Gillenwater of Coloma; Barbara E. “Barb” Lingle of Watervliet; Fran(k) McCauley of Marcellus