Remembering our dearly departed of 2021

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following are the names of those whose obituaries and death notices appeared in the Tri-City Record issues of 2021.

January 7 Issue

Ida M. “Tootie” Rogers of Watervliet; Christine Elaine Tillman of Galien; Ruth Ann Everett of Keeler Twp.; Vincent Paul Megna Jr. of Hartford; Robert “Nick” Youdell of Cumming GA; Charles J. LaSata of Niles; John Souers of Eau Claire; Jessica Ensing of West Olive MI; Helen Irene Drake of Dowagiac; Arvell Damone Hudson of Benton Harbor; Katherine Mary Darato of St. Joseph

January 14 Issue

Beverly J. Tarantino of Lansing, formerly of Coloma; Sandra Kay James of Coloma; Jerome “Bud” Pitcher of Hartford; George G. Daday of Watervliet; Roland Harvey Bowman Sr. of Benton Harbor; Nancy Carr of St. Joseph; Maxine E. Kreiger; James Lloyd Whisenant of Niles; Faith Rogers of Keeler Twp.; Frank Brower of Watervliet; Douglas Harry Snyder of Las Vegas NV; Donna Brummett of Watervliet; Harold Ryan; Robert Allen Mason of Watervliet

January 21 Issue

Verlyn W. Cowgill of Coloma; Donald A. Miller of Watervliet; Helen Jean Thompson of Riverside; Patricia Ann Chappell-Gerencser of Hartford; Alma Paul formerly of Bainbridge Twp.; Terry Lee Simons of Keeler Twp.; Sharon F. Zordan of Bangor; Garry Lee McDaniels formerly of Coloma; Leon B. “Corky” Wolik formerly of Coloma; George Ratter of Navarre FL

January 28 Issue

George Lee Lane of Watervliet; Jearldine “Jerrie” Cole of Watervliet; Neta J. Mullen of Watervliet; Daniel H. French of Dowagiac; Lory J. Flener of Watervliet; Beverly Lawton of Three Oaks; Diana Lynn Eaton of Hartford; Joan Ferrell formerly of Hartford; Robert J. Cuchran of Coloma; Elizabeth Josephine (Gerenscer) Kohn of Berrien Springs; Sherman “Buddy” Perdue of Coloma

February 4 Issue

Cheryl Lyn Ruff of Coloma; Richard Edward Widdis of Baroda; Michael Payovich of Coloma; Virginia Lee Baldwin of Benton Harbor; Michael E. Cowgill of South Bend IN

February 11 Issue

Norine Lucille Arnt of Decatur

February 18 Issue

Gerald “Jerry” Murray of Coloma; Timothy DeRosa of Coloma; Enid Louise (Finch) Sturgis of Lawrence; Nylor G. Hartwig of Coloma; Ronald Lee Snodgrass of Hartford; Joyce Bertha Weiss Chesnut formerly of Watervliet; Dennis D. Johnson of Coloma; Robert Gerald Sisson of Hartford; Donald Johnson of Royalton Twp.; William S. Sinclair of South Haven; Lynn Powers formerly of Benton Harbor

February 25 Issue

Phyllis Shirley Ann Green of Watervliet; Steven E. Kraft Sr. of Coloma; Charles Wesley Adams of Coloma; Muriel Ann Fellows of Coloma; Norris S. Arent of Coloma; Robert John Durfee of Coloma; Rusty Ray Phillips of Lawrence; James Patrick Robillard of Fennville; Mary Green of Eau Claire; Sharon Tressmer of Coloma; Marvin T. Bailey of Coloma; Larry Eber of Baroda; Robert Lee Bahus Sr. of Eau Claire; Mary Wanda Phillips of Coloma; Warren L. Rhoads of Benton Harbor; Terry McIntyre of Decatur; Margie Davis of Riverside; Dorothy Wilkins of Coloma

March 4 Issue

Barbara Ann Fay of Watervliet; Richard L. Seymour Sr. of Watervliet; Evelyn Ruth Wise of Sister Lakes; Bonnie Sue Lindley of Lawrence Twp.; Arlene Harmon of Lakeland FL; Dorothy Sanders of Benton Harbor; Alex Kolosowsky Jr. of Berrien Springs

March 11 Issue

Linda F. Hurd of Lake Michigan Beach; Adrienne J. Bagatini of Stevensville; Tammy L. Roderick of Watervliet; Mary Ann Moore formerly of Watervliet

March 18 Issue

August Pupedis of Coloma; Brett Bullock of Coloma; William Fay of Watervliet; Arthur Bozarth Sr.; Haylee Lorraine (Elijah) Caldwell

March 25 Issue

Casmiera Josie Golomb of Coloma; James Harold Lechenet Jr. of Watervliet; Vivian Cox of Watervliet; Robert C. Jackson of Benton Harbor; Frederick Polmanteer of St. Joseph; Sister Sharon Beckmann of Adrian, MI

April 1 Issue

Bernice Zachary of Watervliet; Tom Vasquez of Lawrence; Theresa Ann Phillips of Watervliet; Ruth R. Alcott of Bainbridge Twp.; Sharyn Michal Robbins-Kuempel formerly of Hartford; Judith Lee Nearn of Hartford; Jimmie R. Little of St. Joseph; Sally J. Knuth of St. Joseph; Jenifer Leigh Collis of Hartford

April 8 Issue

Chyrille Ganczak of Coloma; Dwight L. Smith of Crystal Lake IL; Nicholas Spencer Griffin; Rory (Rosemarie/Rhonda) Westlund of Coloma; Eddie Gene Gunn of Watervliet; Sharon Lee Hill of Coloma; Dorothy West of Lawrence; Terry Ray Dixon of Hartford; Randall Gerard Baldwin of St. Joseph

April 15 Issue

Hershell Lee Harris of Lake Placid FL, formerly Watervliet; Jose Able Lugo of Benton Harbor; Kathleen P. Butler of Bainbridge Twp.; George Robert Latus of Sulphur Rock AR; Rev. Harold F. Filbrandt of South Haven; Ervin Schmaltz of Baroda; Catherine Ann Waldschmidt of Dowagiac; Anthony J. Stover previously of Coloma; James A. Sorden III of Sister Lakes; Richard V. Hazen Jr. of Coloma; Myron Kesterke of Dowagiac

April 22 Issue

Darrell Phillips of Watervliet; Gwendolyn Marie Winkel formerly of Watervliet; Wallace Owen Haight of Hartford; Delores Naumann of Hartford; Judith A. (Forrest) Langley of Stevensville; Velma Cargo of Plainwell; Harvey Joseph Lewis Jr. of Hartford; Philip Meachum of Bangor

April 29 Issue

Susan Pentridge of South Haven; Donald Pilny of Coloma; Virgil M. Cook of Hartford; Sidney Hickmott of Coloma; Erik L. Parker of Benton Harbor; Brenda Motley of Hartford; Albert Simaz of Eau Claire; Don Quickery of Coloma; Charles Rowlee Sr. of Lawrence; Anna M. Cupani of Benton Harbor; Sylvia E. Nick of Coloma

May 6 Issue

Steven M. Eisen of Watervliet; Lori Beth Ketcham of Hartford; Allyse Foster of Dowagiac; Art R. Young of Coloma; Roland H. Taylor of Watervliet; Richey Joe Bonds Jr. of St. Joseph

May 13 Issue

Joey Heflin of Hartford; Dorothy Whitehead of Watervliet; Lawrence Edward LaValley of Watervliet; Teresa Ann Danneffel formerly of Eau Claire; Beverly F. Nemeth of Sister Lakes; Robert A. Harry of Hartford; Kenneth W. McGlothlin of Hartford; Helen V. Holland formerly of St. Joseph; Mary Louise Beckfold of Spring Lake MI

May 20 Issue

Clinton “Boudy” McVay of Watervliet; Bobby Johnson of Watervliet; Donna Anderson of Hartford; Jeffrey “Scott” Downey of Watervliet; Dennis DeWayne Sanders of Coloma; Gene Andrew Heffington of Dowagiac

May 27 Issue

Bradley J. Smith of Eau Claire; Doris Jane Wilfred of Riverside; Todd Smith of Coloma; Phil Lomonaco of Hagar Twp.; JoAnn Isom-Willie of Coloma; Ronald L. Kintup of St. Joseph; Rodney A. Sartin II of St. Joseph; Primo A. Capovilla Jr. of Watervliet

June 3 Issue

Betty Jean Smith of Coloma

June 10 Issue

Jim J. Rybarczyk of Coloma; Duane Van Kniebes of Boulder CO; Eleanor Sullivan of St. Joseph; Sandra S. Carlson of Dowagiac; Melvin Krieger of Stevensville; Irene E. Cox of Stevensville; Constance M. Foster of Stevensville; Alfred Schlipp of Coloma; William Patzer of Chambersburg PA; Debra Rauls of Benton Harbor; Shirley Ann Cheshire of Watervliet Twp.; Patricia Ludlam of Coloma; Glenn F. Wokeck of Bangor; Robert A. Lucas of Berrien Springs

June 17 Issue

Johnny R. Clark of Coloma; Robert Rakauski formerly of Eau Claire; Wilma Redman of Berrien Springs; Daniel Price of Coloma; Roger V. Henry II of Coloma

June 24 Issue

John Head of Coloma; Arleen J. Kurek of Watervliet; Patricia Jean Kennedy of Benton Harbor; Paula Starleen Davis of Hartford; Richard M. Groesser of Watervliet; Anthony Wedge of Coloma; Julie Lynn Durden of Benton Harbor; Robert Gruss Sr. of Stevensville; Jimmy Joe Madison Sr. of Benton Harbor; Charlotte I. Strebeck of South Haven; Michael B. Braamse of Coloma

July 1 Issue

George F. Wood Sr. of Watervliet; Peggy Ann Diese of Watervliet; Gerald L. Biggart of Coloma; Sandra L. Lute of Coloma; Shirley Ann Kener of South Haven

July 8 Issue

Louise Jacobs of Watervliet; Virginia Ann Rogalski of Millburg; Debra Lynn Tromblee of Port St. Lucie, FL; Joe Chambers of Hartford; Robert M. Shane of Berrien Springs; William J. Ross of Dowagiac; Douglas W. Ruel of Watervliet; Constance McCormick of Coloma

July 15 Issue

Emma L. Adams of Muldrow OK, formerly of Coloma; Ronald E. Ostrowski of Coloma; Christine Alice Norden of Hartford; Kelly Jones of St. Joseph; Robert Huff of Sister Lakes; Arlin L. Caldwell of Hartford; Susan Hedger of Watervliet; John L. Woodson of Watervliet; Cynthia M. Stimson of Benton Harbor; Marlene K. Schalon of St. Joseph

July 22 Issue

Michael Allen Jacobs of Watervliet; Paul & Joanne Stainbrook of Westlake OH; Stanley Eugene Bassett of Sister Lakes; Sandra L. Braddock of Coloma; Herb Taylor of Hartford; Marilyn J. Cotman-Ridge of Hartford; Mitzi S. Raymond of Hartford; Daniel L. Curry of Coloma; Peter R. Johnson of Hartford; Richard John Luft of Watervliet; Layman John Hughes of St. Joseph

July 29 Issue

James L. Polashak of Coloma; Michael Woodward of Hartford; Donald A. Wooley formerly of Coloma; Mary Jane Ezell of Benton Harbor; Gerald Fricke of St. Joseph; Elizabeth Kurbis of Coloma; Linda L. Antes of Coloma; Dorothy L. Mendenhall of Coloma; Ricky A. Hysell Sr. of Coloma; Susan M. Shelton of Hartford; Nelly Hernandez of Hartford; Lillian H. Holmer of Dowagiac; Ross R. Efting of Bangor

August 5 Issue

Alyson Lucinda (Rush) Tarrant of DeWitt; Edwena “Eddi” Brule of Coloma; Alma Lucille Arent of St. Joseph; Leonard R. Willming of Benton Harbor; Delores J. Steinhaus of Coloma; Carol J. Hauch of Bainbridge Center; Vicki L. Mings of Coloma; Esther Strieter of Dowagiac; Joseph M. Angelo Sr. of Benton Harbor

August 12 Issue

Leona McKinney of Bainbridge Twp.; William D. Mitchell of Dayton IN; Raquel DeLeon Rosenberg of Coloma; Sharron Wilson of Watervliet; Sheila Sila of South Haven; Arlene Lockwitz of Stevensville; Robert Hathaway formerly of Millburg

August 19 Issue

Barbara Jean Zvonar of Coloma; Frederick Birmele of Watervliet; Phyllis Marie Cooper of Sister Lakes; Howard Gale Robinson of Hartford; Betty R. Syson of Coloma; Roger F. Mullauer of Coloma; Raymond L. Morlock of Coloma; Ingeborg Maria Scott of Coloma; Ronald D. Gowin of St. Joseph

August 26 Issue

Gaetano “Tom” DeRosa Sr. of Coloma; Jeffry S. McMaster of Romney IN; Charles W. Terry of Watervliet; Jon F. Wetmore of Coloma; Ralph N. Frost of South Haven; Marvin Hainer of Coloma; Robert Butcher of Watervliet; Leah R. Kniebes formerly of Coloma

September 2 Issue

Edna M. Frigo of Coloma; Maureen F. O’Brien of Coloma; Margaret Rose Bourlier of St. Joseph; Bryce William Dunlop of Coloma; Lisa L. Jojola of St. Joseph; Rose Ann Greter of Hartford; Craig Arthur Taylor formerly of Coloma; Peggy Ann Martell of Lansing; Theresa Ann Moses of Hartford

September 9 Issue

Marjorie Jane Pethe of Seattle, WA; Nancy L. Quigley of Hagar Twp.; Rose Ann Greter of Hartford; Patricia Ann Russell of Coloma; Charles Wayne Terry of Watervliet; Kevin G. Smith of Lawrence; Gloria Hummel of St. Joseph; Alice M. Sieber of Eau Claire; Debbie Gillespie; Georgia L. Thomas of Benton Harbor; Jennifer Gerstenkorn of St. Joseph; Melanie L. Rice of Lawton; Marilyn Alice Dabicci of Coloma; Robert L. Gephart of Millburg; Frannie B. Stites of Sister Lakes

September 16 Issue

Ruth Ann Tarantino of Benton Harbor; Belen Feather; Lois A. Arent of Coloma; Charles Bush of Benton Harbor; Milli Miles of St. Joseph; Robert Zook

September 23 Issue

James Latham of Covert; Mark A. Jones of Coloma; Dawn Vacanti Forester formerly of Watervliet; Mary Ann Ballard of Coloma; James E. Griffis of Bainbridge Twp.; Grethel Herron of Somerville TN; Henry Herrmann Jr. of Tulsa OK

September 30 Issue

Wade E. Lynch of Bainbridge Twp.; William Cole of Watervliet Twp.; James E. Griffis of Bainbridge Twp.; Michelle L. Sobralski of Coloma; Cody L. Dahlquist formerly of Coloma; Lesa Marie Mason formerly of Watervliet; Andrew K. Muday; Jeffery Allen Fries

October 7 Issue

Frank Shembarger of Bainbridge Twp.; Phillip S. Zehner Sr. of Paw Paw; Carol Leroy Parker of Hartford; Rita (Rogalski) Vowels formerly of Watervliet

October 14 Issue

James A. Kolenko of Watervliet; Erma White of Watervliet; Rachel G. Garrod of Lawrence; Mason D. Summerton formerly of Hartford; Janet F. Lane of Watervliet; Lendell Dixion of Coloma; Frederick L. Leach of Hartford; Roscoe E. Gulliver of Dowagiac; Frank Rzeszut of Watervliet; Nancy S. Shelton of Hartford; Allen J. Grams of SW MI; John Sinner of Three Oaks

October 21 Issue

Shirley A. Gay of Hartford; Jacqlyn D. Parrigin of Coloma; Carole A. Hallgren of Hartford; Betty J. Grieser of Bainbridge Twp.; Tina J. Lentz of Coloma; Emil “Bob” Plasko formerly of Watervliet

October 28 Issue

Marie Jestine Thomas of Hartford; Marie A. Bueche formerly of Watervliet; Jerome Warren of St. Joseph; Elaine Clark of Benton Harbor; Ronald Gimik of Coloma

November 4 Issue

Thomas A. Faraone formerly of Coloma; Mary L. Fohs of Watervliet; Fidel L. Mireles Sr. of Hartford; Sharon Ann Young Matz of Baroda; Coy Drane of Coloma; Dennis W. Mort of Covert; Natalya Shpiller of Coloma; Neeltje Mae Rawson of Phoenix AZ

November 11 Issue

Ivan L. Nestle of Watervliet; Louis F. Geresy of Dowagiac; Jacquelyn S. Cazares of Hartford; Robert E. Carmichael of Benton Harbor; David R. Williams of Coloma; Bonnie Y. Gast of Coloma

November 18 Issue

Charlene Taylor of Coloma; Joseph J. Philyaw of Watervliet; Douglas W. Fannin of Millburg; Ruth Ann Mielke of Three Oaks; Carol P. Brandt of Jonesboro, AR; Ronald D. Bohn formerly of Watervliet

November 25 Issue

Christine Spruell of Hartford; Mark P. Daugherty of Coloma; Adrian Robles of Lawrence Twp.; Cheryl K. Johnson formerly of Coloma

December 2 Issue

Ralph Thurston of Watervliet; Billy D. Everett of Hartford; Walter R. Klug of Coloma; David L. Simpson of Covert; Frank J. Davis of Coloma; Donna J. LaVanway of Bridgman; Palma C. Martorano; Nancy C. Hauch of Sodus; Lawrence R. Christopher of Coloma; Hethe J. Janke of Benton Harbor

December 9 Issue

Charles M. Watkins of Benton Harbor; James E. Jarvis of Watervliet; Helen M. Classen of Hartford; Marlene F. Mullins of Watervliet; William Donald Nichols of Coloma; Terrence L. Cowgill of Kalamazoo; Leonard Richardson Jr. of Paw Paw; Karen E. Eichman of Niles; Carlton Winch formerly of Hartford & Watervliet

December 16 Issue

Jami Jacobs of Coloma; Barbara K. Fisher of Watervliet; Susan K. Munjoy of Hartford; Gaylon L. Moss of Watervliet; Rose M. Schilling; Elisabeth R. Schultz; Julie H. Boone; Jeffrey Park of Benton Harbor; JoAnn P. Rhodes of Benton Harbor; Sandra S. Marks of Stevensville

December 23 Issue

Janet Blazen of Benton Harbor; Raymond C. Cerny of Bainbridge Twp.; Mary Lou Eckoff of Coloma; Roy “Mike” Rodgers of Benton Harbor; Arthur F. Anderson Jr. of Watervliet; Carla F. Smith of Watervliet; Sheila D. Holt of Watervliet Twp.; Caroline L. Jahnke formerly of Niles; George D. Rice of St. Joseph; Frances “Cheri” Collins of Hartford; Ralph E. Bailey Sr. of Hartford; Lilburn N. Robinson of Coloma

December 30 Issue

Margaret Mannino of Watervliet; Andrew Kinchen of Sodus; Tammy F. Malburg of Watervliet; Wanda S. Hembree of Coloma; Willard L. Quertermous of Coloma; Mary C. Smith of Watervliet; Walter A. Skibbe of Eau Claire; VaNnessa T. Brown of Coloma; Barbara J. Mitchell of Eau Claire