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Irene Olmstead
Mar 27, 2015
Irene Agnes Olmstead, age 88, of Battle Creek, passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 at the Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. She was born July 23, 1926 in Janesville, Wisconsin the daughter of Alois and Martha (Kreklow) Schiferl. A 1944 graduate of Fort Atkinson High School and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Janesville in 1947, Mrs. Olmstead worked as...
Mary Areaux
Mar 24, 2015
Mary Jeanne Areaux, Age 64, Of Battle Creek, Passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday morning, March 24, 2015. She was born on October 16, 1950, in Battle Creek, the daughter of Leroy A. and Marion (Burnell) Mertens. Mary graduated from Lakeview High School in 1968. She then graduated from Argubright Business College and attended Western Michigan University. On May 16,...
Betty Olinger
Mar 24, 2015
Betty Louise Olinger, age 88, of Climax, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015. She was born November 29, 1926 in Kalamazoo, Michigan the daughter of Donald L. and Marjorie Helen (Dutton) Hubbard. When she was 12ish, and lived two doors down Washington Ave., from the Battle Creek Adventist Sanitarium, she and her friends would play in the tunnels connecting the Main Building,...
Harry Johnson
Mar 22, 2015
Harry Edward Johnson, Age 96, Of Battle Creek, Died Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. Harry was born on June 7, 1918, in Waterloo, IN, the son of Robert L. and Mary Johnson. He was the third son of four boys. He was a graduate of Waterloo High School. He was a veteran serving in the...
Thomas Steele
Mar 22, 2015
Thomas Richard Steele, age 92, of Battle Creek, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. He was born March 16, 1923 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Thomas E. and R. Blanch (Case) Steele. A 1941 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School, he went on to serve his country during WWII in...
George Shump
Mar 22, 2015
George “Tim” Shump, age 62, of Springfield, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015 at his home. He was born July 1, 1952 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Frank Michael and Mattie Ruth (Caldwell) Shump. Tim was a 1970 graduate of Springfield High School and soon after began working at General Motors from which he retired in 2007. He...
Judith Case
Mar 21, 2015
Judith Kay Case, age 75, of Burlington, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. She was born July 21, 1939 in Albion, Michigan the daughter of Edgar E. and Lula (Kidder) Tule. Judy was a 1957 graduate of Union City High School where she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen, and following graduation attended...
Beulah Whipple
Mar 20, 2015
Beulah M. Whipple, age 92, of Battle Creek, entered into the presence of her Savior on Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Bronson at Home Hospice Residence surrounded by her family. She was born December 21, 1922 in Fort Worth, Texas the daughter of Elmer Dale and Cleo Verba (Gregory) Brown. Mrs. Whipple attended Calvary Baptist Church, enjoyed flower gardening,...
Robert Case
Mar 20, 2015
Robert W. Case, 83, of Battle Creek, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at his home. He was born November 2, 1931 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Carl E. and Thera M. (Darby) Case. Bob attended Battle Creek Central High School and later enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served during the Korean War. He was stationed in...
Floyd Elliott
Mar 17, 2015
Floyd E. Elliott, age 88, of Battle Creek, passed away Tuesday March 17, 2015 at his home. He was born December 30, 1926 in Evarts, Kentucky the son of Henry and Atha (Miller) Elliott. Floyd served in the U.S. Navy during WWII from 1944 to 1946 and upon his discharge began working at Clark Equipment Company from which he retired...
Alan Westrick
Mar 16, 2015
Alan H. Westrick, age 53, of Pennfield, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at his residence. He was born May 21, 1961 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Howard and Audrey (Simmons) Westrick. He was a machinist in many area machine shops over the years, enjoyed traveling to his cabin in Baldwin and was a member of the Kalamazoo Coin...
Treva Kenyon
Mar 12, 2015
Treva Jean Kenyon, Age 82, Of Battle Creek, Died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. Treva was born on March 12, 1933, in Fremont, Indiana, the daughter of Wavel B. and Edith (Ball) Fisher. She had been a lifelong resident of the area. On September 30, 1977, she was united in marriage to John Kenyon who preceded her...
Gordon Ritchie
Mar 10, 2015
Gordon Taylor Ritchie, Age 81, Of Battle Creek, Died March 10, 2015, at Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. Gordon was born on February 17, 1934, in Battle Creek, the son of George Arthur and Mary Ewell (Ludlum) Ritchie. He had been a lifelong resident of the area and attended Battle Creek Central High School. In December of 1952, he was...
Leonard Srackangast
Mar 8, 2015
Leonard Eugene Srackangast, age 70, of Battle Creek, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015 at his home. He was born April 8, 1944 in Galesburg, Michigan the son of Wayne Ezra and Helen Irene (Fugmann) Srackangast. Leonard graduated from Galesburg High School where he was a nose tackle on the state championship football team and went on to play football...
Darwin Fleming
Mar 4, 2015
Darwin R. Fleming, Age 87, Of Battle Creek, Died Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at Bronson Battle Creek with his loving family by his side. Darwin was born on January 4, 1928, in Battle Creek, the son of Raymond and Coral (Sanders) Fleming. He had been a lifelong resident of the area graduating from Lakeview High School in 1946. He was...
Guy Woodard
Mar 3, 2015
Guy M. Woodard, age 81, of Battle Creek, died Tuesday, March 3, 2015. He was born May 29, 1933 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Guy R. and Zelma Woodard. For many years he worked at Warren Radio and following his retirement worked as a security guard for Securitas at WKKI and Eaton Corporation. He bowled in several leagues,...
Esther Weeks King
Mar 2, 2015
Esther Eulah Cousins Weeks King, age 78, of Zeeland, MI and formerly of Battle Creek, died Monday, March 2, 2015. She was born September 25, 1936 in Barry County, Michigan the daughter of Jay Eugene and Evah Blanche (Silsby) Cousins. Esther was a graduate of Hastings High School. She was married to Robert I. King in 1987 and he preceded...
Genevieve Hanson
Feb 28, 2015
Genevieve W. “Genny” Hanson, Age 90, Of Battle Creek, Died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at the Oaks at North Pointe Woods. Genevieve was born on September 4, 1924, in Pearl, MI, the daughter of Andrew and Mary (Dianko) Sisson. She had been an area resident for 58 years coming from Allegan. She was a 1943 graduate of Allegan High School....
David Leatherman
Feb 27, 2015
David R. Leatherman, 59, of Ceresco, MI, passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 27th 2015. Dave is survived by his daughter Pam (Ben) Feret, daughter Deniece (Jack) Scrimger, brother Dan (Pam) Leatherman, sister Diane Brown, and sister Barbara Allen, and many loving nieces, nephews and extended family. Dave graduated from Harper Creek High School in 1973 where he...
Gloria Culp
Feb 27, 2015
Gloria Culp, age 69, of Battle Creek, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015 at the Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. She was born August 25, 1945 in Mount Holly, New Jersey the daughter of Robert and Catherine (Downs) Cassady. Gloria retired in 2014 from Cracker Barrel Restaurant due to her illness. She enjoyed bowling, reading and being the caretaker of...
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