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Marilyn Gilbert
Apr 21, 2015
Marilyn J. Gilbert, Age 87, Of Battle Creek, Died April 21, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2015, at Fort Custer National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the National Parkinson Association. Arrangements by the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home. www.henryfuneralhome.org
Patricia Lee
Apr 20, 2015
Patricia Ann Lee, age 78, of Battle Creek,died Monday, April 20, 2015 at Bronson Battle Creek. Patricia was born on March 6, 1937, in Sesser, IL, the daughter of William R. and Anna Lee (Dugger) Loman. She had been a lifelong resident of the area graduating from Lakeview High School. She was married to James Edward Lee who preceded her in...
Todd Latshaw
Apr 19, 2015
Todd R. Latshaw, age 49, of Battle Creek, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 at his home. He was born April 28, 1965 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Frederick Ervin and Geraldine ZoAnn (Hodgins) Latshaw. Todd was a 1983 graduate of Harper Creek High School and spent most of his years working in concrete construction, but was most recently...
Kenneth Conine
Apr 17, 2015
Kenneth N. Conine, Jr., age 74, of Battle Creek, died Friday, April 17, 2015. He was born March 8, 1941 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Kenneth Herbert and Anna Irene (Ernsberger) Conine. Ken was a member of the first graduating class from Harper Creek High School in 1960 and later worked at Post Cereals for 13 years prior...
Cathy Lothamer
Apr 17, 2015
Cathy Lynne Lothamer, age 55 of Climax and South Haven, MI; passed away Friday April 17, 2015 at her home. She was born August 24, 1959 in Garden City, Michigan the daughter of William and Claudette (Moore) Tripp. Cathy was a 1977 graduate of Shelby High School in Shelby, Michigan and later attended Davenport University. Her work as a Doodlebugger...
Betty Frey
Apr 14, 2015
Betty Jean (Dayhuff) Frey, age 88, of Battle Creek, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Oaklawn Hospital. She was born January 18, 1927 in Battle Creek, Michigan the only child of Shirley John and Georgia (Powers) Dayhuff. She lived all her life in the Battle Creek area, attending Post Elementary and Southeastern Junior High and graduating from Battle Creek...
Ross Cadwallader
Apr 12, 2015
Ross M. Cadwallader, Age 87, Of Battle Creek, Died Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Bronson Battle Creek. Ross was born on June 27, 1927, in Hastings, MI, the son of Clinton and Mae (Carter) Cadwallader. He was a graduate of Hastings High School and a lifelong resident of the area. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army. On August 19,...
Bruce Barry
Apr 10, 2015
Bruce James “Jim” Barry, Age 71, Of Battle Creek, Passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015. Jim was born on March 10, 1944, in Jackson, MI, the son of James B. and Estelle J. (Vinscavich) Barry. Jim was a graduate of Battle Creek Central High School where he was a standout in baseball and basketball. He played softball for years,...
Marjorie Ferguson-Weber
Apr 9, 2015
Marjorie “Marge” (Laycock) Ferguson-Weber Born October 4, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois to Edith and Lloyd Laycock Died April 9, 2015 in Battle Creek, MI Marge did a lot with her music, piano and saxophone, played in orchestra and dance band at Morgan Park High School, Chicago, Illinois. Marge also played for her Sunday School at the Morgan Park Baptist Church and...
Roy Schrock
Apr 7, 2015
Roy W. Schrock, age 96, of Battle Creek, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. He was born November 12, 1918 in Adams County, Indiana the son of Samuel and Polly (Bontrager) Schrock. Mr. Schrock served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1944 to 1946. Following his honorable discharge he worked at dental...
Lucille Armstrong
Apr 2, 2015
Lucille Armstrong, Age 92, Of Battle Creek, Died Thursday, April 2, 2015, with her family by her side. Lucille was born on January 16, 1923, in Monticello, MS, the daughter of Myra and Lois E. (Glover) Fairchild. She was a 1942 graduate of Monticello High School in Mississippi and worked for the U.S. Maritime Commission in Mobile, Alabama and then...
Thomas Guilfoyle
Mar 30, 2015
Thomas Allan Guilfoyle, age 70, of Ceresco, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015 at Oaklawn Hospital with his loving family by his side. Tom was born April 30, 1944 in Kalamazoo, Michigan the son of Harold and Rosemary (O’Rourke) Guilfoyle. He attended Battle Creek Central High School and went on to serve his country during the Vietnam War in the...
Leonard Mitchell
Mar 29, 2015
Leonard Lee Mitchell, East Leroy, Leonard Lee Mitchell, age 84, died Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Bickford Senior Living. Leonard was born March 8, 1931 in East Leroy, Michigan, son of Eugene A. and Myrtie B. (Guy) Mitchell and was a lifelong resident of East Leroy. Growing up he attended the Bigelow school where his older brother Donald taught. In 1948 he...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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