Obituaries

Oct 22, 2020

Died on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. Anna was born on January 13, 1945, in Graysville, TN, the daughter of Clayton and Annie Lee (Self) Barger. She had been a lifelong resident of the area graduating from Galesburg-Augusta High School. On October 16, 1965, she was united in marriage to Franklin Ray Clemons who...

Oct 21, 2020

Stanley “Stasiu”  Wilk, age 88, of Battle Creek, passed away on October 21, 2020 at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.  He was born on July 27, 1932 in Battle Creek, the son of John and Mary (Szmyd) Wilk.  Stanley was a lifelong area resident of Battle Creek.  He was employed at US Registry where he carried a boiler...

Oct 21, 2020

Pamela Thurman, age 72, of Battle Creek passed away peacefully on October 21 st at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. She was born on October 16, 1948 to John and Geraldine Lower. Pamela was united in marriage to Charles Morgan Sr. and together had 3 sons, Charles (Karrie) Morgan Jr., Jack (Chelsie) Morgan, and Robert (Amy) Morgan. Pamela was...

Oct 20, 2020

Judith (Judy) Lynn Stanfield, 60 of Bellevue, MI, died at home October 20, 2020. Judy was born October 20, 1960 in Battle Creek to parents Doris Burke and Edward LeBoeuf. Judy was married to Steven Stanfield for 28 years. She worked as a secretary at her fathers automotive shop as a teen until several years following his passing and...

Oct 19, 2020

Joseph Paul Miller, age 81, of East Leroy, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 at the Glenn Arbor Hospice Residence. He was born March 7, 1939 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Frank Paul and Mary Ann (Penzer) Miller. Joe served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959 as an airplane mechanic with much of that...

Oct 18, 2020

Delores Mae (Pyle) Rutherford passed away peacefully Oct, 18, 2020 with family at her side. Born in Lansing on May 10, 1929 to Merle and Elizabeth (Hollabaugh) Pyle she graduated Lakeview High in 1947 and married Lowell Rutherford Jr. in 1948. She rose to the highest executive secretarial position at Post Division General Foods and was a member of...

Oct 18, 2020

Nancy L. Vargo, age 70, of Battle Creek, passed away on October 18, 2020 at her residence.  She was born on July 22, 1950 in Pittsburgh, PA., the daughter of Lewis and Emma (Baldessari) Bowman.  Nancy moved from Pittsburgh to the Battle Creek area  at the age of eighteen, and graduated from Galesburg-Augusta High School.  She was  employed as...

Oct 17, 2020

Helen B. Wagner, age 103, of Battle Creek, passed away on October 17, 2020 at her residence.  She was born on July 18, 1917 in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of George and Eva (Morris) Corbridge.  Helen moved to the Battle Creek area in 1960 from South Bend, where she was co-owner of  Barney’s Bar and  Springlake Lanes Bowling...

Oct 17, 2020

Marian H. DeLoof, age 94, of Battle Creek, passed away at Heritage Assisted Living, under the care of Hospice, surrounded by her family.  She was born on September 20, 1926, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Paul and Hilda (VanderVoorde) Schelb.  She graduated from Richland High School, and married Kenneth W. DeLoof in 1947.  Marian worked at the Kellogg Company...

Oct 16, 2020

Passed peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus at 6:17 a.m. on Friday, October 16, 2020 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Doris was born in Battle Creek on March 17, 1932, the daughter of Julius R. and Florence Carlson. As a young girl she loved to play outside and explore on her grandparent's farm in Bellevue. She...

Oct 14, 2020

Maxine Catherine Schense, aged 90, died Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in Lansing, MI. She was born November 24, 1929 in Battle Creek, the daughter of Fred and Henrietta (Schluter) Charles.  She graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1948 and worked for Wolverine / Transamerica Insurance Company. She took several years off to raise her family and later...

Oct 14, 2020

Ethel Mae Sanders, 84 of Battle Creek MI, passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday October 14th.

She was born in Greensburg, Louisiana on March 5th, 1936 to the late Alonzo and Zellee Harrell. Ethel was a kindhearted, loving person, who loved children and teaching. She received her master's in education from Michigan State University....

Oct 14, 2020

BATTLE CREEK – Margaret “Rose” Massa, 93, passed away on October 14, 2020, at Reflections Memory Care in Battle Creek, Michigan.

She was born August 15, 1927 to Hubert and Ann (Orchulak) Pronier in Arma, Kansas.

On February 10, 1943, she married Victor “Buck” Massa in Wichita Falls, Texas. She lived on the Massa family...

Oct 14, 2020

Cora Belle Martin, age 83, of Battle Creek, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Heartland of Battle Creek. She was born May 10, 1937 in Bellevue, Michigan the daughter of Ralph and Ellen (Jaquay) Martin. Cora was a 1953 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School. She was a wonderful caregiver and homemaker for her family. Cora liked...

Oct 13, 2020

Gloria A. Hakes, age 93, of Battle Creek, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, surrounded by her family. She was born May 1, 1927 in Jackson, Michigan the daughter of Erich and Katherine (Watson) Gauss. Gloria attended school in Jackson graduating from Jackson High School in 1946. On June 1, 1947 she married...

Oct 12, 2020

Edward “Ding” A. LeBoeuf, 57, of Battle Creek, passed away unexpectedly, at work in Traverse City, October 12, 2020.  He was born March 20, 1963 in Battle Creek, to Edward and Doris (Burke) LeBoeuf.  He was a 1981 Springfield High Graduate.  He was a long time Battle Creek business owner at Springfield Transmission and Auto Service then opened LeBoeuf’s...

Oct 11, 2020

Cremation to take place.

Oct 8, 2020

Steven J. Heeter, 84 of Battle Creek, MI passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020. He was born August 13, 1936, in Holland, Michigan, the son of Eugene and June (Halstead) Heeter. A 1954 graduate of Lyons Township High School, La Grange, Illinois, he went on to graduate from Miami University (Ohio) in 1958. He served in the US Air...

Oct 7, 2020

George William Vallillee Sr., 93, died on October 7, 2020, in Okemos, Michigan.  George was born on January 6, 1927, to George and Margaret (Tait) Vallillee in Washington, DC.   He is survived by his wife Beverly, daughters Gail (Phil) Deschaine of Okemos and Jane (Mike) Scott of Midland, and his son George William Vallillee Jr. of Milwaukee, WI. ...

Oct 5, 2020

Susan Marie McKinney, age 54, of Battle Creek, died Monday, October 5, 2020. She was born August 25, 1966 in Honolulu, Hawaii the daughter of Louis and Dorothy (Mathewson) Mrozovich. Susan graduated from Lakeview High School in 1984, Kalamazoo Valley Community College in 1999 and Western Michigan University in 2005 with a degree in accounting. She currently worked as...