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Roscoe "Jack" Hires
Apr 28, 2019
Roscoe “Jack” A. Hires, age 93, of Ionia, Michigan and formerly of Battle Creek, passed away on April 28, 2019. He was born on July 6, 1925 in Elwood, TX., the son of Ernest and Lulu (Cash) Hires. Roscoe moved in 1980 to Ionia from Battle Creek, where he made his home. He was employed at the Clark Equipment...
Mark Shook
Apr 25, 2019
Mark N. Shook, age 70, of Battle Creek, passed away on April 25, 2019 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Battle Creek. He was born on December 24, 1948 in Burlington, Iowa, the son of LeRoy and Mary (Brophy) Shook. Mark moved to Battle Creek at the age of seven and graduated from Lakeview High School in 1967. He...
Jerry Summers
Apr 24, 2019
Jerry L. Summers, age 73 of East Leroy, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019. He was born August 1, 1945 in Stockton, California the son of Maxwell M. and Rachel E. (Thompson) Summers. Jerry served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Viet Nam War and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. In accordance with his wishes cremation has...
Randall "Randy" Hudson
Apr 23, 2019
Randall “Randy” Allen Hudson, age 63, died on April 23, 2019 at home. Randy was born on October 4, 1955, to Henry and Dorothy Hudson in Battle Creek Michigan, where he lived for the majority of his life. Randy graduated from Delton High School and worked at the Post Cereal Company, in 29 Building for almost 40 years. Randy...
Lewis King
Apr 13, 2019
Died on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Lewis was born on January 13, 1927, in Homer, MI, the son of Robert and Ida (Pomroy) King. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married the former Elaine J. Whiting on July 14, 1951. She preceded him in death in 2000. He was a member of Baseline...
Deanna Hamilton
Apr 12, 2019
Deanna L. Hamilton, age 78, of Battle Creek, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born June 4, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Donald and Bernice (Edwards) Nelson. A resident of Battle Creek since 2004, Deanna was a volunteer with Lifespan Hospice for ten years, had been the activities director at...
Geraldine "Geri" Outman
Apr 11, 2019
Geraldine “Geri” (West) Outman, 93, died peacefully at home on Thursday, April 11th. She was born Anna Geraldine West on January 26, 1926 to Swedish immigrants, Alfred & Edla Marie West on Michigan Hill in Rochester, Washington. She attended Rochester Schools before moving to at age 17 to Bremerton, Washington to work in the Navy shipyards. She received her...
Emily Dore
Apr 11, 2019
Died Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Battle Creek. Emily was born on May 4, 1921, in Saginaw, MI, the daughter of Anton J. and Margaret J. (Pietz) Kaufmann. She had been a resident of the area since 1946 coming from Mt. Clemens, MI. She was a graduate of St. Andrews High School. She attended Central Michigan University and the...
Rose Parker
Apr 11, 2019
Rose M. Parker, age 70, of Battle Creek, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place and a private committal service was held at Fort Custer National Cemetery.
Noreen Brice-Worstell
Apr 10, 2019
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W.A. "Dub" Mcmillon
Apr 9, 2019
W.A. “Dub” McMillon, age 89, of Battle Creek, passed away on April 9, 2019. The son of Isaac and Carrie (Phillips) McMillon, he was born on August 23, 1929 in Evensville, TN and moved to Battle Creek, MI in 1948. Dub was a gregarious man who found old and new friends everywhere he went. He’ll be remembered as a...
Nadean Moore-Stambaugh
Apr 6, 2019
Nadean Moore-Stambaugh, age 89, of Battle Creek, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2019 at The Laurels of Bedford. She was born April 30, 1929 in Battle Creek, Michigan the daughter of Samuel and Merle (Yeager) Collins. Nadean graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1947 and has been a lifelong resident of the area. For over fifty years...
Paula Bauer
Apr 5, 2019
Paula Lou Bauer, age 86, of Battle Creek, passed away on April 5, 2019 at Pennfield Premier Living. She was born June 7, 1932 in Mattoon, IL., the daughter of Louis and Mary (Newsom) Bargemann. Paula graduated from East Grand Rapids High School in 1950, then received a Bachelor of Art in 1954 from the University of Michigan. She...
Joan Strong
Apr 5, 2019
Joan Margaret “Jo” Strong, age 81 of Olivet, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019 at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence. She was born February 13, 1938 in Marshall, Michigan the daughter of Edison and Leola (Tooker) Coller. Jo attended both Lakeview schools and Battle Creek Central High School. For twenty-six years, she was the kitchen manager at Jacks Bar and...
Donna Switzer
Apr 2, 2019
Donna S. Switzer, age 87, of Ceresco, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Glen Arbor Hospice. She was born December 15, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Acer John and Margaret (Arkin) Bezesky. Donna loved her horses. She raised Quarter Horses for many years and was a member of the MQHA, AQHA, Buckskin Association and Palomino Association....
Dorothy Torrey
Apr 2, 2019
Dorothy I. Torrey, age 89, of Augusta, passed away on April 2, 2019. She was born on October 22, 1929 in Molalla, Oregon, the daughter of Charles and Mabel Thompson. Dorothy graduated from High School in 1947 and moved to the Battle Creek-Climax area at the age of eighteen. She was united in marriage in 1947 to Earl Torrey,...
Robert O'Brien, Jr.
Mar 28, 2019
Robert J. O’Brien, Jr., age 91, of Battle Creek, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019 at The Reflections. He was born June 7, 1927 in Sturgis, Michigan the son of Robert J. and Mary Jane (VanZile) O’Brien. Bob was a 1945 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School and following graduation served in the U.S. Army from 1945 –...
Mary Powell
Mar 24, 2019
Mary L. Powell, age 90, of Battle Creek, passed away on March 24, 2019. She was born on September 4, 1928 in Royal Oak, Michigan, the daughter of Daniel and Maude (Newton) Gillies. Mary was a graduate of St. Philip High School. She moved to Battle Creek from Bellevue, Michigan in 1988, where she was a homemaker. Prior to...
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