Obituaries
Nancy L. Bommersbach
Mar 22, 2024
Nancy Bommersbach passed away after a lengthy illness with CIDP and a final battle with cancer during this last year.
Nancy was born in Kalamazoo on February 4th 1947 the daughter of Llewellyn Graham and Helen Bowersox. She attended Milwood Elementary, Milwood Jr. High, and graduated from Loy Norrix high school in 1965. She was very active with school spirit serving...
Carolyn Lou (Case) Tourangeau
Mar 28, 2024
Carolyn Lou (Case) Tourangeau, 84, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, died peacefully on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Kalamazoo with family at her side.
Carolyn was born July 2, 1939, in Battle Creek, Michigan, the daughter of Glenn R. and Roselyn M. (Barningham) Case. She grew up in Avon Lake, Ohio, and graduated from Avon Lake High School. She became a Registered Nurse...
Beverly (Pryor) "Bev" Hamilton
Feb 3, 2024
Beverly (Bev) Hamilton, 98 years, a longtime resident of Battle Creek, died February 3, 2024, in Marietta, Georgia.
She was born January 25, 1926, to the late George and Esther (Miller) Pryor in Lakewood, OH. Bev grew up in Bay Village, OH and after graduating from Bay High School, she attended the University of Michigan where she was a member of...
Virginia M. Smith
Apr 10, 2024
Virginia “Ginny” Smith, 85, of Battle Creek, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at her home surrounded by the love of her family. She was born May 12, 1938 in Benton Harbor to Orville and Hazel (Renbarger) Wells. She spent her childhood growing up in Charlotte, MI. where she attended and graduated from Charlotte High School, class of 1957. She...
John R. Walton
Apr 9, 2024
John Richard Walton passed away April 9, 2024.
John was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on January 22nd, 1941 to Henry and Alma Walton. Spending most of his life in Michigan, he graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1960. John was particularly proud of his service in the Marine Corp Reserves and would be scarcely seen without his Marine...
Patricia Louise Schafer
Apr 9, 2024
Patricia Louise Schafer, 95, of Battle Creek, MI died Tuesday, April 9, 2024. She spent her final days peaceful and surrounded by her family. She was born August 10, 1928 to Karl and Harriett Johnson.
After she graduated, Patricia worked for the Battle Creek Enquirer for 3 years and Miller Jewelers for 28 years. On September 10, 1950 she married Robert...
Howard R. Ginter
Apr 7, 2024
Howard R. Ginter, 98 of Richland, died peacefully on April 7, 2024. Howard was born August 17, 1925 in Harvey, IL to John and Frieda (DeWitz) Ginter. He honorably served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and then attended and graduated from Cornell College in 1949. After college Howard worked in the paper industry. He started at...
Dolores Boyle
Apr 7, 2024
Boyle, Dolores Marietta (nee) Russell age 87, passed peacefully surrounded by her loving husband and children on April 7, 2024. Doree was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised on The Russell Farm in Parchment. She later moved next door to the farm with her own family before moving to Gull Lake in 1979. She was a parishioner at St. Ann...
Marlene Joy (Winans) Katz
Apr 7, 2024
Marlene Joy (Winans) Katz, 88, of Battle Creek, Michigan went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 7, 2024.
Marlene was born December 23, 1935, at the former Nichols Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Donald W. and Rhea Lucile (Wheeler) Winans. She was a lifelong Battle Creek resident and a 1954 graduate of Battle Creek Central High...
Roberta "Bobbi" Edwards
Apr 6, 2024
Roberta F. “Bobbi” Edwards, age 78, of Dowling passed away unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, April 6, 2024. She was born in Battle Creek on July 3, 1945, the daughter of Ellsworth and Gladys (Henker) Puffer Jr.
Bobbi married Fred Edwards Jr. in Battle Creek on March 17, 1995; he sadly preceded her in death on January 29, 2021. She...
Katherine Jean Zilligen
Apr 6, 2024
On April 6, 2024, Katherine “Kathy” J. Zilligen of Battle Creek passed away after a long battle with chronic illness. She was 73 years old. She was a talented homemaker, compassionate nurse and mother of two daughters and step mom to Dave’s two daughters. She was married to the love of her life David for over 50 years and was...
Mary Lou J. Woolf
Apr 6, 2024
Mary Lou J. Woolf peacefully passed away on April 6, 2024 with her family by her side. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Melvin Woolf; her daughters, Kathleen Woodhouse and Karen Woolf and her son, Kenneth Woolf. She was preceded in death by her son, Clark Woolf and sister, Linda Milley.
Mary Lou was born in Detroit on...
Marshall D. Parsons, Jr.
Apr 4, 2024
Marshall Devon Parsons, Jr. was born on August 19, 1936 in Union City, Michigan. He graduated from Bronson High School in May of 1955. After graduating, Marshall worked on his family’s farm until joining the U.S. Army in March of 1959, earning many awards and accommodations. Marshall left the Army in July of 1968 when he started working for the...
Karen Kay Smoker
Apr 4, 2024
Karen Kay Smoker, 64, of Bronson, Michigan, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in the loving care of her family.
Karen was born January 14, 1960, in Coldwater, Michigan, the daughter of Arthur Eugene and Mary Ann (Kregger) Smoker. Karen grew up in Bronson, Michigan and was a 1978 graduate of Bronson High School.
Surviving are her son, Brett Schroeder of...
Mr. Luong Van To
Apr 2, 2024
Mr. Luong Van ToJune 20, 1932 - April 2, 2024
On Tuesday, Mr. To passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Kalamazoo. He was a devoted family man, a proud American, and a man of incredible kindness.
Mr. To was born and raised in Hanoi, Vietnam. His father was a tailor and the family ran a dairy herd of...
John C. Miller
Apr 2, 2024
John C. Miller, 94, of Battle Creek, died April 2, 2024. John was born March 14, 1930 in Battle Creek to Carl and Marietta (Shaffer) Miller. He graduated from Battle Creek Central High School, as Class President in 1949, and later from Western Michigan University. He served his country honorably in the United States Army from 1951-1953. John spent...
Patricia Ann (Moore) Miller
Apr 2, 2024
Patricia Ann Miller, 83, a lifelong Battle Creek resident went to her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
Patricia Ann Moore was born August 31, 1940, in Battle Creek to Cecil Edgar and Ruth Caroline (Jones) Moore. She was a 1958 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School and was employed at Sullivan Dairy, as a tour guide at...
Rheyma J. Gruber
Mar 29, 2024
Rheyma Jean Rutter Gruber, nee Smith, passed away peacefully in the presence of her loving daughters at the age of 89.
Rheyma entered the world on December 28, 1934, in Tecumseh, Michigan, born to Forrest Rankin Smith and Dorothy Irene Williams Smith. During her youth, the family relocated to Elyria, Ohio, and later briefly resided in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduating from...
Walleen M. Stringham
Mar 27, 2024
Walleen M. Stringham, age 75 of Battle Creek passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2024. She was born in Battle Creek on August 16, 1948 the daughter of Walter J. and Betty L. (Cook) Stringham, Sr. Walleen graduated from St. Philip Catholic High School with the Class of 1967 and worked at Kraft Foods. She had a great love for nature...
Richard David Walker
Mar 25, 2024
Richard David Walker, 59, passed away March 25, 2024 at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence after having a stroke. Rich was born in Rochester, NY to William Walker and Beverly Whittenburg Walker. He came to S.W. Michigan as a young man.
Rich was an avid motorcyclist and had a great love of riding with his brothers and having fun with his...
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