Violet Laferne Frost
Sep 23, 2017
Violet LaFerne Frost, 87, of Hart, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 23, 2017, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 1, 1930, in Mears, the daughter of Franklin and Mattie (Reames) Fenton.
Violet graduated from Hart High School in 1948. Later, Violet was an office clerk at Hart High School, a deputy clerk...
Violet Laferne Frost
Sep 23, 2017
Violet LaFerne Frost, 87, of Hart, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 23, 2017, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 1, 1930, in Mears, the daughter of Franklin and Mattie (Reames) Fenton.
Violet graduated from Hart High School in 1948. Later, Violet was an office clerk at Hart High School, a deputy clerk...
Dolores Josephine Deangelis
Sep 22, 2017
Dolores Josephine DeAngelis, of Bradenton, Florida and Ludington, passed away September 22, 2017, at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. She was born August 22, 1937, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Giuseppe and Lucy (Selvaggio) DeAngelis. Cremation has taken place and no services will be held at this time. Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service, Pere Marquette Chapel, 309 S. Washington Avenue,...
Donald Wayne Swier
Sep 19, 2017
Donald "Don" Wayne Swier, 84, of Ludington, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at Ludington Woods Assisted Living. He was born October 27, 1932, in Monmouth, Illinois, the son of Walter and Margaret (Wit) Swier.
Don graduated from Valparaiso Technical Institute with a degree in Radio Engineering. He worked for the Muskegon Chronicle for 7 years, then...
Charles Thomas Scholl
Sep 19, 2017
Charles "Chuck" Thomas Scholl Jr., of Whitehall, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at the home of his daughter. He was born August 4, 1941, in Muskegon, the son of Charles and Gertrude (Block) Scholl.
Chuck retired as a Master Sergeant in the US ARMY after serving for 22 years including 2 tours in Vietnam. Chuck then...
Lori Jacobson-Hesse
Sep 16, 2017
Lori Jacobson-Hesse passed away in the early morning hours of September 16, 2017. A lifelong resident of Whitehall, she was too young to leave this world at age 60. Her bright and beautiful spirit left her physical body due to the aggressive spread of metastatic breast cancer diagnosed in September 2015. Lori viewed her cancer as a life journey...
Mary Eleanor Strecker
Sep 15, 2017
Mary Eleanor Strecker, age 94, passed away September 15, 2017, at Heartland Health Care Center in Whitehall, MI, with her husband & family at her bedside following a 15 year bout with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born in Montague, MI, to Mabel (Staff) Stewart & William Rufus Stewart on June 21, 1923. She graduated from Montague High School in...
Joan Valerie Kalso
Sep 14, 2017
Joan Valerie Kalso, 81, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2017. Joan was born on November 17, 1935 to Joseph and Angela Hazen. At this time cremation has taken place and no services will be held. Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Sudie Ann Blohm
Sep 13, 2017
Mrs. Sudie Ann Blohm, age 76, of Hart, passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at Oceana County Medical Care Facility in Hart. She was born April 3, 1941, in Lexington, TN to William and Sudie (Miller) Dennison. Ann was a graduate of Hart High School in 1963 and had obtained her Associates Degree in college. She was employed as...
Thurlow Laverne Stagner
Sep 12, 2017
Thurlow Laverne Stagner, 93, of Montague, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Thurlow was born on February 1, 1924 to Lee and Lena Stagner in Oceana County near New Era.
Thurlow worked at Muskegon Piston Ring his entire career. He also started and maintained a radio and TV repair business on the side. He was able to...
Phyllis Ann Groenewoud
Sep 11, 2017
Phyllis Ann Groenewoud, 74, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 11, 2017. Phyllis was born on February 9, 1943 to James and Gertrude Dean.
Phyllis married Willard Groenewoud in 1963. Together they were blessed with 53 years of marriage and 2 children. Phyllis was a graduate of Michigan State University and Cooley Law School. She worked as...
Carol Dawn Mines (Ackerberg)
Sep 7, 2017
Carol Dawn Mines, 86, of Montague passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017. She was born on September 13, 1930 to Donald and Emma Vanderzyl.
Carol graduated from Montague Schools. After graduation she married Daniel Ackerberg and together they raised 2 children and enjoyed 27 years of marriage until his death in 1976. Carol attended Lebanon Lutheran Church....
Robert Anthony Raschka
Sep 4, 2017
Robert Anthony Raschka, 86, of Ludington, died Monday, September 4, 2017, at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. He was born June 9, 1931, in Ludington, the son of Anthony and Mary Sue (Meyer) Raschka.
Mass from the Order of Christian Funerals will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Monday, September 11, 2017, at St. Simon Catholic Church, in Ludington,...
Gene Allen Delong
Sep 2, 2017
Mr. Gene Allen DeLong, age 85 of Hart, passed away Saturday, September 2, 2017 at home. He was born in Vallejo, CA on March 31, 1932 to Horace and Jean (Stewart) DeLong. Gene married the former Marianne Young on August 23, 1958 at St. Francis deSales Catholic Church in Muskegon. He was a military veteran of the US Air...
Frances Ann Nelson
Sep 2, 2017
Frances Ann Nelson, 89 of Shelby, passed away September 2, 2017. Arrangements for Frances are pending.
Wilma Robert Keson
Sep 1, 2017
Wilma Katherine Roberts Keson, 86, of Ludington, died Friday, September 1, 2017 at Spectrum Health Ludington. She was born May 2, 1931, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Ivan and Bernice (O'Connell) Roberts.
Wilma moved to Custer in 1934 where she grew up with her siblings, June (Abernathy), Mary (Saya) and Earl Roberts, and spent much of her...
Thomas E. Peterson
Aug 31, 2017
Thomas Edward Peterson, 68, of Whitehall, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017. Tom was born on May 31, 1949 to Verner and Jennie Peterson.
Tom worked in home construction most of his life. He graduated with honors from Michigan State University. Tom enjoyed coin collecting, gardening and was an all-around handy man. He was an intelligent, hard-working,...
Richard Heise
Aug 31, 2017
Richard Heise, age 76, passed away August 31, 2017. Richard was born on August 23, 1941 to Fred and Eugenie Heise. He grew up in Eastchester, New York, about 25 miles north of New York City. He went through the Eastchester school system and graduated from Eastchester High School in 1960. Shortly after high school he joined the Air...
James Leroy Alltop
Aug 27, 2017
Mr. James LeRoy Alltop, age 77, of Hart passed away Sunday August 27, 2017 at Mercy Health-Lakeshore Hospital in Shelby. Â Jim was born in Coal Run, Ohio on June 16, 1940 to Bailey and Dorothy (Cobb) Alltop. He was employed in maintenance at the Oceana County Fairgrounds and was also a mechanic at Oceana Auto. Jim married the former...
Frank Arthur Rinaldi
Aug 27, 2017
Mr. Frank Arthur Rinaldi, age 96 of Pentwater, passed away Sunday August 27, 2017 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Frank was born on March 7, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York to Ismail and Theresa (DeAngelo) Rinaldi. He was an Army veteran of World War II in the Battle of the Buldge. On April 4, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York,...
