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Rose L. Landis
Mar 31, 2007
Mrs. Rose L. Landis, age 88, died, Saturday, March 31, 2007. She was born May 6, 1918 in Chicago to Stanley and Agnes Janus. Rose married Raymond William Landis on March 30, 1940 and he preceded her in death in 1992. They moved to Hart from Chicago in 1945. She worked briefly at the Pentwater Wire Products and later at...
Benjamin W. Stemen
Mar 30, 2007
Mr. Benjamin W. Stemen, age 24, died March 30, 2007. He was born August 9, 1982 in Ludington to Thomas and Dinah (Carr) Stemen. Ben had worked at Metal Technologies in Ravenna. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying fishing and snowmobiling. He also enjoyed basketball. Ben was a very devoted father to his son, Braeden. Ben is survived by his...
Dorothy M. Griffin
Mar 30, 2007
Mrs. Dorothy M. Griffin, age 91, died Friday, March 30, 2007. She was born on June 27, 1915 in Hart to Claude and Ethyl (Wingett) Rummer. Dorothy married Walter H. Griffin, Sr. on January 16, 1931 in Elkhart, Indiana. She was a homemaker and devoted mother of 17 children. She enjoyed playing Bridge and Pinochle and was an avid reader....
June Letarte
Mar 27, 2007
Mrs. B. June Gibbons McDonough LeTarte, age 80, died at home on March 27, 2007. She was born June 24, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of the late John P. Gibbons and Gladys Towne Gibbons. She graduated from Annunciation High School in Detroit in 1944. She married Frank M. LeTarte on November 11, 1949, and raised their family in...
Perry J. Dailey
Mar 8, 2007
Mr. Perry J. Dailey, age 49, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 following a brief illness. He was born in Fremont on December 17, 1957 to James and Sandra (Parketon) Dailey. He was a 1976 graduate of Fremont High School. Perry worked in the house moving industry and eventually owned and operated his own house moving company, Dailey Movers, Inc. He...
Loyd Van Sickle
Feb 28, 2007
Mr. Loyd Van Sickle, age 91, died Wednesday, February 28, 2007. He was born in Elbridge Township on February 28, 1916 to Fred and Emma (Tate) Van Sickle. Loyd graduated from Hart High School in 1934. He married the former Maxine May on July 6, 1939 in Hart and she preceded him in death on June 15, 2002. Loyd was...
Sharon J. Jensen
Feb 21, 2007
Miss Sharon J. Jensen, age 61, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007. She was born in Crystal Township to John and Alice (Anderson) Jensen. Her interests included reading novels, shopping, traveling and enjoying conversation with her coffee clutches. Sharon was known for her great sense of humor and being a great kidder. She very scholastic in school and she was very...
Ernest Stanfield
Feb 20, 2007
Mr. Ernest W. "Bill" Stanfield, age 53, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007. He was born in Hart on February 25, 1953 to Gerald and Arbutus (Payne) Stanfield. Bill was employed as a Journeyman Electrician and worked for Hydaker Electric. His interests included hunting, fishing, watching turkeys in his backyard. He also had an interest in music and played the bass...
Mickey H. Quinn
Feb 16, 2007
Mickey Hickey Quinn of Hart, Michigan died on February 16, 2007 at the age of 80. Mickey was born December 16, 1926 in Ludington, Michigan to John and Bessie (nee Saxton) Quinn, the youngest of nine children. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the end of World War II and in the Korean theater as a...
Martha Ann Greiner
Feb 6, 2007
Martha Ann Greiner, age 71, died Tuesday February 6, 2007. She was born in Hart on June 12, 1935 to Frank and Dorothy (Reed) Lipski. Martha was a graduate of Hart High School and was a homemaker. Her interests were serving as a Brownie, Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader and Den Mother. Being a loving and exceptional mother and...
Kathryn P. Trenary
Feb 3, 2007
TRENARY, MRS. KATHRYN P. Walkerville Mrs. Kathryn P. Trenary, age 84, died Saturday, February 3, 2007. She was born April 14, 1922 in Hart to Fred and Pearl (Hale) Budde Sr. Kathryn was a member of the 1940 graduating class of Hart High School. Since 1947, she was employed as a telephone operator and later supervisor at GTE, until her...
Dora M. Antle
Jan 29, 2007
Dora Mae Patton Antle, 106, widow of the late George Martin Antle, Jr. died Monday in Hart, MI. Before retirement, she was bookkeeper for 30 years with Allen Hicks Electric Co. Born in Breathitt County to the late Leander and Laura Jones Patton, she was a graduate of Fugazzi Business School, a member of Loradale Homemakers, Old Union Christian Church,...
Mamie J. Battice
Jan 28, 2007
Mrs. Mamie J. Battice, age 89 died Sunday, January 28, 2007. She was born February 24, 1917 to Phillip and Theresa (McClellan) Bailey. She was employed as a finisher and machine operator at Howmett Misco for 28 years, until her retirement in 1980. She was member of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians. Mamie is survived by her children,...
Marleigh Marie Riggs
Jan 25, 2007
Miss Marleigh M. Riggs, age 20, died Thursday January 25, 2006. She was born in Ludington on May 10, 1986. Marleigh was a graduate of Hart High School Class of 2005. Her interests were playing softball and soccer. She was employed as custodian at Meijer in Ludington. She is survived by her mother, Karen (Greg) Griffin of Branch, MI; brothers...
Danielle Lynn Routley
Jan 23, 2007
Infant Danielle Lynn Routley died Tuesday January 23, 2007. She was born in Grand Rapids to Daniel and Jessica (White) Routley. She is survived by her parents, her siblings, Marissa Gray, Hunter Routley, Joey Gray. She is also survived by her grandparents, Gary (Rita) White of Hart, Katherine (Vern) Lafave of Thresa, NY, Eric (Patty) Roberts of Scottville; great grandparents,...
Margie Tate
Jan 13, 2007
Mrs. Margie Tate, age 102, died Saturday, January 13, 2007. She was born April 8, 1904 in Elbridge Township to Warren and Minnie (Peterson) Payne and had lived there her entire life. She married Rusty Russell who preceded her in death. Margie then married Nathan Tate in Ludington on December 11, 1948 and he also preceded her in death. In...
Frances J. Laporte
Jan 10, 2007
Mrs. Frances Josephine LaPorte, age 94, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at the Oceana County Medical Care Facility in Hart. She was born July 7, 1912, the daughter of Frank and Josephine (Jorissen) VandenHeuvel. She worked as a housekeeper for families in Chicago and Grand Rapids and then met her husband Edward LaPorte. They were married on June 2,...
Frank A. Edgell
Jan 6, 2007
Mr. Frank A. Edgell, age 64, died Saturday, January 6, 2007. He was born November 8, 1942. Frank married the former Judy Maynard in Hart on January 4, 1975. He was employed for 27 years as a shipping and handling clerk at Pentwater Wire Products. Frank served his country in the U.S. Army on active duty for 13 years, including...
Robert M. Cram
Jan 2, 2007
Mr. Robert M. Cram, age 60, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007. He was born January 10, 1946 to Marlyn R. and Jennie E. (Burmeister) Cram. Robert was a carpenter and a maintenance man for Cherry Blossom Manor. He also served his country in the U.S. Army. Robert married the former Denice Crawford on February 16, 2001 in Hart. His interests...
Eugenia Urick
Dec 29, 2006
Mrs. Eugenia Urick, age 94, passed away on December 29, 2006 at the Oceana County Medical Care Facility in Hart. Eugenia Bajer was born September 15, 1912 in Antopol, Belarus, the oldest of nine children of Leonty and Bassie Guter Bajer. As a child, she and her family endured the fierce fighting of World War I in their occupied war-torn...

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