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Emma Young

Emma Young

Feb 23, 2013

Emma Young, age 92 of Three Rivers died Saturday Feb. 23, 2013 at Heartland Healthcare Center in Three Rivers. She was born in Neiva, Huila, Columbia on Aug. 20, 1920 the daughter of Celiano and Alicia (Barney) Dussan. She was married to Justiniano Young on Sep. 25, 1943 in Cali, Columbia and has been a resident of the United States...

Alta Robinson

Alta Robinson

Feb 3, 2013

Alta T. Robinson, age 94 of Three Rivers died Sunday Feb. 3, 2013 at the Bowman House in Three Rivers. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Eickhoff Farrand Halverson Chapel, 305 Rock River Ave., Three Rivers, MI 49093. Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be 1...

Vern Stroup

Vern Stroup

Jan 23, 2013

Vern Stroup, age 63 of Three Rivers died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013. He was born in Three Rivers on May 25, 1949 the son of Roland and Ethel M. (Carter) Stroup and has been a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. Vern was first married to Janice Arnold in 1970, and they were later divorced. He...

Alma Leggett

Alma Leggett

Jan 6, 2013

Alma Grace Marie Leggett, age 88 of Three Rivers died Sunday Jan. 6, 2013 at the Three Rivers Health Emergency Room. She was born in Romeo, MI on Feb. 20, 1924 the daughter of Harold and Grace (Schmidt) Aikman. She attended Alma College before her marriage to Earl Leggett on Nov. 15, 1942 in Pontiac, MI. They resided in Mt....

Harold Dodgson

Harold Dodgson

Dec 30, 2012

Harold Eugene Dodgson, age 80 of Three Rivers died Sunday Dec. 30, 2012 at Heartland Healthcare Center where he had resided the past 3 months. He was born in Three Rivers on Jan. 1, 1932 the son of Charles and Frances (Roe) Dodgson. He attended Three Rivers Schools and graduated from Mendon High School. He was a radar technician while...

Pauline Webster

Pauline Webster

Dec 28, 2012

Pauline Muriel Webster, age 87 of Three Rivers died Friday Dec. 28, 2012 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Battle Creek, MI on Dec. 1, 1925 the daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Arnold) Wood. Pauline attended Battle Creek and Bellevue schools. She was a homemaker who enjoyed clipping recipes and coupons and cooking for...

Joycelyn Brash

Joycelyn Brash

Dec 28, 2012

Joycelyn Ann (Weyrick-Lott) La Brash, age 80 of Three Rivers and formerly of Dowagiac died Friday Dec. 28, 2012 at Three Rivers Health. She was born in Three Rivers on Aug. 2, 1932 the daughter of Lynn and Leona (Wagner) Weyrick. She was a graduate of Centreville High School and attended Western Michigan University. She was married to Gerald F....

Mary Kuhnle

Mary Kuhnle

Dec 11, 2012

Mary Catherine Kuhnle, age 90 of Three Rivers died Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012 at the Sunshine Adult Foster Care Home. She was born in Pleasant Hill, OH on Oct. 23, 1922 the daughter of Ralph and Catherine (Schultz) Thompson, and was a graduate of Newton High School in Pleasant Hill. Mary was married to Harry Kuhnle, Jr. on Nov. 1,...

William Sisson

William Sisson

Dec 10, 2012

William Fulcher Sisson, age 88 of Three Rivers died Monday Dec. 10, 2012 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo following an extended illness. He was born in Kalamazoo on June 7, 1924 the son of Clare M. and Bess (Fulcher) Sisson. He was a graduate of Kalamazoo Central High School and the University of Michigan School of Engineering. He has...

Emily Killian

Emily Killian

Nov 15, 2012

Emily (Ash-Hart) Killian passed away peacefully on Thursday Nov. 15, 2012 at the Traverse Manor Assisted Living Home. Emily was born in Three Rivers on May 13, 1919 to Edward and Anna Sholtey. After her mother died in 1922, Emily was adopted by Edgar and Mary Alice Ash of Three Rivers. Emily graduated from Three Rivers high School in 1937...

Keith Winrotte

Keith Winrotte

Nov 11, 2012

Keith Elmer Winrotte, age 83 of Three Rivers, died Sunday Nov. 11, 2012 at his home. He was born in Breman, IN on Dec. 11, 1928 the son of Donald and Marie (Reese) Winrotte. He was a graduate of Tyner High School and attended Indiana Business College. Keith was a WWII veteran serving with the U.S. Army in Japan. He...

Ethel Stroup

Ethel Stroup

Oct 31, 2012

Ethel Kay (Ballard) Stroup, age 62 of Three Rivers, died Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo following a long illness. She was born in Three Rivers on Oct. 29, 1950 the daughter of Robert and Mary (Blood) Norton and was a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. Kay was a homemaker and had worked a CIMA Manufacturing,...

Edna Wolfinger

Edna Wolfinger

Oct 31, 2012

Edna Fern Wolfinger, age 57 of Three Rivers, died Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012 at her home following a long illness. She was born in Tuscola, IL on Jan. 29, 1955 the daughter of Joe D. and Elizabeth J. (Otto) Schrock. She is a graduate of Constantine High School. She was married to Delbert J. Wolfinger on June 27, 1981 in...

Evelyn Neice

Evelyn Neice

Oct 22, 2012

Evelyn J. Neice, age 93 of Three Rivers died Monday Oct. 22, 2012. She was born in Goshen, IN on Aug. 5, 1919 the daughter of Lloyd and Audrey (Spencer) DeWitt.. She graduated from Riley High School in South Bend, and was later married to Jack Henry Neice. Evelyn worked at C.T.S. in Elkhart for 30 years, retiring in 1973....

Ruth Coler

Ruth Coler

Oct 19, 2012

Ruth Esther Coler, age 97 of Three Rivers, died Friday Oct. 19, 2012 at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Centreville. She was born in Traverse City, MI on Sep. 1, 1915 the daughter of the late Edwin B. and Mabel E. (Schley) Williams, and has lived in Three Rivers since the age of three. Ruth was the widow of Arthur...

Harold Rice

Harold Rice

Oct 16, 2012

Harold D. Rice, age 82 of Three Rivers, died Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012 at Kairo's Dwelling Hospice Home in Kalamazoo. He was born in Bronson, MI on April 2, 1930 the son of Ora and Erma (Fair) Rice, and attended school in Bronson. He was married to Margaret Cholometes in St. Joseph Catholic Church in White Pigeon on Feb. 9,...

Richard Freese

Richard Freese

Oct 15, 2012

Richard R. Freese, age 86 of Three Rivers, died Monday Oct. 15, 2012 at Three Rivers Health. He was born in Three Rivers on Oct. 24, 1926 the son of Roger and Hilda (Johnson) Freese. He lived for many years in Three Rivers, moving back from Rockford, MI. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was employed as...

Brenda Eaton

Brenda Eaton

Sep 14, 2012

Brenda Lee Eaton, age 62 of Three Rivers, died Friday Sep. 14, 2012 at Riverview Manor in Three Rivers. She was born in Three Rivers on Jan. 5, 1950 the daughter of Raymond R. and Virginia (Stroup) Barrone and was a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. She was a homemaker who also enjoyed knitting, rose gardening, card-playing, fishing, and listening...

Rex Oberlander

Rex Oberlander

Sep 7, 2012

Rex M. Oberlander, age 76 of Three Rivers, died Friday Sep. 7, 2012. He was born in Three Rivers on March 7, 1936 the only child of Marion C. and Viola M. (Kline) Oberlander and was a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. He had worked for many years at Petersen Spring in Three Rivers. He enjoyed hunting & fishing in...

W. Zimlich

W. Zimlich

Sep 3, 2012

Winnifred Doreen Zimlich, age 90 of Three Rivers died Monday Sep. 3, 2012 at Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers. She was born in Stratford Ontario, Canada on Sep. 29, 1921 the daughter of Russell and Winnifred (Henry) Richardson. After high school in Canada, Doreen came to the United States where she attended Great Lakes College and the Detroit...

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