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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Jean Daugherty
Sep 1, 2012
Jean Benson Daugherty entered into the "Kingdom of God" Saturday morning, Sept 1st, surrounded by her three loving daughters. She was the daughter of Lester and Frieda (Smith) Heape and was born on June 29, 1929 in Tamaroa, Illinois. On December 21, 1946 Jean married Clyde Benson and they raised three daughters. She was employed at Continental Can, Glen Oaks...
Patrick Benner
Aug 23, 2012
Patrick J. Benner, age 67 of Constantine, MI died Thursday Aug. 23, 2012 surrounded by his wife and children. He was born in Logansport, IN on Oct. 23, 1944 the son of John M. and Katherine (Hartwick) Benner. Patrick graduated from Delphi High School in 1962 and attended St. Joseph College in Renssaler, IN. While living in Constantine, Patrick was...
Howard Bell
Jul 27, 2012
Howard A. "Dick" Bell, age 76 of Three Rivers died Friday July 27, 2012 at his home following an extended illness. He was born on May 12, 1936 in Constantine the son of Howard A. and Dorothy (Manbeck) Bell, Sr. He has been a Three Rivers resident all of his life. Dick served in the U.S. Army and was a...
Donald Fitch
Jul 12, 2012
Donald C. Fitch, age 84 of Three Rivers died Thursday July 12, 2012 at his home following a long illness. He was born in Three Rivers on April 1, 1928 the son of Raymond and Ether Marie (Spooner) Fitch and was a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. He graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1947. Donald was a long...
Norman Brown
Jul 8, 2012
Norman Brown, age 61 of Constantine died Sunday July 8, 2012 at Borgess Medical in Kalamazoo following a short illness. He was born on Sep. 8, 1950 in Ypsilanti, MI the son of Norman and Ardith (Wilson) Brown. He has been a resident of Constantine since 1989 coming from Three Rivers. His early adult life was spent in Jackson, MI...
