Norman Martin
Jan 21, 2012
Norman Herbert Martin passes away peacefully on January 21, 2012 in Three Rivers. Herb was born July 18, 1926 in Wickliff, KY the son of the late Norman L. and Verble (Mills) Martin. He married his high school sweetheart, Betty Lindsey on Sep. 3, 1944. They spent 66 years together travelling the country. Herb worked for Bechtel Corporation supervising the...
Deloris Higgins
Jan 5, 2012
Deloris E. Higgins, age 81 died Thursday Jan. 5, 2012 at Heartland Healthcare Center in Three Rivers where she had resided the past 6 years. No local services were held. A private interment was held Monday Jan. 9, 2012 at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens in Novi, Michigan. Memorials may be directed to the Heartland Healthcare Activities Committee. Condolences may be...
Verna Schimnoski
Jan 1, 2012
Verna Marie Schimnoski, age 99 of Three Rivers died January 1, 2012 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo surrounded by her family. She was born in Mountain Lake, MN on November 22, 1912 the daughter of August and Mary (Beier) Schimnoski. She graduated from Jeffers High School, Mankato State College, and Calhoun Secretarial School in Minneapolis. Verna was a long-time...
Antoinette Ash
Dec 31, 2011
Antoinette Ash, age 103 of Three Rivers, died Sat. Dec. 31, 2011 at Riverview Manor in Three Rivers. She was born in Three Rivers on Oct. 24, 1908 the daughter of the late Edgar James and Mary Alice (Speece) Ash. She was a graduate of Three Rivers High School and earned her Bachelors Degree from Albion College and her Masters...
Janet Williams
Dec 15, 2011
Janet Marie Williams, age 68 of Three Rivers, died Thursday Dec. 15, 2011 at her home. She was born in Three Rivers on April 12, 1943 the daughter of Lloyd and Ella M. (Bean) Swinehart and was a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. She graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1960. Janet had been employed as an accountant at...
Alice Cottingham
Dec 8, 2011
Alice Minnie Cottingham, age 89 of Three Rivers died Thursday Dec. 8, 2011 at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation Community in Centreville. She was born in Kokomo, IN on Feb. 4, 1922 the daughter of the late Frank and Eva (VavBriggle) Smith. Alice has been a resident of Three Rivers since 1954 and was the widow of Raymond Edward Cottingham, who...
John Harvey
Dec 7, 2011
John R. Harvey, age 74 of Three Rivers, died Wednesday Dec. 7, 2011 at his home following a long illness. He was born in Three Rivers on Oct. 24, 1937 the son of the late Ruel B. and Margaret E. (Reid) Harvey, and had been an area resident his entire life. John served in the U.S Air Force before returning...
Mary Pittman
Nov 19, 2011
Mary D. Pittman, age 76 of Marcellus, died Saturday Nov. 19, 2011 at Three Rivers Health following a short illness. She was born on Nov. 11, 1935 in Constantine the daughter of Harley and Amanda (Schmidtendorff) Kline and was a resident of Marcellus since 1957 coming from Jones. She graduated from Constantine High School in 1953 and later was employed...
Georgia Pionke
Nov 14, 2011
Georgia Cunnington Pionke, age 88 of Jones, died Monday Nov. 14, 2011 at her home following a long illness. She was born in Walla Walla, WA on Aug. 13, 1923 the daughter of the late Alvin Edward and Anna Elizabeth (Schaub) Cunnington. She was first married to Robert Eugene Miller on June 8, 1944 in Battle Creek, MI. Robert died...
Ronald Melvin
Oct 7, 2011
Ronald C. Melvin, age 64 of Three Rivers, went to be with his Lord and Savior peacefully at home on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. He was born on January 8, 1947 in Dayton, OH the son of Carl W. and Mary V. (Strucensky) Melvin. He was married to Rochelle M. Albright on April 19, 1980 in Niles, MI. Ron has...
Ethel Williams
Sep 22, 2011
Ethel M. Williams, age 82 of Three Rivers, died Thursday Sep. 22, 2011 at Bronson Methodist Hospital following a short illness. She was born on Aug. 3, 1929 in Cass County the daughter of Donald L. and Myrtle L. (Childs) Williams. She was a graduate of Marcellus High School and had resided in the Marcellus-Three Rivers her entire life. She...
Nina Wellman
Sep 20, 2011
Nina B. Wellman, age 69 of Three Rivers, died Tuesday Sep. 20, 2011 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo following a long illness. She was born in Muskegon, MI on Jan. 8, 1942 the daughter of the late Alfred and Pauline (Berghuis) Wieber. She graduated from Muskegon High School, and later from Central Michigan University with a Bachelors Degree in...
Evelyn Christopherson
Jul 30, 2011
Evelyn L. Christopherson, age 78 of Three Rivers, died Saturday July 30, 2010 at Riverview Manor. She was born near Alcester, SD on Dec. 7, 1932 the daughter of David and Edith (Allfree) Lundberg. She graduated from Alcester High School in 1950, and attended business school in Aberdeen, SD. She moved to Three Rivers in 1954 and was employed as...
Charles Johnson
Jul 24, 2011
Charles Louis "Chuck" Johnson, age 73 of Lampasas, TX, died peacefully on Sunday July 24, 2011 in Three Rivers after battling several illnesses. Chuck was born in South Bend, IN on June 25, 1938 the son of Charles A. and June L. (Alshouse) Johnson. He was raised on Long Lake and graduated from Three Rivers High School. He served for...
Edwin Bolinger
Jul 20, 2011
Edwin Leroy Bolinger, age 91 of rural Three Rivers, died Wednesday July 20, 2011 at his home. He was born in Mishawaka, IN on Jan. 10, 1920 the son of Loren and Edith (Hostetter) Bolinger. The family resided in several communities in northern Indiana before Edwin joined the Army in 1941. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was awarded...
Mary Bragg
Jun 30, 2011
Mary E. Bragg, age 100 of Three Rivers, went to be with the Lord on Thursday June 30, 2011. She was born in Constantine, MI on June 26, 1911 the daughter of John F. and Alice E. (Lett)( Ash. She was a member of the Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church and the George Washington Carver Community Center. Mary was married to...
Robert Baker
Jun 24, 2011
Robert Franklin "Bob" Baker, Sr., age 84 of Three Rivers, died Friday June 24, 2011 at Borgess Medical in Kalamazoo. He was born in Elkhart, IN on March 10, 1927 the son of Harold and Marjorie (Flynn) Baker. He was raised in the Constantine area, and later moved to Three Rivers where he was a member of the Three Rivers...
Buelah Bradford
Jun 22, 2011
Buelah M. Bradford, age 90 of Three Rivers went to be with the Lord on Wednesday June 22, 2011. She was born on March 1, 1921 the daughter of Lester and Mabel (Smith) Heckelman and was a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. Following graduation from Three Rivers High School she took secretarial courses and later worked at Abstract Title Co....
Harriet Jackson
May 25, 2011
Harriet Elizabeth Wilhelm Jackson completed her exceptional life of almost 98 years on this earth on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Harriet was born on June 25, 1913 in Bluffton, IN to Fred and Anna Wilhelm. She was a loving sibling to her brother Paul and sister Jean, both of whom preceded her in death. And she was saddened that she...
Francis Dreger
May 14, 2011
Francis Lawrence "Frank" Dreger, age 96 of Three Rivers, died Saturday May 14, 2011 at Heartland Health Care Center. He was born in Chicago on Oct. 23, 1914 the son of Henry and Caroline (Rolwes) Dreger and was a lifetime resident of Chicago. He was married to Phyllis Hughes in 1941, and she died in 1988. Frank was a pipe-fitter...
