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...
Janice Merhman
May 12, 2011
Janice Ida Merhman, age 71 of Three Rivers, died Thursday May 12, 2011 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo where she had been a patient for 2 weeks. She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on January 17, 1940 the daughter of Myron and Ida (Bretz) Manross. She was married to Charles Merhman in 1971 in White Pigeon; he died in...
Eugene Childress
May 10, 2011
Eugene L. Childress, age 83 of Three Rivers, died Tuesday May 10, 2011 at his home. He was born in Chicago, IL on Jan. 5, 1928 the son of Paul and Lulu (Lindsay) Childress. Gene graduated from Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, IL and was a 1951 graduate of Kalamazoo College where he met his wife of almost 60...
Eugene Liggett
May 10, 2011
Eugene Liggett, age 87 of Three Rivers, died May 10, 2011 at his Fishers Lake home. He was born on July 25, 1923 in North Liberty, IN the son of Bernice and Verna L. (Steele) Liggett. He has resided near Three Rivers since 1959, coming from Edwardsburg. His early life was spent in the North Liberty area. Eugene was married...
Karen Ruhlig
May 2, 2011
Karen Elaine Ruhlig, age 54 of Three Rivers, died Monday May 2, 2011 in a motor vehicle accident in Kalamazoo County. She was born in Springfield, Ohio on Oct. 22, 1956 the daughter of Walter G. and Betty Jo (Ostram) Ruhlig Jr. She was a 1974 graduate of Three Rivers High School and received her degree from Western Michigan University...
Arlo James
Apr 16, 2011
Arlo Dean James, age 77 of Three Rivers, went peacefully home to the Lord on Saturday April 16, 2011 from Riverview Manor in Three Rivers. He was born in St. Joseph County on Sep. 2, 1933 the son of the late Francis D. and Grace (Timm) James, Sr.. He was a graduate of Marcellus High School and later attended what...
