Obituaries
Marie Detterbeck
Jan 23, 2018
Marie “Toots” Anna (Loraff) Detterbeck, 89 of Bridgman passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Country Manor Care Center, Bridgman. Funeral Services will be held 2 PM Friday, January 26, 2018 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 9650 N. Church, Bridgman, with Reverend Carl Bassett officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bridgman. Friends may meet with the family from...
Betty Phipps
Jan 17, 2018
Betty Jane Phipps, 90 of Buchanan passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at West Woods of Bridgman. Funeral Services will be held 10 AM Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Boyd Chapel of Pike Funeral and Cremation Services, 9191 Red Arrow Highway, Bridgman. Burial will be on Monday, January 22, 2018 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Stanton, MI 48888. Friends...
Vernon Kugle
Jan 16, 2018
Vernon George Kugle, 92 of Stevensville passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at his home in Stevensville. Funeral Services will be held 11 AM Friday, January 19, 2018 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2673 W. John Beers Road, Stevensville, with Pastor Ehlke officiating. Burial will follow in Hickory Bluff Cemetery, Stevensville. Friends may meet with the family from...
Cheryl Smith
Jan 12, 2018
Cheryl Anne Smith, 73 of Sawyer, passed away Friday, January 12, 2018 in the care of her family. Funeral Services will be held 11 AM Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at the Boyd Chapel of Pike Funeral and Cremation Services, 9191 Red Arrow Hwy, Bridgman. Burial will be in New Troy Cemetery, New Troy. Friends may meet with the family from...
Irving Hischke Sr
Jan 9, 2018
Irving Herman Hischke, Sr., 83 of Bridgman passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at home in Bridgman. Funeral Services will be held 11 AM Friday, January 12, 2018 at Trinity Lutheran Church of Glendora, 1733 West Glendora Road, Buchanan, officiating Reverend Jonathan Liebich. Friends may meet with the family from 10 - 11 AM prior to the service at...
Hazel Baab
Jan 9, 2018
Hazel Baab, 102, formerly of St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Wellbridge Nursing Home in Romeo, Michigan. Funeral Services will be held 11 AM Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Boyd Chapel of Pike Funeral and Cremation Services, 9191 Red Arrow Hwy, Bridgman. Burial will be in Ruggles Cemetery, Baroda. Friends may meet with the family...
Gene Hoffman
Jan 7, 2018
Gene Arthur Hoffman, 86 of Stevensville passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018 in Mishawaka. The family will be remembering Gene privately. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2673 W. John Beers Road, Stevensville or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942. Gene was born Wednesday, January 28, 1931 in...
Sylvia Kunde
Jan 7, 2018
Sylvia Jean Kunde, 81 of Bridgman passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Hanson Hospice Center, Stevensville. Funeral Services will be held 11 AM Thursday, January 11, 2018 at Christ Lutheran Church, 4333 Cleveland Avenue, Stevensville. Friends may meet with the family from 10 - 11 AM prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in...
Rickie Schmaltz
Jan 4, 2018
Rickie Allen Schmaltz, 62 of Sawyer passed away unexpectedly Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph. A gathering of family and friends will be held Saturday, January 13, 2018 from 2-5 PM at D’Agostino’s Navajo Restaurant, 8970 Red Arrow Highway, Bridgman. Rickie was born May 4, 1955 in South Bend the son of the late Roy...
Karl Kempe
Jan 1, 2018
Karl Erik Kempe, 91 of Bethany Beach, Sawyer passed away on Monday, January 1, 2018 at Pine Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Stevensville. Karl was born on Friday, September 17, 1926 in Chicago Heights, Illinois to the late Joseph and Ellen (Karlsson) Kempe. On May 27, 1950, Karl married Jacquelin Hilma McInrue and they shared 67 years together....
Gary Zandarski
Dec 16, 2017
Gary Zandarski, 63 of Berrien Springs passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. Friends are invited to meet with the family from 5-7 PM on Wednesday, December 20 at the Boyd Chapel of Pike Funeral and Cremation Services, 9191 Red Arrow Highway, Bridgman. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be given to...
Dorothy Rennhack
Dec 16, 2017
Dorothy Louise Rennhack, 95, of Baroda passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Pine Ridge. Funeral services will be held 11 AM Friday, December 22, 2017 at Zion United Church of Christ, 9100 Third Street, Baroda with Rev. Christopher Noffke officiating. Burial will be in Ruggles Cemetery, Baroda. Friends may meet with the family 4-7 PM Thursday, Dec. 21...
Kathleen Davis
Dec 6, 2017
Kathleen Patrice Davis, 60 of McEwen, Tennessee, formerly of St. Joseph, Lawrence, and Holland passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in Tennessee. Funeral Services will be held 3 PM Friday, December 15, 2017 at The Boyd Chapel of Pike Funeral and Cremation Services, 9191 Red Arrow Highway, Bridgman. Friends may meet with the family from 2 PM Friday until the...
Judith Thran
Dec 5, 2017
Judith Anne Thran, 73 of Bridgman passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at her home. A gathering of family and friends will be held 2 - 4 PM Monday, December 11, 2017 at The Boyd Chapel of Pike Funeral and Cremation Services, 9191 Red Arrow Highway, Bridgman. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan,...
Nelly Ramirez
Dec 5, 2017
Nelly G. Ramirez, 84, of Stevensville, passed away to join her soulmate, Alejandro, into eternal life on December 5, 2017. A mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, December 13 at 11 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 211 Church Street, St. Joseph. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery, St. Joseph immediately following the mass. Friends may meet...
Lena Woods
Dec 4, 2017
Lena Lorraine Woods, 78, of Bridgman, passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017 at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. Lena was cremated and a memorial service will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Baroda Bible Church, 9070 Third Street, Baroda. Lena was born Saturday, November 18, 1939 in Marquand, Madison County, Missouri the daughter of the...
Janet Ytterberg
Dec 3, 2017
Janet G. Ytterberg, 90, of Sawyer, Michigan and St. Petersburg, Florida passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Westminster Shores, St. Petersburg, Florida. Janet was born on January 18, 1927 in Chicago, the eldest daughter of Arnold and Pearl (Peterson) Gustafson. On September 11, 1948, she married the love of her life, Ralph Ytterberg. Janet and Ralph traveled the...
Marjorie Strefling
Dec 1, 2017
Marjorie Jean Strefling, 92 of Baroda passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017 at Woodland Terrace, Bridgman. Funeral services will be held 11 AM Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 619 Market Street, St. Joseph, with Reverend Michael J. Roth officiating. Burial will be in New Troy Cemetery. Friends may meet with the family on Saturday at the...
Barbara Sebasty
Nov 28, 2017
Barbara June Sebasty, 80 of Buchanan passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at The Willows, St. Joseph Funeral services will be held 11 AM Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendora, 1733 W. Glendora Road, Buchanan., with Reverend Jonathan Liebich officiating. Burial will be in Weesaw Township Cemetery, Buchanan. Friends may meet with the family...
James Braddock
Nov 25, 2017
James “Jim” David Braddock, 80, of Bridgman has Gone to Soar With The Angels. November 25, 2017. A Celebration of Life will be held 2 PM Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Pike Funeral and Cremation Services, The Boyd Chapel, 9191 Red Arrow Hwy., Bridgman, with Pastor Chris Spitter officiating. Friends may meet with the family from 1 PM until the...