Thomas W. Young, age 92, of Sturgis, passed away Sunday morning, Aug. 8, 2010, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born Oct. 16, 1917, in East Rochester, N.Y., a son of the late Elijah and Mary (Kettler) Young. Tom had resided in Sturgis since 2006, coming from Akron, where he had lived for more than 40 years. He …

Ardyce Elizabeth Delly, age 86, of Sturgis, Mich.,passed away peacefully with her children at her bedside on Friday August 6, 2010, at Fairview Living Centre in Centreville, Mich., where she had been a resident since April. She was born July 21, 1924, in Denham, Minn., a daughter of the late Eskel and Hilma Anderson. Ardyce graduated from Willow River High …

Barbara J. Magnus, age 79, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away Friday morning, August 6, 2010, at the Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers, Mich. She was born April 29, 1931, in Sturgis, Mich., a daughter of the late Floyd and Ethel (Shelly) Trimm. Barbara was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class …

Roberta L. Rendfeld, age 80, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away early Sunday morning, Aug. 8, 2010, at her home. She was born June 1, 1930, in Harrisburg, Ill., a daughter of the late Clarence and Dorrice (Dowell) Mills. Mrs. Rendfeld had resided in Sturgis since 1957 coming from Chicago, Illinois. On July 8, 1950 she married Robert Rendfeld in Jonesboro, …

Henry “Hank” L. Keller, age 75, of Three Rivers, passed away early Sunday morning, Aug. 8, 2010, at the Heartland Health Care Center. Henry was born on Oct. 25, 1934 in Three Rivers, Mich., the son of Henry L. and Bessie B. (Kline) Keller Sr. Hank retired from the Fonda Company, formerly Continental Can Co. in 1996 after 38 years …

Frank R. Jones, age 48, of Three Rivers, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Monday Aug. 2, 2010, at his home. He was born in Three Rivers on Jan. 29, 1962, the son of Ismon and Ida (Bonannella) Jones and was a lifetime resident of the Mendon-Three Rivers area. He graduated form Mendon High School in 1980, and attended Glen …

Sherry A. Patterson, 46, of Round Lake Road, Burr Oak, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born Oct. 31, 1963, in South Bend, Ind., a daughter of William C. and Ann Patterson. Sherry was a Burr Oak resident the past four years, coming from Sturgis and Three Rivers. She enjoyed being a homemaker, …

Oneda Kathryn Chapman, 85, of Three Rivers, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 surrounded by her loving family at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. Oneda was born April 6, 1925 in White Cloud the daughter of Martin and Carolina (Schumacker) Hochstetler. She was born into the Amish religion and converted to the Mennonite religion in her later teenage years. She …

Aaron A. Hochstedler, age 63, of Burr Oak, passed away Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at the home of his brother Timothy Hochstedler in Colon, after a short illness. Aaron was born Sept. 23, 1946, in Sturgis, a son of the late Alvin E. and Mary M. (Yoder) Hochstedler. He had lived most of his life in the rural Burr Oak …

Welcome to August. This month is “holiday-free”. The only significant thing about this month is that, for students, it’s the last month of vacation. For families, it’s the last chance to take any type of vacation traveling, and for sun worshipers, it’s really the last chance to go to the beach and expose themselves to those dangerous rays from the …