Marjorie Grace Ream, age 90, of Three Rivers, passed away Monday, February 15, 2021 at Bowman Place Assisted Living Community. She was born August 21, 1930 in Prescott, Arizona, the daughter of Milton and Coral (Freese) Bergfeld-Schug. She always said, “I was born in a tent, and I’m going home to a mansion.” Marjorie, better known as Marge, Margie, Mom, …

Steven A. Gould, age 60, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at the Medilodge of Marshall in Marshall, Michigan. He was born November 29, 1960 in Sturgis, son of the late Arthur and Elna (VonOlnhausen) Gould. Steve resided in the Burr Oak area most of his life and was a member of the Burr Oak High School Class …

Kyle James Samuels, age 50, of Sturgis, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at the Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born on August 10, 1970 in Sturgis, son of Byron and Sandra (Williams) Samuels. Kyle attended and was a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class or 1988. Shortly after his graduation he moved to Fort …

Stephen Warren Hire, age 75, of Three Rivers, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 in Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. He was born on Oct. 12, 1945 in Wolf Lake, IN, one of ten children born to Warren G. and Dorothy Mae (Angel) Hire. He graduated from Millersburg High School with the class of 1964. Steve served in the …

Michigan restaurants on Wednesday proposed tying indoor capacity limits to the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive, contending that clear guideposts would help the hospitality industry navigate the pandemic. Bars and restaurants, which reopened for indoor dining and drinking on Feb 1. after a 2 1/2-month ban, have a 10 p.m. curfew and are limited to 25% occupancy, …

A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in the slayings of his parents whose bodies were found in a wooded area in western Michigan. Nicholas Johnson was expected to be arraigned Thursday in Kalamazoo County District Court. Gary and Laura Johnson went missing earlier this month. Their bodies were unearthed Friday at Gourdneck State Game Area in Portage, about …

Glen LeRoy “Red” Baldwin, age 89, of Shipshewana, died unexpectedly of natural causes Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at Lutheran Life Villages in Kendallville. He was born May 11, 1931, in Sturgis, to Clarence and Thelma (Harris) Baldwin. Glen graduated from Sturgis High School in 1949. He was an electrician and worked at several trailer factories in Elkhart, Bristol and Middlebury, …

Joan Cecelia (Falvey) Carlson was born at home in Knox, Indiana on June 21, 1923 to James P. and Gertrude Falvey, and died at home in Constantine, on February 13, 2021.  Joan grew up in a wonderful household in Knox with siblings Bill, Jean, Kenny, Jan, Joyce and Tom (with another sister, Margaret, dying in infancy). Joan had a life-long …

Richard James Swegles, age 78, of Sturgis, passed away Sunday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2021, at his home. He was born Nov. 7, 1942, in Homer. On November 5, 1971, he married Sharon Inman in Coldwater. Richard was employed by Sturgis Foundry for 35 years, working until the closing of the company. Richard was proud to have served his country in …

Jay Melvin Woehrmyer, age 68, of Three Rivers, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born March 2, 1952 in Coldwater, Ohio, the son of Melvin and Vera (Puthoff) Woehrmyer. In the 1980s, food industry management brought Jay to Michigan. He was the regional director for Wendy’s in southwestern Michigan, owned Carter’s Corner …