Raymond J. Young, age 91, of Constantine, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Bowman Place in Three Rivers. Ray was born in Constantine on September 12, 1929, a son of Charles and Pansy (Roberts) Young. He graduated from Constantine High School in 1947 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army. On May 1, 1954, he married …

Joan Ruth Dugan, age 93, of Indianapolis, passed away on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. She was born in Terre Haute, IN on Feb. 25, 1927 the daughter of Orville and Grace (Behringer) Utterback. She was married to Richard C. Dugan on Nov. 27, 1949 in Indianapolis. They resided in Three Rivers for thirty years during Richard’s employment at Wells Manufacturing. …

Shirley (Dickerson) Harker, loving mother and grandmother, passed away with family by her side Nov. 29, 2020 at Friendly Village in Rhinelander, Wis. She was born April 19, 1931, in Three Rivers, to Olga (Ferguson) and Merrill Dickerson. On Sept.16, 1950, she married Wayne Harker and resided in Sturgis. Shirley worked as an office manager at Readmore Bookstore and also …

Carolyn A. Gruber, age 88, of Sturgis, passed away Tuesday morning, Dec. 1, 2020, at The Gardens of The Fountains at Bronson Place in Kalamazoo. She was born in Peoria, Ill., a daughter of the late George and Julia (Roguszka) Dammann. Mrs. Gruber resided in Sturgis since 2000, coming from Kalamazoo. Her early life was spent in Peoria, where she …

Jon Michael “Frank” Falkenstein, age 78, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday morning, Dec. 2, 2020, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Sturgis, a son of the late Glen E. and Henrietta Lucille (Boughton) Falkenstein. Frank was a lifelong Sturgis resident and graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1961. On April …

Robert Michael “Mitch” Foster, age 63, of Sturgis, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, at his home. He was born Jan. 9, 1957 in Battle Creek, a son of Gerald G. and Maxine Virginia (Reed) Foster. Mitch was a lifelong Burr Oak and Sturgis area resident and a graduate of Burr Oak High School with the class of 1975. On …

Phyllis June Shuey, age 71, of Centreville, passed away early Wednesday morning, Dec. 2, 2020, at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Centreville. She was born April 22, 1949, in Three Rivers, a daughter of the late Henry and Jeanette M. (Bender) Shuey. Phyllis was a lifelong resident of St. Joseph County. She was a homemaker and enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, collecting …

Stephen E. Walters, age 74, of Kalamazoo, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. Steve was born in Three Rivers on December 6, 1945, a son of Earl and LaVonne (Minger) Walters. He graduated from Centreville High School in 1964 and then went on to obtain his Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in …

Bars and restaurants lost a challenge Wednesday to Michigan’s ban on indoor dining and immediately warned about business failures and deep job losses if the restriction linked to the coronavirus is extended past next week. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney turned down a request for an injunction with seven days left in the three-week ban. It was ordered in mid-November …

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer urged Michigan Republican activists on Wednesday to pressure, even threaten, the GOP-controlled Legislature to “step up” and award the state’s 16 electoral votes to Trump despite Democrat Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory. Rudy Giuliani made baseless claims of “massive fraud, all over the country,” before testifying to a Republican-led legislative committee. Just a day before, Attorney …