An eight-year mystery into the disappearance and presumed death of a Colon Township woman came to an end Monday in Kalamazoo County’s Fulton Township. State police said Doug Stewart agreed to lead authorities to the location where he buried his wife, Venus Stewart, in April 2010. Authorities said Stewart was released Monday to the custody of state police at the …

Bessie Elizabeth Fair, age 93, of Centreville, passed away Friday evening, Oct. 19, 2018, at her home. She was born Jan. 13, 1925, in Charleston Township, a daughter of the late John and Margaret (Sly) Rugg. Mrs. Fair resided in Centreville for more than 50 years. On Feb. 26, 1942, she married Alvin E. Fair in Angola, Ind. He died …

Mrs. Mary Jane (Miller) Ruth, age 75, of Three Rivers passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on Thursday, October 18, 2018. She was born on May 19, 1943 in Three Rivers, the daughter of the late Calvin Bradley and Eleanor (Giebe) Bradley. Mary Jane worked most of her career retiring from Crocker Limited. While in retirement she …

Maynard Max Gray, age 84, of Sturgis, was surrounded by his family Thursday evening, Oct. 18, 2018, when he passed away at Sturgis Hospital. He was born July 17, 1934, in LaGrange, a son of the late Myrten and Beulah (Johnson) Gray. Maynard resided in the LaGrange County, and Sturgis area most of his life. Twenty years living in LaGrange …

Lorie Ann (West) Yoder, age 49, of Colon, passed away Oct. 9, 2018, from injuries she received in an automobile accident in Three Rivers. Lorie was born Oct. 31, 1968 in Indianapolis, a daughter of Jack L. and Loretta R. (Howe) West. She had made her home in the Colon area all her life and had attended Colon schools. Lorie …

Santa Fe police say they have made no arrests in a fatal shooting that killed a Michigan man. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the family of Richard Milan, who fatally shot Wednesday night, says he was on a cross-country road trip with his wife from California to their home in Kalamazoo. The 64-year-old man was fatally shot in the …

Nellie R. Riddle, age 98, of Sturgis, passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Centreville. She was born March 6, 1920, in Bronson, a daughter of the late Joe and Rose (Hudson) Harmon. Nellie resided in Michigan for the first 35 years of her life, when she moved to California, where she lived for 30 …

Michael A. Parlin, age 79, of Centreville, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. Mike was born May 19, 1939, in Battle Creek, a son of the late Aaron and Maurine (Simpson) Parlin. Mike grew up in Athens, graduating from Athens High School in 1957, and later moved to Centreville. On May 19, 1972, he …

Richard Joseph Zechman, age 78, of Sturgis, passed away early Wednesday morning, Sept. 26, 2018, at University Hospital in Ann Arbor. He was born June 18, 1940, in Findley, Ohio, a son of the late Estel and Dorothy (Ball) Zechman Richard resided in Sturgis since 1990, coming from Ohio. On Sept. 15, 1970, he married Neola Greer in Clintwood, Va. …

Margie Edna (Edson) Krontz Close, age 89, of Bronson, passed away late Wednesday evening, Sept. 26, 2018, at her home. She was born Feb. 10, 1929, to Ethel Maud Edson McAuliffe, in Somerville, Mass. She was raised by her German step-grandmother, Caroline Spangenburg Edson Miller, in Sturgis, having been told her mother died after giving birth. Margie had many stories …