Dennis Rumsey

Wayne Wyatt, Sr.,77

Wayne Lee Wyatt, Sr., age 77, of Centreville, passed away Tuesday evening, April 7, 2026, at Centrica Rose Arbor Place in Kalamazoo. He was born March 25, 1949 in Sturgis, son of the late Arthur R. and Kathleen (Randall) Wyatt. Wayne resided in Centreville since 1996, coming from Burr Oak, and was a graduate of Colon High School with the …

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Nancy Burg, 84

Nancy Doron Burg, age 84, of Sturgis, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2026, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born July 26, 1941 in Sturgis, daughter of the late Ronald and Dorothy (Lone) Kirby, Nancy was a proud lifelong resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the Class of 1959. On April 15, 1989, she …

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Sandra Munyon, 84

Sandra Anne Munyon, age 84, of Three Rivers, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2026 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 10, 1941 in Chicago, the daughter of Emil and Lucille (Tanke) George, and graduated from Chicago Vocational High School with the Class of 1960. Sandra married Clyde Munyon in 1970. She raised a family …

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Billie Shank, 80

Billie Ruth Shank, age 80, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2026, at Corewell Health in Grand Rapids following an extended illness. She was born on September 4, 1945 in Madison, Wisconsin, the daughter of John A. and Billie R. Erdmann. On September 7, 1963, Billie married Donald Allen Shank, and together they shared a loving and devoted marriage of …

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Candy Christine Fairbanks, 52

Candy Christine Fairbanks, age 52, of Lansing, and a former resident of Sturgis, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2026, at her home. She was born on June 11, 1973 in LaGrange, daughter of Michael and Teresa Rae (Baird) Christner. Candy resided in Lansing for over 25 years, coming from Sturgis, where she graduated with the Class of 1991 from Sturgis …

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Frank Wittendorf Jr., 74

Frank Wittendorf Jr., passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Constantine, at the age of 74. He was born on May 18, 1951 in Zanesville, Ohio, and lived a life marked by hard work, good humor, and devotion to the people and places he loved. Frank spent more than 40 years working as a millwright at the Constantine Paper …

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Rose Keith, 79

Rose Ann Keith, age 79, of Three Rivers, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at The Orchards in Three Rivers. She was born on November 21, 1946 in Port Glasgow, Scotland to James and Mable (Cain) Lyle. She met Daniel Keith during his Navy service, and the two were married in Scotland before moving to the United States …

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Amos Bontrager, 83

Amos S. Bontrager, age 83, of Goshen, died on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at his residence, after an extended battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was born on May 3, 1942 in Centreville to Samuel and Fannie (Bontrager) Bontrager. On November 8, 1964 in Sturgis, he married Lillian Yoder, she survives. Survivors in addition to his wife are daughter, Brenda (Gene) …

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Thomas Shumaker, 82

Tom Shumaker, age 82, passed away on March 31, 2026 at Thurston Woods Village Nursing Home. Tom was born in Russell, Kansas June 28, 1943. After high school he attended Kansas University and then moved to Washington, DC where he attended American University and received a Juris Doctorate Degree. Tom Moved to Sturgis in 1969 to work for the Dresser …

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“Gidget” Jeanne-Marie Mihills, 67

“Gidget” Jeanne-Marie Mihills, age 67, of Jones, went to be with the Lord at her home on Sunday, April, 5, 2026. She was born September 5, 1958 in Mt. Clemens, MI to her late parents Francis Conrad James White and Jeanne-Marie White. She graduated from Pennfield High in 1976 and later went on to graduate from KVCC in 1987. She …

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