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 …

Donald Esley Winne, 92, of Three Rivers, died at 6:59 p.m., Aug. 3, 2010 at Elkhart Rehabilitation Center. Don was born in Bangor on Aug. 7, 1917 to Jesse Earl and Mabel (Kirby) Winne, graduated from Bloomingdale High School, went to college at Ball State and Western Michigan, and finished his college work at Taylor University. Don married Margaret E. …

Dominic Dwayne Cannon, 5, the beloved son of Gary Dwayne and Rikki Louise (Everett) Cannon, passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2010 after a tragic car accident. He was born Sept. 8, 2004 in Tallahassee, Fla. Dominic leaves behind his parents; two sisters, Kelly, 11, and Lily, 9; a brother, Jayden, 6; grandparents, Shelley (Salisbury) Cannon, Jerry Neel, and Mable …

Garth A. Klett, age 78, of Constantine, passed away Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at the VA Ann Arbor Health Care System. He was born in White Pigeon, MI on November 19, 1931, the son of  Wilbur and Fannie (Woods) Klett. Garth graduated from Constantine High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and continued …

Joan L. “Nana” Milliman, 71, of Sturgis, passed away Saturday morning July 31, 2010, at Fairview Living Centre in Centreville. She was born March 20, 1939, in Sturgis, a daughter of the late Harrison and Viva (Waldron) Rippey. Nana had resided in the Sturgis area her whole life, and graduated from Burr Oak High School with the class of 1958. …

Judy Colleen (Boughton) Gianino passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Holy Rosary Extended Care in Miles City, Mont. Judy was born Oct. 10, 1944, in Sturgis, a daughter of Charles E. and Violet A. (Robbins) Boughton. Judy graduated from Sturgis High School and worked five years at Sturgis Hospital before moving to Ekalaka, Mon., in May 1969. In 1977, she moved …