Obituaries

Frank Joseph Bulgarella, age 68, of Birmingham, Alabama, died August 21, 2004 after a valiant battle against cancer. He was reborn with Christ in Heaven 68 years to the date of his Earthly birth in Grand Rapids on August 21, 1936. Mr. Bulgarella was a graduate of Western Michigan University. He was the first general manager of WLKM in Three …

Roland W. Hay, age 67, died Feb. 13, 1992 at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. He was born Sept. 28, 1924, in Three Rivers, a son of Clarence and Alice M. (PIERCE) Hay. He attended Three Rivers High School graduating in 1943. He spent several years in Omaha, Neb., before returning to Three Rivers, where he was employed by Armstrong Machine …

Clarence Hay, age 96, formerly of 509 Constantine St., died Nov. 1, 1991 at the Three Rivers Manor. He was born Aug. 20, 1895 in Hurshtown, Ind., the son of James and Hannah J. (Hursh) Hay. He attended schools in that area and later moved to Three Rivers. On Oct. 10, 1917 he married Alice May Pierce in Centreville. She …

Florence Mae Heslet, age 90, East Clear Lake Road, Three Rivers, died November 21, 1990, at the Three Rivers Manor, following an extended illness. She was born Nov. 21, 1900, in St. Joseph County, a daughter of George and Rhoda (Arnold) Beidler. In July 1922, she married Harold Heslet. He died Nov. 11, 1990. She was a lifelong homemaker. Surviving …

Harold B. Heslet, age 88, East Clear Lake Road, Three Rivers, died Nov. 11, 1990, at Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, following a short illness. He was born May 17, 1902, in Vandalia, a son of Roy and Nora (BLODGETT) HESLET. In July 1922, he married Florence BEIDLER, in Three Rivers. He had been associated with an Oldsmobile agency in the …