Obituaries

David R Hibbs, age 73, of Three Rivers, died on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Arrangements by Farrand Funeral Home.

Stanley Eugene Coats passed away December 29th, 2021 at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazo. He was born December 4th, 1943 at St. Joseph Hospital in Vassar, MI to parents, Isabelle Hanks and Clifford H. Coats. Stan was the youngest of fourteen children and graduated from Millington High. He joined the United States Air Force at age eighteen, completed training in Texas …

John A. Garcia, age 69, of Three Rivers, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Ascension Borgess Hospital. He was born December 14, 1952 in Harlingen, Texas, the son of Merced and Alicia (Parra) Garcia. The family came to Centreville in 1965, then moved to Three Rivers where he graduated with the Class of 1971. After high school John worked …

Constance K. Collins, age 75, of Three Rivers, passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at Borgess Hospital of Kalamazoo. She was born in Three Rivers on Nov. 8, 1946, the daughter of Roscoe and Joyce (Bitner) Longenecker. Constance attended Three Rivers High School. On Nov. 12, 1963, Constance was united in marriage to Larry Collins. She worked at Lasco and …

David Scott Deam, age 63, of Sturgis, passed away Monday afternoon, January 10, 2022 at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born January 27, 1958 in Sturgis, son of Vern and Roberta (Combs) Saddison. Dave was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1977. On August 25, 1984 he married Kim …

Donald A Shank, age 80, died on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Spectrum Rehab in Grand Rapids surrounded by his Family and wife of 60 years following an extended illness. He was born on January 7, 1942 in Elkhart, the Son of Donald N and Fern (Bartmess) Shank. Resident of Grand Rapids since April 2021 coming from White Pigeon where …

Robert Michael Colpetzer, 76 years old of Rocky Top, TN passed away peacefully on Dec. 27, 2021. He was born Sept. 5, 1945 to Edward and Margaret (Morning) Colpetzer in Constantine. He graduated from Centreville High School in 1963 and attended Western Michigan University. After graduating in 1968 with a Masters Degree in Industrial Education, he moved to Waukegan, IL …

Randy Lee Swift, age 61, died on Sunday, January 9, 2022 in Three Rivers. In accordance with family wishes, cremation will be conducted, and no public services will be held at this time. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home.

James Edward Foley passed away at age 33 on Sunday, January 9, 2022. He was born with Down Syndrome and was a joy-filled young man. His charisma meant no one was a stranger. He loved Jesus, people and parties. He was always a party waiting to happen. He participated in St. Joseph County Special Olympics for many years. But his …

Richard W. Mikolajczyk, age 95, of Leonidas, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 9, 2022 in Leonidas. Richard was born in Mishawaka on October 5, 1926, a son to the late John and Bernice (Arndt) Mikolajczyk. Richard’s family moved to Leonidas to their family farm when he was 11. He attended the Factoryville one room school house until the 8th …