Obituaries

Ricky L. Bolender, age 70, of Centreville, passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. He was born October 7, 1953 at Three Rivers Hospital, a son of Paul and Betty (Schrader) Bolender. He graduated from Centreville High School. During high school Rick worked as a gas station attendant for the old Shell gas station, downtown Centreville, and …

Lloyd Lee Rice, age 80, of Three Rivers, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2024 at his home. He was born October 5, 1943 in Olympia, Washington, the son of Wayne E. and Eva L. (Derry) Rice. Lloyd served his country in the United States Army and was a dedicated forklift driver at Weyerhaeuser for 40 years. He was a member …

Marjorie C. Carr, age 79, a lifelong resident of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 at Thurston Woods Village. She was born March 17, 1944 in Kalamazoo, a daughter to the late Theodore F. and Cecilia (Kulpinski) Urick. On June 22, 1963 in White Pigeon, she married Clifford Jay Carr. He preceded her in death in 1991. Marjorie was …

John Ray Melville, age 65, of Lugoff, South Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Born in Sturgis on May 4, 1958, he was the son of the late Warren “Pete” Charles Melville and Luella Scarlett Melville and the husband of 31 years to Felicia Ann Pritzen Melville. John was a US Army Veteran, retiring after 24 years of …

Paul Robert Zeeb, age 91, of Sturgis, passed away Monday afternoon, January 8, 2024 at his home. He was born at home in Sturgis on June 23, 1932 son of the late William and Anna M. (Wittel) Zeeb. Paul was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1950. On July 16, 1977 …

Carolyn Roberts Beardsley, age 75, of Sturgis, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at Avenue of Macedonia Skilled Nursing Facility in Macedonia, Ohio. She was born April 11, 1948 in Sturgis, daughter of the late Eugene and Geneva Roberts. Carol was a graduate of Sturgis High School class of 1966 and lived most of her life in Sturgis. She married …

Molly Marie Keithley, age 75, of Three Rivers, died Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.  She was born in Plainwell, Michigan on March 5, 1948 the daughter of Seth J. and Violet F. (Hunsberger) Newburry. She attended Marcellus High School.  She was a homemaker, and worked numerous outside jobs. In her spare time, she enjoyed word …

Ann Habley Felker, age 90, of Falls Church, Virginia and more recently Mendon, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2023. She was born in Chicago on January 28, 1933, the daughter of Charles Habley and Harriett (Church) Habley. She earned an undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan and a master’s degree from Virginia Tech. She married her beloved husband, Donald Felker, …

Mary Anna Matz, age 94, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday morning, January 7, 2024 at her home. She was born June 28, 1929 at the family home in South Bend, daughter of the late Albert and Bernice (Gable) Weiss. Mary resided in LaGrange since 1994, coming from Sturgis. On July 3, 1949 she married Phillip Henry Matz, Jr. in South …

Gary Lee Iobe, age 81, of Leonidas, died Monday, January 8, 2024 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo following a long illness. He was born in Leonidas on May 1, 1942 the son of Milo and Eva (Groth) Iobe, worked on the family farm as he grew up, and was a lifetime resident of Leonidas Township. Gary graduated from Colon …