Obituaries

Dennis N. Decker, age 74, of Leonidas, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at his home. Dennis was born on September 1, 1946 in Sturgis, a son to the late Glenn and Margaret (Snyder) Decker. Dennis attended Colon High School. He would spend the rest of his life living in the Colon area. On September 10, 1966 Dennis married Marsha …

Joseph Arthur Blanchard, age 82, of Sturgis, passed away Monday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Richmond Hill, Ga. He was born May 18, 1938, in Sturgis, a son of the late Alfred A. “Fred” and Naomi May (Boals) Blanchard. Joseph had been a resident of Sturgis most of his life, except for a couple of recent years living in Georgia. On …

On Saturday, February 6, 2021, MaryJean Donmyer passed from this life into glory to join her husband, Dwight, who had passed nearly 7 years prior. She leaves behind two children: Brad (Gwen) and Debby (Leonard); eleven grandchildren: Sarah (Jason), Chelsea (Trent), Hannah, Mariah, Meredith, Adam, Stacy (Jordan), Ryan (Jodi), Zack (Kim), Sara (Shaun), and Eric (Jen); and 14 great-grandchildren. MaryJean …

William Earl “Bill” Schrock, age 78, of Sturgis, passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. He was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Sturgis, a son of the late Miriam and Earl Schrock. Following his graduation from Bristol High School and working in southwest Michigan, in 1967 Bill and his wife at the time, Karen (married …

Charles Schrader, age 72, of Centreville, passed away unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2021, at his home. He was born Dec. 19, 1948, in Sturgis, a son of the late Charles A. and Oretta Caroline (Krontz) Schrader. Chuck lived most of his life in the Centreville area, where he was a graduate of Centreville High School with the class of …

Sharon L. Myers, age 85, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at her home. She was born May 13, 1935, in LaGrange, a daughter of the late William O. and Reva K. (Williams) Brown. Sharon had been employed at Sturgis, Coldwater, Goshen and LaGrange hospitals over the years in the medical records department. She was an active member …

Karen “Mickey” M. Carling, age 68, of Sturgis, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 at her home. She was born May 21, 1952 in Sewickley, PA. She was a daughter to the late James and Evelyn (MCCoy) Gilligan. Karen has been a resident of Southwest Michigan most of her adult life moving here from Wireton, PA. She received her Associate’s …

Cynthia L. Arter, age 62, of Constantine, passed away on Friday, February 5, 2021 at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born in Elkhart on June 16, 1958, a daughter of Charles and Geraldine (Akin) Anglemyer, Jr.  Cynthia attended Centreville and Constantine Schools. On December 15, 1990, she married Brian E. Arter in Jones. Cynthia enjoyed crochet, and crafting. …

Rev. Lawrence M. Green, age 85, of Sturgis, passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born Nov. 10, 1935 at home in Harlan County, Kentucky a son to the late Oley and Ruth (Frith) Green. Rev. Green has been a resident of Sturgis since 1989 moving here from Jackson, MI. On August …

Sallie L. Channey, age 81, of rural Three Rivers, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. She was born in Alpine, Alabama on April 10, 1939 one of nine children born to Joseph and Josephine (Wiley) Bowman. She was married to Rev. Luther D. Channey, Jr. on Nov. 23, 1957. They moved to this area in …