Obituaries

Elmer J. Detweiler, age 70, of Centreville, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Elmer was born on May 10, 1950 to John and Fanny (Mast) Detweiler. He was married to Clara Miller on September 18, 1970. In 1968 he moved to Paraguay with his parents, where he met Clara. This is where his passion for horses …

Robert “Bob” Eggleston, Sr., age 84, of Marcellus, passed away, Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at home surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born in Marcellus on July 29, 1936 to Frank and Nellie (White) Eggleston. On August 27, 1960 in Dowagiac, he married Rose Mary Krager, who survives him in death. Bob worked as a carpenter with his father …

Norma Jean Quirin, age 89, of Sturgis, passed away Thursday morning, December 24, 2020 at the Bowman Place in Three Rivers. She was born December 31, 1930 in Sturgis, daughter of the late Morse D. and Evealo (Bowers) Kanouse. Mrs. Quirin was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1949. On September …

Dr. Louis Joseph Blesch, Jr., DVM, age 88, of Sturgis, passed away Tuesday morning, December 22, 2020 at his home. He was born October 1, 1932 in Chicago, son of the late Louis Joseph and Madeline (Steir) Blesch. Dr. Blesch resided in the Sturgis area most of his life. In May of 1956 he married Joyce Ann Beyer. She preceded …

Martin (Marty) Gubecka, age 57, died on Monday, December 21, 2020.  He left us suddenly of a pulmonary embolism causing a full arrest of his heart. Leave it to our Marty to steal the show from a historic celestial event, he would get a good chuckle at that. He was born in Pancevo, Serbia (Former Yugoslavia) on October 9, 1963. …

Joan Ruth Brundige, age 87, died Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at her son’s home in Richland where she had resided the past 2 months. She was born in Mendon on September 21, 1933 the daughter of Carl and Florence Gay (White) Heiney and was a lifetime resident of Mendon. She graduated from Mendon High School with the class of 1951, …

Daniel L. Ringler, age 74, of South Haven, and formerly of Sturgis, passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at his home. Dan was born May 5, 1946, in Pilot Point, Texas, a son of Cecil and Mary (Sunday) Ringler, and had lived in the South Haven area for the past six years. He loved fishing, hunting, building fishing gear and …

Margaret Jean (Driskill) Nelson, age 90, of Fort Myers, Fla. & Sturgis, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 7, 1930 in Livingston County, Ky., the daughter of Bennett Cecil and Ruth (Sexton) Driskill. After the untimely death of her mother at the age of 22, Bennett remarried Lou Irene Driskill. Margaret …

Linda Jane Bowerman, age 62, of Three Rivers, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 at her home. She was born in Niles on Nov. 21, 1958 the daughter of Durell and Mary Jane (Huffman) Young, Jr.  She graduated from Cassopolis High School with the class of 1977, and later attended Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville. She has resided in Three …

Anthony Thomas Grasso, age 59, of Constantine, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at his home.  He was born in Elmhurst, IL on December 19, 1961, a son of Olindo and Pearl (Georgiou) Grasso.  He graduated from Willowbrook Community High School in Villa Park, IL in 1980, where he was member of the cross country team. After high school, …