Obituaries

Janice Ann Pagel, age 82, of Sturgis, passed away Saturday evening, December 26, 2020 at her home. She was born September 29, 1938 in Holland, Michigan daughter of the late James and Jeanette Walters. Janice resided in Sturgis for the past 5 years coming from Rodney, Michigan where she loved the 25 years she and her husband spent at their …

Frederick J “Freddie” Herrick Jr, age 40, of Constantine, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2020 at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born July 4, 1980 in Saginaw, a son of Frederick and Joan (Emmons) Herrick Sr. Freddie graduated from Constantine High School in 1999. He was a self employed tile setter working for Central Tile in …

Willard J Sutton, age 72, of White Pigeon, died on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at his home. He was born October 20, 1948 in Constantine, a son of Willard and Julia (Young) Sutton. Willard graduated from Constantine High School in 1966 and furthered his education in the tool & die industry. On February 14, 1986 he married Betty Mae Brown …

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 …