Obituaries

Patricia A. Mow, age 88, of Portage, and a former Sturgis resident, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, May 7, 2018, at the Borgess Medical Center emergency room in Kalamazoo. She was born May 6, 1930, in Fawn River Township, a daughter of the late George Porter and Loraine (Teal) Stauffer. Pat was raised by her mother and stepfather Loraine and Herman …

Mrs. Patricia Ann “Patty” Lakey-Frye, age 66, of Three Rivers, passed away tragically on Saturday, May 5, 2018. She was born on March 13, 1952 in Three Rivers, the beautiful daughter of Richard and Margaret (Luck) Lakey. Patty had been a lifelong resident of Three Rivers. She retired from Three Rivers Hospital after 20 years of service where Patty gained …

Duane Clifford Gross, age 74, of Centreville, went to be with the Lord in his eternal home Wednesday evening, ​May 9, 2008, surrounded by the love of his wife and family. Duane was born in Centreville at Fairview Hospital on November 30th, 1943 to Clifford and Winifred (Caseman) Gross. He was raised in Centreville and graduated from Centreville High School in 1963; marrying …

Martha W. Schulte, age 93, of Three Rivers, died on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Heartland Health Care in Three Rivers. She was born March 12, 1925 in Toll Cross, Scotland, the daughter of James and Martha (Lindsay) Watt. Martha graduated from Ithaca High School, New York in 1943 and continued her education at Rochester Business Institute. On May 10, 1952 …

Helen M. Quick, age 78, of Howe, IN, passed away Tuesday May 8, 2018, at her home. She was born Oct. 31, 1939, to Menno and Eva (Oxender) Christner in Elkhart, Ind. She married Garrett “”Wayne”” Quick on July 22, 1961. He survives. Helen was a graduate of the White Pigeon High School. She had worked at Sealed Power in …

Bruce Eugene Adams, age 60, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday evening, May 2, 2018, at his home. He was born Feb. 4, 1958, in Sturgis, a son of Ralph and Shirley (Notestine) Adams. Bruce was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1976. On May 6, 2000, he married Cindy Wetzel at …

Dorothy J. Wolf, age 88, of Lake Wales, Fla., and a longtime Sturgis resident, passed away Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at Winter Haven Hospital in Winter Haven, Fla. She was born Sept. 26, 1929, in Sturgis, the only child of the late Clarence and Margaret (Lytle) Bohyer. Dorothy resided in Sturgis from her birth until 2001, when she moved permanently …

Dorothy Arlene Bundy, age 74, of Middlebury, and a former longtime Sturgis resident, passed away Sunday morning, May 6, 2018, at her home. She was born Aug. 4, 1943, in Jackson, a daughter of the late Hubert James and Laura Marie (Stanley) Kelley. Dorothy resided most of her life in Sturgis until moving to Middlebury in 2015. On Oct. 15, …

Muriel Briody Nykun, age 96, of Three Rivers, passed away Saturday, May 5th, 2018 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. She was born September 12th, 1921 in Paterson, NJ at St. Joseph Hospital to Dr. Henry Edward and Edna Muriel Mason Briody. Muriel married John T. Nykun on June 18th, 1953 at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Clifton, NJ. Together they …

Lela Frances Reno, age 71, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 30, 2018 at Heartland Health Center. She was born on November 4, 1946 in Salem, Missouri, the daughter of the late James and Bernice (Peterson) Whitcomb. She grew up on a farm just outside of Benton Harbor after moving to Michigan with her family at the age of two …