Obituaries

Thomas G. Black, age 4, died Jan. 3, 2018, in Florida. Graveside services and burial of cremains will held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018, at White Pigeon Township Cemetery. Arrangements are by Farrand Funeral Home in White Pigeon.

Clarence J. Nowakowski, age 90, of Schoolcraft and formerly of Portage, passed away at home on Sunday, March 18, 2018, with family at his side. Clarence was born in Chicago, Ill., on Jan. 8, 1928, the son of the late Joseph and Jennie (Novak) Nowakowski. He enlisted in the Navy and served our country with honor. After being discharged he …

Audrey Phyllis Truckey, age 78, died on Saturday, March 17, 2018. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until time of scripture services beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Hohner Funeral Home.

John Allan Weaver, age 86, of White Pigeon, died Saturday, March 17, 2018, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis, following a short illness. He was born in Sturgis, the son of John A. and Elizabeth I. (Watson) Weaver Sr. He was a resident of White Pigeon since 2008, coming from Sturgis. He had also lived in Edwardsburg, Gastonia, NC and …

Lillian Mae Farr, age 72, of Sturgis, died Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Thurston Woods in Sturgis. She was born in Battle Creek on July 14, 1945 the daughter of Howard Carlton Long and Irene J. (Woodworth) Long. Lillian attended Colon Schools. She was married to Raymond J. Farr on Jan. 4, 1964 in East Leroy, MI. They resided in …

Daniel Lee Davis, age 68, of White Pigeon, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Kairos Dwelling in Kalamazoo. He was born in Napoleon, OH on June 11, 1949, a son of Normal and Beulah (Durham) Davis. Dan graduated from Napoleon High School  in 1967. On November 18, 1988, he married Vicki Reiff in Napannee. Dan worked at Shadow …

Charles E. Hemminger, age 70, of Three Rivers, formerly of Burr Oak and Allegan County, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers. Chuck was born in South Bend on October 25, 1947, a son of Alfred and Dorothy (Dittman) Hemminger. He attended Plainwell Public Schools. In June of 1989, he married Sally …

James W. Rodman, age 85, of Sturgis, passed away late Thursday evening, March 15, 2018, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born Sept. 14, 1932, in Marion, Ind., son of the late Earl and Lillian (Piner) Rodman. James resided in Sturgis since 1980 coming from Florida. On May 9, 1964, he married Sandra Sue Bright in Jonesboro, Ind. …

Robert W. Kramer, 81, of White Pigeon, died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at his home. He was born July 24, 1936, in White Pigeon, the son of Claude and Vera (Stanner) Kramer. He was a White Pigeon resident all his life and a White Pigeon High School graduate. He retired from the White Pigeon Paper Mill after 50 years. He …

Kenneth J. “Joe” Rowe, 61, of Dowagiac, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at his home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2018, at Clark Chapel, 405 Center St., Dowagiac. Burial will follow at Indian Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 11 a.m. to …