Obituaries

Pauline A. Oxender, 93, of Howe, Ind., died Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at Life Care Center of LaGrange, Ind. She was born May 20, 1924, in White Pigeon, to Albert and Ester R. (Quick) Warren. Pauline was a graduate of White Pigeon High School. She worked at Sealed Power from 1963 until her retirement in 1986. She was a member …

Elizabeth Helen (Betty) Lambertson passed away at the age of 100 on Monday, February 19, 2018 at her home in Three Rivers.  She was born in Three Rivers to Adam and Margaret Armstrong. Betty attended schools in Three Rivers, The Southern Seminary in Virginia, and she graduated from the University of Michigan where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. On May 9, 1942, she …

Michael E. Eash, age 62, of Burr Oak, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, following a lengthy illness. He was born March 29, 1955, at Sturgis Hospital, a son of John and Erma (Haarer) Eash. Michael joined his father in the family business at Eash Quality Feeds. After several years of working at the …

Alicia “Missy” English (McCally), age 56, of Kalamazoo, formerly of Three Rivers, passed away following a courageous battle with cancer over the last seven years at the Rose Arbor Hospice Residence on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 surrounded by her loving family.  She was born in Lexington, KY, the daughter of Walton James and Janice (Blough) McCally. Missy has been a long …

Forrest Richard Bower, age 91, formerly of Sturgis and Mendon, died on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Centreville. He was born in Nottawa on March 30, 1926 the son of Kearold G. and May S. (Eshleman) Bower. Forrest was employed by the Kirsch Company in Sturgis for over 30 years. He was an animal lover, …

Colin James Currier, age 24, of Burr Oak, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at Sturgis Hospital. He was born July 8, 1993, in Sturgis, a son of Dennis and Kathy Currier and Erica (Draper) Witte. Colin was a resident of Burr Oak all his life and graduated from Burr Oak High School with the class of 2012. He was …

Earl B. Bordner, age 100, of Sturgis, passed away Monday morning, February 19, 2018 at his home. He was born May 27, 1917 in Fawn River Township, Michigan son of the late Ralph and Viola (Evert) Bordner. Earl was a lifelong Fawn River Township resident. On May 6, 1939 he married Amy Anderson in South Bend. She died in 1984. …

Eugene LeRoy Proctor, age 78, of Elkhart, passed to his rest Feb. 16, 2018, at Elkhart General Hospital, after a brief illness. He was born March 28, 1939, in St. Joseph County, Mich., a son of Roy William and Lucille (Coon) Proctor. He had lived in the Michiana area all his life. He served in the U.S. Army from 1961- …

David Michael Burr Jr., age 72, of Three Rivers, passed away Saturday, February 10th, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 18th, 1945 in Vicksburg, son of the late David M. Burr Sr. and Eleanor Weinberg. After graduation from Vicksburg High School in 1964 David went to serve his country honorably in the Marine Corp …

Annette Patricia Ashby, 72, died peacefully at Maltz House of Montefiore on Feb. 16, 2018 after a yearlong battle with metastatic melanoma. Annette was born in Detroit, to Marceline and John Ashby on June 27, 1945. She graduated from St. Paul’s High School in Grosse Pointe, and then received a Bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University. She went on to …