Obituaries

Burton Duane Jones, age 86, died on Friday, April 27, 2018. Arrangements are pending at Hohner Funeral Home.

Marylee Donovan, age, 79, died on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. In accordance with her wishes cremation was conducted and interment of cremains will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home.

V. Roberta “Bobbie” Krontz, age 81, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at Golden Living Center in Elkhart. She was born Feb. 6, 1937, in LaGrange, a daughter of the late Eugene and Helen (Deets) Roberts. Bobbie was a lifelong Sturgis resident. On May 8, 1976, she married Gordon Dale Krontz at First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis. Bobbie …

G. Richard “Dick” Himebaugh, age 95, of Burr Oak, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at Masonville Place in Coldwater. He was born Dec. 21, 1922, in Branch County, a son of the late Gero A. and Leona (Fennell) Himebaugh. Dick was a lifelong Branch County resident and a graduate of Burr Oak High School with the class of 1940. …

Michael J Romig, age 66, of Milton Township in Niles, passed away late in the evening Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in the comfort of his own home. Michael was born September 9, 1951, in Three Rivers, the son of Eugene F. Romig and Emma M. (McKenzie) Romig. Michael was previously married to Lori Romig. On May 19, 2006 he married …

W. Quinn Kelly, age 86, of Klinger Lake, died on Monday, April 23, 2018, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born Oct. 7, 1931, in Evanston, Ill., a son of Walter D. and Ruth Mary (Quinn) Kelly. Quinn was a bank trust officer who retired from Greenleaf Trust. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Richard …

Mr. Gilbert Wayne Timm, age 78, of Three Rivers, passed away peacefully at his home on March 6, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August 17, 1939 in Three Rivers, the son of the late Gilbert Henry and Madelyn Louise (Leister) Timm. Wayne’s childhood was spent on the family farm and it became his first love. …

Brook T. Willis, age 54, of Mottville Township, White Pigeon, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Memorial Hospital in South Bend following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 18, 1964, a son of John and Lucille Willis. He had been a resident of the Mottville area for the past five years, coming from Constantine and Middleburg. He was employed …

James T. Andrews, age 84, of Sturgis, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018, at his home. He was born Sept. 15, 1933, in Sturgis, a son of the late Thurman “Speck” and Ruth (Woodruff) Andrews. Jim was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1952. On April 27, 1955, he married Evelyn …

Betty Lou Thompson (Clark) Garn, age 97, was born December 27, 1920 in Buchanan, Michigan, and died April 10, 2018 in San Diego, California. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Thompson and Pleasant Smith Burge, Stepfather, Kenneth R. Burge, husbands, Richard H. Strong, James L. Clark, Jr., and Edward A. Garn, sisters, Barbara Ann Thompson Ward and Audrey …