Obituaries

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 …

Richard Edward Labadie, age 73, of Sturgis, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2018, at his home. He was born Feb. 9, 1945, in Wyandotte, Mich., son of the late John R. and Hilda (Hill) Labadie. Richard resided in Sturgis for the past 25 years coming from Marcellus and his early life was lived in the Detroit area. On Dec. 5, …

Roger J. Krugh, age 86, of Shipshewana, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at his home. Mr. Krugh was born Nov. 16, 1931, in LaGrange County, to Emmett R. and Grayce (Maone) Krugh. Living his lifetime in LaGrange County, he worked as a machinist at Ross Labs in Sturgis from 1955 until his retirement in 1990. Roger was a member of …

Vicki Bidelman Briggs, age 68, of Middlebury, passed away at 11:35 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at her residence. She had bravely fought cancer for one year. She was born on May 23, 1949 in Elkhart to George and Virginia (Sayles) Cole. Survivors include her husband, Bobby; three sons, Stephen (Eileen) Bidelman, Robert (Jessica) Bidelman all of Three Rivers, Scott …

JoAnn (Lung) Benton, age 70, of Sturgis, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 1, 2018, at her home. She was born June 11, 1947, in Sturgis, a daughter of the late DeLois “Bus” and Betty Jane (Jordan) Lung. JoAnn was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1965. On Aug. 17, 1968, …

Dyana Suzanne Higley, age 65, of Three Rivers, died Monday, April 30, 2018. She was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada on May 16, 1952 the daughter of Donald P. and Sheilah (Ryder) Wilder. She graduated from Arthur Voaden High School in St. Thomas and later from Fanschawe College in London, Ontario. She has been a permanent resident of the …