Obituaries

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 …

Mrs. Sandra Lou Zimmerman, age 63, of Three Rivers, passed away suddenly on February 17, 2018 at her home.  She was born on June 23, 1954 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania the daughter of Amos and Doris (Faranbaugh) Anderson. Mrs. Zimmerman served her country in the U.S. Army as a P.F.C. from 1972 to 1973.  Following her tenure in the Army, Sandra worked …

David Lee King, 82, of Three Rivers, went to be with the Lord on February 19, 2018 at his home. He was born in Lansing on June 3, 1935, a son of Leo and Hilda (Shaffer) King. Dave graduated from Bloomingdale High School in 1954 and went on to complete one year of Bible School at Trinity College in Florida. …

Theresa I. Seelye, age 91, of Marcellus, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018. She was born September 14, 1926 the daughter of Leo C. and Sophia A (Fleckenstein) Wohlfert.  On April 12, 1947 in Marcellus she married Andrew F. Seelye who preceded her in death.’ Theresa was a bookkeeper in her younger years and was also known as Dr. Adams medical …

John Henry Wagner, Jr., age 101, died February 20, 2018 at Bowman House in Three Rivers. He was born in Goshen, Indiana on November 3, 1916 the son of John H. and Grace (Miller) Wagner. The family moved to Three Rivers in 1917. John became an Eagle Scout, and graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1934. He joined the …