Obituaries

Iola June Holtz, age 94, of Cassopolis, died peacefully Sunday morning, May 1, 2016 in the presence and comfort of her family in Cass County Medical Care Facility in Cassopolis. She was born March 28, 1922 in Volinia, Michigan to Leon and Mollie (Hoffmeister) Rice. She married James Lorel Holtz December 9, 1944 in Penn Township, Michigan. After almost forty …

Charlotte May Nicholas, age 69, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016, at the home of her daughter Monica in Sturgis. She was born May 1, 1946, in Battle Creek, Mich., daughter of the late Clyde F. and Edna Charlotte (Morse) Whipple. Charlotte had resided in Sturgis for the past 38 years. She also lived in Union City …

Stanley L. Outman, age 89, of Leonidas, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born on the family farm in Leonidas on March 17, 1927 the son of Lloyd E. and Elda M. (Hagelgans) Outman and was lifetime resident of Leonidas. He attended the Leonidas Bible Church and was a veteran of the U.S. …

Wilma May Holtom, age 89, died on Thursday, April 28, 2016. In accordance with family wishes cremation has been conducted and interment of cremains will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 28, 2016  at Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home,.

Gladys M. (White) Shank Bohm, age 92, of Centreville, died on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born April 25, 1924 in Constantine a daughter of Raymond and Arzilla (Allen) White. She graduated from White Pigeon High School in 1942. Gladys worked for Scoville Manufacturing and Wade Electric during WW II making submarine explosives and …

Michael A. McClain, 64, of White Pigeon, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, following a one-week illness. He was born Aug. 9, 1951, in Three Rivers, a son of Clayton R. and Beverly J. (Young)McClain. He lived most of his life in the White Pigeon and Constantine area. He was a veteran of the U.S. …

Forrest Schmidtendorff, age 93, formerly of Constantine, died on Monday, April 25, 2016 at the Laurels of Fulton in Perrinton, MI. He was born October 31, 1922 in Cass County, a son of Clarence and Lena (Garwood) Schmidtendorff.  He graduated from Constantine High School and went on to serve in the U.S. Army. On July 9, 1943, he married Maxine Breece in …

Charles Jason Aublack, 46, Sturgis, died Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Casa Grande, Ariz. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Farrand Funeral Home in White Pigeon, where services will be at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in White Pigeon Township.

Leota M. Babb of Evart, MI passed away peacefully on Friday, April 22, 2016 at age 100. Born Leota Booher, she was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Peel Booher. Born and raised in Avondale, she was a graduate of Evart High School (1933), County Normal, and attended Western Michigan University. She taught in local rural schools. She married her …

Elsie L. Christensen, 6 days old, of Constantine, died on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Visitation will be from noon-2 p.m. Wednesday at the Three Rivers Christian Brotherhood Church. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Mottville Township Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by the Farrand Funeral Home of White Pigeon.