Obituaries

Darren Robert Shepard, age 29, died on Thursday, June 11, 2015. In accordance with family wishes cremation will be conducted and memorial services will be held at a later date

Linda D. Blentlinger, age 70, of Three Rivers, MI passed away Friday, June 12, 2015. She was born May 11, 1945, the daughter of Lyle DeWayne and Laura May (Johnson) Neaman. On May 26, 1973 at Howardsville Christian Church she married LaVern Blentlinger who survives and they enjoyed their married life in Three Rivers. She was raised in Marcellus and …

  Lloyd Burton Calloway, age 70, of Three Rivers passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at home. He was born in Deming, NM on November 21, 1944 the son of Lloyd and Myrtle (Weston) Calloway. In accordance with family wishes cremation was conducted and private graveside services will be held at a later date.

Karla A. Harvey, 66, of White Pigeon, Mich., died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Donations may be directed to Disabled American Veterans or St. Clare ofMantefaleo of Detroit. Arrangements were handled by the Farrand Funeral Home of White Pigeon.

Sara Louise (Sutherland) Smith, age 51, of Constantine, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2015 at her home. She was born in Three Rivers on March 2, 1964. Sara graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1982. She loved flowers, birdwatching, and was a Green Bay Packers fan. Surviving Sara are her parents Gary Sutherland of Elkhart and Carolyn Wagner Smith of Jones, daughters …

Wilbur L. Shingledecker, age 73, of Marcellus, MI went to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Rose Arbor Hospice. He was born April 16, 1942 in Three Rivers, MI, the son of Harold and Florence (Burch) Shingledecker. Wilbur graduated from Marcellus High School in 1960. He went to work in August of that year and …

Mary E. Todd, 74, of White Pigeon, Mich., died Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers. She was born Aug. 31, 1940, in White Pigeon, the daughter of Frank and Ellen (Messner) Todd. She lived all of her life in White Pigeon and was a White Pigeon High School graduate. She was employed at The …

Alyona Alexandra Springer, 20, of Three Rivers, died Friday morning, after a pedestrian accident on U.S. 131 near Three Rivers. A native of Russia, she was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, on July 30, 1994, to Alexandra Melinichenko. After her birth mother’s death, Alyona and her older sister Darya “Dasha” Springer spent their early years in Orphanage #59, Krasnoyarsk. Alyona and …

Iola M. Mesler, age 73, of Colon, passed away June 4, 2015, at her home, surrounded by her family, after a hard fought 11-month battle with cancer. Iola was born Oct. 19, 1941, in Plattsburgh, N.Y., a daughter of the late Charlotte Patnode and Everest Woodward. On Jan. 10, 1957, she married Wallace L. J. Mesler and they spent 58 …

Michael I. Perry, age 17, of Sturgis, was surrounded by his loving family at their home Wednesday morning, June 3, 2015, when he was called to heaven following a long, courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 22, 1998, in Sturgis, a son of Lewis and Karen (Miller) Perry. Michael was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a member of …