Obituaries

Linda Nel Lee Hochstetler, age 65, of Constantine, passed away Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 in Middlebury, Indiana. She was born in Wolf Lake, Indiana on April 11, 1948, a daughter of Carl and Glema (Preston) Hochstetler. Linda worked as a waitress at Middlebury Hills Restaurant in Middlebury. She graduated from Centreville High School in 1966. Linda loved animals, especially horses, …

Louise M. Norton, 75, of Colon, passed away Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at Thurston Woods in Sturgis. Louise was born Aug. 17, 1937, in Sturgis, a daughter to the late Jacob and Elsie (Kime) Baker. She had made her home in St. Joseph County most all of her life, where she had worked for the former Union Products Company of Sturgis, …

Ronald Dale Hochstetler, age 64, of Constantine, passed away Thursday, August 1st, 2013 at Three Rivers Health. He was born in Three Rivers November 11, 1948, a son of Donald and Martha (Garrett) Hochstetler. Ron graduated from Constantine High School in 1966 and received an associates degree in business after attending Albion and Glen Oaks. On July 21, 1967 he …

Jean Ann (Jeannie) Bright, age 78, of  Sturgis, passed away Friday, August 2nd, 2013 at her home. She was born in Hillsdale, MI on August 2, 1935, a daughter of Carl and Katherine (Mohoney) Kamhout. Jeannie graduated from Grand Haven High School in 1953. She worked at Sturgis Molded Products for many years and operated a day care for 14 …

John Ronald Rupert, age 57, of Sturgis, Michigan passed away Saturday morning August 3, 2013 at his home. He was born December 4, 1955 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky son of Jack and Julie (Coleman) Rupert. John was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1974. He was employed by Viking Trailers in …

Luella Mae Getzloff, age 88, of Sturgis, Michigan passed away Thursday morning August 1, 2013 at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born April 9, 1925 in South Dakota daughter of the late Raymond and Jane Salvage. Mrs. Getzloff resided most of her life in Sturgis. On December 31, 1963 she married Charles G. Getzloff, Sr. He died December …

Betty Eilene Greashaw, age 93, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at her home. She was born Aug. 18, 1919, in St. Joseph County, a daughter to the late Leon and Sarah (Ultz) Decker. Betty had been a resident of Sturgis for 49 years before moving to Findley in 1991. She moved back to Sturgis in 2007 to …

Phyllis Pauline (Stauffer) Jones, age 54, passed away at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, on Tuesday morning, July 30, 2013. She was born in Sturgis, Michigan, on August 16, 1958 to Henry and Bertha (Bontrager) Stauffer, of Centreville, Michigan, who survive. She married Roger DeVan Jones, of Portage, Michigan, on Sept 26, 1981. He also survives. She is survived by …

Donald John Bohm, age 66, of Beachwood, NJ passed away Sunday July 28, 2013 at home in the company of family and loved ones. He was born in Sturgis, MI on Sep. 26, 1946 the son of the late Donald Leroy Bohm and Myrtle Frances (nee Bastar) Bohm, and was the elder brother to the late Dale Edward Bohm of …

Tom Douglas Quake, Sr., 71, took his final road trip Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Kankakee, Ill. We cannot count all the friends he made in his 3.5 million miles of road travel in his lifetime. Everyone wanted to sit next to Tom as he always had an enjoyable story to tell. Tom spent many years in different cities including …