Obituaries

Richard Vernon “Dick” Hagerty, 87, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 at Three Rivers Health of natural causes. Cremation has taken place as per his wishes. Born Nov. 21, 1924 to Vernon and Marguerita (Bates) Hagerty in Battle Creek and spent his childhood in Schoolcraft where he attended school until entering the US Navy as a Merchant Marine on March 8, …

Janice K. Marunde, 73, of Manistique and formerly of Three Rivers, passed away Nov. 2, 2011 at the Schoolcraft Medical Care Facility in Manistique. Janice was born on July 3, 1938 in Three Rivers and graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1956. From 1958-1977 Janice was married to Rolland Hackenberg of Three Rivers. They had three children together, Cindy …

Jessie Ott, age 92, of Sturgis, passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at Thurston Woods Village, where she had been a resident for six months.  She was born Nov. 19, 1919, in Petoskey, a daughter of the late James and Mae (Wilkinson) Houts. Jessie had been a resident of Sturgis most of her life. On Dec. 26, 1946, she married …

Marjorie M Hawkins, age 81, of Constantine, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born in Schoolcraft on April 19, 1930, a daughter of Leon and Cora (Barnell) Westphal. On April 5, 1952, she married Junior Hawkins in Sturgis. Marjorie was a bus driver for Constantine Public Schools for over 20 years. Marjorie …

Carolyn Mae (Peach) Matthews, 69, of Sturgis, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis following an extended illness. She was born May 28, 1942, in Elkhart, Ind., a daughter to Wallace and Dorothy (Eggleston) Vanhook. She lived in Sturgis for several years, coming from Coldwater, Mich. Most of her life was spent in St. Joseph County. In October …

Marjorie Ellen Holt, age 79, of Klinger Lake, passed away Saturday morning, Dec. 3, 2011, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 6, 1932, in Wolcottville, Ind., a daughter to the late Ferman and Angilia (Butler) Fiandt. On Jan. 31, 1953, in Hudson, Ind., she married John S. “Jack” Holt. He passed away May 9, 2005. …

Doris Belle Irwin, age 53, of Centreville, passed away Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 at her home. She was born in Three Rivers, MI on September 27, 1958,  a daughter of Kenneth and Doris (Kline) Lemley, Sr. Doris attended Centreville Schools and received her diploma from Sturgis Public Schools.  In March 1980 she married Richard Irwin in Three Rivers.  Doris worked as a …

Edna J. Wilcox, 52, of White Pigeon, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at Heartland Health Care in Three Rivers, following a sudden illness. She was born Sept. 8, 1959, in Elkhart, Ind., a daughter of Harold B. and Vivian L. (Whirledge) Jewell. She was a White Pigeon resident most of her life and was a homemaker. Surviving are her father, Harold …

Donald David Crabtree, age 54, of Mendon, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born May 10, 1957, in Three Rivers, a son of Joel and Margaret (Bubetz) Crabtree, and was a lifetime resident of the Mendon area. He graduated from Mendon High School in 1975. After an accident left him paralyzed 32 years …

Edna R. Bucknell, 87, of Marcellus, died at 4:0 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 at Tender Care Portage. She was born Aug. 18, 1924 in Evansville, Tenn. to Tom and Edna (Bunch) Collins. She married Owen J. Bucknell who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a son, Raymond Bucknell. Edna is survived by two …