Obituaries

Lee B. Crampton, 84, of Concord, Calif., died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Concord of natural causes. He was born Sept. 14, 1927, in White Pigeon Township, to Carl V. and Edna B. (Barnes) Crampton. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had lived in California since 1973, 32 years in Concord. On July 6, 1952, he married Gloria …

Kenneth Eugene Newton Sr., age 53, of rural Three Rivers, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at his home, following a long illness. He was born May 11, 1958, in Manila, Ark., a son of James and Mildred (Keith) Newton. In 1966, the family came to Michigan, where he graduated from St. Joseph High School. Ken had resided in the Three …

Linda Jean Cunningham, age 50, of Sturgis, passed away Thursday evening, Dec. 15, 2011, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born Sept. 16, 1961, in Mount Clemens, a daughter of Paul William and Patricia (June (Dean) Bellaire. Linda had resided in Sturgis since 1979, coming from England. For the past nine years, she had been employed at the …

John R. Harvey, 74, of Three Rivers, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 at his home following a long illness. He was born in Three Rivers on Oct. 24, 1937 the son of the late Ruel B. and Margaret E. (Reid) Harvey, and had been an area resident his entire life. John served in the U.S Air Force before returning to …

Wanda June Cross, age 79, of Sturgis, Michigan passed away Friday morning, December 16, 2011 at her home. She was born June 3, 1932 in Burr Oak, Michigan a daughter of the late Orlo and Dorothy (Hackman) Stroup. Wanda was a lifelong Sturgis and Burr Oak area resident. In 1977 she married Lawrence John Cross in Centreville, Michigan. Wanda had …

Janet Marie Williams, age 68, of Three Rivers, died Thursday Dec. 15, 2011 at her home. She was born in Three Rivers on April 12, 1943 the daughter of Lloyd and Ella M. (Bean) Swinehart and was a lifetime resident of Three Rivers. She graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1960. Janet had been employed as an accountant at …

Elizabeth McHuron, age 93, of Grand Rapids, and a former longtime Sturgis resident, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 15, 2011, at St. Mary’s Health Care in Grand Rapids.  She was born Sept. 28, 1918, in LaGrange County, Ind., a daughter of the late Guy and Beulah (Barnes) Sutton.  Mrs. McHuron moved to Grand Rapids in 2009 to be closer to …

John T. Pick, Sr., 93, of Kalamazoo, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 at Bronson Methodist Hospital with his family by his side. John was born in Kalamazoo on May 22, 1918, the son of the late Tjapko and Hendrika (Bosma) Pick. After graduating from Kalamazoo Central, he was drafted and became a pilot for the Army Air Corps …

Bonnie K. Green, 64, of Jones, formerly of Elkhart, Ind., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011 at Three Rivers Health. She was born May 9, 1947 in Elkhart, Ind. to William R. and Clara R. (Black) Macumber Sr. On April 5, 1968, she married Tom L. Green in Elkhart, Ind. and he survives. Other survivors include a son, Les …

Carolyn S. Watson, age 56, of Nottawa, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at her home. She was born Sept. 2, 1955, in Warsaw, Ind., a daughter of Richard A. and Anne L. (Marzke) Barnes. In 1977, Carolyn moved to White Pigeon from Pierceton, Ind., and had resided in Nottawa for a short time. She was employed by the White …