Obituaries

Betty D. Hunsberger, age 93, of Holly, and formerly of Sturgis, died Feb. 4, 2011. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Sturgis. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Feb. 22 at Dryer Funeral Home in Holly. Mrs. Hunsberger was born Jan. 12, 1918, in Bryant, Ind., a daughter of …

Earl J. Eicher, age 74, of rural Burr Oak, passed away, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, at his home, after an extended illness. Earl was born Jan. 2, 1937, in Burr Oak, a son of the late Joseph P. and Katherine (Kauffman) Eicher. Earl had lived in rural Burr Oak all his life. He graduated from Colon High School with the …

Mary Stahl, age 89, of Nottawa, and formerly of Sturgis, passed away Feb. 6, 2011, at Three Rivers Health Hospice. She was born Aug. 2, 1921, in St. Joseph County, a daughter of the late William S. and Lena G. (Sink) Confer. Mary has been a resident at Heartland Nursing Center in Three Rivers for a year and had previously …

Charles VanZile, age 91, of Sturgis, passed away Monday afternoon, Feb. 7, 2011, at Sturgis Hospital. He was born Dec. 2, 1919, in Sturgis, a son of the late Raymond and Hazel (Comadoll) VanZile. Mr. VanZile had resided in Sturgis since 1941, coming from Three Rivers, where he was a graduate of Three High School with the class of 1939. …

Gladys Leone Bowdish, 90, of Burr Oak, passed away Monday morning, Feb. 7, 2011, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born July 10, 1920, in Holland, a daughter of the late Thomas and Lillian (Parker) Good. Gladys had resided in Burr Oak for the past 62 years. Her early life was lived in Fawn River Township. In December …

James E. VonOlnhausen, 52, of Batavia, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, Ill. Mr. VonOlnhausen was born on Sept. 25, 1958, in Sturgis, to William E. and Trella M. (Howard) VonOlnhausen. He was a former software engineer for Lucent and was currently working for The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) in Carol Stream, Ill. He …

Charles R. Purcell, 57, of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday morning, Feb. 2, 2011, at the Elkhart Hospice House in Elkhart, Ind. He was born July 30, 1953, in Sturgis, a son of the late Charles E. and Marilyn Jane (Bronstetter) Purcell. Charles had resided most of his life in Sturgis and was a graduate of Sturgis High School with the …

Thomas Alan Frisbie, age 52, of Three Rivers, passed away Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, surrounded by his family in Kalamazoo, after a valorous 12-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was born Aug. 18, 1958, in Sturgis, the first child of James and Barbara (Hagelgans) Frisbie, and grew up in Colon. He graduated from Colon High School with the class of …

Debra Traci (Daugherty) Aumack, 46, of White Pigeon, passed away Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at her home following an extended battle with cancer. She was born Dec. 30, 1964, in Ypsilanti, a daughter of Fred and Sharon (Foster) Ellis. She was a high school graduate and attended Southwestern Michigan College. She had lived in the White Pigeon and Constantine area, coming from …

Cynthia Sue Case, age 51, of White Pigeon, passed away Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at the Community Health Center of Branch County in Coldwater. She was born April 1, 1959, in Fort Wayne, Ind., a daughter of the late Ben and Lillian (Barrand) Vest. On Jan. 15, 1983, she married John Case in Angola, Ind . Cynthia has resided in …