Obituaries

William Lee Richards, age 40, of Elkhart, Ind., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at his home. He was born June 6, 1970, in San Diego, a son of Ronald and Karen (Holtz) Richards. Bill had resided in the Elkhart and Bristol, Ind., area for the past six years. On March 10, 1992, he married Linda Rhea Soper in LaGrange, …

Khloe Kerieana Tuttle, age 6 months, 19 days, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at Mott’s Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. She was born May 12, 2010, in Kalamazoo, a daughter of Anthony and Janyn (Meek) Tuttle, who survive along with a brother, Nicholas Tuttle, and grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by …

Marie Louise Rose, age 64 of Sturgis, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 at her home. She was born June 22, 1946, a daughter of the late Joseph and Elsie (Arnold) Rose. She was a homemaker, and for several years was her mother’s primary caregiver. Marie enjoyed watching television, knitting, attending the St. Joseph County Grange Fair, shopping and …

Janet Marie Downer, 71, of Three Rivers, passed away on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 at Three Rivers Health. Janet was born on Sept. 8, 1939 in Three Rivers, the daughter of Lyle and Verna (Baldwin) Welburn. Janet has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a life member of the Three Rivers Eagles 2303 where she served as …

Shane A. Bringman, 49, of Constantine, and formerly of Kalamazoo, died Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, in White Pigeon, after an extended illness. He was born March 6, 1961, in Three Rivers, a son of Joseph and Harriet (Bowen) Bringman. He was a graduate of Mendon High School. He had been a resident of the Kalamazoo area most of his life. He had …

John D. Krieg, age 91, of Sturgis, went to be with his Lord early Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at Sturgis Hospital. He was born Sept. 5, 1919, in Huntington, Ind., a son of the late Fred P. and Rena Ada (Andrews) Krieg. John retired from General Motors in 1979, after working for 31 years and four months as a foreman. …

Steven John Smith, 42, of Sturgis, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, at his home. He was born Jan. 10, 1968, in Elkhart, Ind., a son of David and Diane (Dozois) Smith. Steve had resided in Sturgis for the past four years coming from LaGrange, Ind., where he graduated from Lakeland High School with the class of 1986. He …

Joan Ellen Harker, age 50, of Sturgis, passed away unexpectedly Sunday morning, Nov. 28, 2010, at Sturgis Hospital. She was born Nov. 9, 1960, in Sturgis, Mich., a daughter of the late Robert and Joan Barbara (Kerr) Farber. Joan had resided in the Colon and Sturgis area her whole life and graduated from Colon High School with the class of …

Elsie H. Yoder, age 93, formerly of Sturgis, passed away, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at Fairview Nursing and Rehabilitation Community in Centreville. Elsie was born Jan. 2, 1917, in South Chicago, Ill., a daughter to the late Ernst and Emma (Milbrandt) Willman. Elsie married Manasses Yoder in April of 1955. He preceded her in death on Sept. 13, 1991. Elsie …

Frances J. Miller, 88, of White Pigeon, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo suddenly of natural causes. She was born in Three Rivers on May 7, 1922 the daughter of William and Clara (Noles) Stuebgen, and resided in White Pigeon and the Three Rivers area of St. Joseph County all of her life. She graduated …