Obituaries

Gadie Mae (Meriwether) Bowden, 89, of Three Rivers, left this life on Aug. 6, 2010 at Riverview Manor Nursing Home, for a better life with her heavenly father. She was born Aug. 28, 1920 in Colp, Ill., the daughter of Pink and Mary Ella (Kyle) Meriwether. Gadie attended schools in Beloit, Wis., graduating from Beloit High School and two years …

David Leon Snow, 63, of Mendon, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 of natural causes. He was born in Kalamazoo on Feb. 12, 1947 the son of the late Leon and Rovenna “Anna” (Wilson) Snow, Jr. David attended Kalamazoo Central High School and performed maintenance work at several Kalamazoo area apartment complexes. He was an outdoorsman, and enjoyed hunting …

Thomas W. Young, age 92, of Sturgis, passed away Sunday morning, Aug. 8, 2010, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born Oct. 16, 1917, in East Rochester, N.Y., a son of the late Elijah and Mary (Kettler) Young. Tom had resided in Sturgis since 2006, coming from Akron, where he had lived for more than 40 years. He …

Ardyce Elizabeth Delly, age 86, of Sturgis, Mich.,passed away peacefully with her children at her bedside on Friday August 6, 2010, at Fairview Living Centre in Centreville, Mich., where she had been a resident since April. She was born July 21, 1924, in Denham, Minn., a daughter of the late Eskel and Hilma Anderson. Ardyce graduated from Willow River High …

Barbara J. Magnus, age 79, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away Friday morning, August 6, 2010, at the Heartland Health Care Center in Three Rivers, Mich. She was born April 29, 1931, in Sturgis, Mich., a daughter of the late Floyd and Ethel (Shelly) Trimm. Barbara was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class …

Roberta L. Rendfeld, age 80, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away early Sunday morning, Aug. 8, 2010, at her home. She was born June 1, 1930, in Harrisburg, Ill., a daughter of the late Clarence and Dorrice (Dowell) Mills. Mrs. Rendfeld had resided in Sturgis since 1957 coming from Chicago, Illinois. On July 8, 1950 she married Robert Rendfeld in Jonesboro, …

Henry “Hank” L. Keller, age 75, of Three Rivers, passed away early Sunday morning, Aug. 8, 2010, at the Heartland Health Care Center. Henry was born on Oct. 25, 1934 in Three Rivers, Mich., the son of Henry L. and Bessie B. (Kline) Keller Sr. Hank retired from the Fonda Company, formerly Continental Can Co. in 1996 after 38 years …

Frank R. Jones, age 48, of Three Rivers, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Monday Aug. 2, 2010, at his home. He was born in Three Rivers on Jan. 29, 1962, the son of Ismon and Ida (Bonannella) Jones and was a lifetime resident of the Mendon-Three Rivers area. He graduated form Mendon High School in 1980, and attended Glen …

Sherry A. Patterson, 46, of Round Lake Road, Burr Oak, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born Oct. 31, 1963, in South Bend, Ind., a daughter of William C. and Ann Patterson. Sherry was a Burr Oak resident the past four years, coming from Sturgis and Three Rivers. She enjoyed being a homemaker, …

Oneda Kathryn Chapman, 85, of Three Rivers, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 surrounded by her loving family at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. Oneda was born April 6, 1925 in White Cloud the daughter of Martin and Carolina (Schumacker) Hochstetler. She was born into the Amish religion and converted to the Mennonite religion in her later teenage years. She …