Obituaries

Lillie Mae Kelly, age 83, of Fountain Inn, S.C., made her final journey to be united with her Lord and Savior on May 31, 2010.  Lillie lived in Centreville for 19 years before moving to South Carolina in January 2010.  She leaves behind her four loving daughters, Jean (DaWayne) Heath of Portage., Joan (Robert) Kelley of Sturgis, Patricia (Robert) Eikmeier …

Jamie Joe Green, age 35 of Colon, died Monday of natural causes at his home. He was born Oct. 28, 1974, in Coldwater, a son of Joddie and Terry (Shultz) Green, and was a lifetime resident of the Colon area. For the past 15 years, Jamie had been employed at Vanguard LLC in Colon. In his spare time, he enjoyed …

Herman Thompson Jr., 80, of Sturgis, passed away Friday evening, May 28, 2010, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born May 21, 1930, a son of the late Herman and Pearl (Washburn) Thompson. Herman’s early life was lived in Burr Oak, where he graduated from Burr Oak High School. He had resided for several years in Florida and …

Services for David Davenport, age 28 of Bronson, who died May 20, 2010 in California will be held 4 p.m. Sunday, May 30, 2010 at the Pleasant Hill Missionary Church, 866 Pleasant Hill Rd., Bronson, MI 49028. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. until service time at the church. Memorials will be directed to the David Davenport Scholarship …

Susan Alice Steffey, age 71 of Mendon, died Friday May 28, 2010 at her home. She was born in Grosse Pointe, MI on Aug. 1, 1938 the daughter of Ivan and Marjorie (Gooch) Misener. She graduated from Pontiac High School in 1956. She was married to Herbert Steffey on Sep. 11, 1959 in Pontiac. They continued to reside in suburban …

Cornelius J. “Neal” Bontrager, 72, of 68884 Fairview Drive, White Pigeon, died Tuesday, May 25, 2010, while fishing on Lake Wahbememe. He was born Oct. 26, 1937, in Centreville, a son of John and Elizabeth (Mullett) Bontrager. He had been a resident of the White Pigeon area since 1991, coming from Edwardsburg. On July 29, 1973, he married Betty M. (McClain) Oswalt in Elkhart, …

Scott Brennan Kerchner, 62, of Carolina Shores, N.C., died Tuesday, May 25, 2010. in the Brunswick Community Hospital. Born on April 28, 1948, in Sturgis, Mich., a son of James Kerchner and the late Barbara Brennan Kerchner. In addition to his mother, he was predeceased by his step-brother, Lee Lahmeyer. He retired from IBM and was currently a broker/real estate …

Geneva E. Roberts, 87, of Sturgis, passed away Monday evening, May 25, 2010, at the Sturgis Hospital emergency room. She was born July 9, 1922, in Litchfield, Ky., a daughter of the late Fletcher and Anna (Dennis) Mercer. Mrs. Roberts had resided in Sturgis since 1947. Her early childhood was spent in Kentucky. On Dec. 14, 1941, she married Eugene …

Eunice (Reed-Frederick) LeClair, age 98, of Sturgis, died late Monday, May 24, 2010, at Thurston Woods, where she had resided the past eight months. She was born Dec. 27, 1911, in Nappanee, Ind., a daughter of Grover C. and Elizabeth (Peppinger) Reed. Eunice was a homemaker who enjoyed baking for her family. She was a member of the Sturgis Church …

Antonette “Toni” Shank, 62, of Howe, Ind., died Monday, May 24, 2010, at Miller’s Merry Manor in LaGrange, Ind. Mrs. Shank moved from Norfolk, Va., to LaGrange County in October 1969. She was a homemaker and attained the second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Mrs. Shank was born Sept. 1, 1947, in Houston to Jerry and Marie (Gouras) Logaras. …