Obituaries

Don B. King, age 80, of Sherwood, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2010, at his home, after an extended illness. Don was born Feb. 14, 1930, in Fulton, New York, a son to the late Charles Fluett and Grace (Wilcox) King. He had lived all of his life in Sherwood graduating from Colon High School. He then served in the …

Mary Ellen Iobe, age 68 of Leonidas, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo following a long illness. She was born in Sturgis on March 17, 1942, the daughter of Maurice and Stella (Sosinski) Condon. Mary attended Holy Angels Elementary and graduated from Sturgis High School in 1960. She graduated from Kellogg Community College School of …

Dorothy Marie Stiver, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2010, at the Three Rivers Health Hospice Suite. She was born Sept. 25, 1925, in Lockport Township, a daughter of John William and Josephine Jennie (Hasbrouck) Bolender. On Feb. 9, 1946, she married Paul Stiver in Centreville. He preceded her in death Dec. 26, 2000. Dorothy was a lifelong homemaker and operated …

Domonic Barberis Jr., 73, of Colon, died March 23, 2010, at his home, following an extended illness. He was born April 8,1936, in White Pigeon, a son of Domonic and Gleda (Willis) Barberis Sr. He lived a brief time in Colon and Leesburg, Fla., for 24 years, coming from White Pigeon. He graduated from White Pigeon High School in 1954 and …

Patricia Wiley Shafer, 72, of Three Rivers, went to return to her God on Friday, March 26, 2010 at the Borgess-Pipp Hospital in Plainwell. She was born in San Diego, Calif., on May 10, 1937 the daughter of Edward B. “Boppy” and Lillie May (Pearson) Wiley. Mrs. Shafer has been a long time resident of this area. She was of …

Dorothy Marie Stiver, age 84, of Constantine passed away Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at the Three Rivers Health Hospice Suite. She was born in Lockport Township, on September 25, 1925, a daughter of John William and Josephine Jennie (Hasbrouck) Bolender. On February 9, 1946 she married Paul Stiver in Centreville. He preceded her in death December 26, 2000. Dorothy was …

Robert A. “Bob” Recher, 85, of Mason and formerly of Three Rivers, passed away March 12, 2010. Bob was born March 1, 1925 the son of John M. and Mildred Recher. He was married in June of 1946 to Eunice Dowden, who survives along with five children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, John …

Gary Alan Layne, 58, passed away suddenly on Feb. 16, 2010. He was born on June 26, 1951 in Kalamazoo. Gary was employed at American Axle and Manufacturing for several years. He and his wife, Marilyn, and son Mark moved to Arkansas in 2008. Gary was a cancer survivor for nine years. He was preceded in death by his wife, …

David William Jordan, age 79, of Sturgis, passed away early Wednesday morning, March 24, 2010, at his home. He was born Sept. 24, 1930, in Sturgis, a son of the late Harold “Sam” and Roberta (Radley) Jordan. David was a lifelong Sturgis resident and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1948. He and Geri enjoyed 12 …

Ellen J. ‘Polly’ Raudman, age 92 of Sturgis, passed away Wednesday morning at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. She was born Sept. 10, 1917, in Ardmore, Okla., a daughter of the late Roscoe and Mary (Carr) Palmer. Polly had resided nearly her whole life in Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis High School with the class of 1935. On March 2, 1943, …