Obituaries

G. John Fisher, 67, of Constantine, passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness. Arrangements by Hohner Funeral Home.

Aaron Todd McCausland, 42, of Constantine, passed away Friday, March 26, 2010. He was born June 22, 1967, in Beloit, Wis., a son of Bill and Martha (Lynch) McCausland. He graduated in 1985 from Northwood High School in Nappanee, Ind. In May 1992, he married Sandy Bambrick in Bristol, Ind. He had worked in maintenance at the White Pigeon Paper …

Allen J. Beebe, age 79, of Portage, and formerly of Mendon, died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at his home. The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Eickhoff Funeral Home in Mendon, where a scripture service will be held at 6:30 p.m. The funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic …

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 …