Obituaries

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, …

Richard Lynn Cline I, age 48, of Three Rivers, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2010, at his home. He was born on July 19, 1961, in Kalamazoo, a son of John Edward Cline and Pauline (Crawford) Kline.Richard graduated with the class of 1979 from Three Rivers High School. He worked for many years as a commercial and residential painter …

Bonita Leeth-Carr, 79, of Sturgis, Michigan passed away Saturday morning March 20, 2010 at the Goshen General Hospital in Goshen, Indiana. She was born May 27, 1930 on a farm North of Mottville, Michigan a daughter to the late Harry and Helen (Lintz) Corner. Bonita had resided in the Sturgis and White Pigeon area most of her life and enjoyed 13 …

Richard Lee “Dick” Large, 85, of Sturgis, Mich., passed away Thursday evening, March 18, 2010, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born June 29, 1924, in Kalamazoo, Mich., a son to the late Clair and Elsie (Noel) Large. Dick was a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1942 and had resided his entire life in …