Obituaries

Sue Ann Tilbury, age 78, of Constantine, passed away Monday, March 1, 2010 at her home. She was born in Three Rivers, on October 20, 1931, the daughter of Roy A. and Lois E. (Youells) Bernhardt. In 1949 Sue graduated from Three Rivers High School. She later met and fell in love with Kent L. Tilbury, whom she married on …

Owen J. Bucknell, 81, of Marcellus, passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 at Tendercare Portage. He was born May 3, 1928 in Nottawa the son of Owen and Gladys Bucknell; on Aug, 10, 1951 in Kalamazoo he married Edna Ruth (Collins) Smith. He was U.S. Navy veteran, and retired from Peterson Springs Inc. in Three Rivers where he was employed …

Joshua Ezekiel LeVan, 30 minutes old, of Mishawaka, Ind., died Feb. 28, 2010, at South Bend Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 28 2010, the son of Jonathan and Kristin (Worden) LeVan. Surviving are his parents; grandparents, Dr. Nelson and Glenda Worden of Bremen, Ind., and Gary and Gail LeVan of Constantine; great-grandfather, Floyd LeVan Jr. of Union; great-grandmother, Pauline Jones …

Catherine C. Kline, age 93, of Sturgis, passed away Feb.28, 2010, at Sturgis Hospital. She was born Dec. 26, 1916, in Sturgis, a daughter of the late Henry and Mamie (Crane) Akney, and had been a resident of Sturgis most of her life. On June 29, 1935, she married Walter R. Kline at Holy Angels Catholic Church. He passed away …

Marilyn Ruth Velie, age 80 of Mendon, died Tuesday March 2, 2010 at her home following a long illness. She was born in Sturgis on Jan. 18, 1930 the daughter of the late Walter and Marjorie (Brown) Fieberkorn. Marilyn graduated from Centreville High School with the class of 1948. She was married to Dale Velie in LaGrange, IN on Feb. …

Ronald “Ron” Lee Bernheisel, age 66, of Three Rivers, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2010 at Three Rivers Health following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 11, 1944 in Centreville, MI. the son of Delbert and Grace (Parker) Bernheisel. Ron attended Climax and Centreville Schools. Following school he was employed at Denton Mills, Wheel Campero, …

Roberta A. Cowham, age 89, of Carlsbad, N.M., formerly of Marcellus, passed away Friday evening, Feb. 26, 2010 in the Lakeview Christian Nursing Home in Carlsbad. She was born July 14, 1920 in Lawton, the daughter of Bert E. and Gertrude (Morford) Brody. On Feb. 7, 1947 in Kalamazoo she married Earl Eugene Cowham who preceded her in death on …

Jantina “Tina” Albright, age 75 of Mendon, died Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 at her home following a long illness. She was born in Chicago on Nov. 21, 1931 the daughter of Garmt and Henrietta (Vienstra) Hamminga. The family moved to Mendon in 1949, where Tina met and married Duanne B. Albright on June 18, 1954. Tina worked as a cook …

Joseph Allan Lindsay, 28, of Sturgis, Mich.,entered into eternal rest and peace Friday afternoon, Feb. 26, 201, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich. He was born Feb. 13, 1982, in Sturgis, Mich., a son to David and Polly (Feller) Lindsay. Joseph had resided in Sturgis his whole life. He had been employed at several area businesses, including Telemark in …

James A. Mingus, age 88, of Burr Oak, Mich., passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at Sturgis Hospital. He was born Jan. 26, 1922, in Hardin County, Ky., a son to the late James and Judith Mae (Cundiff) Mingus. On Sept. 11, 1947, in Kankakee, Ill., he married Beverly E. Keeslar. She passed away Aug. 24, 2002. James moved to …