Obituaries

Staff Sergeant Kristopher Dan Rodgers, age 29, of Burr Oak, Mich., and formerly of Howe, Ind., and a graduate of Lakeland High School in LaGrange, Ind., with the class of 1998, was killed Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, while serving his country with the U.S. Army. He was born Dec. 29, 1978 in LaGrange, Ind., a son …

Kim Rae (Wood) Adams, 50, went home to be with her Lord, on Sept. 19, 2009, after a very, very hard and courageous seven-year battle with breast cancer. She graduated from Centreville, and is a member of the National Honor Society there. She was a cook and waitress at E&K restaurant in Centreville, and at Nic’s in Lansing, and she loved to …

Rose McGee Jr., age 77, of Three Rivers, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 at the Borgess Medical Center following a short and sudden illness.  He was born on Sept. 2, 1932 in Brookhaven, MS.,  the son of Roosevelt McGee and Mary (Fairman) McGee. Mr. McGee was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, …

Delores Elaine Kinney, age 76, of Constantine, passed away Saturday, September 19th, 2009 at her home.  Dee was born in Sturgis, MI on May 24, 1933,  a daughter of  William and Violet (Harder) Root.  On May 2, 1953 she married Elwood Kinney in LaGrange. IN. They recently celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary. Delores worked at Wade electric and was a telephone …

Carol Sue (DeVries) Matchett, age 68, went to sleep peacefully at her home in Sturgis and joined her family in heaven on Friday morning, Sept. 18, 2009. She was born Nov. 4, 1940, in Kalamazoo, a daughter of the late Gerrit and Lorris (Watts) DeVries. On her 20th birthday she married Owen S. Matchett in Sturgis.  He passed away Sept. …

Peter S. Morrian, 63, of Mendon, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, at his home. Funeral services for Peter will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th St. in Kalamazoo, where friends may visit with the family from 10 a.m. until the time of services. Interment with military honors will follow in …

Betty J. Vogel, age 60, of Colon, passed away Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Sparrow Health System in Lansing.  Cremation will take place with private interment of cremains in Lakeside Cemetery in Colon at a later date.  Arrangements by Schipper Funeral Home LTD. in Colon

Laura Ann (nee: Bippus) Lane, age 45, of Portage, formerly of Three Rivers, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at her home. She was born on Oct. 30, 1963 in Ft. Wayne, IN. the daughter of James and Vera (Mohre) Bippus. Laura graduated from Three Rivers High School in the class of 1981. She later attended Beauty School in …

Norman A. Witte, age 92, of Three Rivers, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2009 at Heartland Health Care following a lengthy illness. He was born in Big Beaver, MI. the son of Otto O. and Emma E. (Cinader) Witte. Norman graduated from Big Beaver High school and served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. Upon returning he …

George B. Smink, age 92, of Vicksburg, died late Monday, Sep. 14, 2009 at his home following a long illness. He was born in Kalamazoo on Feb. 6, 1917 the son of Edward Otto and Betty (Muelenkamp) Smink. He was raised in Kalamazoo and the family later moved to Fulton in 1933. He graduated from Athens High School with the …