Obituaries

Lucille Ruth Kent, age 88, of Three Rivers, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at the Heartland Health Care Center. She was born on February 18, 1921 in Elkhart, IN. the daughter of Deo Preston and Lula (Tavernier) Curtis. Mrs. Kent has been a long time resident of the Three Rivers-Jones area where she and her late husband Donald …

Barry James Delarye, 65, of Gwinn, died Monday morning at his home in Gwinn. He was born Aug. 29, 1944, in Negaunee, a son of the late J. Nelson and Alice Delarye and was a lifelong area resident. On Feb. 13, 1988 he married the former Linda Culliton. Barry worked as a miner for CCI and most recently was employed …

Charles A. Berry, 86, of Marshall, died on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at Sturgis Hospital. Mr. Berry was born on March 6, 1923, in Shamokin, Pa., to Charles G. and Della (Lahr) Berry. He served in the US Army during World War II, and was honorability discharged in 1943. On March 7, 1947, he married Iona Marie Fox. She preceded …

R. John Blasius, 83, of Sturgis, passed away Monday evening, Sept. 21, 2009, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born Sept. 8, 1926, in Sturgis, a son of the late Russell John and Ethel (Fennell) Blasius. John was a lifelong resident of Sturgis and a graduate of Sturgis High School with the class of 1945. On Sept. 7, 1947, …

Isabel J. Abbs, age 97, a lifelong Sturgis resident, passed away Tuesday morning, Sept. 22, 2009, at Thurston Woods Village. She was born Aug. 19, 1912, in Sturgis, a daughter of the late Frank and Elizabeth (Davis) Burg. On Dec. 12, 1931, in Sturgis, she married Carlisle E. Abbs. He preceded her in death in 1993. Isabel was a homemaker …

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. …