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Donald Norton
Nov 28, 2015
Donald M. Norton, Age 89, Of Battle Creek, Died Saturday, November 28, 2015, at Countryside Adult foster Care Home. Donald was born on June 30, 1926, in Nashville, MI, the son of Maurice and Ruby (Mayo) Norton. He was a veteran serving during WWII and 2 tours in Vietnam. He served in the U.S. Navy (Seabees) from 1943 to 1945,...
Marion Robbins
Nov 27, 2015
Marion “Gramma” Robbins, age 95, of Battle Creek, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 27, 2015. She was born April 7, 1920 in Kalamazoo, Michigan the daughter of Burt and Lottie Sowles. She attended Kalamazoo Public Schools and worked at Westin Biscuit Company, Steve’s Grocery in Wattles Park and Hoff’s Hardware. Mrs. Robbins was a member of Birchwood United Methodist...
James Dunn, Jr.
Nov 27, 2015
James (Jim) Allen Dunn, Jr., age 65, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, formerly of Rockford, Michigan, passed away on November 27, 2015 due to complications of Vascular Type Ehlers Danlos. Jim graduated from Rockford High School in 1968 and shortly thereafter enlisted in the United States Air Force, which he proudly served for 20+ years. Jim spent the majority of his...
Joseph Dayton
Nov 26, 2015
Joseph Gordon Dayton, age 88, of Battle Creek, died Thursday, November 26, 2015. He was born June 22, 1927 in Battle Creek, Michigan the son of Frank and Mable (VanLeer) Dayton. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII under the command of General Patton, from February 1945 to April 1947. Following his honorable discharge he worked for the City...
Clarence Green
Nov 26, 2015
Clarence W. Green, 86, of Rush County formerly of Battle Creek, MI passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015 at his home in Carthage. Clarence was born on October 15, 1929 in Marshall, MI to the late Charles E. and Mabel R. (Palmer) Green. Clarence married Frances June Green, his wife of 50 wonderful years and mother of their children in...
Gordon Stanton
Nov 24, 2015
Gordon Roger Stanton, age 79 of Battle Creek, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. He is survived by his spouse Marlene (Hansen) Stanton; daughter Pamela Duhe` of Hammond, Louisiana; one granddaughter and four great-granddaughters along with three step-children and their families. He was a faithful member of area Model A and Model T car clubs,...
Edith Trent
Nov 23, 2015
Edith Trent, age 100, of Battle Creek, died Monday, November 23, 2015 at the Calhoun County Medical Care Facility. She was born April 27, 1915 in Sparta, Tennessee the daughter of James and Ova (Vaughn) Keathley. Mrs. Trent had worked for the Kellogg Company for five years and was a cosmetic sales representative for Beauty Counselor for 25 years. She...
Mary Beukelman
Nov 23, 2015
Mary Elizabeth Beukelman, age 93, of Battle Creek, died Monday, November 23, 2015. She was born March 15, 1922 in Crystal Falls, Michigan the daughter of Charles and Margaret (Kiley) Denman. A graduate of Augubright Business School, she worked as a secretary at Clark Equipment Company and later the Battle Creek Sanitarium Hospital from which she retired in 1987. She...
Gail Heeter
Nov 19, 2015
Gail T. Heeter, 77, of Emmett Township, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015. She was born July 17, 1938 in Pineville, Kentucky the daughter of Clyde and Nelle (Card) Thurman. A 1956 graduate of Norwood High School, Norwood, Ohio she went on to graduate from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1960. She retired from Kellogg Community College, where she...
Charles Arnett, Sr.
Nov 13, 2015
Charles D Arnett, Sr., age 84, of Battle Creek, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015, at the Borgess Medical Center. He was born September 25, 1931 in Hendricks, Magoffin County, Kentucky the son of Milt and Anne (Salyers) Arnett. After his mom passed away when he was 6 months old, Charles was raised by his Aunt and Uncle John Dave and Jessie...
John O'Marrah
Nov 11, 2015
John P. O’Marrah, Age 73, Of Battle Creek, Died Wednesday, November 11, 2015. John was born on June 3, 1942, in Iron Mountain, MI, the son of Evelyn (Dokey) O’Marrah. He had been a lifelong resident of the area. John married the former Anna Hudson who preceded him in 2005. He then married the former Sherry Winget-Hill on September 7,...
Palmer Philp
Nov 10, 2015
Palmer William “Sandy” Philp, age 84, of Battle Creek, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Sandy was born on October 25, 1931, in Battle Creek, the son of Palmer F. and Pearl (Covert) Philp. He had been a lifelong resident of the area graduating from Battle Creek Central High School in 1951. He married Kathryn Alice Philp who preceded him in...
Miriam Wendt Baker
Nov 4, 2015
WENDT / BAKER, Miriam (Mickey) Jane Miriam “Mickey” Jane Wendt Baker, age 81 of Battle Creek, Michigan, died November 4, 2015. She was born in Maumee, Ohio to Harry and Rosa (Fremion) Wendt, and was a member of St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Toledo. Following graduation from Maumee High School, she attended Capital University, The Ohio State University, Toledo...
Linda Ottenhoff
Nov 2, 2015
Linda I. Ottenhoff, Age 72, Of Galesburg, MI, Formerly of Battle Creek and Newberry, MI, Died Monday, November 2, 2015, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. Linda was born on June 16, 1943, in Newberry, MI, the daughter of Gerald P. and Mildred C. (Little) Bugg. She was a graduate of Newberry High School. Linda had been an area resident from...
Betty Root
Oct 30, 2015
Betty Ann Root, Age 88, Of Battle Creek, Died Friday, October 30, 2015, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She was born on March 26, 1927, in Sturgis, Michigan to Owen and Marietta Decker. She retired as a registered nurse in 1986 from the former Leila P. Hospital in Battle Creek. Betty was married to Stanley E. Root on...
Madeline Blocker
Oct 29, 2015
Madeline Eleanor Blocker, age 92, of Paw Paw, formerly of Battle Creek, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2015. She was born August 14, 1923 in Flint, Michigan the daughter of Floyd and Hazel Mae (Struble) Patten. On October 25, 1969 Madeline married Robert L. Blocker in Battle Creek. She retired from the Kellogg Company after 31 years of service and...
Larry Mortensen
Oct 23, 2015
Larry Nels Mortensen, Age 67, Of Battle Creek, Died October 23, 2015. In accordance with his wishes cremation has taken place. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at Fort Custer National Cemetery. Arrangements by the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home. www.henryfuneralhome.org
Donna Rooker
Oct 22, 2015
Donna G. Rooker, Age 69, Of Battle Creek, Died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Bronson at Home Hospice Residence. Donna was born on July 28, 1946, in Battle Creek, the daughter of Raymond and Myrtle (Spaulding) Niblack. She had been a lifelong resident of the area graduating from Lakeview High School in 1964. On June 26, 1965, she was united...
Donald "Don" Hein
Oct 22, 2015
Donald Russell Hein, Age 81, Of Battle Creek, Died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at his residence. Don was born on June 2, 1934, in Detroit, MI, the son of Herman and Anna (Keane) Hein, Sr. He was a 1952 graduate of Chadsey High School in Detroit. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army. On October 5, 1957, he was united...
Dolores Kyle
Oct 21, 2015
Dolores Anne Kyle, age 78 of Battle Creek, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015. She was born November 9, 1936 in Pelham, Ontario, Canada the daughter of Wesley William and Helen (Ricketts) Green. On October 20, 1956 she married Joseph Kyle in Huntington, England. They made their home in Port Robinson, Ontario; Alconbury and Westgate, England; Selfridge, Michigan; Rome and Niagara...
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