Obituaries
Dale "Irene" McPherson
Sep 5, 2024
Dale “Irene” McPherson, age 98, of East Leroy, went home to be with Jesus and her beloved husband Thursday morning, September 5, 2024 at the Reflections Memory Care of Battle Creek. She was born in Battle Creek on August 28, 1926, the daughter of Clifton and Carrie (Thompson) Horton.
Irene married the "Love of Her Life", Philip D. “Phil” McPherson in...
Kathy Sue Williams
Sep 5, 2024
Kathy Sue (Cummins) Williams, of Battle Creek, Michigan passed away September 5, 2024.
Kathy was born December 8, 1947, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the daughter of Carl Thurman and Mary Alice (Harley) Cummins. As a child, she grew up in Cookville, Tennessee and at age 13 moved with her family to Battle Creek. Kathy graduated in 1966 and was Springfield High School’s...
Joan L. Kuehl
Sep 4, 2024
Joan L. Kuehl, age 90 of Battle Creek passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, September 4, 2024. She was born in Battle Creek on September 8, 1933, the loving daughter of Harold and Florence (Yaudes) Rome. Joan graduated from Battle Creek Central High School with the Class of 1951 and furthered her education at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago,...
Jane W. Church
Sep 1, 2024
Jane W. Church, age 76 died September 1, 2024 in Reflections Memory Care in Battle Creek.
Jane was born March 13, 1948 in Battle Creek, the daughter of Nathaniel Watkin, Jr and C. Jean Watkin (Straub). She graduated from Lakeview High School in 1966 and Michigan State University in 1971 with a degree in elementary education. She taught for five years...
Richard "Bo" Bokhart
Aug 31, 2024
Richard “Bo” Bokhart, 68, of Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada and formerly of Battle Creek, MI passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Moncton City Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
“Bo” was born in Niles, MI on November 12, 1955 the son of the late Robert M. and Phyllis M. (Brigham) Bokhart. He was raised in...
Barry L. Brock
Aug 31, 2024
Barry L. Brock, 67, of Richland went to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday August 31 2024. He was born March 13 1957 in Trenton, MI to Gordon and Jean (Campbell) Brock. From a very young age he was interested in figuring out how things worked and would take apart and reassemble his toys and the family’s radio &...
Dolores Ruth Malpass
Aug 31, 2024
Dolores Ruth Ledbetter Malpass, 92, died August 31, 2024. She was born at home in Comstock, MI on September 4, 1931 to Charles Theodore “Ted” Ledbetter and Ruby Frances Johnson Ledbetter. She graduated from Comstock Public Schools in 1949 as valedictorian of her class. In 1953 she graduated from what was known as Ferris Institute (today it is Ferris State...
Eric Dittmer
Aug 29, 2024
Eric Dittmer passed away unexpectedly in his sleep at the age of 64 on August 29, 2024, in Ceresco, Michigan. He was born on July 21, 1960, in Battle Creek, Michigan and was a man known for his humor, kindness and devotion to his family.
Eric was a graduate of Pennfield High School, after which he attended Olivet College to study...
Michael L. Coffman
Aug 28, 2024
Michael Lee Coffman, 82, passed away August 28, 2024. Mike was born May 17, 1942 in Battle Creek, MI to Donald and Margaret (Osborn) Coffman. Mike graduated from Battle Creek Central in 1960. Mike married Kathleen McVeigh on October 2, 1963. He worked for Grand Trunk Railroad as a switchman. After retiring, he and his wife Kathy enjoyed traveling the...
Diana L. (Sabin) Kubitz
Aug 28, 2024
Diana L. (Sabin) Kubitz, 75, of Battle Creek, Michigan, passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. She was born in Battle Creek on November 15, 1948, the daughter of Nelson C. and Vera L. (Dennis) Sabin.
After attending Penfield High School, she attended KCC classes and was employed at Michigan National Bank and State Farm Insurance.
Diana married Gary Kubitz...
David S. DeShon
Aug 27, 2024
WMU Professor Emeritus David S. DeShon died after a brief illness in Battle Creek, MI. Halfway to his 90th birthday, David was looking forward to continuing his research and writings in the humanities. His most recent efforts involved synthesizing the writings of French philosopher Gilles DeLeuze with a philosophical interpretation of the Menger sponge, vis-a-vis, that the surface of existence...
Pamela K. Harrington
Aug 25, 2024
Pamela K. Harrington, age 72, of Richland, MI, passed away unexpectedly on August 25, 2024. She was born October 22, 1951 in Kalamazoo, MI to Donald and Dolores Harrington.
After graduating from Gull Lake High School in 1969, Pam attended Northwestern Michigan College. She spent a few years living and working in Florida before returning to settle in Richland. She spent...
Marie E. (DeSchryver) Hunt Secor
Aug 25, 2024
Marie E. (Hunt) Secor, 104, of Battle Creek died peacefully on Sunday, August 25, 2024, at Brookdale Battle Creek Assisted Living.
She was born April 16, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan to Alfred and Nellie (Elsey) DeSchryver. Marie grew up in Detroit and was a 1938 graduate of Dominican Catholic all girl High School. She moved to Lansing after her marriage and...
Joseph Francis Robinson
Aug 24, 2024
Joseph Francis Robinson, 77, passed away Saturday August 24th at University of Michigan Hospital with the love of his life by his side. He was a longtime resident of Lawton, Michigan having served as their Chief of Police.
Joe was born February 24th, 1947, and raised in Dowagiac, Michigan where he worked on his aunt’s dairy farm and graduated from Union...
Katherine Webb
Aug 23, 2024
Katherine (Karpenko) Webb, a beloved wife, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on August 23,2024, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at the age of 59. Born on April 3, 1965, in Landstuhl, Germany to Walter and Lydia Karpenko.
Kathy graduated from Gull Lake High School, where she laid the foundation for a career dedicated to caring for others. She served as a...
John Wayne McNees
Aug 22, 2024
John Wayne McNees, age 72 of Battle Creek passed away Thursday morning, August 22, 2024.
In life, John was so many things. He put in 110% to everything he did. He never faltered, never complained, no matter how hard things were for him. With every setback he had in life, he would consistently pick himself up, dust himself off, and keep...
Alyce Egelkraut
Aug 21, 2024
Alyce Egelkraut passed away peacefully on August 21at the Legacy in Battle Creek where she had lived for the past year. Alyce Bernece (Walters) Egelkraut was born March 26, 1936 in Ionia, Michigan to parents Elmer Walters and Ruby(Buehler)Walters. The family moved when Alyce was two months old because her dad had gotten a job at the Ford Garage in...
Randall J. Ross
Aug 15, 2024
Randy died August 15, 2024 at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo with his family at his side. He will be greatly missed.
Randy was born in Paw Paw, Michigan in 1954 to Earl and Leota Ross. He attended PawPaw Public Schools, graduating in 1977. Randy was a veteran and served one tour in the Army.
Randy is survived by his wife, Linda...
Judith "Judy" Gillespie
Aug 14, 2024
Judith Gillespie lost her battle with cancer on August 14, 2024 and went home to be with our Lord. She was born October 8,1939 to Gordon C. and Jessie M. Moore in Battle Creek, MI. She was the oldest of three children.
Judith retired from Kellogg Company in 1997 after retiring from Clark Equipment Company when it downsized and left Battle...
Amy W. Shaw
Aug 12, 2024
Our dear, sweet Amy arrived early into our world at 29 weeks, 3 pounds, 5 ounces! at Magee Hospital in Pittsburgh. When her brother, Jeremy aged 3 ½ saw her in the incubator, he said “things on baby want them off.” She did well in the NICU and came back to Battle Creek a month before her due date and...
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