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James "Jim" August Lemmer, went peacefully into the arms of Jesus at his lifelong home on August 3, 2021. He was born June 13, 1926 at the family farm and raised there, which became Jim and Marian's homestead after they wed on October 25, 1947. With a few additions and modifications along the way, they raised their family of four children, and Jim lived the rest of his life there. This homestead would become the infamously manicured 18-acre Lemmer Field, where friends and family...

Passed away Tuesday morning, August 3, 2021, at her home. Connie was born December 23, 1955, in Saginaw, MI the daughter of Richard and Elaine (Ruppel) Reimer. She grew up in Saginaw and graduated from Dwight D. Eisenhower High School. She later received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a teaching degree in reading from Central Michigan University and earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Education from Western Michigan University. On January 30, 1982, Connie was united in...

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Richard Albert Hamel died Monday, August 2, 2021, at his home. He was born September 26, 1931, in Kalamazoo, MI a son of Arthur L. and Lucille M. (Hawley) Hamel. Richard lived in Mattawan with his parents and sister, Virginia and attended Mattawan Schools. After leaving school he joined the Pipefitting trade. When he was 18, he was drafted into the Marine Corps for Korea. He did his training in Puerto Rico and served as a Brig warden. After coming home, he reentered the trades...

Van Edward Timm, age 70, of Kalamazoo passed away at home surrounded by his family. He was born September 13, 1950 in Elmhurst, Illinois to the late Walter Rudolf and Carol June (Van Alstine) Timm. Van is survived by his wife, Pamela J. (Hausinger) Timm; daughters, Emily Timm and Erica (Wade) Seelbinder; grandchildren, Eleanor, Walter, Alex, and Makayla; and sisters, Connie Lutz and Mary Meitz. A funeral service will be held Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 11:00am at Prince...

Major Shirley (Rowe) Clark was born June 15, 1924, in Hancock, MI to Richard and Clara (Hocking) Rowe and was promoted to Glory on July 30, 2021 in Portage, MI. As a girl, she attended Hancock schools and graduated with the class of 1942. She was employed at Vollwerth's Sausage and Lieblein's in Hancock, and REO Motor Company in Lansing. As a member of the Hancock United Methodist Church she met The Salvation Army by responding to a request for a piano player. There she found her...

Cochran, Phyllis A. Kalamazoo Age 86 passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Kalamazoo. She was born in Sharon, PA on December 3, 1934, to the late Clark H. and Evelyn M. (Graham) Weinberg. Phyllis was united in marriage to Donald F. Cochran in Vicksburg on December 3, 1955, and together they shared 59 years of marriage until his death in 2014. Phyllis worked for Sears for 28 years as an assistant receiving manager. She was an avid Detroit sports fan, enjoyed camping, knitting, watching and...

Here is how Win Todd began his annual love note to his wife Mary Lou on their fiftieth wedding anniversary in April, 1996. He was seventy-eight years old, she seventy-three: SWIFTLY-FLY-THE-YEARS-PRODUCTIONS Presents THE FABLED FIFTY, 1946-1996 A Story of Sizzling Passion, Joy and Unrivaled Cuisine!    The note bears witness to a romance and partnership then in its fiftieth year and destined to continue unabated until Win's passing twenty-four years later at the age of...

BAYLESS (Bullard), Betty (maiden Bode) Betty went home to her Lord and Savior on July 28, 2021. Betty was born to Henry and Reka (Rozema) Bode on August 22, 1925. She was the middle of seven siblings and grew up in Fremont, Michigan, with brothers and sisters, Robert, Charles, Barbara, Miriam, Lois, and Stanley. Betty graduated from Bronson Nursing School. Her schooling was through the United States Cadet Nurses Corps. The Corps' purpose was to...