Obituaries

Pauline Nethaway

July 20, 2011

Pauline Winnonah Nethaway, age 82, of Ovid, MI passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Hazel I. Findlay Country Manor, St. Johns, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. Dr. Dan Cameron will officiate. Burial will take place at Fairfield Township Cemetery, Fairfield, MI....

Donald Irving Barnes

July 19, 2011

Donald Irving Barnes, age 75, of Ithaca, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at Carson City Hospital in Carson City. He was born on October 30, 1935 in North Star Township, the son of Irving and Alice (Moon) Barnes. He married the love of his life, Bonnie E. MacLaren on June 24, 1955. They enjoyed 56 years of happy marriage....

Esolda Sills

July 19, 2011

Esolda "Pat" (Irving) Sills, age 92, of Elsie, MI passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at her home. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 11:00 A.M., Pastor Edwin Snook will officiate. Burial will take place at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Owosso, MI. Visitation will be held on...

Nellie Flegel

July 17, 2011

Nellie Flegel, age 96, of Ithaca, died Sunday, July 17, 2011 at the Warwick Living Center in Alma, Michigan. She was born on March 13, 1915 in rural Bannister, the daughter of Roy and Isa (Whitaker) Peck. She married Clifford G. (Buster) Flegel while he was serving in the US Army during WWII on June 1, 1943 in Pine...

Gina Knopf

July 17, 2011

Gina Leigh Knopf, age 27, of Crystal, Michigan died Sunday, July 17, 2011 at her home. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Ithaca Chapel Ithaca, MI on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 1:00 P.M., Pastor Randy Steinhower will officiate. Visitation will be held on Saturday from 11 A.M. until the time of service. Gina was born...

Lillian Hunt

July 16, 2011

Lillian E. Hunt, age 88, of Elwell, Michigan died Saturday, July 16, 2011 at her home. There will be no services. Lillian was born in Crystal, Michigan on February 19, 1923, the daughter of Alva and Bertha (Collins) Wiser. On June 30, 1977 she married Alonzo Ira Hunt in Carson City, Michigan, Ira died December 16, 2010. Lillian retired from...

Terry Lee Bovee

July 15, 2011

Terry Lee Bovee, 62, of Ashley, died Friday, July 15, 2011, at home. He was born in Gratiot County on July 24, 1948, son of Richard and Beverly (Cassady) Bovee. He married Sylvia J. Brooks on July 29, 1997. He served in the United States Army in Vietnam. He worked for General Motors 39.6 years as skilled trades, repairing...

Roy Davis

July 14, 2011

Roy Charles Davis, age 91, of St. Johns, Michigan, died Thursday, July 14, 2011 at Hazel Findlay, St. Johns, Michigan. Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 24, 2011 from 2-4 P.M. at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Johns Chapel and a Memorial Service will follow at 4:00 P.M., Pastor Kathy Leydorf will officiate. Burial will take place at Riverside...

Marilyn Workman

July 12, 2011

Marilyn J. Workman, our loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Hospice House of Mid-Michigan at the age of 65. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:00 PM, with Rev. Jared May officiating. Burial will follow at...

Veronica Boettger

July 12, 2011

Veronica Boettger, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at the age of 95. Born on June 27, 1916 in Bradenville, PA. The daughter of Michael and Susan (Mizzer) Galvach. Veronica married Edwin Boettger on September 20, 1939 and he survives her. Together, they were members of St. Johns Lutheran Church. They enjoyed traveling all over the U.S., going to...

Marvin Jay Shaw

July 11, 2011

Marvin Jay Shaw, 73 of St. Johns went to be with his Lord on Monday, July 11, 2011, in Lansing, Michigan. Marvin was born February 9, 1938 in rural Ithaca, Michigan, Gratiot County, son of Oliver Fay and Leona Shaw. He married Corrine McMaster on October 17, 1959 in Breckenridge, Michigan. He is survived by his children, two daughters...

Jean Horgan

July 11, 2011

Jean Horgan died July 8, 2011 at the age of 82.

Services are pending at this time.

A service summary is not available

Nancy Brown

July 10, 2011

Nancy Lee (Davis) Brown, age 67, of St. Louis, Michigan Died Sunday, July 10th, 2011 at her home. A Memorial Service will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Louis Chapel, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. Visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M. until the time of service. Pastor Terri Bentley will officiate. Nancy was born in...

George Ade

July 9, 2011

George LeRoy Ade, age 93, of Corunna, Michigan, died Saturday, July 9th, 2011 at Shiawassee County Medical Care Facility. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Corunna Chapel on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. , Rev. John Walworth will officiate and burial will take place at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Owosso, Michigan. Visitation will be Tuesday,...

Dr. Carol AdeleField

July 8, 2011

Beloved Wife, and Mother, she passed from this life at home in bed, as was her greatest wish on July 7, 2011. Dr. Field was born in Omaha, Nebraska, January 20, 1949, and grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa with a BA in Music Education in 1971. She attended Michigan State University...

Gertrude Witgen

July 8, 2011

Gertrude J. Witgen, died July 7, 2011, at the age of 101. Born in Fowler on February 6, 1910, she was the daughter of John W. and Caroline (Simon) Rademacher and lived in Fowler all of her life. She was a member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the Christian Mothers Womens Association. Gertrude married Herman Witgen on...

Edmund Dickman

July 6, 2011

Edmund F. Dickman, of Elsie, Michigan, formerly of St. Johns, died July 6, 2011, at the age of 86. Funeral Services will be held on Friday July 8, 2011, at 3:00 PM, at the Smith Funeral Homes, St. Johns Chapel. Rev. Fr. Eoin Murphy will officiate. Visitation will be held from 1:00-3:00 PM prior to the funeral service. Ed was...

Daniel Best

July 6, 2011

Daniel "Lee" Best, age 84, of St. Louis, Michigan passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at his home. A Memorial Service will be held at the St. Louis First United Methodist Church on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. Pastor Terri Bentley will officiate. Visitation will be held on Friday July 8, 2011 from 5-8 P.M. at Smith Family...

Sandra Therese Van De Perre

July 5, 2011

Sandra T. Van De Perre, age 56, of Ithaca, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Sandra was born November 3, 1954 to Walter and Eleanor (Baranski) Siekierka in Detroit, Michigan. She married Michael Van De Perre May 21, 1989 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sandra loved to read and listen to music - especially AC/DC. She also enjoyed sewing, cooking, scrapbooking,...

Alice Richmond

July 5, 2011

Alice M.(Hainer) Richmond died at home, July 3, 2011 in St. Johns, Michigan at the age of 81. Alice was born July 8, 1929 in Greenbush Twp, the daughter of Peter and Fern (Antes) Hainer. Alice married Martin Richmond July 27, 1952 and he preceded her in death on January 5, 2003. Alice retired from The St. Johns Reminder...