Betty Jean Kanouse, age 93 passed away on December 9, 2018 at Autumnwood of McBain.             Betty was born in Luther on September 16, 1925 to Florence and Ernest Berner. She married Forest Kanouse on July 20, 1941 in Defiance, Ohio, and resided on their farm until Forest’s death in 1995. Betty worked on their farm and at their family’s store in Ashton and retired from Evart Products in December of 1985. Betty...

Frederica Ponstine, age 93, of Cadillac and formerly of rural Marion, passed away at Curry House Assisted Living in Cadillac on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Frederica was born on Dec. 5, 1925 in Reeder Township, Missaukee County, to Peter and Tressa (Koetje) Dick. She married Herman Ponstine on Feb. 1, 1946, at the Prosper Christian Reformed Church. He preceded her in death on Jan. 23, 1993.She was a member of the Vogel Center Christian Reformed Church, the Ladies Crusaders, and served with the...

Jacqueline Joan Fankhauser of Marion passed away at her home with her family by her side on December 6, 2018. She was 73 years old. She was born in Alma, MI to Roy and Beulah (Shelley) June on February 9, 1945. She was a housewife and liked to walk through her flower beds, loved to mow lawn, loved going to their cabin in the Upper Peninsula, and going to the casinos. She really enjoyed her grandkids. Back in the day she road snowmobiles, had bonfires on the river bank with her father in law...

Janice Elaine (Bell) Schuch of Saginaw passed away at her home with her family by her side on November 23. She was 66 years old. She was born in Cadillac to Alfred T. and Margaret (Elenbaas) Bell on April 21, 1952. She married Wayne Victor Schuch on May 11, 1996 at Frankenmuth. She graduate from the McBain Rural Agricultural School in 1972 and went on to get a degree in dietary management where she put it into practice working at the Luther Manor in Saginaw where she retired from. She had...

On November 20, 2018 Ruth Mae (Lockwood) Turk went to her eternal home be with her Lord and Savior. Ruth was born February 23, 1930 to Clinton Henry Lockwood and Nellie Arnold Lockwood in Church Hill, Tennessee. Ruth married Erwin LaMar Russ on February 21, 1947. They had 5 children, James Erwin Russ, Larry Gene (Winona) Russ (Keim), Shirley Kay, Ruthann Elaine and Garry Lee (Leisa) Russ. Ruth later married Gerald (Jerry) David Turk on April 7, 1968. Ruth graduated from Cadillac High School...

Bertha Lempi, Eugenia, Rosted completed her earthly journey on November 20,2018,at Samaritas Living of Cadillac. She was 102.Born November 7,1916 in Cadillac Michigan to Finnish immigrants John Ramo and Lempi (Pulkkinen)Williams, she was a woman of great faith and a lifelong Lutheran. She attended Cadillac schools graduating in 1934.On May 17,1936 she married Frank Rosted at St.John's Lutheran church, Lake City. He was also the child of Finnish immigrants. While farming near Lake City...

MARION — David Dean Westmaas, 73, of Marion, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. He was born to Frederick and Irene (VanHouten) Westmaas in Marion on April 21, 1945. He married Margaret Ann Flachs on July 29, 1978, at the Highland Christian Reformed Church. Dave had served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971. He received a master’s degree in counseling, a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and his teaching certificate. He had been a teacher,...

Albert Junior Kamphouse, age 86, of Cadillac, passed away at Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital on Nov. 13, 2018; He was born in Osceola County, Highland Township, to Albert and Hattie (Hutt) Kamphouse. He had farmed during his working years on the family farm near Amble. He served in the US Army from 1952 to 1954. He had lived a simple uncomplicated life style. He is survived by a brother; Charles Kamphouse of Morley and a brother in law; Raymond Domaskic of Howard City. He was preceded in...

Clifford Lee Allen, age 67 of Cadillac passed away on Friday, November 2, 2018 at Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital. Clifford was born on March 2, 1951 in Flint, Michigan to Daniel Allen and Betty Lou (Shepard) Allen. He married his wife Linda (Doyle) Allen, the love of his life for over 40 years, in Paris, Michigan on April 22, 1978. Clifford worked as an insurance inspector for many years and had retired 10 years ago. He enjoyed helping families in the surrounding counties find...

Anthony “Lou” Bolf, age 76 of Cadillac, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Autumnwood of McBain. Anthony was born on February 13, 1942 in Cadillac, Michigan to Anthony and Helen (Lanning-Blackley) Bolf. Anthony began his career at the GM Buick Plant at Flint, later he completed his degree in child psychology in California and this became  his primary career. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and tinkering with numerous projects. He returned home to Cadillac in 1987 after...