William "Bill" Mack
May 5, 2018
Bill's life began July 24, 1925 in Maywood, Illinois. Bill grew up in Watervliet where he attended school in Watervliet and raised a loving family. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during World War II and was involved in the D-Day Allied Invasion of Normandy. After serving his country Bill returned to Watervliet and ran...
Lois Ruth (Finehout) Babcock
Apr 29, 2018
Lois' life began August 24, 1921 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She grew up in Benton Harbor and eventually made her home in Coloma. Lois went to work at the age of 16 at the State Theatre, babysitting and cleaning houses, when she became an adult she found herself working retail at VM, Sears, and JC Penney's. Lois also worked...
Nancy (French) Gomez
Apr 25, 2018
Nancy's life began July 11, 1944 in Blytheville, Arkansas. When she was a child her family moved to Southwest Michigan and she called it home ever since. Nancy worked for many years at Woolen Products until retiring. She loved her church and reading her bible. She had a heart for animals and took in many strays. At one time...
Jennifer Kay (Mack) Rudell
Apr 23, 2018
Jennifer was born May 29, 1952 in Watervliet to William and Betty (Wilson) Mack. She was a lifetime area resident and graduated from Watervliet High School. Jennifer took over the operations of Rudell Real-estate when her mother-in-law Bernice Rudell retired and then also started Van Buren County Property Management. She loved baking cookies for her grandchildren, liked trying her...
Gerald Edward Bauer
Apr 17, 2018
Jerry's life began November 12, 1953 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Jerry was a lifetime area resident and owned JEB Construction. Jerry enjoyed going to the casino and attending shows and concerts, you could also find him enjoying the outdoors fishing. When he was looking for a quiet evening he enjoyed the History Channel especially American Pickers and Pawn Stars. ...
Richard August Morlock
Apr 15, 2018
Richard August Morlock, age 84, passed away in Willis, TX on April 15, 2018. He was born in Watervliet, Michigan on March 29, 1934. He is preceded in death by his father, Ward Morlock and mother, Dorothy Fern Piersall Morlock, and infant son, Steven Morlock. He is also preceded in death by his brothers, Donald Morlock and Robert Morlock...
Albert Stanley Harrison
Apr 13, 2018
Albert's life began June 27, 1950 in Morris Town, New Jersey. His family moved to Michigan when Albert was a child settling in St. Joseph. Albert worked at Wollins for many years. He enjoyed collecting old cars and spending time with his family. Albert's loving family includes; his daughter Margaret and her husband Tim Dover, three grandchildren Timmy Ray...
Minnie (Heurermann) Sadler
Apr 11, 2018
Minnie's life began January 11, 1925 in McDonald, Michigan, a small community in VanBuren County. She was a lifetime area resident and worked at the Watervliet Paper Mill for over 40 years, Minnie proudly was one of the few women to run a paper machine. In 1947 Minnie married the love of her life Calvin Sadler, together they would...
Gordon Krell
Apr 5, 2018
Gordon Wayne Krell, 89, Watervliet, died Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Lakeland Medical Center, St. Joseph, Michigan. Gordon was born March 6, 1929, in Euclid Center, Michigan, to Jonathan and Edith (Benson) Krell. He grew up in Coloma on the family peach farm. Gordon was a 1947 graduate of Coloma High School. He married a classmate, Eleanor Johnson, in...
Donald E Hunt
Apr 4, 2018
Donald's life began September 3, 1958 in Paw Paw. He grew up in Watervliet where he graduated High School and was proud of his "Panther" roots. Donald became a master electrician and owned Hi Tech Enterprises for many years until merging with Estkowski Construction, currently Donald was running A & E Electrical. Outside of work you could find Donald...
Jeanette Lynne (Hauf) Haldy
Mar 19, 2018
Jeanette's life began February 10, 1960 in St. Joseph, Michigan. She grew up in Watervliet where she graduated high school in 1978. Jeanette worked as a lab technician at Whirlpool until she retired. Outside of work she enjoyed gardening and landscaping, camping, riding motorcycles, collecting old cars, cooking for her family and friends and working jigsaw puzzles.
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Betty Francis (Head) Freeman
Mar 19, 2018
Betty was born December 7, 1935 in Pocahontas, Arkansas. She spent most of her lifetime in Southwest Michigan where she raised her large, loving family. Betty worked for many years managing the Starlight Drive in on M-139 in Benton Harbor and she enjoyed playing cards and sewing.
Betty leaves behind a loving family to cherish her memory...
William F Epple
Mar 17, 2018
Bill's life began September 17, 1941 in East Chicago, Indiana. He grew up in Southwest Michigan and graduated from Eau Claire High School. Bill drove truck for several years for Coca Cola Company, Pepsi, and Royal Crown Cola. After driving truck he became a Real Estate Broker and owned Epple Reality with his wife Sherry for many years. Bill...
Gladys "Bunny" Ella (Hafer) Burm
Mar 15, 2018
Bunny spent her lifetime in the Watervliet area. She enjoyed playing Eucre and going to the North Berrien Senior Center. She leaves behind a loving family to cherish her memory which includes: two sons Edward Rantz Jr of Hartford and Charles (Ruth) Rantz of Watervliet; four grandchildren David Nance of Kalamazoo, Rhonda (Tony) Padilla of Bridgman, Charles (Leslie) Rantz...
Michael Dale Mcdaniel
Feb 23, 2018
Michael's life began February 10, 1949, in Leechville, Arkansas. Michael proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as a master motorcycle mechanic for many years most recently at Paw Paw Honda. Michael was well read and loved to hunt and fish. His family includes: his wife of 27 years Marilyn Schultz;...
Shirley Nadine (Schultz) Finehout
Feb 11, 2018
Shirley's life began August 12, 1921 in Columbus, Nebraska. Her family moved to Wyoming when she was young. While living there she met Albert Finehout who was a mechanic with the Army Airforce. After his enlistment was done he brought his wife back to Southwest Michigan with him. They raised a loving family which included four children. Shirley earned...
Laurie Ann Van Loon
Feb 7, 2018
Laurie Ann Van Loon passed away peacefully Wednesday morning February 7th, 2018, 1 day shy of her 61st Birthday, and is now rejoined with her parents Laurence & Seraphine (Petrocelli) Van Loon in the loving arms of her Lord in Heaven.
Laurie is survived by her 2 brothers; Dennis (Alexis) Van Loon of Saugatuck and Michael (Kristine)...
Michael Glass
Feb 3, 2018
Michael's family will celebrate his life with a private service.
Donations:Corewell Health Hospice 4025 Health Park Lane, St. Joseph MI 49085 Tel: 1-269-429-7100 Web: http://www.lakelandhealth.org/caring-circle/give-now/donate
Vicky (Roung) Forrester
Feb 2, 2018
Heaven gained another angel when Vicky Lee Forrester (Roung) lost her life on February 2nd.
Vicky was the second of two daughters born to Walter and Katherine Roung on April 7, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Her family lived in Illinois and spent the summers in Michigan until her parents decided to move to Michigan permanently when Vicky...
Michael O'Neal Williams
Jan 30, 2018
Michael's life began June 21, 1958 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He grew up in Watervliet where he graduated high school in 1976. Michael worked for UPS and then he got his realtor's license and sold homes through Century 21 for many years. He liked to run and found great joy in helping people. Michael will be remembered for always...
