Obituaries

Pauline Nethaway

Jul 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....

Esolda Sills

Jul 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...

Gina Knopf

Jul 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

Jul 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...

Roy Davis

Jul 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

Jul 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

Jul 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...

Jean Horgan

Jul 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

Jul 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

Jul 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

Jul 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

Jul 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

Jul 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

Jul 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...

Alice Richmond

Jul 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...

Evelyn Buck

Jul 5, 2011

Evelyn D. (Heathman) Buck, St. Johns, MI formerly of Mt. Clemens, MI, age 92, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011 in St. Johns, MI. Evelyn was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, December 9, 1918, the daughter of Harry and Dorothy (Hall) Heathman. The family moved to St. Johns when Evelyn was a child. As a teen she worked for...

Marion Smith

Jul 3, 2011

Marion D. Smith, age 71, of St. Louis, MI passed away Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Gratiot Medical Center, Alma, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes St. Louis Chapel St. Louis, MI on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM. Pastor Richard Boyce will officiate. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, MI....

Susan Lovegrove

Jul 1, 2011

Susan Kay Lovegrove, age 68, of St. Johns, MI passed away Friday, July 1, 2011 at Clinton Memorial Hospital, St. Johns, MI. Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes St. Johns Chapel St. Johns, MI on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM. Pastor Karen Messmer will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Rest Cemetery, St. Johns,...

Georgia Spindler

Jun 30, 2011

Georgia H. Spindler, age 89, of Alma, Michigan died Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at Masonic Pathways, in Alma, Michigan. Funeral Services will be held at Peace Lutheran Church on Tuesday, July 5th at 11:00 A.M. Pastor Thomas Messer will officiate and burial will take place at Oak Grove Cemetery St. Louis, Michigan. Visitation will be held on Tuesday 10:00 A.M....

Jerald McClintic

Jun 30, 2011

Jerald Ray (Jerry) McClintic, age 68, of St. Louis, MI passed away on June 30, 2011 at Schnepp Health Care Center after a lifelong battle with hemochromatosis. Jerry was born May 21, 1943, in Alma, Michigan to Glen Jerald and Dorothy (Nartker) McClintic. He lived in the St. Louis area most of his life and graduated from St. Louis High...