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Local obituaries for Berrien Springs, MI and surrounding areas
Leo K. Smith
Jun 10, 2017
Leo K. Smith, 85, of Berrien Springs passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville and is home with his Lord, whom he loved and served. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 14, at Allred Funeral Home in Berrien Springs, with Rev. Mary Shawl-Ranke officiating. Friends may visit from 9-11...
Regina 'Jean' Pallas
Jun 4, 2017
Regina "Jean" Faye Pallas, 59, of Keweenaw Bay, Michigan, formerly of Berrien Springs, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at her home. She was born April 23, 1958 in Niles, the daughter of Harry and Diva (Staton) Chastain. Jean graduated from Berrien Springs High School in 1976. She worked at Premier Tool & Die in Berrien Springs until moving...
Gordon C. Gossard
May 28, 2017
Gordon C. Gossard, 74, of Berrien Springs, died May 28, 2017 at his home. He was born September 6, 1942 in Wooster, Ohio, the son of Harold Arthur and Vivian Frances (Young) Gossard. He graduated from Berrien Springs High School in 1960. He earned his Master’s Degree and was a teaching assistant at the University of Michigan and worked as...
Rena Mae Hoffner
May 22, 2017
Rena Mae Hoffner, 91, of Berrien Springs, died Monday, May 22, 2017, at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 25, at Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, with burial following in Long Lake Cemetery. Friends may visit from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with online messages to www.allredfuneralhome.com. Memorial donations may...
Marcella K. Ewalt
May 16, 2017
Marcella Buechter Ewalt, 98, of Berrien Springs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Royalton Manor in St. Joseph. She was born July 6, 1918, in St. Elizabeth, Missouri, the daughter of Joe and Christina Buechter. She married Frank Ewalt on May 18, 1946, in St. Louis and moved to Berrien Springs where they lived all their married life. Marcey was...
Richard I. Morris
May 13, 2017
Richard Morris, 88, of Berrien Springs passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph. Richard was born September 16, 1928, in Decatur, Michigan, the son of Alba and Mildred (Huber) Morris. He was the great-great-grandson of Dolphin Morris, the first pioneer settler of Van Buren County. He proudly served his country with the U.S. Army. ...
Lorraine Koebel Brunke
May 8, 2017
Lorraine O. Koebel Brunke, 89, of Berrien Springs, died Monday, May 8, 2017, at Woodland Terrace of Bridgman. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 12, at Allred Funeral Home in Berrien Springs, where friends may visit beginning at 10 a.m. Pastor Douglas Adams of the Berrien Springs Trinity Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be in Spring...
Betty Jean Murphy
Apr 28, 2017
Betty Jean Murphy, 91, of Berrien Springs, died Friday, April 28, 2017, at Brentwood at Niles in Niles, Michigan. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, where friends may visit from noon until service time. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs. Online memories may be left at www.allredfuneralhome.com....
Shirla Kesler
Apr 27, 2017
Shirla Vee Kesler, 93, died Thursday, April 27, 2017, at West Woods of Bridgman in Bridgman, Michigan. She was born May 17, 1923, in Davison, Michigan, the daughter of Lyle and Leota (Verrell) Bigelow. In addition to caring for her family, she had worked as a nurses aide. She was a member of the Eastern Star in Hale, Michigan, and...
Genevieve E. Wymer
Apr 24, 2017
Genevieve E. “Jenny” Wymer, 86, of Eau Claire, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017, at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville after a long battle with cancer. She was born December 16, 1930, in Lake Township, the daughter of Harold and Josephine Livengood. Many will remember her as the owner of the Jenny Wren Restaurant in Berrien Springs, where she met...
Ruth Ann (Toney) Gorski
Apr 22, 2017
Ruth Ann (Toney) Gorski of Berrien Center passed away peacefully at her home on April 22, 2017. A daughter of the late Richard and Doris Patterson Toney, Ruth was born on November 15, 1948, in Benton Harbor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald S. Gorski, of Cheboygan, Michigan, whom she married in...
Charles R. Dowell
Apr 16, 2017
Charles Robert Dowell, 84, of Berrien Springs, died Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017, at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Walter Ernest and Rhea (Short) Dowell on August 15, 1932, the only son of six children. He served in the Army from August 25, 1953 to August 1, 1961 and was stationed mainly...
Arnulfo Aleman
Mar 27, 2017
Arnulfo Aleman, 88, of South Bend, formerly of Berrien Springs, died Monday, March 27, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 31, at Ironwood United Pentecostal Church, 4609 S. Ironwood Drive, South Bend, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs. Friends may visit from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the church, and share memories...
David W. Wall
Mar 25, 2017
The family of David W. Wall is sad to inform of his passing on Saturday, March 25, 2017, just days after his 69th birthday. He suffered a long illness and is now at peace awaiting Jesus’ call to resurrection. David was so loved by his wife of 42 years, Twyla (Young) Wall; son, Reeve J. Wall of Orlando, Florida and...
Andrew J. Snyder
Mar 8, 2017
Andrew Jack Snyder, 89, of Berrien Springs, was born April 13, 1927, at home in Diller, Nebraska, to JR and Cleta Belle Snyder, the second son and fifth child of a family that would grow to include 10 children. Surrounded by family, he passed away on March 8, 2017, at Lakeland Medical Center after a short illness. A funeral service...
Jeanette Morris
Feb 27, 2017
Jeanette Morris, 89, of Berrien Springs passed away Monday, February 27, 2017, at Woodland Terrace of Longmeadow in Niles. Jeanette was born August 3, 1927, in Cass County, Michigan, to Harvey and Fern (Charles) Hall. She graduated from Decatur High School, and on June 20, 1948, in Glenwood, Michigan, she married Richard Morris. The couple made their home in Berrien...
Susama Bairagee
Feb 22, 2017
Susama Bairagee passed away early in the morning around 7:10 am on February 22, 2017 at her eldest Son’s abode, here in Berrien Springs, MI, at the ripe old age of 90. Susama was the daughter of the Late Pastor Upendranath Halder and the Late Mrs. Hashshomukhi Halder. She was born November 28, 1926, in the village of Aambari in...
Emma L. Bond
Feb 13, 2017
Emma L. Bond, 88, of Berrien Center, died Monday, February 13, 2017, at home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, February 24, at Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church, 7000 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago. Local arrangements are by Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, where online messages may be left at...
Kathryn L. Macklin
Feb 13, 2017
Kathryn L. Macklin, 89, of Berrien Springs, died Monday, February 13, 2017, at Old Farm Living Center in Berrien Springs. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 19, at Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, where friends may visit from 1 – 3 p.m. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday, February 20, at Mission Hills Memorial Gardens, Niles....
Bille K. Burdick
Feb 5, 2017
Bille Kelly Burdick, 84, of Ooltewah, Tennessee, died Sunday evening, February 5, 2017, at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph, Michigan. A time of visitation with the family will be held from 4 – 6 p.m. Thursday, February 9, at Allred Funeral Home in Berrien Springs. Online messages may be shared at www.allredfuneralhome.com. Private inurnment will be in the family...
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