Deaths 2021

The following deaths have been reported to Oceana County Press:

• Damon Jones, 43, of Montague, died on Friday, January 1, 2021.
• Cesar Gracia, 79, of Shelby, died on Sunday, January 3, 2021.
• Darlene M. Jensen, 76, of Hart, died on Sunday, January 3, 2021.
• Gene Leroy Morehouse, 86, of Walkerville, died on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.
• Ronald Lowell Cooper, 81, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.
• Lisa Kolb Sumner, 88, of Shelby, died on Thursday, January 7, 2021.
• Mariam Gibbs, 104, of Montague, died on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
• Craig Christopher Curtis Sr., 55, of Hart, died on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
• Michael L. DuMonte, 68, of Hart, died on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
• Earl H. Girard, 83, of Hesperia, died on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
• Arthur Ritenburgh, 83, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
• Sabrina Faye Essex, 34, of Hart, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
• Wayne A. Lohman, 77, of Montague, died on Thursday, January 14, 2021.
• George R. Fulljames, 97, of Montague, died on Friday, January 15, 2021.
• Ruth Newmyer, 95, of Grand Rapids and formerly of New Era, died on Saturday, January 16, 2021.
• Ingeborg Margarete Dalbke, 88, of Montague, died on Sunday, January 17, 2021.
• Joy Gardy, 89, of Mears, died on Monday, January 18, 2021.
• Theodore Allen Bailey, 78, of Hart, died on Monday, January 18, 2021.
• Frances Ellen Dragoo Acuna, 95, of Fremont, formerly of Walkerville, died on Monday, January 18, 2021.
• Richard “Dick” Dallas Burrell, 83, of Walkerville, died on Sunday, January 24, 2021.
• Richard W. Russell, Sr., 81, of Hart, died on Sunday, January 24, 2021.
• Frank Ernest Stone, 57, of New Era, died on Monday, January 25, 2021.
• John W. Riley, 92, of Mears, died on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.
• Victor Rodriguez, 62, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.
• Martin J. “Marty” Fitzgibbon, 55, of Rothbury and formerly of Grand Rapids, died on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
• Beverly L. Coulier, 78, of Grandville and formerly of Shelby, died on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
• Mario Rodriguez, 57, of Shelby, died on Friday, January 29, 2021.
• Katherine D. Brimmer, 80, of Shelby, died on Friday, January 29, 2021.
• Kathleen “Kaye” Audrey Moore, 90, of New Era, died on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.
• Doneta L. Pretty, 58, of New Era, died on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.
• Randal V. “Randy” Leslie, 64, of Shelby, died on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
• Patricia J. “Pat” Peters, 81, of Hart, died on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
• Larry Harold Fox, 78, of New Era, died on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
• Helen Marie Danhof, 84, of Rothbury, died on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
• Harry P. Kokx, 91, of Hart, died on Monday, February 8, 2021.
• Leolah Hope Boundy, 93, of Crystal Valley, died on Sunday, February 14, 2021.
• Patrick Michael Walter, 50, of Shelby, died on Thursday, February 11, 2021.
• Barbara Elaine (Gale) Wiggers, 78, of New Era, died on Wednesday, February 17, 2021.
• Nazarie Jentilet, 92, of Hart, died on Wednesday, February 17, 2021.
• Sigrid “Mickie” Fuentes, 81, of Rothbury, died on Wednesday, February 17, 2021.
• Terry Hunt, 77, of Hart, died on Saturday, February 20, 2021.
• Robert A. “Bob” Carr III, 71, of Newfield Township, died on Sunday, February 22, 2021.
• Cheryl Lynn Dennert, 63, of Crystal Valley, died on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
• Fern Annette Hilton, 70, of Pentwater, died on Friday, February 26, 2021.
• Andrew “Andy” Todd, 76, of Pentwater and Phoenix, died on Friday, February 26, 2021.
• Renae D. Fessenden, 68, of Shelby, died on Friday, February 26, 2021.
• Antoinette “Toni” Pawlowski, 74, of Pentwater, died on Friday, February 26, 2021.
• John Wilson Gebhart, 100-plus, of Hart, died on Saturday, February 27, 2021.
• James Edward Johnson, 74, of Pentwater, died on February 28, 2021.
• Charles Monton, 87, of The Villages, Fla., formerly of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
• Joyce A. (Gardner) Van Aelst, 93, of Walkerville, died on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.
• John Hammond, 73, of Rothbury, died on Monday March 8, 2021.
• Guadalupe “Lupe” Rodriguez, 60, of Muskegon, died on Monday, February 8, 2021.
• William “Bill” Robert Knoth, 78, of Stony Lake, died on Thursday, March 11, 2021.
• Margene “Marge” Sillman, 81, of Shelby, died on Thursday, March 11, 2021.
• Thomas Armstrong, Jr., 91, of Rothbury, died on Monday, March 15, 2021.
• William Paul “Bill” Nusbaum, 70, of Mears, died on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
• John Laurence Moore II, 61, of Rothbury, died on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
• Marie E. Fitzpatrick, 82, of Hart, died on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
• Regina “Jeanie” Sill, 72, of Shelby, died on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
• Virginia Leona Camargo, 54, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, March 23, 2021.
• Lois L. Ayers, 78, of Pleasant Ridge, , died on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
• Sharon Bowen, 76, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
• Robert V. Helmer, 96, of Shelby, died on Thursday, March 25, 2021.
• Jimmie D. “Jim” Williams, 79, of Rothbury, formerly of Shelby, died on Monday, March 29, 2021.
• Carolyn Louise Smith, 76, of Hesperia, died on Sunday, April 4, 2021.
• Alan Francis Hoffman, 68, of Rockford, formerly of Shelby, died Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
• Joseph John Tickle, 83, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.
• Mary Elizabeth Morse, 95, of Shelby, died on Friday, April 9, 2021.
• John William Babbin, 80, of Oceana County, died Saturday, April 10, 2021.
• Patrick Leonard Courneya, 56, formerly of Whitehall, died on Saturday, April 17, 2021.
• Beverly A. (Slee) Kelly, 75, of Pentwater, died on Thursday, April 22, 2021.
• Susan Miller, 63, of Hart, died on Friday, April 23, 2021.
• Mary (Weiland) Beatty, 90, of Shelby, died on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
• James D. Ackerberg, 78, of Hesperia, died on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
• Stephen Didur, 85, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
• Florence Ermina Stier Prosser, 103, of Surprise, Arizona, formerly of Shelby, died on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
• Antonio “Tony” Gonzales, 72, of Mears, died on Wednesday, Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
• Virginia Stella “Ginny” Dennert, 94, of Hart, died on Friday, May 7, 2021. 
• Sandra Cross, 88, of Missoula, Mont., Pentwater, died on Friday, May 7, 2021.
• Philip E.  Flater, 70, of Hesperia, died on Friday, May 7, 2021.
• Ronald C. Hamill, 60, of Shelby, died on Saturday, May 8, 2021.
• Betty Joann Greiner, 92, of Hart, died on Sunday, May 9, 2021. 
• Debbie Ann Aebig, 60, of Montague, died on Monday, May 10, 2021.
• Alfredo Lopez Sr., 75, of Rothbury, died on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
• Roy Donald Hitts, 74, of Ferry Township, died Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
• Bradley Harold Ordway, 59, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
• John L. Sullivan, 90, of Hart, died on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
• Carol Ann Cisneros, 65, of Shelby, died on Thursday, May 13, 2021.
• Joy R. Aebig, 87, of Shelby, died on Monday, May 17, 2021.
• Joshua Gutierrez, 22, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
• Sue Ellen Martin-Crowell, 69, of Montague, died on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
• Roger Lyle Jackson, 68, of Shelby, died on Friday, May 21st 2021.
• Gene Engweiler, 91, of Rothbury, died on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
• James Clare Shull, 80, of Hart, Michigan, died on Monday, May 31, 2021.
• Lucas J. Allen, 24, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.
• Nicolas Ruiz Tlaseca, 53, of Shelby, died on Sunday, June 6, 2021.
• Mary Celestra Camargo, 89, of Hart, died on Monday, June 7, 2021,
• Alice Jean Buchnius, 92, died on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
• Robert “Bob” F. Miller, 82, of Hart, died on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
• Marie Anne Sheldon, 91, of Hart, died on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
• Louis D. Nichols, 73, of Shelby, died on Friday, June 18, 2021.
• Dora Ann Smith, 61, of Indian River, died Saturday, June 19, 2021.
• Edith Caroline (Lynn) Smith-Kokx, 99, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
• James M. “Jim” Tufts, 30, of Muskegon, formerly of Shelby, died on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.
• Melanie D. Walicki, 51, of Pentwater, died on Friday, June 25, 2021.
• Lynda Carol Chmelik, 78, of New Era, died on Sunday, June 27, 2021.
• Margaret “Peg” Mitchell, 90, of Montague and formerly of Shelby, died on Monday, June 28, 2021.
• Andrew “Andy” Edward Schaner, 61, of Hart, died on Monday, June 28, 2021.
• LaMonte “Butch” Morgan, 63, of Hart, died on Sunday, July 4, 2021.
• Amanda M. Zuber, 32, of New Era, died on Monday, July 5, 2021.
• Ernesto Eugene Rodriguez Jr., 30, of Shelby, died on Friday, July 9, 2021.
• Richard Kaltunas, 81, of Mears, died on Friday, July 9, 2021.
• Robert G. Schaible, Jr., 88, of New Era, died on Friday, July 9, 2021.
• Jane Loise Thocher, 85, of Hart, died on Monday, July 12, 2021.
• Charles Douglas Collard, 80, of Hart died on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
• Duane D. Dennison, 73, of Hart, died on Wednesday, July 14, 2021.
• Donna Louise Cihak, 87, of Hart, died on Thursday, July 15, 2021.
• Nancy Kay Chase, 67, of Shelby, died on Friday, July 16, 2021.
• Fred Fessenden, 86, of Hart, died on Tuesday, July 20, 2021.
• Theodore Edward Slocum, 84, of Hart, died on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
• Clement O. McLouth, Jr., 87, of Hart, died on Saturday, July 24, 2021.
• Mark E. Rolf, 68, of Rothbury, died on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
• Josephine Arlene Dodge, 85, of Mears, died on Sunday, August 1, 2021.
• James E. Johnson, 77, of Mears, died on Sunday, August 1, 2021.
• Judith Leone Kronlein, 83, of Hart, died on Friday, August 6, 2021.
• Karla McBride, 74, of Walkerville, died on Sunday August 8, 2021.
• Dale A. Catherman, 74, of Hesperia, died on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.
• Todd William Holle, 68, of New Era, died on Thursday, August 12, 2021.
• James Arnold “Jim” Frees, 85, of Rothbury, died on Friday, August 13, 2021.
• Nancy J. Jonseck, 87, of New Era, died on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.
• Donna J. Schaner, 83, of Hart and Ludington, died on Thursday, August 19, 2021.
• William “Bill” Leland Briggs, 67, died on Sunday, August 22, 2021.
• Galen Rex “Bill” Dunn, 89, of Hart, died on Friday, August 27, 2021.
• Doris B. Reames, 95, of Shelby, died on Friday, August 27, 2021.
• David Paul Purdy, 49, of Shelby, died on Saturday, August 28.
• Ernest Edwin Lattin, 89, of Hesperia, died on Monday, August 30, 2021.
• Raymond Lee Croff, 71, of Hart, died on Monday, August 30, 2021.
• William F. “Bill” Sponhauer, 93, of Walkerville, died on Wednesday, September 1, 2021.
• Joyce Maxine (Towne) Bayle, 90, of Shelby, died on Saturday September 4, 2021.
• Richard Wayne Gorenflo, 38, of Walkerville, died on Sunday, September 5, 2021.
• Richard “Rick” Alan Helmer, 75, of Hart, died on Monday, September 6, 2021.
• Marjorie E. Willick, 98, of Shelby, died on Monday, September 6, 2021.
• Nancy Gayle Rolf, 66, of Rothbury, died on Friday, September 10, 2021.
• Gerald Richard Stover Sr., 88, of Shelby, died on Sunday, September 12, 2021.
• Tiffany Ann Ottman, 35, died on Sunday, September 12, 2021.
• Gerald Ernest “Jerry” Wambaugh, Sr., 80, of Rothbury, died on September 12, 2021.
• Janice Ann Ruedisale, 66, of Hart, died on Monday, September 13, 2021.
• Gerald Eugene Heydenberk, 84, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
• Gene Allan Herrygers, 62, of Mears, died on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
• Jay Edward Conklin, 68, of New Era, died on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
• Sandy Hawley, 77, of Hart, died on Saturday, September 25, 2021.
• Jerry Lee Culley, 75, of Hart, died Sunday, September 26, 2021.
• Wayne Mikeal Barker, 60, of Rothbury, died on Monday, September 27, 2021.
• Joseph James Tickle, 57, of Pentwater, died on Monday, September 27, 2021.
• Phyllis Ann (Gorenflo) Peters, 74, of Hart, died on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.
• Helen May Kuntz, 91, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
• Karen E. Wheeler, 85, of Elbridge Township, died on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
• Larry Joe “Doc” Weeks, 75, of Shelby, died on Thursday, September 30, 2021.
• Kyle D. Solesbee, 93, of Walkerville, died on Monday, October 4, 2021.
• Evelyn M. Clark, 86, of Hart, died on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
• Don J. Alvesteffer, 84, of Rothbury, died on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
• Calvin Roy Sisson II, 54, of Hart, died on Thursday, October 7, 2021.
• Duane Larry Johnson, 85, of Michigamme, formerly of Hart and Ontonagon, died on Sunday, October 10, 2021.
• Frank J. Clark, 63, of Hart, died on Monday, October 11, 2021.
• Jerry James Stage, 75, of Mears, died on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.
• Jeremy Jason Fogg, 43, of Shelby, died on Friday, October 15, 2021.
• Ellen E. Hardy, 93, of Hart, died on Sunday, October 17, 2021.
• Dennis A. Campbell, 76, of Hart, died on Sunday, October 17, 2021.
• John R. Simmons, 84, of Shelby, died on Friday, October 22, 2021.
• John E. Huston, 86, of Shelby, died on Friday, October 22, 2021.
• Rodney Russel Schultz, 67, of Shelby, died on Friday, October 22, 2021.
• Gerald “Jerry” Allan Emery, 89, of Pentwater, died Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
• Gerald “Jerry” Edward Leutzinger, 82, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, October 26, 2021,
• Douglas Lyle Raeth, 72, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
• Barbara VandenHeuvel, 83, of Ludington, formerly of Hart, died on Thursday, October 28, 2021.
• Lind R. Thompson, 65, of Stony Lake, died on Thursday, October 28, 2021.
• Louis (Louie) L. Heykoop, 87, of New Era, died on Sunday,  October 31, 2021.
• Miguel Angel Guzman-Burgos, 28, of Rothbury, died on Monday, November 1, 2021.
• Leon “Lee” John Stanek Sr, 76, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, November 02, 2021
• Marie Gale, 95, of Hart, died on Thursday, November 4, 2021.
• James “Jim” P. Graham, 79, of Shelby, died on Thursday, November 4, 2021.
• Jean Pease, 77, of Hesperia, died on Friday, November 5, 2021.
• Robert Carr, Sr., 88, of Hart, died on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
• William “Bill” Joseph Merten, 65, of Hart, died on Sunday, November 7, 2021.
• Bruce Edward Hendrie, 60, of Mears, died Sunday, November 7, 2021.
• Kathryn Wolfsen, 94, of Hesperia, died on Monday, November 8, 2021.
• Lisa R. Johnson, 93, of Mears, died on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
• Robert “Bob” Joseph Dodson, 54, of Hesperia, died on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
• Shirley Mary Novotny, 96, of Pentwater, died on Thursday, November 11, 2021.
• Casey Kathleen Bromley, 29, of Hart, died on Saturday, November 13, 2021.
• Jack Henry Laisure, 93, of Hesperia, died on Sunday, November 14, 2021.
• Larry A. VanderWall, 79, of Mears, died on Monday, November 15, 2021.
• Jeanette Jo Andrews, 73, of Kansas City, Mo. and  formerly of Shelby, died on Monday, November 15, 2021.
• Pentwater Fire Chief Paul Smith, 60, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, November 16, 2021
• Elizabeth Jean Kiefer, 101, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
• George James Novotny, 98, of Pentwater, died on Friday, November 19, 2021.
• James Lee Beggs, 62, of Hart, died on Saturday, November 20, 2021.
• Roberta L. “Bobbi” Spence, 67, of Shelby, died on Saturday, November 20, 2021.
• Marian Peterson, 91, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, November 20, 2021.
• Lawrence G. “Larry” Winterhalter Jr., 48, of New Era, died on Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
• Robert M. Gray, 81, of Hart, died on Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
• Cassandra Kay Lohman, 73, of New Era, died on Friday, November 26, 2021.
• Diana L. Snyder 71, of Hart, died on Friday, November 26, 2021.
• Ethel L. Morningstar, 97, of Shelby, died on Saturday, November 27, 2021.
• Norman Leo Schultz, Jr., 63, of Shelby, died on Saturday, November 27, 2021.
• Hector Francisco “Chiquilin” Vasquez-Melchor, 23, of Shelby, died on Sunday, November 28, 2021.
• The Rev. Thomas W. Bye, 71, of Hart, died on Friday, December 3, 2021.
• William C. “Bill” Schultz, 85, of New Era, died on Saturday, December 4, 2021.
• Tammy A. DeVries, 53, of New Era, died Sunday, December 5, 2021.
• Sarah Nicole Ursiny, 22, of Hart, died Sunday, December 5, 2021.
• Kathleen Ann McKissack, 80, of Mears, died on Monday, December 6, 2021.
• Daniel Laverne Dawson, 77, of Ferry, died on Monday, December 6, 2021.
• Louis Eugene Martin Jr., 73, of Mears, died on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
• Mark “Fredric” Newman, 87, of Hesperia, died on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
• Timothy Randy Barker, 62, of Rothbury, died on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
• Ted Matthew McKissack, 89, of Mears, died on Saturday, December 11, 2021.
• David Stanford Rose, 69, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, December 11, 2021.
• Marilyn G. Brown, 92, of Shelby, died on Sunday, December 12, 2021.
• Karin Jahn, 78, of Rothbury, died on Sunday, December 12, 2021.
• Kaylynn Marie McCann, infant daughter of Andrew McCann and Kourtney West, was born still on Saturday, December 11, 2021.
• Marshall Duane Jorissen, 83, of Hart, died on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
• Michael James Pierce, 52, formerly of Hart, died on Friday, December 24, 2021.
• Ruth I. Cory, 87, of Ferry Township, died on Sunday, December 26, 2021.
• Carl M. Dennison, 76, of Hart, died on Thursday, December 30, 2021.

Updated Jan. 4, 2022

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