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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. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby.
Jack Henry Laisure, 93, of Hesperia, died on Sunday, November 14, 2021. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby.
Larry A. VanderWall, 79, of Mears, died on Monday, November 15, 2021. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby.
Jeanette Jo Andrews, 73, of Kansas City, Mo. and formerly of Shelby, died on Monday, November 15, 2021. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home, Shelby.
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.
Sarah Nicole Ursiny, 22, of Hart, died Sunday, December 5, 2021.