Immediate assistance: (269) 471-3729
Immediate assistance: (269) 471-3729
Local obituaries for Berrien Springs, MI and surrounding areas
Danny R. Aldridge, Sr.
Nov 2, 2016
Danny R. Aldridge Sr., 61, of Stevensville, died Wednesday evening, November 2, 2016, at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, November 7, at Rose Hill Cemetery in Berrien Springs. Pastor Starley Baker will officiate, and military rites will be conducted by the North Berrien Military Rites Team, Coloma American Legion Post 362. ...
Robert L. Beck
Oct 24, 2016
Robert L. Beck, 71, of Berrien Springs, died Monday afternoon, October 24, 2016, at Lakeland Hospital, Niles. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 30, at Allred Funeral Home in Berrien Springs, with visitation beginning at noon. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorial donations may be given to Voice of Prophecy. Those wishing to share a...
Ruth Alice Ross Burlingame
Oct 18, 2016
Ruth Alice Ross Burlingame, 86, of Berrien Springs died Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at Woodland Terrace of Longmeadow in Niles. Ruth was born July 24, 1930, in Buchanan to Earl and Minta Ross. She was a sister to Cathleen, Lavonne, Earl Jr., Kerry, who predeceased her; and her two devoted sisters, Dorothy Masterson of Bridgman and Sharon Hall of Stevensville,...
Ruth Helen Kaiser
Oct 8, 2016
Ruth Helen Kaiser, 93, of Berrien Springs, died Saturday, October 8, 2016, at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Monday, October 10, in the Youth Chapel of Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, with Pastor Don Dronen officiating. Friends may visit one hour prior to the service. In...
Mary A. Detweiler
Oct 8, 2016
Mary Alice Rogers Detweiler was born March 28, 1924 to Irving H. Rogers and Vivian Lois Burroughs Rogers. She was third in the line-up of nine children. Peoria, Illinois is where it all began and was her home until she left at the age of 18. Prior to that she spent the lion’s share of a year canvassing the pedestrians...
Sylvia Marie Stiles
Oct 2, 2016
Sylvia Marie Stiles, 84, of Berrien Center, died Sunday, October 2, 2016, at the University of Chicago Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, October 7, at the Niles Westside Seventh-day Adventist Church, with Pastor Darrel le Roux officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the Niles Westside SDA Church School. Online messages for the family...
Ronald L. Johnson
Sep 21, 2016
Ronald Lee Johnson was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 19, 1942, as the first child born to Bert and Fae Johnson. The first few years of his life were spent at Camp Roberts near Paso Robles, California, where his father, a dentist, was stationed during World War II. A younger brother, Gordon, joined the family in 1944. After the...
Betty Jayne Christner
Sep 8, 2016
Betty Jayne Christner, 89, of Berrien Center, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2016, at Lakeland Medical Center, St. Joseph. Betty was born December 28, 1926, at her home in Berrien Center. She was raised on the family farm where she enjoyed farm life and caring for the new chicks and ducklings. She was a graduate of Berrien Springs High School. ...
Rhoda Mae Kendall
Sep 6, 2016
Rhoda Mae Kendall, 85, of Berrien Springs, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, September 9, at Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, with burial following in Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice at Home. Friends are invited to visit with the family from 6 – 8 p.m....
Franklin Delano Fisher
Sep 4, 2016
Franklin Delano Fisher, 78, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, September 4, 2016, surrounded by family and under the compassionate care of the hospice staff at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph, Michigan. Frank was born September 25, 1937, to Charles Donald and Belle Frazee Fisher at home on the family farm in Coloma...
Donna Jean Stark Valzonis
Aug 25, 2016
Donna Jean Stark Valzonis, 75, of Berrien Springs, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at home. Donna was born November 18, 1940, to Mary and Henry Stark. On October 11, 1960, she married Richard Leon Valzonis. She was a devoted and loving mother and wife. She is survived by two daughters, Rhonda Valzonis-Wise and Susann Hendryx Jesswein (Michael);...
Anna Miriam Lawrence
Aug 14, 2016
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Keren and Orion Lawrence will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at the Stevensville Seventh-day Adventist Church. Anna Miriam Lawrence was stillborn on Sunday morning, August 14, 2016, at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph. Friends are invited to visit with the family at the church, beginning at 2:30 until service...
Carol Ann Dennis
Aug 2, 2016
Carol Ann Brady Dennis, RN, died unexpectedly in her home in Berrien Springs on August 2, 2016, at the age of 81. Carol is survived by her children, Mary Ruth Davis and son-in-law Brian Patrick Davis, and Twyla Eileen Smith and son-in-law Jeffrey Wayman Smith; siblings, Jane Spear of Hagerstown, MD, and James Brady of Moncure, NC; and grandchildren: Kollyn,...
Valerie Fay Zelmer-Bailey
Jul 25, 2016
Valerie Fay Zelmer-Bailey, 54, of Buchanan passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, July 25, 2016. Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, was entrusted with arrangements for cremation following a private viewing. Online messages for the family may be left at www.allredfuneralhome.com. Valerie enjoyed being outside in nature. She had an amazing green thumb, like her Grandpa Zelmer. She loved...
Mary Evelyn Justice
Jul 22, 2016
Mary E. Justice, 99, of Berrien Springs, passed away Friday morning, July 22, 2016, at Lakeland Hospital-Niles. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, at Caldwell Cemetery in Eau Claire, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband, Everett B. Justice. Allred Funeral Home is assisting the family, and online messages may be left...
Henrietta 'Henri' Bruce
Jul 18, 2016
Henrietta “Henri” Carol Bruce, 77, of Buchanan, Michigan, passed away in her sleep on Monday, July 18, 2016 in Little Rock, Arkansas while doing what she loved most in life: visiting with her family and friends in the company of her husband of 57 years, Lowell “Spike” Bruce, while at the home of her twin brother, Henry Heritz. She was...
Richard M. Rideout
Jul 16, 2016
Richard M. Rideout passed away quietly July 16, 2016 after a valiant battle with an aggressive cancer. Richard was born to Richard F. and Dorothy M. Rideout on February 12, 1945 in Berrien Springs, MI. He returned to Berrien Springs to complete his BS degree from Andrews University from 1967- 1969, and continued to live there until April 2016 when...
Veronica M. Edmeade
Jul 16, 2016
Veronica Merril Edmeade was born on December 17, 1930, on the beautiful, tropical island of Nevis, West Indies. She lived most of her early life in St. Kitts; then later migrated to the St. Thomas, USVI; then to Berrien Springs, Michigan, where she passed peacefully at her home on July 16, 2016. Veronica was a very loving, loveable, talented and...
Shahin Ilter
Jul 10, 2016
Obituary pending. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2016, in the Riess Chapel of the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church, Berrien Springs. Memorial Service: Riess Chapel 635 St. Joseph Avenue, Berrien Springs, MI 49103
Donna Joyce Labaumbard
Jun 30, 2016
Donna Joyce LaBaumbard, 85, of St. Joseph, departed from this life and went home to Heaven on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at The Willows in St. Joseph. A Celebration of Life Service and Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, at Napier Parkview Baptist Church, 245 W. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor, of which she was a member...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
Contact Us
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during the difficult first year after a loss