Local obituaries for Berrien Springs, MI and surrounding areas
Jimmie Ray Pugh
Feb 13, 2017
Jimmie Ray Pugh, 72, of Eau Claire, died Monday morning, February 13, 2017, at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 25, at Bowerman Funeral Home, Eau Claire. A procession to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sodus, will leave at 2 p.m. for graveside military rites conducted by the North Berrien Military Rites Team. Memorial...
Victor Leo Sells
Feb 9, 2017
Victor Leo Sells, 74, of Eau Claire peacefully went to rest on Feb. 9, 2017. Vic was the husband of Joyce Rumbaugh Sells, and father of Rory (Kim) Sells and Gale (John) Rue. He was happily married to Joyce for 54 years. He was born Sept. 11, 1942, in Benton Harbor, the oldest of eight children born to Robert and...
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...
William Trail
Feb 5, 2017
William Leo Trail, 68, of Eau Claire, died early Sunday morning, February 5, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be at noon on Thursday, February 9, at Bright Star Tabernacle in Eau Claire, with Pastor Mike Fields officiating. Burial will be in Caldwell Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 – 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 8, at Bowerman Funeral Home...
Lillian M. Down
Feb 4, 2017
Lillian Mae (Kourt) Down, 94, of Berrien Springs, died peacefully on February 4, 2017 at Woodland Terrace of Longmeadow in Niles. She was born March 3, 1922 in South Lyon, Michigan and attended school in Brighton, Michigan. She married Lloyd Andrew Down in 1940 and was employed by Burroughs Corporation during WW II. After raising their four children, Lillian ran...
George H. Akers
Feb 4, 2017
George Hillry Akers, 90, of Collegedale, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017. He was the son of the late Hillry B. and Kitty H. Akers and was preceded in death by his son, Douglas Allen Akers, and sister, Miriam Dalecki. The Akers family lived all over the United States but spent a majority of their time in Berrien Springs,...
Eleanor Moon Kephart
Feb 4, 2017
Eleanor Moon Kephart, 97, of Berrien Springs passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Loving Care Foster Homes in Berrien Springs. Eleanor was born March 14, 1919 in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Albert and Minnie (McOmber) Wilson. She graduated from Berrien Springs High School in 1937. On October 2, 1940 she married Dale Moon until his death on...
George H. Akers
Feb 4, 2017
George Hillry Akers, 90, of Collegedale, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017. He was the son of the late Hillry B. and Kitty H. Akers and was preceded in death by his son, Douglas Allen Akers, and sister, Miriam Dalecki. The Akers family lived all over the United States but spent a majority of their time in Berrien Springs,...
Robert Don Moon Iii
Feb 3, 2017
Robert Don Moon III, 55, formerly of Berrien Springs, died Friday, February 3, 2017, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, February 11, at Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University, Berrien Springs. Friends are invited to visit from 5 – 7 p.m. Friday, February 10, at Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs,...
Darell V. Amundson
Feb 3, 2017
Darell V. Amundson, 97, died Friday morning, February 3, 2017, at Woodland Terrace of Longmeadow in Niles. Inurnment will be in Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Michigan. He was born November 24, 1919, in Brooten, Minnesota, the son of Benhard and Leah (Chaffee) Amundson. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the Army Air Forces, where...
Larry K. Collier
Jan 22, 2017
The Collier family and all their friends and acquaintances were saddened to learn of the passing of Larry Kenneth Collier, 78, on January 22, 2017 in Buchanan, Michigan. Born on October 25, 1938 in Streator, Illinois he was one of six children of Eldon and Beatrice (Wood) Collier. When he was just five years old, and brother Eldon, seven, their...
Viola B. Peugh
Jan 22, 2017
Viola B. Peugh, 96, of Berrien Springs, passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. She was born January 15, 1921 in Detroit. She married Edwin F. Peugh on October 11, 1952, and he preceded her in death November 15, 2004. Mrs. Peugh worked as a “Rosie the Riveter” during WWII. She later became a...
Alice Marie Swartz
Jan 20, 2017
Alice Marie Swartz, 86, of Berrien Springs, died Friday, January 20, 2017, at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. Funeral services will be at noon Tuesday, January 24, at Allred Funeral Home in Berrien Springs, where friends may visit beginning at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Donations in Alice’s name may be made to the Humane Society...
Lowell E. Clausen
Jan 14, 2017
Lowell E. Clausen, 92, of Berrien Springs, died Saturday, January 14, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be at noon Tuesday, January 17, in the Riess Chapel of the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in Berrien Springs, where friends may call beginning at 11 a.m. Pastor Ron Kelly will officiate, and burial in Rose Hill Cemetery will follow the services. ...
Marilyn J. Chapman
Jan 13, 2017
Marilyn J. Chapman, 79, of Dowagiac, died Friday, January 13, 2017, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born March 11, 1937, in Niles, one of four daughters of John and Bernice Walker, and grew up on Chapel Road. She married Roland Rutz and together they ran a successful 60-acre fruit farm in Baroda, doing much of the work...
David E. Hodge
Jan 11, 2017
David Edwin Hodge, 92, of Berrien Springs, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at his home. Born October 15, 1924 in Dabney, Indiana, he was the youngest of seven children of George Albert and Myrtle (Powell) Hodge. He grew up during the depression years in a small farming community. He graduated from Versailles High School in 1942. In the fall of...
Jacqualyn Marie Davidson
Jan 11, 2017
Jacqualyn Marie Davidson, 86, of Niles, died Wednesday morning, January 11, 2017, at Woodland Terrace of Longmeadow in Niles. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 15, at Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, where friends may call beginning at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice. Messages...
Margaret 'Peggy' Kroncke
Jan 6, 2017
Margaret Evelyn “Peggy” Kroncke, former longtime resident of Berrien Springs, passed away on January 6, 2017 in Temecula, California at the age of 89. Peggy was born on July 5, 1927 in Newburgh, New York to Albert and Margaret Wright. She was raised in the greater New York area where she attended school through her high school graduation. Peggy then...
Donna Mae Olney Heyer
Jan 4, 2017
Donna Mae Olney Heyer, 102, of Berrien Springs, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at Pine Ridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Stevensville. Funeral services will be at noon Tuesday, January 10, at Berrien Springs United Methodist Church, where friends may call 10 a.m. til noon. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the BS United...
Robbin E. Down
Jan 1, 2017
Robbin Elaine Down, 62, of Eau Claire, died Sunday, January 1, 2017, at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, January 8, in the Riess Chapel of the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in Berrien Springs. Memorial donations may be made to Hanson Hospice Center. Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, has been entrusted...
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