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Kingwill Stephen D. Kingwill, age 66, formerly of Belmont passed away on Monday, September 12, 2011, at Masonic Pathways in Alma. Stephen was a member of the Rockford Lodge #246 F&AM and the Shriners. He and his father George were members of the Shriner’s Clown Team and put a lot of time and effort at […]
Gaubas Mrs. Mildred Gaubas, age 99, passed away peacefully in her Rockford home on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. She was born as Anna Amelia Balis in Kent County, Mich. She was raised in Lithuania as an indentured servant, after her mother drowned during a ferry crossing while on a visit back home. Her siblings remained […]
Slack Pignatello Elizabeth Fawn Slack Pignatello, 39, of Alexandria, Va., died Sunday, August 7, 2011, in a private airplane crash. Born in Washington, D.C., on October 29, 1971, Elizabeth grew up in Rockford, the daughter of Enid L. Robinson and Robert J. Slack, stepdaughter of Collin Robinson, and sister of the late Erik B. Slack. […]
Mrs. Ruth Mae Cooper, age 84, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. Ruth was born November 11, 1926, to Glenn and Edith Joslin near Anamosa, Iowa. She went to a small school in Stone City, Iowa, and came to Grand Rapids at the age of 17 for a two-week […]
Cederquist Mr. Robert Winfield Cederquist (CQ), age 77, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at the family farm in Howard City. Surviving Mr. Cederquist are his children, Michele (Ken) Ross, Susan Cederquist, Robert J. Cederquist and Rebeka Cederquist; his grandchildren, Alixandra David, Jessica Baty, Carter Redburn, Mackenzie Allan, Hannah Cederquist, Kelsey Lewis and Kate […]
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