Obituaries

Julie Hamblin

Julie Hamblin

Feb 9, 2024

Julie Marie Hamblin of Richland, MI went to be with Jesus on Friday February 9, 2024. She was surrounded by her children and grandchildren whom she loved with everything in her.

Julie was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia April of 2021. She fought with great determination and went into remission for over a year. She...

Nancy Laughhunn

Nancy Laughhunn

Feb 8, 2024

Nancy Lee Laughhunn was born April 20, 1937, in Troy, Michigan, to the union of Edsel and Violet Budry. She was the oldest of five children.

While working as a waitress, she met Michael (Mickey) Laughhunn. Soon after, on December 11, 1956, they were married. Nancy was his “Sweetheart”. From that union, four children were...

Duane Cowgill

Duane Cowgill

Feb 6, 2024

Duane Clearance "Wayne" Cowgill, age 69, of Coloma, passed away on February 6, 2024, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He was born on October 2, 1954.

Known for his calm and peaceful demeanor, Duane was a hardworking man who always aimed to avoid trouble. He cherished his Monte Carlo and a van that he kept running...

Roberta Linkfield

Roberta Linkfield

Feb 6, 2024

Roberta Evelyn Linkfield, aka Aunt Bobbi, went to her heavenly home on February 6, 2024. She passed away in her sleep after a short illness. Bobbi’s Christian faith was an essential part of her life as a Lutheran.

She was born in Burnettsville, In, the youngest of two daughters, where her maternal grandfather owned a...

Doris Marshall

Doris Marshall

Feb 5, 2024

Doris Dieckman Marshall, 90, formerly of Benzonia, MI, passed away peacefully on February

5, 2024, in Rockford, MI, with family by her side.

Doris Irene was born on her family’s farm in Corunna, MI, to Lee and Beatrice (Stilson) Stewart

on August 14, 1933. After losing her father in an auto/train accident when...