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Deaths 2019

The following 2019 deaths have been reported to Oceana County Press.

Anntoinette “Tina” Marie Tinkham, 59, of Hesperia, died on Thursday, January 10, 2019.
June Barber Bartholomew, 94, of Montague, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.
Phillip C. “Chuck” Persenaire, 83, of Silver Lake, died on Saturday, January 5, 2019.
Larry B. Huls, 82, of Rothbury, died on Saturday, January 5, 2019.
Dianna S. Raider, 71, of Rothbury, died on Saturday, January 5, 2019.
Susan Louise Funderburg, 63, of Walkerville, died on Thursday, January 17, 2019.
Janet L. Ward, 76, of Shelby, died on Monday, January 14, 2019.
Robert C. “Bob” Erickson, 90, of Shelby, died on Friday, January 18, 2019.
Joel Michael Lloyd, 26, of Hart, died on Sunday, January 27, 2019.
Antonio Revilla, Jr., 58, of Shelby, died on Saturday, January 26, 2019.
Diane L. Buck, 69, of Shelby, died on Sunday, January 27, 2019.
Carolyn Kay Davila, 71, of Pentwater, died on Thursday, January 31, 2019.
Brian L. Hukill, 47, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
Angel Pena-Salinas, 70, of Shelby, died on Thursday, January 31, 2019.
Thomas F. Fodrocy, 78, of Shelby, died on Sunday, February 10, 2019.
Stanley Frederic Sanford, 93, of Shelby died on Sunday, February 10, 2019.
Timothy J. Clark, 56, of Montague, died on Thursday, February 7, 2019.
Paula Lopez, 86, of Shelby, died on Monday, February 4, 2019.
William Anderson, 82, of Montague, died on Thursday, Febrauary 21, 2019.
Michael A. “Monkey” Parsons, 32, of Hart, died on Friday, February 15, 2019.
Timothy J. Mangold, 54, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.
Jean C. Koehler, 95, of Montague, died on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.
Robert N. Bagley, 84, of Montague, died on Thursday, February 21, 2019.
Russell “Russ” Duane Hirdes, 73, of Rothbury, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.

Virginia Hoover Mittag, 99, of Hart, died on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
Patsy “Pat” Beatty, 68, of Montague, died on Friday, March 1, 2019.
Dorothy (Barritt) Juterbock, 95, of Mears, died on Saturday, March 2, 2019.
Lisa D. Smith, 56, of Ferry Township, died on Saturday, March 2, 2019.
Matthew “Matt” D. Norman, 59, of Mears, died on Sunday, March 3, 2019.
John Raeth, 92, of Shelby, died on Monday, March 4, 2019.
Lora L. Weaver, 62, of Ferry Township, died on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
Joyce E. Woodbury, 87, of Hart, died on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
David L. Waller, 76, of Shelby, died on Wednesday March 6, 2019.
Joan Ann Harryman, 66, of Hart, died on Friday, March 8, 2019.
Lyle Dwight Gale, 80, of Hart, died on Sunday, March 10, 2019.
James “Jim” M. Brondstetter, 56, of Shelby, died on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
Alaya Frances Melchor, 3, of Shelby, died on Saturday, March 9, 2019.

Newell Ware Wright, 93, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, March 14, 2019.
Daniel F. Babinec, 94, of Shelby died on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
Ronald Lawrence Oomen, 69, of Fountain, died on Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
Dorothy P. Bucher, 94, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
Dolly A. Renwick, 65, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
Jean Rutt, 67, of New Era, died on Saturday, March 23, 2019.
Cheyenne Travis Lopez, 40, of Hart, died on Saturday, March 23, 2019.
Carl Grow Jr., 85, of Montague, died Sunday, March 24, 2019.
Dorothy A. Armstrong, 83, of Rothbury, died on Friday, March 22, 2019.
David Joseph Owczarski, 77, of Montague, died on Sunday, March 24, 2019.
Raymond B. Fekken, 91, of New Era, died on Friday, March 29, 2019.
Elizabeth “Libby” Wheatley, 57, of Montague, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

Vincent Michael Czarnecki, Jr., 84, of Hart, died on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
Ivah (Dzur Gifford) Memmott, 86, of Grand Haven, formerly of Rothbury, died on Sunday, March 31, 2019.
Clara Jean Hickey, 86, of Stony Lake, died on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
Leonard “Leon” Kay, 75, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
Jack V. Kiel, 66, of Shelby, died on Thursday, April 4, 2019.
Edward Lawrence Woodworth, 84, of Walkerville, died on Thursday, April 4, 2019.
Pauline Marie Steiger, 88, of Pentwater, died on Sunday, April 7, 2019.
Clarice Rayma Murphy, 91, of Walkerville, died on Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
Judy Annette Lehman, 68, of Hart, died on Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
Betty Ann (Bronkema) Stark, 73, of Hart, died on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Theda Mae Vanden Heuvel, 95, of Hart, died on Sunday, April 21, 2019
Alice Jean Amstutz, 76, of Hart, died on Sunday, April 21, 2019.
Judith A. White, 78, of Hesperia, died on Thursday, April 18, 2019.
Kenneth Emory Walsworth, 71, of Mears died on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Marshall Bahr, Jr., 85, of Shelby, died on Thursday, April 18, 2019.
Bradley Jay Jager, 68, of Rothbury, died on Sunday, April 28, 2019.
Don V. Pebbles, 77, of New Era died on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.
Gordon Frank Wyns, 97, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.
Michael D. Kelly, 77, of New Era, died on Monday, May 6, 2019.
Marion Gretchen Flanders, 94, of Montague, died on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.
Wesley Eldon Carlson, 92, of Hart, died on Sunday, May 12, 2019.
Frances R. (Vasquez) Guardiola, 91, of Shelby, formerly of Muskegon, died on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Dorinda Blohm, 61, of New Era died Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
Donna Mae Snow, 95, formerly of Montague, died on Monday, May 13, 2019.
Laverne Clarence Monton, 89, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
John Christian Marker, 97, of Mears, died on Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
Vincent Rosar Morell, Jr., 41, of Silver Lake, died on Sunday, May 19, 2019.
Donald N. Hopper, 85, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.
Richard David Rennhack, 36, of Muskegon, formerly of Hart, died on Sunday, May 26, 2019.
Patrick John Ustick, Jr., 52, of Hart, died on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.
Barbara Ann Walker, 93, of Hart, died on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
Betty J. Cober, 91, of Stone Mountain, Georgia and formerly of Shelby, died on Saturday, May 25, 2019.
Todd H. Tufts, 43, of Hart, died on Saturday, May 25, 2019.
Gayl D. Nichols, 65, of Shelby, died on Monday, May 27, 2019.
Jean M. Burmeister, 98, of Whitehall and formerly of Shelby, died on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.
Irene L. Rabe, 84, of Shelby, died on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Matthew Charles Collins, 48, of Montague, died on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
Kathy C. Phillipo, 62, of Shelby, formerly of Walkerville, died on Friday, May 31, 2019.
Roger J. Morse, 90, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
William R. “Bill” Abrams, 93, of Shelby, died on Sunday, June 9, 2019.
Randall Jacob Rodriguez, 26, died on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.
Phylis J. Kokx, 82, of Hart, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2019.
Janyce L. Wiersema, 83, of New Era, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2019.
Ruth Ann Kelley, 73, of Hart, died on Thursday, June 20, 2019.
June Barber Bartholomew, 94, of Montague, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.
Edith L. Matney, 95, of Shelby, died on Friday, June 21, 2019.
William Reuben Lovell, 96, of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.

Barbara Jean (Johnson) Burmeister, 93, of Hart died on Sunday, June 23, 2019.
Peter Claudius VanIterson, 75, of Mears, died on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Shirley L. Parshall, 95, of Rothbury, died on Friday, June 21, 2019.
Edith L. Matney, 95, of Shelby, died on Friday, June 21, 2019.
Jody Lynn Love, 42, of Shelby, died on Friday, June 21, 2019.
Charlotte I. Bengtson, 89, of Muskegon and formerly of Montague, died on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Luvy L. Martinez, 57, of Hesperia died on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Robert J. “Bubba” Holmberg, 69, of New Era, died on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Richard L. Riddle, 84, of Elbridge Township, died on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Alyce Joyce Flowers, 92, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, June 29, 2019.
Frank Koenigsknecht, 92, of Pentwater, died on Friday, June 28, 2019.
Wilma B. Riley, 89, of Mears, died on Monday, July 1, 2019.
John Michael “Mike” Henderson, 74, of Mears, died on Thursday, July 4 2019.
Nancy Jean Helmer, 68, of Hart, died on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
Yvette Coralee Jernudd, 76, of Hart, died on Friday, July 5, 2019.
Edward Bauer, 90, of Mears, died on Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Robert R. Simmons, 79, of New Era, died on Monday, July 1, 2019.
George Eugene “Gene” Stark, 85, of Hart, died on Tuesday, July 2, 2019.
Kevin John Shoup, 53, of School Section Lake, died on Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
Rachel A. Hughey, 94, of Rothbury, died on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
Karen Sue Gale, 71, of Hart, died on Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Gordon L. Diepen, 79, of Muskegon and formerly of New Era, died on Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Wally Osborn, 92, of New Era, died on Monday, July 8, 2019.
Edward Bauer, 90, of Mears, died on Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Francis Lloyd Hiscock, 100, of Pentwater, died on Monday, July 15, 2019.
Bruce Carleton Walborn, 89, of Hart, died on Thursday, July 11, 2019.
William C. “Bill” Dukes, 88, of Shelby, died on Thursday, July 11, 2019.
Zella “Anne” Wade, 86, of Shelby, died on Saturday, August 3, 2019.
William Melendrez, 19, of Hart, died on Saturday, July 20, 2019 .
James Frank, 52, of Shelby, died on Monday, July 29, 2019.
Diane Boulais, 67, Ludington, died on Saturday, August 3, 2019.
Robert Ralph Childers, 77, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.
Scott Parsons, 43, of Hart, died on Sunday, August 11, 2019.
Layne Ross Six, 66, of Mears, died on Thursday, August 5, 2019.
Debra Ann (Graves) Slates, 62 of New Era, died on Saturday, August 7, 2019.

Cecilia Anna Knowles, 25, of Walkerville, died on Saturday, August 10, 2019.
Joyce Eilene Jensen, 77, of Ludington, formerly of Hart, died Saturday, August 10, 2019.
Scott Russell Parsons, 43, of Hart, died on Sunday, August 11, 2019.
Jennifer Lynn Fitzpatrick-Fekken, 44, of Montague, died on Sunday, August 11, 2019.
Carole Lyne Starr, 75, of Montague, died on Monday, August 12, 2019.
David Allan Driscoll, 81, of Montague, died on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
Patricia E. Flanery, 76, of Walkerville, died on Thursday, August 15, 2019.

Joan Rae Peterson, 88, of Hart, died on Saturday, August 17, 2019.
Katherine Mayrene Davey, 83, of Hart, died on Friday, August 23, 2019.
Michael L. Saunders, 71, of Shelby died on Saturday, August 24, 2019.
Peggy Studer, 60, of Whitehall, formerly of Shelby, died on Monday, August 26, 2019.
Helen J. Malda, 85, of New Era, died on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.

Frances Lucille Tate, 92, of Hart, went to be with her Lord on August 28, 2019.
Arnold Robert Lambrix, 70, of Hart, died on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.
Katherine Mayrene Davey, 83, of Hart, died on Friday, August 23, 2019.
Jean Elaine Streeting, 67, of Fruitland Township, died on Sunday, August 25, 2019.
Sharon Diane Krusinsky, 71, of Rothbury, died on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.
Betty Dorothy Christians, 63, of Pentwater, died on August 29, 2019.
Helen J. Malda, 85, New Era, died on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.
Kristin M. Nichols, 52, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, August 27, 2019.
Sandra L. “Sandy” Dunlap, 77, of Hesperia, died on Friday, August 30, 2019.

Donald Judson McGahan, 85, of Rothbury, died on Friday, September 6, 2019.
Martha J. Lathers, 86, of Hart, died on Friday, September 6, 2019.
Jean C. (Silvis) Tanner, 92, of Hart, died Friday, September 6, 2019.
Juan Delgado, Jr., 81, of Hart, died on Saturday, September 7, 2019.
Audrey Saum, 91, of Shelby, died on Monday, September 9, 2019 .

Julie Ann Quinn, 67, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
Charles “Chuck” Zamborowski, 80, of Hart, died on Saturday, September 14, 2019.
Cloyse G. Horton, 90, of Shelby, died on Sunday, September 15, 2019.
James R. “Jim Dog” Davidson, 50, of Sheridan Township, Mason County, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
Nancy Nims Walborn, 89, of Hart died on Saturday, September 14, 2019.
Lucas Farias Jr., 23, of Hart, died on Sunday, September 22, 2019.
Mark Earl Hardy, 71, of Hart, died on Monday, September 23, 2019.
Francis Joseph Hammerle, 85, of Pentwater, died on Friday, September 27, 2019.
Gary Ellis Haiss, 78, of Pentwater, died on Friday, September 27, 2019.
Sarah R. Gray of Hart, died on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
Kathy Sue McGahan, 60, of Walkerville, died on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
Theodore G. “Ted, Toole” Zoulek, 82, of Shelby, died on Thursday, September 19, 2019.
Robert J. “Bob” Markiewicz, 72, of Shelby, died on Saturday, September 21, 2019.
Dale L. Greeno, 75, of Shelby, died on Friday, September 27, 2019.
Ethel Daggett, 83, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.
Sally Ann Allison, 78, of Mears, died on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.
Marion Elaine Wade, 90, of Walkerville, died on Friday, October 4, 2019.
Zinnia (Zuniga) Chavez, 60, of Rothbury, died Sunday, September 29, 2019.
Arden A. Clark, 82, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.

lara B. Lozen, 99, of Hart, died on Sunday, October 13, 2019.
Ellen M O’Connell, 99, of Montague, died on Monday, October 14, 2019.
Raymond Robert Hale, 68, of Hart, died on Wednesday, October 16, 2019.
Janet Sue (Lipski) Grant, 88, formerly of Hart, died on Friday, October 18, 2019.
Judith A. Dawson, 70, of Pentwater, died on Monday, October 14, 2019.
Troy R. Rowley, 43, of Lowell, formerly of Shelby, died on Wednesday, October 16, 2019.
Bill R. Kroes, 88, of Rothbury and formerly of Grand Haven, died on Thursday, October 17, 2019.
Alexander “Alex” F. Smith, 24, of Shelby, died on Monday, October 21, 2019.

Daniel T. Babinec, 68, of Pentwater and formerly of Shelby, died on Monday, November 11, 2019

Ida Pearl (Hale) VanDerZanden, 95, of Hart, died on Wednesday, November 6, 2019.
Lucille Gladys Russell, 88, of Hart, died on Thursday, November 7, 2019.
Robert Lee West, 50, of Hart, died on Friday, November 8, 2019.
Raymond Chester Tracy, 81, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, November 9, 2019.
Jack C. Rought, age 78, of Pentwater died on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
Jerome C. Alvesteffer, 86, of Hart, died on Sunday, November 3, 2019.
Frank Peter Horter, Sr., 85, of Shelby, died on Sunday, November 3, 2019.
Maria Elena Reyes Schaub, 59, of Hart, died on Sunday, November 10, 2019.

Jeffery Lynn Kubon, 73, of Crystal Valley, died on Sunday, November 17, 2019.
Harry Heersema, 88, of Mears, died on Sunday, November 17, 2019.

Phyllis Creve Wambaugh, 94, of Hart, died on Monday, November 25, 2019.
Wayne John Hoffman, 61, of Shelby, died on Sunday, November 24, 2019.
Brandi Lynn Coulier-Buchner, 23, of Hesperia, died on Monday, November 25, 2019.
Richard L. Roberts, Sr., 87, of Hart, died on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.
Henry Volney Griffis, 82, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, November 30, 2019.
Donald A. Priese, 89, of New Era, died on Friday, November 29, 2019.
Jaqueline Diana (Dillingham) Salzman, 84, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, died on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.
Donald V. Volz, 91, of Pentwater died on Thursday, December 5, 2019.
Marilyn (Bennitt) Culp, 87, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, December 3, 2019.
Harold A. Colby, 96, of Rothbury, died on Tuesday, December 3, 2019.
Sidney Rex Whitaker, 70, of Hart, died on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
Bonnie Jean Bickel, 89, of Hart, died on Sunday, December 8, 2019.
Donna Jean (Birkman) Vander Zanden, 84, of Chicago, formerly of Weare, died on Monday, December 9, 2019.
Brian James Martin, 70, of Montague, died on Thursday, December 12, 2019.
Charles E. “Chuck” Chase, 78, of Walkerville, died on Monday, December 9, 2019.
David L. Weger, 64, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
Marilyn R. Reeves, 73, of Shelby, died on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
James Michael Dean, 61, of Mears, died Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
Richard Lee “Dick” Walsworth, 77, of Mears, died on Friday, December 27, 2019.
Eva M. Near, 98, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, December 25, 2019.
Daniel Joseph Tarnowski, 68, of Hart, died on Tuesday, December 31, 2019.
John A. McDonald II, 70, of Ferry Township, died on Tuesday, December 31, 2019.
Mabel E. Johnson, 95, of Shelby died on Tuesday, December 31, 2019.