Deaths 2023

The following deaths have been reported to Oceana County Press in 2023:

  • Joni Marie Rood, 36, of Shelby, died on Sunday, January 1, 2023.
  • Joseph Adrian Vanden Heuvel, 101, of Hart, died on Friday, January 6, 2023.
  • Gladys Pearl Lambrix, 92, formerly of Shelby, died on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
  • Maria Elena Lozano, 68, of Hart, died on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
  • Judy Darleen Fessenden, 80, formally of Shelby, died on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
  • Robert Novak, 87, of Hesperia, died on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at his home.
  • Juanita Joee Schultz, 97, of Shelby, died on Friday, January 27, 2023.
  • James Ralph Rininger, 80, of Hart, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • Michael Alberts, 77, of Hart, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.
  • Joseph Anton Negele, 90, of Pentwater, died on Friday, February 3, 2023.
  • Leonard James Jastrzembski, 64, died on Friday, February 3, 2023.
  • Christopher Scott Eisenlohr, 56, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.
  • Catherine “Katie” Naghtin, 88, of Hart, died on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.
  • Mark McKelley, 73, of Silver Lake/Mears, died on Thursday, February 9, 2023.
  • Kenneth L. Miller, 100, of Pentwater, died on Monday, February 13, 2023.
  • John Robert Fletcher, 78, of Ludington, formerly of Hart, died on Saturday, February 11, 2023.
  • Kenneth Lloyd Miller, 100, of Pentwater, died on Monday, February 13, 2023.
  • Kenneth “Beach” Wayne Beachum, 92, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
  • Sharon A. Martin, 77, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
  • John Thomas Fredenburg, 75, of Rothbury, died on Thursday, February 16, 2023.
  • James “Jim” William Hughes, 83, of Hart, formally of Rothbury, died on Friday, February 17, 2023.
  • Raymond Dewyer, 68, of Fairbault, Minn., formerly of Pentwater, died on Friday, February 17, 2023.
  • Janice Lynn Gifford, 77, of Shelby, died on Friday, February 17, 2023.
  • Jack Allen Tate, 81, of Hart, died Sunday, February 19, 2023.
  • Brenda Claire Kieft, 78, of New Era, died on Sunday, February 19, 2023.
  • Stanley Joseph Gillish Jr., 79, of Rothbury, died on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
  • Michael VandeVoorde, 73, of Custer, died on Monday, February 27, 2023.
  • Sandra Gail Farber, 63, of Ferry Township, died on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
  • Edward Charles Sherman, Sr., 79, of Hart, died on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
  • Gerrett John Varenhorst, 43, of Hart, died on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
  • Robert Joseph Fillips, 81, of Hart, died on Sunday, March 5, 2023. 
  • Donna Jean Anita Hodges, 86, of Crystal Valley, died on March 5, 2023.
  • Hayley Marie Flanery, 26, of Holton, formerly of Hesperia, died on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
  • Lynnette Kay Voorheis, 74, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.
  • Kevin Scott Smith, 55, of Whitehall, formally of Pentwater, died on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
  • Frances Lucille Frank, 80, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
  • Mitchell Alvin Cosselman, 66, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
  • George Patrick Smith, 83, of Hesperia, died on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
  • Maxine “Boo Boo” Marie (Kiggins) Hamrick, 86, of Mears, died on Saturday, March 18, 2023
  • Barbara “Barb” Ruth Schuyler, 95, of Shelby, died on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
  • Rose Lynn Jones, 64, of Hart, died on Sunday, March 19, 2023.
  • John Earl Jobes, 62, of Hart, died on Sunday, March 19, 2023.
  • Donald Carrick, 84, of New Era, died on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.
  • Herman Lee Scripter, 53, died on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
  • Frederick “Fred” Allen Holmes, 86, of Hesperia, died on Sunday, April 2, 2023.
  • Priscilla Jane White, 76, of Hart, died on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
  • Wilhelmina “ Billie ” Marie Deen, 84, of Stony Lake, died on April 7, 2023.
  • Doris M. Brown, 93, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, April 8, 2023.
  • Edith Mae “Kitty” Kokx, 96, of Pentwater, died on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
  • Sandra Jean “Sandi” Rininger, 81, of Hart, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
  • Timothy “Tim” Allen Eitniear, 64, of Hesperia, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
  • Rebecca Marlene Sterken, 56, of Shelby, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2023,
  • Michael Lynn Peters, 73, of Pentwater, died on Friday, April 14, 2023.
  • Walker Garrett Baum, 23, of Mears, died on Saturday, April 15, 2023.
  • Kelly Lee Parker, 74, of Hart, died on Sunday, April 23, 2023.
  • Robert (Bob) Ray McGhan, 81, of Shelby, died on Saturday, April 29, 2023.
  • Ronald “Ron” John Chapel, 79, of Ludington, formerly of Hart, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023.
  • Gary Hunt Worton, 80, of Pentwater, died on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
  • Mark James Christiansen, 70, of Shelby, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2023.
  • George Peter Sadler, 65, of Pentwater, died on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
  • Frances Jane Buck, 92, of Pentwater, died on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
  • Joan Ruth Haiss, 80, of Pentwater, died on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
  • Barbara Jean Fessenden, 88, of New Era, died on May 16, 2023.
  • Robert Allen VandenHeuvel, 74, of Pentwater, died on Sunday, May 21, 2023.
  • Frederic Gerald Cisler, 76, of Pentwater, died on Friday, May 26, 2023.
  • Reyna Isabel Guijarro, 59, of Hart, died on Sunday, May 28, 2023.
  • William Henry Benson, 72, of Hart, died on Sunday, June 4, 2023.

Updated June 7, 2023

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