Obituaries

Meri Ann Laughman, age 50, of Constantine, passed away Monday, August 1, 2016 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. She was born October 1, 1965 in Dallas, TX, a daughter of Benjamin and Joan (Taylor) Starkweather. She attended Edwardsburg schools. On April 6, 1990 she married Terry Laughman in Constantine. Meri attended Trinity Missionary Church and Three Rivers Bible Church. …

Karl Galen Callender Sr., age 68, of Constantine, died August 01, 2016, at Three Rivers Health Hospital. He was born December 28, 1947, a son of George and Alice (Bennett) Callender. On July 7, 1993 Karl married Janelle Ripke in Louisville, KY. He worked as a door builder at Hallmark Industries in Bristol for 21 years, retiring in December 2007. …

Martin R. (Marty) Wesse, 62, of Constantine, died Thursday, July 21, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was born July 3, 1954, in Three Rivers, a son of Harold G. and Bonnie J. (Schultz) Wesse. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He lived in the Constantine and White Pigeon area most of his life. …

Mrs. Ellen Naomi Broker, age 94, of Three Rivers, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at the Heartland Health Care Center. She was born on Dec. 10, 1921 in Vicksburg, MI., the daughter of the late Walter G. and Ruby C. (Springer) Fritz. On December 24, 1940 Ellen married the love of her life Mr. Andrew C. Broker. She …

Francis “Bud” Stanley Krawczak passed away on Saturday, July 30th, 2016 at Heartland Healthcare due to complications related to vascular dementia. Bud was born on August 14th, 1937 in Saginaw, Michigan to Stanley and Adeline (Mrozinski) Krawczak. He married Mary Ellen Oldenburg and together they had four children. He worked at the Saginaw Grey Iron Foundry for twenty-four years before …

Eddie F. Bowman, 47, of White Pigeon, died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at his home. Cremation has taken place. A memorial services will held at a later date. Arrangements are by Farrand Funeral Home of White Pigeon.

Alec J. McKelvey, age 78, of Colon, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. Alec was born Sept. 30, 1937, in Newberry, Mich., a son to the late Floyd and Mary Elizabeth (LeBel) McKelvey. On Nov. 4, 1978, he married Diane (Ward) Stevens in Sturgis. Alec graduated from Newberry High School and later from the …

Roger L. Schmidtendorff, 86, of Mottville Township, White Pigeon, died Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at his home, following a short illness. He was born July 7, 1930, in Fabius Township, a son of Lawrence and Edith (Kennedy) Schmidtendorff. He was a Mottville resident since 1954, coming from Jones. Roger was a machinist, employed 15 years by Burr Oak Tool and …

Lester R. Hummel, 89, of Mottville Township, White Pigeon, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Sturgis Hospital, following a short illness. He was born June 16, 1927, in Constantine, a son of Lester B. and Velma (Shyne) Hummel. He lived most of his life in southwest Michigan and winters in Florida. He was employed as an electrician for Jerry Krull …

Richard E. Almasi, 78, of Shipshewana, Ind., died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Kindred Valley View Nursing Home in Elkhart, after a five-week illness. He was born May 10, 1938, in White Pigeon, a son of Frank G. and Mary E. (Welker) Almasi Sr. Richard was a Shipshewana and White Pigeon area resident all his life. He was a veteran …