The funeral service celebrating his life will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday March 23, 2019 at Berean Baptist Church, 1574 Coit Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505.  Visitation will be on Friday at the Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Home from 5-8pm and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.

Ruth Joyce (Johnson) Recker passed peacefully from this life on March 13, 2019. Ruth was born September 30, 1927 in Hammond, Indiana, to Perry and Pearl (Wisdom) Johnson. She graduated from Hammond High School in 1945 and then lived in Washington, D.C. (1945-47), Lansing, Illinois (1947-1974), Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (1974-2013), and Grand Rapids, Michigan. On May 29, 1947 Ruth married Harold David Recker, who pre-deceased her in 2012, after 65 years of loving marriage. She is survived...

Mrs. Christina Gilchrist (Towler) passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019. She was predeceased by her husband, of 67 years, Kenneth Gilchrist, in 2015. She is lovingly remembered by her daughter Joan Walsh (Daniel), grandchildren: Meghan Power (Patrick), Erin Murphy-Doan (Adam) and Ryan Walsh (Jaime) and great-grandchildren: Andrew, Kathleen, Kenneth, Mary Power and Carmella Doan. Christina was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. She met her husband, Kenneth, during their service to Great Britain and...

A memorial service will be held at the chapel in Pilgrim Manor at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday March 21, 2019.

James McCreery "Jim" Flaggert passed away on Tuesday March 12, 2019 at his home in Ada, MI, at the age of 82.  Jim is lovingly remembered by his wife of 55 years Barbara, sons, James Alan (Alison), Robert Vance (Jessica), Richard Paul; seven grandchildren, James Churchill, Winthrop Hallowell, Henry Eustis, Jonah Ever, Dalia Nomi, Theodore Zev, Marisol Estrada, brother, Vance Flaggert, and his friend Peter Titta – a wonderful, caring friend of Jim and the Flaggert family....

The funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Saturday March 16th at 10 am with visitation beginning at 9 am.

Joyce Lee Heise (nee Jeffreis) age 72, died Thursday March 7th, 2019, surrounded by loved ones.  Joyce was born in Rainelle, WV on August 20, 1946.  The daughter of Charles and Thelma Jeffries.  She was preceded in death by her parents, son Jeffrey, twin sister Judy Jeffries, sister Nancy Bishop, and her brother Charles Jr.  She enjoyed gardening, her dogs, birds, and her favorite store TJ Maxx.  She married Walter Heise on August 20, 1984 and he preceded her in...

Paul F Roys, age 70, of Grand Rapids passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 6, 2019.  Paul is survived by his wife, Alicia (Shier) Roys, children Shelley (Shawn) Kersjes, Jill (Dan) Willey, Erin Roys and Eden Heimer, four grandchildren, siblings Barb (Craig) Linderman, Gerry Roys, Nancy Kuzniar, David (Patty) Roys, Chris Roys and nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Sue (Ekkens) Roys, brother Larry Roys, and parents Floyd and Jane (Kuzma) Roys.  Paul...

Samia Mbadda Ghareeb was born in Aita El Foukhar, Lebanon in 1928. The daughter of Mbadda and Badawieh Ghareeb, and sister to Michael, Nabiha (+2009), Elias (+2018), Yvonne, Marie, and Annie. In 1952 she married Michael Ghareeb and they immigrated to Canada, where they lived for seventeen years. In 1969, Samia and Michael were sponsored by his uncle, Edward Ellis Sr., and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. They made a life for themselves here; Michael worked as a house painter and Samia as a...

Susan Alane MacDonald Garlick was born on March 15, 1941 to Robert Duncan and Elizabeth May MacDonald. She attended Grosse Pointe High School and then met the love of her life, Ralph, while visiting her sisters for "Little Siblings Weekend" at The University of Michigan. Sue attended the University of Miami (FL), WMU, and graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Education. Sue and Ralph married on Nov. 25, 1961 (during halftime of the Michigan vs. Ohio State football...