Class Year: 1960

Marie Blauwkamp, 98, of Zeeland, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2024. Marie was born August 11, 1925, in Zeeland, to Jacob and Ada (Zwagerman) Geerlings. Marie went to Townline School and Holland Christian High School. She married Adrian Blauwkamp (while home on leave) in 1944. Newly married in 1945, Marie lived in New York… Continue Reading →

After the 1840s, a spidery network of Dutch immigrant communities arose along the southern shoreline of Lake Michigan and extended into Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. South Holland, Illinois, when established in 1847, was among the least significant of those Dutch settlements. It had changed very little by 1940, when six-month-old Norman Kansfield and his parents, Orval… Continue Reading →

Marcia Lou Williamson, 83, passed away on December 21, 2023, at Stratford Pines Nursing Home in Midland with her family by her side. Her passing brought to an end her long struggle with dementia and her brief encounter with Covid. Marcia was born on July 15, 1940, in Grand Rapids, Michigan the daughter of Bertha and… Continue Reading →

James R. Vaccaro, 87 of Midland, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at his home. Jim was born March 23, 1936 in Easton, PA to Genevieve and Anthony Vaccaro. He married the love of his life, Donna DeWalt on August 12, 1961. Together they raised two children; Lori (Larry) Parsons and Danny (Kim) Vaccaro. Jim was blessed… Continue Reading →