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Bethel B. (Tihart) Pierce
She is survived by her son, Bruce (Caroline) Pierce and her daughter, Carolyn Donahue; six grandchildren, Michael (Linda) Pierce, Kathy (Phil) Thelen, Steve (Cheryl) Pierce, Andrew Donahue, Shawn Donahue, and Carrie (Jeremy) Peters, 12 great-grandchildren, her sister, Ethel M. Pratt, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 23, 2:00 p.m. at Bath Baptist Church, 13527 Webster, Bath, MI with the Rev. Dr. Richard Cole, officiating. Interment will follow in Rose Cemetery, Bath. The family will receive friends at the Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, 205 E. Washington, DeWitt Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Bethel's family wishes to express their gratitude to the Timber Ridge staff for their special and loving care. Those desiring may make contributions to Bath Baptist Church in memory of Mrs. Pierce. Alma Halfman Opal B. Bancroft, age 98, died March 19, 2007; born April 16, 1908 in Ingham County, MI. Mrs. Bancroft was a member of Wacousta United Methodist Church and its Spring Creek Circle for many years. She has been a resident of Hazel Findlay Country Manor for 13 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan; daughter, Joyce Koeppen; and sister, Orpha McGiveron. Surviving are her son, Jerry (Dorothy) Bancroft; son-in-law, Donald Koeppen; 4 grandchildren; numerous great and great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 23, 10:00 a.m. at the Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, 205 E. Washington, DeWitt with the Rev. Lyle D. Heaton of Wacousta United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Wacousta Cemetery, Wacousta, MI. The family will receive friends at the Chapel Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Those desiring may make contributions to Hazel Findlay Country Manor, 1101 S. Scott Rd., St. Johns, MI 48879 in memory of Mrs. Bancroft.
Jack was born in Saginaw, Michigan on August 9, 1929 the son of Arthur and Leona ( Cook ) Bouchey, he lived in Ithaca since 1953. On May 13, 1950 he married Marian Felzke in Lansing, Michigan. He worked in the family business, Bouchey Monument Co., until 1972 when he left to become the Ithaca City Manager until 1991 when he retired after 18 years of service. Jack was a faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church and served his church as an elder, and he served on the Ithaca City Council, and Gratiot Board of Commissioners, serving as chairman in 1971. He was a past president of the Ithaca Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include his wife, Marian Bouchey of Ithaca, Michigan, one daughter, Barbara Ann and Roger Litwiller of Ithaca, Michigan, 2 grandsons, Ryan David and Michelle Litwiller of Flint, Michigan, Jordan Jack Litwiller of Ithaca, Michigan, one brother, Harlan and Alice Bouchey of St. Johns, Michigan, one sister Joan Green of Ovid, Michigan, 3 step sisters, Sara Jane Smith of Holt, Michigan, Joan and Tom Glinke of Fowler, Michigan, Janice and Roger Crowell of St. Johns, Michigan, brother in law, Arnold and Betty Schuppert of Florida, nephew, Randy and Denise Bouchey of St. Louis, Michigan, 3 nieces of Cheryl Bouchey of Dewitt, Michigan, Linda and Steve Lewandowski of St. Johns, Michigan, Janice and Steve Houts of California He was predeceased by his parents, stepmother Sarah Bouchey, sister in law, Doris M. Schuppert, parents in law John and Helena Felzke. Memorials may be made to Gratiot Area Hospice or Ithaca First Presbyterian Church. Thank you to Dr. Prouty for Jack’s care and for Pam, Sheryl, Kim and Penny from Gratiot Area Hospice for caring for him in his last days. The family is being served by Smith Family Funeral Homes, Ithaca Chapel. George Besko
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Bethel B. (Tihart)
Pierce, Bath, age 94, passed away peacefully at Timber Ridge on March 19, 2007, and is now
reunited with her loving husband, Robert. Born December 18, 1912 in Shaftsburg, Michigan
to John and Bernice (McCarn) Tihart. She graduated from James Couzens Agricultural School
in Bath; was a Bath School Disaster survivor; and a graduate of Eastern
Michigan University. She taught in country school 2 years and first grade at Bath
Community Schools for 23 years, retiring in 1972. She was united in marriage to Robert
Pierce on October 11, 1933, and resided in the Bath area most of her married life. Robert
preceded her in death in 2001 after 67 1/2 years of marriage. Bethel was baptized at the
age of 11, and was a member of Bath Baptist Church over 75 years, where she was its
pianist for a number of years; past member of the Friday Afternoon Club, Ladies Missionary
Society, and Sunny Seniors. Besides playing the piano and organ, she read her bible
everyday, enjoyed sewing, gardening and travel, having traveled to the Holy Land in the
1970's; and in recent years had a special bond with her grandson, Andrew Donahue. Also
preceding her in death are her parents, her sister, June Clark and her brother, Earl
Clark. 
Jack Arthur Bouchey age 77
died peacefully with his family at his side on Sunday, March 18, 2007 at his home in
Ithaca, Michigan. Funeral services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, Ithaca
Chapel on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 1:30 P.M. Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 20,
2007 from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. Burial will take place in the Ithaca Cemetery and Pastor Larry
Brown will officiate. 
George Besko, age 89, of Flint, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at Masonic
Pathways. Mr. Besko worked for Chrysler Corporation as an engineer, retiring in 1980.
Alvin Lee Drumheller
age 72 of Perrinton, Michigan died Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Sparrow Health Systems
Sparrow Campus Lansing, MI. 
Theda B. Wing died March 14, 2007, at the age of 89.
Born April 29, 1917 in Gratiot County, the daughter of Harry and Mary (Sherman) Redman.
Theda was a homemaker and a member of the First Congregational Church. She married
Lawrence Becker on June 1, 1938 and he preceded her in death on February 21, 1966. She
married Kenneth Wing on January 5, 1969 and he preceded her in death on July 28, 1974.