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Area ObituariesArea Obituaries

Louise Jean Middleton,

age 94, of Middleville, MI,

set both God and the Queen

straight as she walked into

Heaven on September 8,

2022.

Louise was born on

November 26, 1927 in

Grand Rapids to Garold and

Laura (Schleh) Sherk. She

was a longtime resident of

Middleville along with her

late husband, Forest, who

founded Middleville Tool

and Die. They enjoyed fish-

ing together, after which

Louise would clean their

catch and have it for dinner

at Barlow Lake where they

lived for 65 years, loving

every minute of it. Together

she and Forest had five

children whom they loved

dearly.

Louise was the kind of

mother that always had her

children’s backs and stuck

up for them no matter the

situation (even to her hus-

band). She drove a school

bus for Thornapple Kellogg

for many years. Her goal was

to drive every one of her

grandkids to kindergarten – a

goal she happily accom-

plished. She loved driving

bus and had a special place in

her heart for the children

who rode with her.

Each year she chose one

family to have Christmas for,

anonymously buying them

presents to be hand delivered

by Santa himself. This tradi-

tion continued into her later

years as she wanted to help

others around the holidays.

She also had a soft spot in

her heart for dogs. She had as

many as 26 throughout her

life, including litters of pup-

pies. The Middleton’s got

their first family dog when

four of their children (all

under the age of five) were

terrified of dogs and Louise

decided to buy the ugliest

one she could find, set it

loose in the house, and scared

the kids until they overcame

their fear.

She enjoyed collecting

dolls, playing cards and was

skilled with ceramics, quilt-

ing, and sewing. She made

all of her daughters and

daughters-in-law maternity

Louise Jean Middleton

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Worship Services:

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Yankee Springs Bible Church

8900 Duffy Road

Middleville, MI 49333

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Sunday Morning Worship ........................10:00 a.m.

Community Group ..................................11:00 a.m.

James L. Collison, Pastor

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Good Shepherd

Lutheran Church

908 W. Main Street, Middleville

(Missouri Synod)

Sunday Worship ................9:30 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg

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Middleville council
meeting cancelled for
lack of quorum
Greg Chandler
Staff Writer
Tuesday’s Middleville
Village Council meeting was
canceled because not enough
members were present to
conduct business.
Only three of the seven
council members were pres-
ent at the 7 p.m. meeting time

• Village President Sherry
  Ronning, Ed Schellinger and
  Mike Cramer.
  “Due to the lack of quo-
  rum, this meeting cannot be
  held, and if necessary, the
  meeting will be rescheduled
  and posted,” Ronning said.
  Council members Tom
  DeVries, Fran French, Mike

Lytle and Kevin Smith were

absent. All four gave notice

ahead of time that they would

not be able to attend the

meeting, Deputy Clerk

Rhonda Van Polen said.

The meeting has been

rescheduled for 5 p.m. on

Monday, Sept. 19, Van Polen

said.

clothes, diapers for her

grandchildren, and knit slip-

pers and mittens for all of her

kids well into their adult

lives. She even sewed special

clothing protectors for the

residents of Carveth Village.

Louise is survived by her

loving children, Kay (Larry)

Stolsonburg, Diane Hanson,

Gary (Alison) Middleton,

Bob (Bev) Middleton, David

(Diane) Middleton; 17

grandchildren; 41 great

grandchildren; five great-

great grandchildren; sister,

Ruth Beck; special dog,

Rosie.

She was preceded in death

by her parents; husband,

Forest Middleton; son-in-

law, Glenn Hanson; sisters,

Lois (Kenneth) Middleton,

Phyllis (Jack) Boger; sister-

in-law, Dorothy (Art)

Babcock.

Relatives and friends met

with Louise’s family on

Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 at the

Beeler-Gores Funeral Home.

A private interment will take

place at Coman Cemetery.

Memorial contributions

may be made to Carveth

Village or Kindred Hospice.

Please visit http://www.beeler-

goresfuneral.com to share a

memory or leave a condo-

lence message for Louise’s

family.

Middleville TOPS 546

The Sept. 10 meeting

opened with the secretary’s

report and roll call. One new

fish jumped in the fishbowl

and one jumped out.

Virginia opened the meet-

ing with a hilarious poem

entitled “My Goal to Lose.”

The chapter discussed the

upcoming rally and dis-

cussed who would like to go.

Chris won the Ha-Ha box.

The meeting ended with

marching in place as the

group said the TOPS and

KOPS pledges.

TOPS, a weight-loss sup-

port group, meets every

Saturday at Lincoln Meadows

in Middleville. Weigh-in is

from 10 to 10:15 a.m., fol-

lowed immediately by the

meeting. A mask is suggested

when in the common area of

the building. Press the white

buzzer for entry.

Anyone with questions

may call Chris at 269-908-

3731. The first meeting is
      free.

CORRECTION:

In last week’s issue, the Sun and News wrote about Noelle Bair of Middleville taking over

as director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services offices in Barry and

Allegan counties.

In the story, we incorrectly stated that Hastings-based assisted living community Thornapple

Manor is under the organization’s oversight when, in fact, it is not. We regret the error.