{"id":2013,"date":"2016-03-03T20:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T01:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/indylite\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2016-03-03T20:56:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T01:56:56","slug":"transitions-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/2016\/03\/03\/transitions-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obituaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Duane Tipton, Sr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"tipton_richard\"Richard Duane Tipton, Sr. passed away on March 2, 2016 at the age of 77. Born on December 21, 1938 in Fowler, MI, the son of John and Margaret (Townsend) Tipton, Sr. He married Judith DeYoung on October 30, 1959 and she survives him.<\/p>\n

Also surviving are their children, Kery (Becky) Tipton, Richard (Deborah) Tipton, Jr., Valerie (Dennis) Vallette, Samantha Tipton, Rebecca (Donald) Longstreth, twelve grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, siblings, Gerald Tipton, Margaret \u201cPeg\u201d Caesar, Sharon Halfmann and Linda Tipton. Richard was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers, John Jr. and Robert Tipton.<\/p>\n

Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Osgood Funeral Home, 104 E. Cass St., St. Johns, burial to follow at Payne Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorial contributions to the American Heart Assoc.<\/p>\n

The family is being served by the Osgood Funeral Homes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jerry Harold Weaver<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"weaver_jerry\"Jerry Harold Weaver, age 75, of St. Johns, MI passed away Monday, February 22, 2016 at Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI with his family by his side.<\/p>\n

Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Ithaca, MI on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. Visitation will be held on Thursday February 25, 2016 from 2-8 P.M. with family present from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. at the funeral home.<\/p>\n

Jerry was born in Ashley, Michigan on October 26, 1940, the son of Harold and Opal (Kerr) Weaver. Jerry resided most of his life in the Ashley and St. Johns areas and was a graduate of Ashley High School Class of 1959. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1963-1965. Jerry married Beverly Hyde on September 22, 1966 in Ithaca, MI. Jerry loved the outdoors and enjoyed hiking and visiting the Upper Peninsula and Mackinac Island. He was very meticulous with his yard. Jerry was an avid car enthusiast, especially Oldsmobiles. Jerry retired from General Motors where he worked for over 40 years. <\/p>\n

He is survived by his wife Beverly Weaver of St. Johns, MI, children; Mark Weaver, Kevin (Richelle) Weaver, Karen (Darren) Bartel, Brian (Patricia) Weaver, Daniel (Shelly) Weaver, 9 grandchildren; Rebecca Chase, McKayla Muscott, Hannah Chase, Kyle Weaver, Ashleigh Harris, Hallie Weaver, Kaleb Weaver, Paige Harris, Reagan Weaver, mother Opal Weaver and sister Shirley Smith. Jerry was preceded in death by his father.<\/p>\n

Memorial contributions may be made to a Charity of the Donor’s Choice. The family is being served by Smith Family Funeral Homes<\/a> Ithaca, Michigan.<\/p>\n

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Marriage licenses filed the week of February 22, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Lee Crossley, 22 of Manchester, United Kingdom and Emily Nicole Scott, 21 of St. Johns<\/p>\n

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Divorce decrees filed the weeks of February 22, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Young, Richard D and Brenda <\/p>\n

Whitehill, Lindsey Michelle and Ryan Scott <\/p>\n

Sanchez, Chelsie Renee and Miller, Cory Allen <\/p>\n

Kincaid, Michelle Rena and Jeffrey Scott <\/p>\n

Hillock, Kimberlee Anne and James Roland <\/p>\n

Reed, Daniel J and Velazquez-Reed, Edith <\/p>\n

Penner, Angela Marie and Sevenski, Michael John <\/p>\n

Venancio, Amanda Christina Pinto and Sexton, Corey Steven <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Obituaries Richard Duane Tipton, Sr. Richard Duane Tipton, Sr. passed away on March 2, 2016 at the age of 77. Born on December 21, 1938 in Fowler, MI, the son of John and Margaret (Townsend) Tipton, Sr. He married Judith DeYoung on October 30, 1959 and she survives him. Also surviving are their children, Kery Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/indylite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}