Grace (CRAMER) VAN BUREN, 61, 805 LaJolla Ave., died Thursday morning.  She was born in Michigan Oct. 31, 1911.  Mrs. VAN BUREN had moved here from Charleston, S.C. in 1964.  She was married to Tracy VAN BUREN.  Mrs. VAN BUREN had taught school in Michigan.

Surviving are her husband; two brothers (Fred and Albert CRAMER, and a sister, Mrs. Louice TIMMONS, all of Michigan.  Funeral services were held this afternoon (Friday) at the Lewers and Shannon Funeral home, Ruskin, Fla.  The body will be taken to Sturgis, where friends may call at the Foglesong Funeral Home Saturday evening and Sunday. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, at Prairie River Cemetery, Centreville, with Rev. Dennis PAULSON officiating.  (August 16, 1973) Submitted by: Cheryl Arver - (No family connection to submitter.)

Marvel G. VAN NUYS, 75, 614 George St., died at 3:20 a.m. Friday in Sturgis Memorial Hospital after an illness of several months from complications.  He had been a Sturgis resident for the last 54 years and had been employed with the Doerr Electric Products Co. in Burr Oak before he retired because of ill health.  In his earlier life he had been employed as a skilled wood finisher, with the former Royal Easy Chair Co.  He was born in Orland, Ind., July 18, 1893, a son of Elroy and Nora (SIMON) VAN NUYS.  His marriage to Wava HAMILTON took place in
Coldwater, Mich., Sept. 27, 1913.  Surviving besides his wife, at home, are two daughters, Mrs. William (Hazel) BLACKBURN of Roseville, Mich., and Mrs. Dorothy BRONSTETTER of Sturgis, and two sons, Donald VAN NUYS of Coldwater and Marvel VAN NUYS, JR. of Three Rivers.  Surviving are also his brother, Russell VAN NUYS of Goshen, Ind.; 14 grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildren.  Friends may call at the Foglesong Funeral Home where rites are to be held at 1:30 p.m Monday.  Interment will take place in the East Gilead Cemetery. (May 30, 1968) (No family connection to submitter.)

Mrs. Daniel (Ada) VAN ZILE, 60, area resident for the past 40 years, died at 11:50 a.m. Friday in the Sturgis Memorial Hospital after an illness of one month.  Her home was at 708 Enterprise Ave.  Mrs. VAN ZILE was born near Frenchburg, Ky., Sept. 13, 1898, a daughter of James and Phoebe (MONTGOMERY) PIERATT.  Her marriage to Daniel VAN ZILE took place at Angola, Ind., Feb. 25, 1933.  Her early life was spent in the vicinity of Frenchburg, Ky., and near LaGrange, Ind., before coming to Sturgis where she was employed at the C. A. Miller Co. for 25 years.  She was last employed at the Wall School in the cafeteria.  She was affiliated fraternally with the auxiliaries of the Eagles and Moose Lodges.   Surviving besides her husband are her daughter, Mrs. George (Betty) LANTZ of Sturgis; a son, Roycedean Hunter of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; two brothers, Calvin PIERATT of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Lloyd PIERATT of South Bend, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Dayton MILLER of Stroh, Ind., and Mrs. Lona BLAIN of near Howe.  Surviving also are three grandchildren.  Friends may call at the Foglesong Funeral Home where rites will take place at 1:30 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Dean STORK, pastor of the Church of God, officiating.  Committal services will be given at Woodruff Cemetery, near LaGrange. 

Submitted by: Cheryl Arver - (No family connection to submitter.)