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Edwin F. Sweet — U.S. Congressman, mayor of Grand Rapids [16] Jerald terHorst — press secretary under President Gerald Ford; Edwin F. Uhl — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State ; mayor of Grand Rapids [16] Arthur H. Vandenberg — 88th President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate [26] Guy Vander Jagt — U.S. Congressman from Michigan [27]
Mr. Lyoya’s death was the latest in a series of incidents that have strained relations between residents and the Grand Rapids police. In 2017, officers searching for a middle-aged woman wanted for a stabbing instead handcuffed an 11-year-old girl at gunpoint while she was leaving a house.
Post was born on June 27, 1927, to Henry Post and Johanna Jongsta in Grand Rapids, Michigan. [1] His parents were poor Dutch immigrants and his father worked as a truck driver, carrying out used ashes from coal furnaces. [3] Post's family lived on the south side of Grand Rapids and he attended high school at Grand Rapids Christian High School.
Mary Jane Patricia Dockeray (March 8, 1927 – August 18, 2020) was an American environmental educator, founder of the Blandford Nature Center and Environmental Education Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2012, she was admitted to the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
A native of Grand Rapids, Zaagman attended Calvin College and earned a degree in mortuary science from Wayne State University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, he married Martha Haverkamp and served three terms on the Kent County board of supervisors. Zaagman was also a director of the Kent County Library. [1]
Jay Van Andel was born on June 3, 1924, to James and Petronilla (Van der Woude) Van Andel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. [3] His grandparents, Christian and Elizabeth had immigrated to America from the Netherlands in 1909. [4] Van Andel's parents were devout Christians and members of the Christian Reformed Church. Jay credits his Christian ...
MLive Media Group, originally known as Booth Newspapers, or Booth Michigan, is a media group that produces newspapers in the state of Michigan.Founded by George Gough Booth with his two brothers, Booth Newspapers was sold to Advance Publications, a Samuel I. Newhouse property, in 1976.
In 1975, he married Phyllis Spielmaker and had two children with her, but they divorced in 1979, his ex-wife deciding to stay in Grand Rapids with the kids. [3] According to Spielmaker, Billy, a closeted bisexual, often brought men from gay bars home and had sex with them in front of her, and one time discussed a murder with her. She described ...