Forest Home Cemetery

Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.SaturdayEric “Archie” Armstrong — 11 a.m., Simpson Family Funeral Homes, Sheridan.Joan K. Macklin — 2 p.m., Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.Benjamin Glenn Rinkeviczie — 2 p.m, Pederson Funeral Home, RockfordRandy Lyle Miller — 11 a.m., Faith Baptist Church, Greenville.SundayRichard F. Ranney — Visitation, 2 to 5 p.m., Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville.Eric “Archie” Armstrong, 39SHERIDAN — Eric “Archie” Armstrong, 39, of Stanton died Monday. The family will be greeting family and friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Simpson Family Funeral Home in Sheridan. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Graveside services will be in Forest Hill Cemetery in Stanton. Simpson Family Funeral Homes is helping to celebrate Eric’s life, www.simpsonfamilyfuneralhomes.com.Joan K. Macklin, 81BELDING — Joan K. Macklin, 81, of Sand Lake. died Tuesday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. A complete obituary notice will be published on Friday. Arrangements entrusted to Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding, www.jffh.com.Richard F. Ranney, 93GREENVILLE — Richard F. Ranney, 93, of Greenville, died Tuesday. The family will be present Sunday at the Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville, where Richard will be in repose from 2 to 5 p.m. Funeral services with full military honors will be held in the spring in Forest Home Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville, www.marshallfuneralhomeinc.com.

Greenville First United Methodist Church. (Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville)ThursdayGerald (Gerry) A. Christiansen — Celebration of life 5 to 8 p.m., Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville.James R. Wood — 10:30 a.m., St. John Paul Catholic Church, Cedar Springs. (Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville)FridayJames Lionel Stockton — Memorial luncheon, noon, Belrockton, Belding. (Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding)SaturdayLyle Cooper — 11 a.m., Simpson Family Funeral Home, Sheridan.Curtis Myers — 2 to 4 p.m., Sheridan VFW Post. (Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville)SundayDouglas R. Chapin — Celebration of life, 2 to 4 p.m., Simpson Family Funeral Home, Sheridan.Kathleen Ann Bannister, 65BELDING — Kathleen Ann Bannister, 65, of Belding, died Wednesday. Private family services will be in Otisco Township Cemetery, Belding. Arrangements entrusted to Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding. Messages of condolence may be offered on the funeral home website, www.jffh.com.Douglas R. Chapin, 82SHERIDAN — Douglas R. Chapin, 82, of Stanton, died Monday. Celebration of life will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Simpson Family Funeral Home in Sheridan. Interment will be in Forest Hill Cemetery in Stanton. To leave an online condolence or share a favorite memory of Doug, go to www.simpsonfamilyfuneralhomes.com.Gerald (Gerry) A. Christiansen, 69 GREENVILLE — Gerald (Gerry) A. Christiansen, 69, longtime resident of Greenville, died Friday. A celebration of life will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville. Private graveside services will be held in Forest Home Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are by Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville. Messages of condolence may be left at www.marshallfuneralhomeinc.com.Lyle Cooper, 73 SHERIDAN — Lyle Cooper, 73, died Sunday. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Simpson Family Funeral Home in Sheridan. Funeral services for Lyle will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Stanton. Lyle will be laid to rest in Evergreen Township Cemetery in Sheridan. To order flowers, leave an online condolence or share a ...

This neighborhood was part of our first season. We shot it in August of 2011, and it aired in April of 2012. It’s an area of my city I knew very little about but now stands out as one of my favorite Milwaukee episodes. More about this neighborhood, but first…Happy 4th of July!.When I was a kid growing up on the east side of Milwaukee, the 4th of July was a day I looked forward to all year. The day was planned with the most fun activities from sunup to sundown. The morning started with the decorated bike parade from Bartlett Avenue School up Newberry Blvd to Lake Park. I would enter my bike in the bike decorating contest and pray to place so I could win bragging rights and a blue ribbon that I would wear around my neck for the entire day. I would enter the three-legged-man race and the wheelbarrow race with one of the kids from the neighborhood. I’d try my best at the balloon toss during which, no matter how well I did, I would always end up soaked. I would eat vanilla ice cream with a wooden spoon out of a paper cup handed to me by a volunteer Lake Park lady. We would cheer on our brave neighbors and classmates whose mothers entered them into the annual 4th of July Lake Park Talent Show. We were surprised and amazed to see Carl Zimmerman, Albert the Alley Cat and Mayor Maier all together in Lake Park, the park we called ours. The memories of the 4th of Julys of the past bring back such clear and specific never to be forgotten images.Tomorrow morning, I will be back in Lake Park. I will watch the decorated bikes make their way up Newberry Boulevard. I will watch the races and smile with deep recognition when I see a kid soaked from the balloon toss. I will eat vanilla ice cream with a wooden spoon. I am now the one hosting the talent show, as we continue that Milwaukee Lake Park tradition. If you’re looking for something to do tomorrow morning, something that honors our neighborhoods, city and country, join me tomorrow morning around 9:00am in Lake Park when the decorated bikes will parade their way up Newberry Boulevard once more.Ok, back to Lincoln Villa...