DIED

October 26, 2025

LOCATION

Portage, Michigan

Joan C. Buttery, daughter of Arthur and Rosamond Barney, went to be with the Lord on October 26, 2025, at the age of 87. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1938, Joan graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School and Western Michigan University. She began her career teaching in the Portage Public...

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The Ellingboe Family

November 16, 2025

Mrs. Buttery was my 7th grade teacher at Portage North Junior High. I believe I was the teachers pet but it could have been because I always knew the answers. She was my favorite teacher out of all the teachers I had in all 12 years of school.

donald p crampton

November 04, 2025

Jill R OToole

November 04, 2025 | Buckeye

Miss our lunch dates. We had fun.

Amy Remmert

October 28, 2025 | Friend

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