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Feb. 7, printed obituaries « South Haven Tribune

Jason Miguel Barber

Jason Miguel Barber, 40 of South Haven, Mich. died at home on January 29, 2010.  

Jason was born on December 7, 1969 to Steven and Sylvia (Rodriguez) Barber in South Haven, Mich.  He was a jack of all trades.  He loved life and he enjoyed racing and fixing dirt bike motorcycles.

He is survived by his father, Steven D. Barber and his mother and stepfather, Sylvia (Richard) Madsen; his children — Cesar Ochoa, Orange County, Calif., Kara Madsen, Alicia Madsen, and Devon Madsen all of South Haven, Mich., Gabriel Barber of Bangor, Mich., and Kirstin and Caleb Berge of Barstow, Calif.; his brothers — Steven (Lonnie) Barber of San Diego, Calif., Brandon Barber of South Haven, Mich., Michael Mayfield of Calif. and William Mayfield of Ore.; his sisters — Patricia (Rick) Blair of Bangor, Mich. and Mary Rose Barber of Hartford, Mich.

Visitation was on Wednesday, February 3, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the Filbrandt Family Funeral Home with funeral service beginning at 7:00 p.m. with the Rev Robert Linstrom officiating.  Kindly share your thoughts and memories on the family’s online guest book at www.filbrandtffh.com . 

The family is being helped by the Filbrandt Family Funeral Home of South Haven at 637-0333.

Marialyce Welsh Canonie, longtime South Haven, Mich. resident, passed away on January 30, 2010 at the age of 90.  

Marialyce was born on October 20, 1919, in Peoria, Ill.  She was the second child and eldest daughter of Leslie and Anna Welsh.  Her family was of Irish/Welsh origin.  They were descended from Thomas Grant, a first cousin of Ulysses S. Grant.

The Welshes lived on and operated a farm in the rural town of Bradford, in the heart of north central Ill.  When her mother died unexpectedly in 1932, Marialyce took on the duties of raising her four siblings.  Marialyce graduated from Bradford High School in June 1937. She attended Illinois State University in Normal, Ill.  She graduated in 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. 

After graduation, Marialyce set out on her own, and her life was about to change forever.  She landed her first teaching job in Covert, Mich., in the fall of 1941.  While teaching that first year, she met and fell in love with local Covert resident Tony Canonie.  Like so many other Americans of that era, their relationship was accelerated by the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. They were married on January 17, 1942, and soon after Mr. Canonie enlisted in the newly-formed US Navy Construction Battalion, popularly known as “the Seabees”.

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