Orville Ernest Baldwin, Jr. Obituary (1931 - 2011)

Orville E. Baldwin Jr., 80, of Stevensville died at 4 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan, with the Rev. William Jacobs Jr. of St. John Catholic Church, Benton Harbor, officiating. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Hoven Funeral Home. Mr. Baldwin was born on April 3, 1931, in St. Joseph, where he lived for most of his lifetime. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors include sons, Randall Baldwin and Tim (Phyllis) Baldwin; daughters, Mary Baldwin, Janice (Dan) Baldwin, Sharon Christians, Regina Sando and Jennifer (Mike) Howell; 21 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren; a brother, Ronald Baldwin; and sisters, Hannah Grissom Lela Elliott and Delores Hall. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Walter and Alfred Baldwin; and a sister, Linda Higgins.