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Pine Rest was founded in 1910 as the Christian Psychopathic Hospital. [6]In 2007 the hospital opened the Gerald & Jane-Ann Postma Center for Worship and Education, a $3.7 million training center targeted at nursing, behavior health and pastoral students and Pine Rest staff members.
William Montague Ferry Jr. — Michigan and Utah Politician; Betty Ford — 37th First Lady of the United States [18] Gerald R. Ford — 38th President of the United States [18] Wilder D. Foster — U.S. Congressman from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids [16] George Heartwell — Mayor of Grand Rapids [16] [19] Paul B. Henry — U.S. Congressman [20]
Heartwell was the first politician to announce the death of former President Gerald R. Ford on December 26, 2006, and, along with then-President George W. Bush, then-Senator Harry Reid and then-Governor Jennifer Granholm, spoke at Ford's Grand Rapids funeral, which took place the day after Ford's Washington, D.C. funeral.
Ralph Hauenstein (March 20, 1912 – January 10, 2016) was an American philanthropist, army officer and business leader, best known as a newspaper editor.His leadership has produced institutions such as the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University, the Hauenstein Parkinsons and Neuroscience Centers at Saint Mary's Hospital and the Grace Hauenstein Library at ...
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Ford was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1890 to George R. Ford and Frances (Pixley). [2] Ford's father George died in a train accident in 1903, forcing him to drop out of school to support the family. [3] He was working as a paint salesman at the Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company when he met Dorothy Ayer Gardner King.
William Sadler is mourning the death of his wife, Marni Joan Bakst.. The Salem's Lot actor, 74, announced Bakst's death in a touching tribute written alongside a throwback photo of the two holding ...