Elaine Marie Searles, 80, a McMinnville resident and North Branch, MI native, was born June 21, 1936 and died April 12 at Saint Thomas River Park Hospital. She was a homemaker and daughter of the late Robert and Bernice Kilbreath Snover. Mrs. Searles was married March 6, 1954 to William Eugene Searles, who preceded her in death in 1998.