LINDA K. REITZ- OCTOBER 13, 2016

NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT. ANY IN FORMATION WE
OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
MORTGAGE SALE: Default having
been made in the conditions of certain
Mortgage made by Linda K. Reitz, a
single woman, of 11 E. Michigan Avenue,
Three Oaks, Michigan 49128, to THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting
through Rural Development, United
States Department of Agriculture, with its
Office being located at 4300 Goodfellow
Blvd., Building 105, FC-215, St. Louis,
MO, 63120, the Mortgagee, the Mortgage
being dated September 21, 1998,
and recorded September 23, 1998, in
Liber 1916, Pages 1048-1054 in Berrien
County Records; and such Mortgage being
given to secure Promissory Note payable
to the Government, and by reason
of such default the Mortgagee elects to
declare the entire unpaid amount of such
Mortgage due and payable forthwith, on
which Mortgage there is claimed to be
due as of October 13, 2016, for principal,
interest and other charges, the sum
of One Hundred Nine Thousa nd,
Two Hundred and Eighty-One
and 38/100 ($109,281.38) Dollars, and
no proceedings having been instituted at
law or equity to recover the debt now remaining
secured by said Mortgage, or any
part thereof, whereby the power of sale
contained in said Mortgage has become
operative;
N ow, Therefore, Notice is Hereby
Given that by virtue of the power of sale
contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance
of the statute of the State of Michigan
in such case made and provided, the
said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale
of the premises therein described, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, at
public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
County Courthouse at 811 Port Street, in
the City of St. Joseph, County of Berrien,
Michigan 49085, that being the place of
holding the Circuit Court in and for said
County, on Thursday, November 10, 2016
at 11:00 a.m., local time, and said premises
will be sold to pay the amount due
as aforesaid on the Mortgage together
with 6.25% interest, legal costs, attorneys’
fees and also any taxes and insurance
that said Mortgagee does pay on or
prior to the date of said sale; which said
premises described in said Mortgage are
situated in the State of Michigan, Berrien
County and are described as:
That part of the Southwest Quarter
of the Northwest Quarter of Section 11,
Township 8 South, Range 20 West, Described
as follows, to-wit: Commencing
at a point on the North line of Michigan
Avenue, 140.0 feet East of the East line
of Elm Street; thence North 66.0 feet;
thence East, parallel to the North line
of Michigan Avenue, 156.1 feet to the
West line of Oak Street; thence South,
along the West line of Oak Street 66.0
feet to the North line of Michigan Avenue;
thence West, along the North line
of Michigan Avenue, 156.1 feet to the
place of beginning.
During the six (6) months immediately
following the sale, the property may be redeemed
unless the property is abandoned,
in which case the redemption period shall
expire thirty (30) days from the date of
sale. According to MCL §600.3278, if the
property is sold at a foreclosure sale, the
borrower will be held responsible to the
person who buys the property at the mortgage
foreclosure sale or to the mortgage
holder for damaging the property during
the redemption period.
For further information with regard
to this foreclosure, contact USDA – Rural
Development, Centralized Servicing
Center, Foreclosure Centralization Initiative,
4300 Goodfellow Blvd., Building 105,
FC-215, St. Louis, MO, 63120, telephone
(800) 349-5097 ext. 4500.
Dated: October 13, 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting
through the Farmers Home Administration
(now Rural Development), United
States Department of Agriculture,
Mortgagee
Michael I. Conlon (P43954)
Running, Wise, Ford, P.L.C.
326 E. State Street,
P.O. Box 686
Traverse City, MI 49685-0686
(10-13)(11-03)
Publish Oct. 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3,
2016