Obituaries
Doris Calhoun
Jan 19, 2008
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Doris Calhoun
Jan 18, 2008
Obituary of Doris Calhoun Doris A. Calhoun, age 47, of Hutchinson, Minnesota passed away Friday, January 18, 2008, at her home in Hutchinson, MN. Doris Ann Calhoun was born on June 16, 1960, in Hancock, Michigan. She was the daughter of Marvin and Kathryn (Koski) Moilanen. Doris was baptized as an infant, and was later confirmed in her faith as...
Gordon Moilanen
Jan 17, 2008
Obituary of Gordon Toivo Moilanen Hancock Gordon T. "Gordie" Moilanen, 74, a resident of Pine St., Hancock, passed away Thursday morning January 17, 2008, at the Omega House in Houghton following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 17, 1933, in Salo Location a son of the late Tiovo and Anna (Tiura) Moilanen. As a child Gordon attended the...
Shirley Pennanen
Jan 17, 2008
Obituary of Shirley Esther Pennanen Dollar Bay Shirley E. (Kenneth) Pennanen, 71, a resident of Cedar Ave., Dollar bay, passed away Thursday January 17, 2008, at home following a long illness. She was born on April 19, 1936, in Hancock, a daughter of the late Charles and Saimi (Kovala) Wanhala. As a child she attended and graduated from the J.A....
Ingrid Tuisku
Jan 9, 2008
Obituary of Ingrid Johanna Tuisku Toivola Ingrid Johanna Tuisku, 90, a long time resident of Heritage Manor, Houghton, and formerly of Toivola passed away at Portage Pointe January 9, 2008. Ingrid was born October 3, 1917, in Toivla, the daughter of Jacob and Jennie (Myllymaki) Perala. As a youth, she attended the Toivola schools. On June 29, 1936 she was...
James Silvola
Jan 5, 2008
Obituary of James Donald Silvola Chassell James D. Silvola a resident of Hancock, St., Chassell, passed away at his home on Saturday January 5, 2007, with his family by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. Throughout the years Jim had worked for Petti-Bone Corporation of Baraga, Superior Block Company of Houghton, Gundlach Inc. of Houghton and A &...
Susan Hannula
Dec 31, 2007
Obituary of Susan Marie Hannula Hancock Susan M. Hannula, 40, a resident of Hancock, passed away Monday December 31, 2007, at the Marquette General Hospital where she had been a patient for the past 2 days. Susan's battle is over now she is pain free and at peace. She was born on March 30, 1967, in Hancock a daughter of...
Rose Pelon
Dec 25, 2007
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Rebecca Sandretto
Dec 25, 2007
Obituary of Rebecca Macindoe Sandretto Houghton Rebecca "Rita" Sandretto, 89, a resident of Houghton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at her home with her family at her side. Rita was born on July 6, 1918, in Glasgow, Scotland, daughter of the late Samuel and Elizabeth Campbell. She moved to the United States at a young age and...
James Anderson
Dec 24, 2007
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Aulis Laakso
Dec 23, 2007
Obituary of Aulis Laakso Houghton Aulis O. "Auly" Laakso, 90, a resident of the Paradise Rd., Houghton, passed away Sunday evening December 23, 2007, at the Portage Hospital where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. He was born on February 15, 1917, in Baltic, MI, a son of the late Eric and Hilda (Porkka) Laakso. As...
John Jarvi
Dec 22, 2007
Obituary of John Arne Jarvi L'Anse John A. Jarvi, 81, a former resident of L'Anse passed away Saturday December 22, 2007, at the Baraga County Hospital in L'Anse where he had been a resident patient for the past 5 days. He was born on September 23, 1926, in Calumet, a son of the late John and Anna (Maki) Jarvi. As...
Wilho Saari
Dec 21, 2007
Obituary of Wilho M. Saari Hancock Wilho M. Saari, 91, a resident of Hancock St., Hancock, passed away Friday December 21, 2007, at the Portage Hospital emergency department. He was born on June 23, 1916, in Ripley, a son of the late Matti and Hilda (Stein) Saari. Bill was raised in Ripley and in the 1940's moved to Hancock where...
Virginia Bianchi
Dec 19, 2007
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Shirley Rajala
Dec 13, 2007
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James Knight
Dec 11, 2007
Obituary of James Robert Knight Houghton On December 11th, 2007, after a long courageous battle with cancer, Jim Knight passed away at home surrounded by his loved ones. Jim was born December 28, 1950 to Marjorie (Williams) and Charles J. Knight. He attended St. Ignatius Loyola School, Houghton High School, and graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1974 with a...
John-Peter Stadius
Dec 11, 2007
Obituary of John-Peter Stadius Chicago, IL John-Peter D. Stadius, 66, a resident of Chicago, IL, and former Hancock, resident passed away Tuesday December 11, 2007, at his home following a lengthy illness. A private memorial service will be held at a later time at the Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Hancock. To send condolences to John-Peter's family please visit www.memorialchapel.net....
Jason Dorvinen
Dec 4, 2007
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Jason Dorvinen
Dec 3, 2007
Obituary of Jason Dorvinen Houghton Canal Jason M. Dorvinen, 24, a resident of the Houghton Canal District, passed away late Monday December 3, 2007, at the Marquette General Hospital where he had been a patient for the past two weeks following an automobile accident. He was born on January 1, 1983, in Hancock, a son of Ron Chopp and Dawna...
Raymond Hanks
Nov 29, 2007
Obituary of Raymond Hanks Dollar Bay Raymond Roy Hanks, 55, a resident of Dollar Bay, passed away unexpectedly early Thursday November 29, 2007. Roy was born on December 8, 1951, in Stambaugh, MI. He was the son of the late R. Roy and Carolyn (Wilson) Hanks of Iron River. He grew up in Iron River, MI and attended the Iron...


