Obituaries
Gertrude Pekkala
Apr 5, 2007
Obituary of Gertrude V. Pekkala Hancock Gertrude V. Pekkala, 89, of Hancock passed away Thursday afternoon April 5, 2007, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where she had been a resident patient for the past 6 years. She was born in the Cloverland District on August 18, 1917, a daughter of the late Peter and Hilma (Holappa)...
Arlene Pastick
Mar 27, 2007
Obituary of Arlene Pastick Houghton Arlene R. Pastick, 81, a former resident of Houghton passed away Tuesday March 27, 2007, at the Mather Nursing Home of Ishpeming, where she had been a resident patient for the past three and one half years. Graveside services in the Forest Hill Cemetery of Houghton for Arlene will be announced later this spring. The...
Laura Cote
Mar 25, 2007
Obituary of Laura L. Cote Chassell Laura L. Cote, 89, a resident of Sturgeon River Rd., Chassell, passed away Sunday March 25, 2007, at the Portage Health Systems Hospital in Hancock where she had been a patient for the past day. She was born on December 20, 1917, in Dodgeville, a daughter of the late Alex and Ethel (Saarela) Pakkala....
Raymond Porkka
Mar 25, 2007
Obituary of Raymond Porkka Liminga Raymond L. Porkka, 80, a resident of Liminga Rd., passed away Sunday morning March 25, 2007, at Omega House in Houghton where he had been a resident for the past week. He was born on June 1, 1926, in Liminga a son of the late John and Hannah (Lustig) Porkka. As a child he attended...
Harry Cobb
Mar 17, 2007
Obituary of Harry C. Cobb Hancock Harry C. Cobb, of Hancock, MI & formerly of Grand Rapids, passed away Saturday evening March 17, 2007, at the Omega House in Houghton, MI. He was born on November 22, 1921, in Torrington, CT, son of the late Lawton & Ida (Oscar) Cobb. He graduated with a BS degree from Ferris State College...
Ray Sampson
Mar 6, 2007
Obituary of Ray Sampson Houghton Ray G. Sampson Jr., 83 passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 while in residence at Omega House in Houghton. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Sylvia (Ruohonen) Sampson. He is survived by his two daughters, Susan Sampson of Tucson Arizona and Sherry Caserta of Kansas City, Missouri; and...
Patricia Jaehnig
Mar 4, 2007
Obituary of Patricia Jaehnig Houghton Patricia C. Jaehnig, 41, a resident of Waterworks Dr., Houghton, passed away Sunday afternoon March 4, 2007, at the Marquette General Hospital where she had been a patient for over the past 3 weeks. She was born on April 4, 1965, in Hancock, a daughter of the late Wallace and Sylvia (Kobe) Rintala. Patty attended...
Clayton Frantti
Feb 21, 2007
Obituary of Clayton Earl Frantti Chassell Clayton E. Frantti, 84, a resident of Marinette, St., Chassell, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where he had been a resident patient for over the past 2 months. He was born on June 26, 1922, in Chassell, a son of the late John and...
Roy Byron-Cooper
Feb 19, 2007
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Gordon Bekkala
Feb 15, 2007
Obituary of Gordon C. Bekkala Tamarack City Gordon C. Bekkala, 80, a resident of Tamarack City and former Laurium resident passed away Thursday morning February 15, 2007, at the Marquette General Hospital where he had been a patient for over the past 2 weeks. He was born on May 15, 1926, in Laurium, a son of the late Ralph and...
Ronald Lemieux
Feb 13, 2007
Obituary of Ronald Anthony Lemieux Kearsarge Ronald A. Lemieux, 68, of Kearsarge, passed away suddenly Tuesday February 13, 2007, at Marquette General Hospital. He was born in Menominee, MI on March 25, 1938, the son of the late Francis & Mildred (Bero) Lemieux. Ronald was well known in the local copper business & was known as the "Copper Man" &...
Andrew Haischer
Feb 12, 2007
Obituary of Andrew John Haischer Hancock Andrew J. Haischer, 79, a resident of Fir Street, Hancock, passed away late Monday evening February 12, 2007, at the Portage Health Hospital following a short illness. He was born on March 29, 1927, in Hancock, the son of the late Andrew and Irene (O'Leary) Haischer. As a child he attended the Jeffers Schools....
Lillian Niemi
Feb 12, 2007
Obituary of Lillian Johanna Niemi Hancock Lillian J. Niemi, 91, a resident of Liberty St., Hancock, passed away late Monday morning February 12, 2007, at her home following a short illness. She was born on June 28, 1915, in Hancock a daughter of the late Walter and Ida (Liinangi) Kero. Lillian was a graduate of the Hancock High School with...
Harold Hawke
Feb 9, 2007
Obituary of Harold J. Hawke Caspian Harold J. Hawke, 86, a former resident of Caspian, passed away early Friday morning, February 9, 2007, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where he had been a resident patient for the past month. He was born on May 29, 1920, in Crystal Falls, a son of the late Howard and...
Dorothy Peterson
Feb 5, 2007
Obituary of Dorothy Irene Peterson Houghton Dorothy I. Peterson, 84, a former resident of Edwards St., Houghton, passed away early Monday morning February 5, 2007, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where she had been a resident patient for over the past 18 months. Mrs. Peterson was born on October 16, 1922, in Hancock a daughter of...
Miriam Kemppainen
Jan 25, 2007
Obituary of Miriam Kemppainen Houghton Mrs. Miriam "Merla" (Harold) Kemppainen, 84, a resident of Houghton and former Dollar Bay resident passed away Thursday evening January 25, 2007, at the Omega House in Houghton where she had been a resident for the past two months. She was born on August 19, 1922, in Dollar Bay, a daughter of the late Otto...
Mort Plowe
Jan 25, 2007
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Sophie Tormala
Jan 24, 2007
Obituary of Sophie Aini Tormala Boston Location Sophie A. Tormala, 80, a former resident of Boston Location passed away Wednesday morning January 24, 2007, at the Cypress Manor Nursing Home in Hancock where she had been a resident patient for over the past 2 years. She was born on July 30, 1926, in Boston Location a daughter of the late...
Emory Medlyn
Jan 18, 2007
Obituary of Emory Philip Medlyn HUDSON, WI - Emory P. Medlyn, 49, of Hudson, WI and former Houghton resident, passed away at his home on Thursday morning, January 18, 2007, following a six-month battle with cancer. Em was born on December 21, 1957, in Hancock, a son of the late Emory and Anna (Kennedy) Medlyn. He graduated from Houghton High...
Dora Gill
Jan 17, 2007
Obituary of Dora Ethel Gill Hancock Dora E. (George Sr.) Gill, 89, a resident of Ingot St., Hancock, passed away Wednesday evening January 17, 2007, at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born on October 11, 1917, in Ripley, a daughter of the late Edwin John and Harriet (Ivey) Semmens. As a child she attended the Ripley School....
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