Obituaries

Tyne Mortti

Tyne Mortti

Apr 30, 2006

Obituary of Tyne I. Mortti Tapiola Tyne I. Mortti, 94, a former resident of Tapiola, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2006, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility where she had been a resident patient for the past 12 years. She was born on January 12, 1912, in Painesdale a daughter of the late Isaac and Sophia (Laumiaho) Mortti. As...

Elizabeth Kemppainen

Elizabeth Kemppainen

Apr 27, 2006

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Violet Kemppainen

Violet Kemppainen

Apr 27, 2006

Obituary of Violet Kemppainen Negaunee Violet V. Kemppainen, 75, a resident of Negaunee and formerly of Boston Location-Hancock, passed away Thursday April 27, 2006, at the Bell Memorial Hospital in Ishpeming where she had been a patient for the past 4 days. She was born on August 23, 1930, in Superior Location a daughter of the late Jacob and Hilda...

Selma Loukinen

Selma Loukinen

Apr 27, 2006

Obituary of Selma Loukinen Selma Loukinen died Thursday morning, April 27, 2006 at Portage Pointe, Hancock, MI Selma (Sally) Helena Wittaniemi-Loukinen, of Portage Pointe Long Term Care Facility died on April 27, 2006. She was born on December 24, 1918, in Jacobsville, the daughter of Arvid and Kaisa (Ylanki) Wittaniemi. She was a gifted student at the Jacobsville Community School...

Herman Walitalo

Herman Walitalo

Apr 24, 2006

Obituary of Herman Walitalo Boston Location Herman "Matt" Walitalo, 86, a resident of the Boston Crosscut Rd., Boston Location, passed away Monday evening April 24, 2006, at Our Lady of Mercy Convalescent Home in Hubbell, where he had been a resident patient since this past January. He was born on March 20, 1920, in Boston Location a son of the...

Joseph Mlasko

Joseph Mlasko

Apr 16, 2006

Obituary of Joseph R. Mlasko Chassell Joseph R. Mlasko, 86, a resident of Lakeshore Dr., Chassell, passed away Sunday evening April 16, 2006, at the Portage Health Systems Hospital shortly after being admitted, following a several month illness. He was born on January 12, 1920, in Ironwood, MI a son of the late Anton and Sara Mlasko. Joseph was a...

Helmi Kokko

Helmi Kokko

Apr 15, 2006

Obituary of Helmi A. Kokko Hancock Helmi A. Kokko, 88, a former resident of Hancock passed away Saturday morning April 15, 2006, at the Omega House in Houghton where she had been a resident for the last week. The former Helmi Palo was born on February 16, 1918, in Princess Pointe, a daughter of the late Erick and Helmi (Nikkinen)...

Ellie E. Gustafson Lantto

Ellie E. Gustafson Lantto

Apr 14, 2006

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Ellie Lantto

Ellie Lantto

Apr 14, 2006

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Lillian Karna

Lillian Karna

Apr 6, 2006

Obituary of Lillian Wilhelmina Karna Houghton Lillian W. Karna, 86, a former resident of Houghton, passed away Thursday evening April 6, 2006, at the Cypress manor Nursing Home in Hancock where she had been a resident patient since September of 2003. Lillian was born on February 27, 1920, in Painesdale, MI, the daughter of the late Abram and Wilhelmina (Seppanen)...

John Peryam

John Peryam

Apr 3, 2006

Obituary of John Peryam Hancock John W. "Jack" Peryam, 60, a former resident of Ingot St., Hancock, passed away early Monday morning, April 3, 2006, at Our Lady of Mercy Convalescent Home in Hubbell where he had been a resident patient since May of 2005. He was born in Hancock on September 20, 1945, a son of Betty (Sullivan) and...

Karen O'Connell

Karen O'Connell

Mar 30, 2006

Obituary of Karen O'Connell Dodgeville Mrs. Gary O'Connell, 51, a resident of Dodgeville, passed away early Thursday morning March 30, 2006, at the Portage Health Systems Hospital, where she was a patient for 2 days, prior to that she had been ill for the past 8 months. The former Karen D. Niva, was born in Hancock on February 13, 1955,...

Vernon Olson

Vernon Olson

Mar 21, 2006

Obituary of Vernon Edwin Olson Chassell Vernon E. Olson, 83, a resident of Fifth St., Chassell, passed away Tuesday evening March 21, 2006, at the Portage Health Systems Hospital, in Hancock shortly after been admitted. The family would invite all to join them for a time to remember Vernon this Friday March 24, 2006, from 4 to 6 P.M. in...

Sigrid Lassila

Sigrid Lassila

Mar 20, 2006

Obituary of Sigrid Lassila Houghton Sigrid J. Lassila, 99, a former resident of E. Vivian St., Houghton, passed away Monday March 20, 2006, at the Woodland Heaven Wing of the Houghton County Medical Care Facility, in Hancock, where she had been a resident for the past 3 years. The former Sigrid Ruohoniemi was born on February 2, 1907, in Boston...

Nadine Janke

Nadine Janke

Mar 16, 2006

Obituary of Nadine Janke St. Mary's Location Nadine (Robert) Janke, 82, a resident of St. Mary's Location, passed away Thursday March 16, 2006, at the Omega House in Houghton where she had been a resident patient for the past 6 months. She was born on January 7, 1924, in McKinley, TX a daughter of the late Otis and Corrine (Ashley)...

Esther Klee

Esther Klee

Mar 15, 2006

Obituary of Esther Ruth Klee Houghton Esther R. Klee, 86, a resident of Calverley Ave. Houghton, passed away Wednesday evening March 15, 2006, at the Margaret S. Parmly Residence Nursing Facility in Chisago City, MN where she had been a resident patient for the past 3 weeks. Esther was born on May 14, 1919, in Pilgrim Location, a daughter of...

Margaret Wesa

Margaret Wesa

Mar 8, 2006

Obituary of Margaret Ruth Wesa Atlantic Mine Margaret "Marge" Ruth Wesa, 85, of Atlantic Mine died Wednesday March 8, 2006, at the Cypress Manor Nursing Home, where she had been a resident patient since 2002. Margaret was born in Redridge on October 15, 1920 to Oscar and Jenny (Jackola) Kyllonen and lived most of her life in Waukegan, Illinois. She...

Lillian Holombo

Lillian Holombo

Mar 6, 2006

Obituary of Lillian M. Holombo Hancock Lillian M. Holombo, 96, a former resident of Holland St., passed away Monday March 6, 2006, at the Cypress Manor Nursing Home in Hancock where she had been a resident patient since December of 2003. Mrs. Holombo was born on August 18, 1909, in St. Mary's Location a daughter of the late Arthur and...

Ellen Crocker

Ellen Crocker

Mar 1, 2006

An obituary is not available at this time for Ellen Crocker. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Memory Wall. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Ellen Crocker, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store .

Betty Moskwa

Betty Moskwa

Feb 23, 2006

Obituary of Betty Mae Moskwa Ontonagon Betty (Johnson)Moskwa of Ontonagon passed away Thursday afternoon, February 23, 2006, with her family present at the Ontonagon Memorial Hospital's Long Term Care Unit. Betty was born May 10, 1928, in Matchwood, Michigan, daughter of the late Lorena (Lowe)and Don Johnson Sr. Betty and her family also resided in Bruce Crossing and Ewen, Michigan....