Obituaries
Patricia Dugener
Dec 8, 2021
HancockPatricia A. Dugener, 70, a resident of Hancock, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021, peacefully at the Omega House in Houghton.Patricia was born on November 8, 1951, in Hancock to the late Waino and Maila (Niemi) Tervo. She was raised in the Copper Country and attended schools locally. Patricia participated in the Special Olympics and enjoyed lunches at the Kaleva...
Ronald Saari
Dec 7, 2021
Painesdale Ronald P. Saari, 77, a resident of Painesdale, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at UP Health Portage Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 11, 1944, in Hancock, MI, a son of the late Ronald Y. and Edna I. (Pyhtila) Saari. Ron was raised in Winona. He attended the Winona school and was in the...
Michele M. Karvonen
Dec 7, 2021
Laurium A graveside service for Michele M. Karvonen, 45, a resident of Laurium, who passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at UP Health System- Marquette following a short illness, will be held 2:00 pm Saturday July 2, 2022, at the Oskar Cemetery with Pastor Ernest Bylkas to officiate. The Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation Services of Hancock is assisting the...
William Vater
Nov 28, 2021
Freda William M. Vater II, 67, a former resident of Freda passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021, at Canal View – Houghton County where he had been a resident patient for the past 5 years. He was born on June 13, 1954, in Gouverneur, NY, a son of the late William and Sophie (Jones) Vater. Bill was raised in Star...
Robert Wieber
Nov 27, 2021
HoughtonRobert H. Wieber of Houghton was called to his eternal home on November 27, 2021, after a long illness. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family. Bob was born in Hancock on July 21, 1938; son of Robert and Ruth (Mueller) Wieber. His early childhood was spent in Manhattan, IL, until the family returned to...
William Sewell
Nov 25, 2021
HoughtonWilliam Bill Clyde Sewell, 84, a resident of Houghton, passed away Thursday, November 25, 2021, at Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau, WI.He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Delbert and Walter and a sister Nancy. He is survived by his sons Andrew (Elizabeth Simoneau) of Columbus, OH and Michael (Kathy Johnson) of Wausau, WI. Bill is further survived...
Ruth Maki (Heinonen)
Nov 24, 2021
HancockRuth E. Maki, 94, passed away on November 24, 2021, at her home in Hancock with her family by her side.She was born on April 13, 1927, in Hancock, the daughter of the late Edward and Mari (Tamminen) Heinonen. On September 9, 1950, she was united in marriage to Walter Maki. He preceded her in death on December 13, 2014.Besides...
James Brusse
Nov 21, 2021
Hancock, MIJames (Jim) Adolph Brusse, 87, a resident of Hancock, MI and Naples, FL, died peacefully on November 21, 2021 at his home in Hancock. Jim was born on October 30, 1934, in Barranquilla, Colombia, with the given name Jaime (pronounced Hi May) Adolfo. He was raised by his late mother, Alicia Held de Brusse (Mamali), and grandfather, Adolfo Held...
Robert Petrelius
Nov 15, 2021
South Range, MI Robert (Bob) Petrelius, 88, a resident of South Range, passed away peacefully Monday morning, November 15th, 2021, at the GreenTree of Hubbell.Robert was born on November 1st, 1933, in Tapiola, MI, the son of the late Victor and Anna (Torro) Petrelius-Plough, and after the passing of his father, stepfather Nels Plough. He graduated from the John A...
Travis Maxey
Nov 12, 2021
Houghton Travis F. Maxey, 52, a resident of Houghton passed away Friday November 12, 2021, at the UP Health – Marquette Hospital with his fiancé Vicki Lindell by his side. He was born on September 12, 1969, in Sheboygan, WI, a son of the late Wayne and Josephine (Miller) Maxey. Travis was raised in the...
Fred Zenner
Nov 12, 2021
Hurontown Frederick M. Zenner, 84, a resident of Hurontown, passed away Friday, November 12, 2021, at the UP Health – Portage Hospital following a short illness, with his family by his side. He was born on May 21, 1937, in Hancock, a son of the late Ernest and Lavetta (Hartmann) Zenner. Fred was raised on 6th street in Houghton, with...
Robert Asiala
Nov 8, 2021
Hancock CanalRobert J. Asiala, 64, a resident of the Hancock Canal, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021, at home with his family by his side.He was born on June 23, 1957, in Hancock, the son of the late Oliver and Margaret (Nordstorm) Asiala. He was raised locally having lived in Hancock and Houghton Canal and graduated from the Houghton High...
Joshua Wood
Nov 7, 2021
Phoenix, AZ Joshua Jaymes Wood, 30,a resident of Phoenix, AZ, passed awaySunday, Nov. 7, 2021, in Phoenix, AZ. He was born on June 10, 1991, in Hancock, MI, a son of Robert Wood and Virginia (Mendenhall) Cooper. Joshua was raised in Pahrump, NV, where he graduated from Pahrump Valley High School in 2009. He went on to serve in the...
Stan
Nov 7, 2021
TapiolaNov 7, 2021: Stanley R Michaelson, P.E., age 84, passed away at his Tapiola home surrounded by family following a short illness. Stan was born on May 21, 1937, in a farmhouse bedroom in Baraga. Son of Caroline Carrie Maki and Rupert Michaelson, he grew up on the Michaelson homestead in Elo as the first-born child of a blacksmith, farmer,...
Wester Rintala
Nov 6, 2021
Tapiola Wester Rudolph Rintala, a former resident of Tapiola, passed away on November 6, 2021, at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium, MI after a short hospital stay. He was born at home in Tapiola, MI on February 11, 1926, to Salomon and Jennie (Haataja) Rintala. His native language was Finnish (he didnt learn English until he started attending the...
Danny Noble
Nov 6, 2021
Chassell,Danny Noble, 69, of Chassell, MI, was promoted to Glory on Saturday, November 6 after a brief illness. Dan was born, March 10, 1952 in Battle Creek, MI to Henry and Janet (Smith) Noble. He graduated from Vicksburg High School before working in a variety of places in and around Coldwater, MI. April 21, 1973, Dan married Peggy Pease and...
Jack Laux
Nov 2, 2021
Atlantic Mine John Jack Laux, 86, a resident of Atlantic Mine and former Houghton business owner passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at the Omega House in Houghton following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 7, 1935, in Houghton, MI, a son of the late Adolph and Estelle (Edgerton) Laux. Jack was raised in Houghton and a graduate...
Jerome Greenleaf
Nov 1, 2021
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Judith Haataja
Oct 26, 2021
Baraga Judith M. Haataja, passed away on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, in Fargo, ND, surrounded by her loving children and husband. Judith or Judy as most people called her, was born September 18, 1942, in Detroit, MI. She attended Jeffers High School and Michigan Technological University, proudly earning honors in her nursing program, and practicing as a registered nurse for...
Donald O'Donnell
Oct 19, 2021
HoughtonDonald Ray O'Donnell, age 88 of Houghton Michigan, passed away on October 19, 2021 at Mission Point of Hancock Michigan. Don was born April 6, 1933 in Redlands, California to the late Chester and Anne Leone (Cox) O'Donnell. After graduating in 1951 from Valencia High School in Placentia California, he attended Orange Coast College where he played college football and...
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