Obituaries
Dorothy Hanner (Hiltunen)
Sep 11, 2019
Obituary of Dorothy Leigh Hanner Dodgeville Dorothy L. (Bill) Hanner, 69, a former resident of Dodgeville passed away Wednesday evening September 11, 2019, at the Canal View—Houghton County following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 24, 1950, in Laurium, MI, a daughter of Elizabeth (Jarvis) Hiltunen and the former Sulo Hiltunen. Dorothy was raised in Tamarack City and...
Kathryn Luoma (Hirvi)
Sep 10, 2019
Obituary of Kathryn Mae Luoma Toivola Kathryn Mae (Leonard) Luoma, 66, a resident of Toivola, Kananens Corner, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at the Omega House in Houghton. She was born on September 6, 1953, in Hancock, MI, a daughter of the late Irving and Ellen (Kananen) Hirvi. As a child, Kathy was raised in Toivola and attended the...
Dan Tuohimaa
Sep 9, 2019
Obituary of Dan Edwin Tuohimaa Houghton Canal Dan Tuohimaa, 55, a resident of the Houghton Canal passed away Monday September 9, 2019, at UP Health Marquette Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 22, 1963, in Hancock a son of the late Robert and Marie (Romppainen) Tuohimaa. Dan was raised in Coles Creek and attended the South...
Albert Chaput
Sep 5, 2019
Obituary of Albert Lawrence Chaput Chassell Albert Lawrence Chaput passed away September 5, 2019,at the DJ Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette where he had been a resident since this past May. He was born February 26, 1929 in the family farmhouse in Chassell, MI, the third son of Alphonse and Lottie (Vadnais) Chaput. After graduating from Houghton High School...
Bryan Johnson
Aug 26, 2019
Obituary of Bryan Randolph Johnson Chassell Bryan R. (Phyllis Hunt) Johnson, 63, a resident of Chassell, passed away Monday, August 26, 2019, at UP Health System Portage in Hancock. He was born on July 29, 1956, in Columbia, South Carolina to the late Charles and Aliese (Collins) Johnson. Bryan lived in several places as a military child. Some of these...
Edwin Wuorinen
Aug 26, 2019
Houghton Edwin F. Wuorinen 91 a resident of The Bluffs Senior Community, Houghton Michigan passed away from a heart attack Monday, August 26, 2019. He was born on September 16, 1927, to the late Frank and Katherine (Lieviska) Wuorinen of Toivola, MI. He served in the US Air Force during World War II. After an honorable discharge, he married Helen...
Jean Ollila
Aug 22, 2019
Houghton Jean Isabelle (Corriveau) Ollila, 86, passed away quietly at the Omega House in Houghton, Michigan, with close family by her side, on Thursday, August 22, 2019, following a short illness. Jean was a 29-year resident of The Villages, Florida (Village of Country Club Hills) and a former resident of Madison Heights, Michigan; Troy, Michigan; Lawrence, Kansas and most recently,...
Raymond Gronevelt
Aug 19, 2019
Chassell Raymond W. Gronevelt, 69, a resident of Chassell passed away Monday, August 19, 2019, at home following a short illness. The Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes of Houghton are assisting the family with the arrangements which will be announced at a later time.
Stanleyetta "Peg" Longenecker (Bernhisel)
Aug 12, 2019
Obituary of Stanleyetta Longenecker Hancock Stanleyetta Peg Longenecker, 93, a resident of Hancock passed away Monday August 12, 2019, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock. Peg was born on January 7, 1926, in Andersonburg, PA, a daughter of the late Harry and Florence (Peck) Bernhisel. She was raised in Blain, PA, where she was a graduate of...
Helen Kinnunen (Anderson)
Aug 11, 2019
Atlantic Mine Helen (Peter) Kinnunen, 89, a resident of Atlantic Mine, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019, at the Omega House in Houghton. She was born on May 20, 1930, in Liminga, MI, a daughter of the late Jalmer and Hilda (Seppala/Luoma) Anderson. Helen was raised in Liminga and attended the Redridge School before graduating from the Houghton...
Harold Paavola
Aug 6, 2019
Obituary of Harold Sven Paavola Hancock Harold S. PA Paavola, 85, a resident of Lakeview Manor in Hancock and former South Range resident passed away Tuesday August 6, 2019, at home. He was born on August 27, 1933, in Adams Township a son of the late Waino and Ellen (Erickson) Paavola. Harold attended the Adams Township schools. Mr. Paavola was...
Michael Hatton
Aug 3, 2019
Obituary of Michael Page Hatton Houghton Michael P. Hatton, Sr., aged 70, passed peacefully in Houghton, Michigan on August 3, 2019.to fly with the angels.He was the beloved husband of Mary Jane (Connelly) Hatton whom he was married to for 40 years. Michael was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 22, 1949, to Julian Burroughs Hatton and Mary (Pulliam) Hatton.He...
Kenneth Johnson
Aug 3, 2019
Obituary of Kenneth Albert Johnson Chassell Kenneth A. Johnson, 75, a resident of N. Entry, Chassell, passed away Saturday morning August 3, 2019, at the UP-Health Portage Hospital from an apparent heart attack. He was born on June 12, 1944, in Chicago, IL, a son of the late Nels and Francis (Timmer) Johnson. He was raised in the Chicago area...
Richard Norlin
Aug 1, 2019
Obituary of Richard Axel Norlin Dollar Bay Richard A. Richie Norlin, 86, a Dollar Bay Businessman and resident passed away surrounded by his family at home Thursday, August 1, 2019, following a lengthy illness. He was born on November 5, 1932, in Hancock, MI, a son of the late Axel and Ina (Johnson) Norlin. Richie was raised in Dollar Bay...
James Boyce
Aug 1, 2019
Obituary of James Edward Boyce Houghton James Edward Boyce passed peacefully on August 1st at Portage Pointe nursing home in Hancock at the age of 97. Jim was born on July 17, 1922, in Buffalo, New York, the son of James G. Boyce and Nina Pilkenton Boyce. He grew up in Bronxville, New York, where he attended an elementary school...
Donald Daavettila
Jul 31, 2019
Obituary of Don Daavettila Houghton Donald Axel Daavettila, 84, of Houghton, passed away Wednesday, July 31 at Marquette General Hospital. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois on November 18, 1934, to Hugo & Vera Daavettila. He was raised in Zion and graduated from Zion-Benton high school. He received his BS in Engineering Physics from Michigan Tech and worked on his...
Jim Piiparinen
Jul 30, 2019
Obituary of Jim Piiparinen Hancock James F. Piiparinen, 75, a resident of Hancock, passed away Tuesday July 30, 2019, at the UP Health – Portage Hospital following a short illness. He was born on May 16, 1944, in Hancock, MI, a son of the late Raymond and Thyra (Halmekangas) Piiparinen. Jim was raised in Hancock and was a graduate of...
James Piiparinen
Jul 30, 2019
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Dyson Bastian
Jul 29, 2019
Obituary of Dyson Don Bastian Atlantic Mine/Williston, ND Dyson D. Bastian, 24, a former resident of Atlantic Mine and current resident of Williston, ND, passed away Monday July 29, 2019, from injuries received in an accident. He was born on April 16, 1995, in Lexington, North Carolina, a son of Todd and Lori (Koski) Bastian. Dyson was raised in the...
JoAnn Hauswirth (Hauswirth)
Jul 26, 2019
Obituary of JoAnn Mary Hauswirth Hancock JoAnn M. Hauswirth, 79, a resident of Hancock passed away Friday July 26, 2019, at the Omega House in Houghton following a lengthy illness. She was born on January 11, 194, in Hancock a daughter of the late Anton and Marion (Hahka) Hauswirth. JoAnn was raised in Hancock and graduated from the Hancock High...
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