Obituaries
Katherine Saari (Hodge)
Mar 1, 2019
Obituary of Katherine Saari Hancock Katherine Saari 93, a resident of Hancock passed away Friday, March 1, 2019, at the Franklin House of Portage Pointe where she had been a resident patient for the past year. She was born on February 7, 1926, in Houghton, MI, a daughter of the late Jack and Florence (Chapman) Hodge. Katherine was raised in...
Rowon Kinnunen
Feb 28, 2019
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Timothy Young
Feb 28, 2019
Obituary of Timothy Daniel Young Houghton Timothy D. Young, 63, a resident of Houghton passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019, from injuries received in a snowmobiling accident. He was born on April 28, 1955, in Hancock, son of Sheila Beattie. Tim was raised in Houghton and was a graduate of the Houghton High School. He then worked for Formatics in...
Mary Hatcher (Herres)
Feb 24, 2019
Obituary of Mary M. Hatcher Ripley Mary M. Hatcher, 77, a resident of Ripley passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Franklin House of Portage Pointe in Hancock following a short illness. She was born on April 5, 1941, in Laurium, MI, a daughter of the late John B. and Margaret (Lehman) Herres. Mary was raised in Hancock and...
Joanne Marttila (Hendrickson)
Feb 23, 2019
Obituary of Joanne L. Marttila Atlantic MineJoanne L. Marttila, 74, a resident of Atlantic Mine passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019.She was born April 8, 1944, in Hancock, daughter of Alfred and Flora (Ruonavaara) Hendrickson. She graduated from Hancock High School with the class of 1962. She worked at Vollwerths for several years as a bookkeeper. On May 6, 1967,...
Hilja Kokko (Tutipaa)
Feb 23, 2019
Obituary of Hilja Tuulikki Kokko Pelkie/Arnheim Hilja T. Kokko, 96, a resident of DesRochers Rd., Pelkie/Arnheim, passed away Saturday morning February 23, 2019, at the Baraga County Memorial Hospital in LAnse following a short illness. She was born on October 8, 1922, in Kivijarvella, Finland, a daughter of the late Emil and Hilma (Klein) Tutipaa. Hilja moved to the United...
Sylvia Gagnon (Maki)
Feb 19, 2019
Obituary of Sylvia Lydia Gagnon Chassell Sylvia L. Gagnon of Chassell passed away on February 19, 2019, at the Franklin House of Portage Pointe. Sylvia was born Sylvia Lydia Maki on August 11, 1926 in Trimountain, Michigan to John K. and Lydia (Lundi) Maki. In 1944 Sylvia graduated from Jeffers H.S. and then in 1946 from the Upper Peninsula Beauty...
Suzanne Heikkila (Oja)
Feb 16, 2019
Obituary of Suzanne Marie Heikkila Laurium Suzanne M. Heikkila, 77, a resident of Laurium passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019, at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. She was born on September 1, 1941, in Calumet, a daughter of the late Robert and Lyla (Simula) Oja. Suzanne attended the Calumet Schools. Suzanne was a lifelong member of the Old Apostolic...
William Jameson
Feb 16, 2019
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Esther Tervo (Angman)
Feb 14, 2019
Obituary of Esther Mary Tervo Chassell Esther M. Tervo, 89, a resident of Snake River Hill, Chassell, passed away Thursday morning February 14, 2019, at the Omega House in Houghton. She was born on July 26, 1929, in Trap Rock Valley a daughter of the late Edward and Ellen (Isaacson) Angman. Esther was a 1947 graduate of the Lake Linden...
Gloria Mayra (Aho)
Feb 7, 2019
Obituary of Gloria Marie Mayra Delafield, WI Gloria M. Mayra, 83 a resident of Delafield, Wisconsin, and former resident of Hancock passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Angels Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. She was born on January 15, 1936 in Hancock, the daughter of the late Aimo and Dolores (Johnson) Aho. Gloria was raised in Hancock and was...
John Hilgers
Feb 5, 2019
Obituary of John Wilson Hilgers HancockJohn W. Hilgers, 73, a resident of Hancock and former longtime Houghton resident, passed away Tuesday evening February 5, 2019, at the Omega House in Houghton following a short illness.John was born on February 27, 1945 in Madison, Wisconsin to Jack and Liane (Faust) Hilgers. He graduated from Whitnall High School in Greenfield, Wisconsin where...
Nancy Olson (Kokko)
Feb 1, 2019
Obituary of Nancy Sarah Lillian Olson Hancock Nancy (Tom) Olson, 86, a resident of Hancock passed away Friday afternoon February 1, 2019, at home surrounded by her loving family, following a lengthy & Courageous battle with dementia. She was born on November 28, 1932, in Pewabic Location, a daughter of the late Matt and Hilda (Kinnunen) Kokko. Nancy was raised...
Brenda Thompson (Thompson)
Jan 28, 2019
Obituary of Brenda Grace Thompson LauriumBrenda G. Thompson, 60, a resident of Laurium, passed away Monday morning January 27, 2019, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock following a lengthy illness. She was born on June 27, 1958, in Laurium, MI, a daughter of the late Stanley and Carol (Anderson) Thompson. Brenda was raised in Laurium, Indianapolis, Indiana,...
James Mickelsen
Jan 22, 2019
Obituary of James Andrew Mickelsen ChassellJames A. Mickelsen, 92, of Chassell, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2019, at his home.He was born January 7, 1927, in Minneapolis, MN, son of Rev. Andrew Mickelsen and Mary Bikkie Mickelsen. Jim was a graduate of Hancock Central High School with the class of 1945. He graduated from Michigan Technological University with a...
David Butkovich
Jan 18, 2019
Obituary of David Peter Butkovich Hurontown David P. Butkovich, 79, a resident of Hurontown passed away Friday morning January 18, 2019, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock. He was born on February 4, 1939, in Dodgeville, a son of the late Peter and Lucille (Philpott) Butkovich. David attended the St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic School. On August 25,...
Bonnie Kukkonen (Champion)
Jan 15, 2019
Obituary of Bonnie Jean Kukkonen Hancock Bonnie Jean Champion Kukkonen was born in Ironwood, Michigan, a daughter of the late Bill and Jean Champion and graduated from Luther L. Wright in 1964. She went on to graduate from Northern Michigan University in 1968 and became a teacher in Harper Woods and employment counselor in Highland Park. Bonnie later served as...
Earl Nelson
Jan 3, 2019
Obituary of Earl G. Nelson Baltic Earl G. Nelson 79, a resident of Baltic, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 13, 1939, in Baltic, MI, a son of the late Gunnar and Nancy (Kovala) Nelson. Earl was raised in Baltic and the...
Eleanor Sauvola (Colombe)
Jan 3, 2019
Obituary of Eleanor Cecelia Sauvola Houghton/Chassell Eleanor C. Sauvola, 79, a resident of Houghton and former Chassell resident, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 28, 1939, in Chassell, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Cecilia (Beauchamp) Colombe. On September 6, 1958, she was united in marriage...
Frederick Williamson
Jan 2, 2019
An obituary is not available at this time for Frederick Williamson. 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 Frederick Williamson, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store .
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