Obituaries
Gloria LaBelle (Picotte)
Feb 26, 2012
Obituary of Gloria LaBelle HoughtonGloria M. (James) LaBelle, 81, a resident of Houghton passed away Sunday evening February 26, 2012, at the Omega House in Houghton following a lengthy illness.She was born on July 29, 1930, in Detroit, Michigan a child of the late Louis and Almeda (Falerios) Picotte. As a child, she moved to Lake Linden where she graduated...
Roger Lorenz
Feb 22, 2012
Obituary of Roger Lorenz Painesdale Roger J. Lorenz, 66, a resident of Painesdale passed away Friday morning June 22, 2012, at the Omega House in Houghton following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 16, 1945 in Hancock a son of the late William and Glennis (Collette) Lorenz. He was raised in Tri-Mountain and graduated from the Jeffers High...
Nancy Lohela (Makela)
Feb 20, 2012
Obituary of Nancy Jane Lohela Hancock Canal Nancy J. (William) Lohela, 76, of the Hancock Canal died peacefully at the Omega House in Houghton on February 20, 2012, where she was a patient for the past three weeks. She was born on April 28, 1935, in Hancock, a daughter of the late Yalmer and Hilda (Sinkonen) Makela. Nancy was a...
Carl Nelson
Feb 16, 2012
Obituary of Carl Kenneth Nelson Hancock Carl K. Nelson, 73, a resident of Hancock passed away Thursday morning February 16, 2012, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born June 20, 1937, in Laurium, to the late Elwood and Mary (Tapani) Nelson. At a young age, the family moved to Hancock where he attended the local schools, graduating...
Marvin Luusua
Feb 15, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Marvin Luusua. 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 Marvin Luusua, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store .
Leo Ureel
Feb 12, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Leo Ureel. 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 Leo Ureel, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store .
Robert Kari
Feb 12, 2012
Obituary of Robert Kari HoughtonRobert R. Kari, 71, a resident of Houghton passed away Sunday afternoon February 12, 2012, at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital where he had been a patient for the past two days.He was born on July 24, 1940, in Superior, Wisconsin, a son of the late Reino and Eva (Kokko) Kari. He attended Superior Central High School in...
Marina Giannelli-Sirekis
Feb 8, 2012
Obituary of Marina Giannelli-Sirekis Buckeye, AZ On February 8, 2012, Marina E. Giannelli-sirekis, 49, slept peacefully away at her home in Buckeye, AZ, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on September 28, 1962, in Hancock, MI, and raised in Painesdale, MI. A daughter of Estelle M. (Lahti) Riutta and the late Ralph Giannelli. Marina graduated from the...
LaVerne Rintala (Maatta)
Feb 6, 2012
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Michael Hauswirth
Feb 5, 2012
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Clara Rose
Feb 3, 2012
Obituary of Clara Rose Dollar BayClara L. Rose, 87, a former resident of Dollar Bay, passed away Friday morning February 3, 2012, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock, where she had been a resident patient for the past year and a half.She was born on July 29, 1924, in Baltic, a daughter of the late Andrew and...
Thomas Greenlees
Feb 2, 2012
Obituary of Tom Greenlees Hancock Tom S. Greenlees, Hancock area businessman passed away Thursday February 2, 2012, following a lengthy illness, in Mars Hill, North Carolina while visiting family. Tom was born and raised in Pittsburg, PA, a son of the late Catherine Greenlees and the late Walter Greenlees. He was a veteran of the US Coast Guard and served...
Tyyne Makela (Sutinen)
Feb 1, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Tyyne Makela (Sutinen). 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 Tyyne Makela (Sutinen), please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store .
Brian Walman
Jan 27, 2012
Obituary of Brian Walman HoughtonBrian J Walman 52 a resident of Houghton passed away unexpectedly at his home Friday January 27, 2012.He was born on August 17 in Battle Creek, MI, son of Myra (Wirtanen) and the late Russell Walman.He attended Lakeview High School in Battle Creek and following graduation enlisted in the U.S. army.Brian had lived in Houston Texas...
Phyllis Tapani
Jan 26, 2012
Obituary of Phyllis Tapani LAKE MARY, Fla. - Phyllis K. Tapani, 78, a former resident of Chassell and Hancock, most recently of Lake Mary, Fla., passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012, at her home, following a lengthy illness.She was born November 25, 1933, in Hatley, Wis., the daughter of the late Jacob and Augusta Marks.She graduated from Ontonagon High School.On...
Leona Burkman (Moilanen)
Jan 24, 2012
Obituary of Leona G. Burkman Houghton Leona G. Burkman, 90, a former resident of the Houghton Canal District and presently a resident of Arbor Green Senior Apartments passed away Tuesday morning January 24, 2012, at the Marquette General Hospital where she had been a patient since this past Sunday. She was born March 1, 1921, in Hancock a daughter of...
Barbara J
Jan 21, 2012
Obituary of Barbara J Copper City Barbara J. (Clyde) Dow, 74, a resident of Copper City, passed away Saturday evening January 21, 2012, at the Cypress Manor Nursing Home in Hancock where she had been a resident patient since this past October. She was born on October 21, 1937, in Laurium, a daughter of the late Frank and Rhoda (Richards)...
Leona Gustafson
Jan 20, 2012
Obituary of Leona Gustafson Green Bay/HancockLeona Katherine (Pyykkonen) Gustafson, 77, former resident of Hancock, Michigan died peacefully at her residence in Green Bay, Wisconsin on January 20, 2012. Leona was born July 16, 1934 in Hancock to Carl and Kate Pyykkonen. She graduated from Central High School in Detroit in 1952 and received her degree from Suomi College in Hancock...
Leona Gustafson (Pyykkonen)
Jan 20, 2012
An obituary is not available at this time for Leona Gustafson (Pyykkonen). 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 Leona Gustafson (Pyykkonen), please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store .
Marjorie Chapel (Naasko)
Jan 16, 2012
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