Obituaries

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Robert L.“Beaver” Voakes, Sr. age 69 of L’Anse, MI passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at UP Health System, Marquette, MI. He was born in Marquette on August 25, 1952 the son of the late Calvin and Annabelle (Misegan) Voakes and …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Roxanne LeClaire Spear, 62, went to be with our Holy Father on January 19, 2022. Roxanne was a doting mother and Grammy Blaggy, daughter, sister, auntie, coozin and friend. She was born September 29, 1959 in L’Anse, Michigan, was baptized in the Mission …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Howard “Howie” Nichola of Dodgeville, at 105 years young, left us July 2, 2021, while staying with his nephew in Florida. We will be celebrating Howard with a memorial service in his honor on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at 11:00 …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Robert A. Marcotte, 77, a resident of Hancock passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022, at the Green Tree of Hubbell Rehab & Health Nursing Home in Hubbell where he had been a patient. The Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation Service …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Esther Pekkala, 98, a resident of Hancock passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022, at the Franklin House of Portage Pointe in Hancock where she had been a resident patient. She was born on August 7, 1923, in Green, Michigan. Daughter …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Carol A. (Gordon) Kokko, 77, a resident of North Grosse Pointe Shores, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022, at the Garden View Assisted Living Facility in Calumet where she had been a resident patient. She was born on August 7, …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: UPDATE: Graveside services for Ronald S. Kaiponen will be held 1:00 pm Friday July 1, 2022, at the Mt. View Cemetery of South Range with Rev. Micah Cavaleri to officiate. Ronald S. Kaiponen, 78, a resident of Baltic passed away …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: David C. Wiitanen, 87, a well-known area personality passed away Monday, January 24, 2022, at the Green Tree of Hubbell where he had been a patient. He was born on June 28, 1934, in Hancock, MI, a son of the …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Anita C. Raasio, 85, a former resident of Baraga passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Canal View – Houghton County in Hancock where she had been a resident patient. She was born on June 25, 1936, in Laurium, a …

Robert A. Fricke, 99, a resident of Hurontown and the Bluffs Senior Living Community in Houghton passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at the UP Health Systems Portage Hospital, in Hancock. He was born on March 18, 1922, in Hurontown, MI, a son of the late August E. and Ethel …