Obituaries

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Donald L. Laplander, 76, a resident of Calumet passed away on Tuesday October 5, 2021 at the Marshfield Clinic.He was born on November 24, 1944 in Highland Park, Michigan to Uno and Elsie (Linquist) Laplander. He attended the local schools. Following …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Samantha Rae Tolonen “Maanidoonsikwe”, age 25 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Thursday, October 7th, 2021in Romulus, MI. She was born August 21, 1996 in Hancock, MI daughter of Raeanne Gauthier and Glenn Tolonen Sr. Samantha attended grade school at L’Anse Area Schools …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Edward “Eddie” John Karinen, 72, a resident of L’Anse passed away peacefully on Friday, October 8, 2021, at Mission Point of Hancock following a lengthy illness. Eddie was born on January 27, 1949, in Detroit, to Robert Martin and Ilmi …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Carole Joan Harris, 85, passed away on October 8, 2021 at UP Health System-Portage in Hancock following a short illness. She was born in Chassell in 1936 and resided in Hancock area. She worked at Vollwerth & Co for 12 years. St. Charles, …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Calvin Mathew Gantner, age 88, took his last breath on this earth and his first breath in Heaven on October 8, 2021 after a two year battle with cancer. He was born in Herman, MI, on January 18, 1933, the son of Otto …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Arlene (Huhta) Vuorinen, 77, a resident of Houghton, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, following a courageous battle with leukemia. She was born on August 12, 1944, in Hancock, MI, a daughter of the late …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Daniel Patrick Bennett, devoted husband, and father of six, passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at the age of 59. His decade-long battle with multiple cancers ended in a draw.Dan was born on October 25, 1961, in Goose Bay Labrador …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Thomas Marcel Gastuch, 73, formerly of Bessemer, Michigan, passed away at Mission Point of Hancock on Thursday, September 30, 2021 following a prolonged illness. The O’Neill-Dennis Funeral home of Hancock is assisting with the arrangements which are still incomplete.

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Richard “Rick” Strieter, 77, of Lake Linden, passed away at his home on October 6, 2021, after a long illness.He was born on October 26, 1943, a son of Walter and Lucille (Kaupila) Strieter. He was a 1961 graduate of Dollar Bay High …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Ryan W. Ruotsala, 70, a resident of the Hancock Canal, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, with his family by his side. Ryan was born in Highland Park, Michigan on April 6, 1951, to Lloyd and Dorothy (Ollanketo) Ruotsala. He …