Obituaries

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Karen E Sirvio, 86, of Calumet, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the Lighthouse of Hancock. Karen was born on November 1, 1933, in Detroit, Mi to the late Howard and Eleanor (Larson) Aho. As a child, they moved to …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Hancock: Bernard C. Deziel, Jr., 76, passed away on Thursday morning, June 4, 2020 at Canal View Houghton County in Hancock. The O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock is in charge of his arrangements which are still incomplete.

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Dollar Bay: Patrick Jay Beyers, 66, of Dollar Bay, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital.     He was born in Hancock on December 14, 1953 to Francis and Edith (Somero) Beyers. He attended Saint Ignatius Loyola School in …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Ontonagon Hazel Aileen (Coponen) Torvinen, 91, went to be with her Savior on June 2, 2020, while at Woodland Heaven of Canal View – Houghton County. She has resided there for the past 31/2 years. Hazel was born in Painesdale, …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Joyce Joan Nakkula, 75, of Calumet, passed away into the immortal arms of God at UP health system Marquette on the morning of May 31st surrounded by her two surviving children, Ted/Laura Nakkula and Michelle/Scott Pastor. Joyce Nakkula was born on …

As received from the  Jacobson Funeral Home: Ruth Ann (Lundy) LeClaire, age 88 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at the Omega House in Houghton, MI with her family by her side. She was born on August 23, 1931 in L’Anse, daughter of George and Rosetta …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Decatur GA/ Houghton Sara Ann Lowther, a former Houghton resident, passed away in Decatur, GA on May 26, 2020 She was a scientist at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), serving in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Lindsey M. Toupin, 37, a resident of Madison, Wisconsin passed away on May 26, 2020 at her home. She was born on November 28, 1982 in Laurium to Ronald Toupin and Dinah (Jarvela) Coello. She grew up in Calumet attending the …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Jamestown, NY/ Quincy Hill, MI Geraldine (Dr. Robert) Bickmore, 88, a resident of Jamestown, New York, and former Quincy Hill, Michigan, resident, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020, at the Heritage Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Jamestown, NY. Geraldine …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Charles David “Dave” Pulse, passed away on May 23, 2020 at the age of 76 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Dave was born in Glen Ellyn on March 12, 1944 to Charles and Bette Pulse. Dave attended Wagner School, Glenbard West …