Obituaries

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Nicole Louise Manquen, 49, a resident of Lebanon Ohio, passed away December 22, 2019 at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.  She was born on July 23, 1970, in Hancock, the daughter of Arlen and Judy (Hannula) Juntunen. Nicole was …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Gordon Peterson, 78, a resident of Copper City passed away at his home on December 22, 2019 Arrangements will be announced by the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home in Calumet.

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Shirley E. Simula, 88, a former resident of Mohawk passed away on Sunday December 22, 2019 at Portage Pointe in Hancock. She was born on June 23, 1931 in Fulton to Raymond and Vienna (Taivaloja) Hepting. She attended the local schools. …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Paul J. Lahti, age 79, of L’Anse, MI passed away Monday, December 16, 2019 at his home. He was born in L’Anse on August 21, 1940 the son of the late Toivo and Stella (Vashaw) Lahti. Paul attended school in Baraga. …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Donald F. Zappa, 91, a resident of Mohawk for his entire lifetime, except for a little more than a year when he resided in Jerome, Arizona, passed away at UP Health System-Marquette on Sunday December 15, 2019. He was born on …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Lake Linden: William Arthur DeLisle, 68, former resident of Lake Linden, passed away at the Select Specialty Hospital of Mount Clemens on December 13, 2019, after a long illness. He was born on May 10, 1951, a son of Anthony and Isabelle (Odgers) …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: John “Doc” Perrero of Calumet, passed away on December 15, 2019 at Gardenview Assisted Living and Memory Care in Calumet.  He was born on the family farm in Iron Belt, Wisconsin on November 16, 1929 to Anton and Angeline (Suino) Perrero. …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Dorothy M. Bykkonen of Calumet passed away on Friday, December 13th. Dorothy was born on February 2, 1927, the daughter of Mitchell and Elizabeth (Korzenieski) Gawronski. She resided in Detroit until April 25, 1964 when she was united in marriage to …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home:  Betty Cowling, age 94, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2019. She was born January 2, 1925, in Detroit, MI to Walter and Emma Markle. In 1952, she married Wilfred Bartle Cowling in Pontiac, MI. Betty loved the outdoors. She was most at …

Naomi Claire Oline Collins, age 85 of Skanee, MI passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse, MI. She was born March 19, 1934 in L’Anse, MI daughter of Verner and Clara (Tollefson) Westrom. Naomi grew up in Skanee and graduated from L’anse High School in …