Obituaries

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Calumet – William Andrew Hammary 71 of Calumet passed away on September 4, 2019. Bill was born on May 17, 1948 in Laurium Michigan to William M. and Erma V. Hammary. Bill served in the U.S. …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Albert Lawrence Chaput passed away September 5, 2019, at the DJ Jacobetti Home for Veteran’s in Marquette where he had been a resident since this past May. He was born February 26, 1929, in the family farmhouse in Chassell, MI, …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Linda Beckner, 71, a resident of Copper City passed away on Tuesday September 2, 2019 at her home. She was born in August of 1948 in Laurium to Adolph and Gewndolyn (Zigman) Kuivinen. She attended Calumet High School and graduated with …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Viola “Vi” Karvakko, 90, of Baraga, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse, MI, where she had been a resident for the past year. She was born in a sauna in Pelkie on March 21, 1929, the …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Marian Alice Kipfer Eagle Harbor Alice, as she was known, passed away peacefully at home on August 25, 2019. She was born December 10, 1921 in Kalamazoo to Guy J and Julia (Hoejka) Fooy (Foy), both of Dutch ancestry. While growing …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Marcia E. Viegelahn, 79, died Tuesday August 27th at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility.  She was born May 1, 1940 in Stanton, Michigan, the daughter of Eldon and Esther Jones. Upon graduating from Stanton High School in 1958 Marcia enrolled …

As received from the Memorial Chapel and Plowe Funeral Homes of Hancock: Edwin F. Wuorinen 91 a resident of The Bluffs Senior Community, Houghton Michigan passed away from an apparent heart attack Monday, August 26, 2019. He was born on September 16, 1927, to the late Frank and Katherine (Lieviska) …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Marilyn Helen (Barnett) Majeski, age 77 of Skanee, MI passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019 at her home. She was born October 12, 1941 in Dearborn, MI daughter of Raymond and Helen (Koski) Barnett. Marilyn married Joseph Majeski on September 5, 1959 …

JoAnn Marie (Cavanaugh) Hilsendager, age 59 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019 as a result of an automobile accident. She was born November 1, 1959 in L’Anse, MI daughter of Bernard and Arlene (Jukkala) Cavanaugh. JoAnn graduated from L’Anse High School in 1978. She married Leo …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Houghon: Mary E. Thebo, 97, formerly of Houghton, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Surprise, Arizona. Mary was born on May 9, 1922 in Houghton, Michigan to the late Claude and Ivy Voght. She met Chuck Thebo while he was …