Obituaries

As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: Robert A. Rautiola, 70, a resident of Chassell passed away Saturday July 2, 2022, at Mission Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Center of Hancock following a short illness. He was born on May 20, 1952, in Hancock, MI, a son of the …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Calumet – Dwain “Dewey” Paulson 71, passed away on Thursday, June 30 at the UP Health System Marquette. Ryan Funeral Home is serving the family.

As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: Alan Harris a resident of Clifton Springs, New York, and a former resident of the Copper Country, passed away suddenly at his home. Alan graduated from Jeffers High School and served his country in the United States Air Force. Alan recently …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Tod Shields, 89, of Tamarack City, passed away at UP Health System-Portage on Friday, July 1, 2022.  The Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden is in charge of arrangements

UPDATE: A graveside service will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. at Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton conducted by the Copper Country Veterans Association. As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Jon A. “Bird” Saterstad, 67, retired Sergeant Major, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, of Stanton …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Frederic (Fritz) Gaabo, 94, a resident of Mohawk and current resident of The Bluffs passed away on Tuesday night June 28, 2022 at the Omega House in Houghton. He was born on January 6, 1928 in Mohawk a son of the …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Barb Perreault, 88, of Calumet passed away peacefully at her own home in Centennial, on June 24, 2022. She was born on November 21, 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas, daughter of the late John F. Hamm and Mildred (Faust) Hamm. She …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Arthur Edwin Kent left us on June 25th, 2022  at the age of 91.   Art was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 6, 1931.  He was the son of Edwin Kent and Elsie Kent and spent his youth, then affectionately …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Bernice Mary Nicholson, 102, of Hancock, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Canal View – Houghton County. She was born at home on November 30, 1919 in Chassell to the late Joseph and Mary Helen (Savard) Poisson. She was a graduate …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Lillian Jeanette Rantala, age 78, of Alston, Michigan, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Lillian was born on February 8, 1944 in Pittsburgh, California where her father was stationed during World War 2. …