Obituaries

Dec 14, 2018

Ishpeming – Charles R. Lyons Sr., age 83, longtime Ishpeming Twp. resident passed away on Friday, December 14, 2018 at the Marquette Co. Medical Care Facility in Ishpeming where he had been a resident for the past 3 months.

Charles was born in Ishpeming on May 22, 1935 the son of the late Patrick S. and Varma...

Dec 14, 2018

San Francisco, CA- Gary E. West Jr., age 54 passed away Friday, December 14, 2018 at his residence in San Francisco.

Gary was born October 17, 1964 in Ishpeming to Carol M. (Curcio) and the late Gary E. West Sr.  He moved to lower Michigan where he graduated from Walled Lake-Western High School where he participated in...

Dec 12, 2018

Michigamme Twp- Phyllis Lorraine Gardner, age 90 passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at home while in the loving care of her family and UP Home Health and Hospice.

Phyllis was born February 15, 1928 in Hibbing, MN to William and Olga (Alfredson) Erickson. She grew up in the...

Dec 11, 2018

Ishpeming - Amy L. Fredrickson, age 64, of 1900 Stoneville Rd. Tilden Twp., passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at Trillium Hospice House in Marquette, following a ten-year battle with cancer.

Amy was born in Marquette on May 25, 1954, daughter of the late Irma (Waara) and Ernest Potila.  Amy was raised in National Mine and...

Dec 10, 2018

Ishpeming – MaryAnn Helen Wakkuri, age 84, lifelong Ishpeming area resident passed away on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 at the Eastwood Nursing Center where she had been a resident since Jan. 8, 2017.

MaryAnn was born April 4, 1934 in Ishpeming the daughter of the late Walter and Martha Wakkuri.  She was a graduate of the Ishpeming...

Dec 10, 2018

National Mine, MI- Michael B. "Molly" Cote, 58, of 6740 Co. Rd. 476 Ishpeming, (National Mine) passed away, Monday, December 10, 2018 at UP Health System Marquette.

Michael was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on February 12, 1960, a son of the late Beryl (Heighs) and William Cote.  Michael worked at a bearing factory in Wisconsin.

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Dec 4, 2018

Ishpeming – William J. "Droop" Aho, age 73, of 786 S. Pine St., Ishpeming passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at U.P. Health System Marquette while in the loving presence of his family.

Bill was born October 4, 1945 in Ishpeming the son of the late William W. and Jane D. (Booker) Aho.  Bill had attended...

Dec 3, 2018

Ishpeming- Christian James Tousignant, age 21, lifelong Ishpeming resident, passed away on Monday December 3, 2018 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Christian was born in Ishpeming on February 14, 1997 to Dennis Tousignant and Stacy Nardi. He attended Ishpeming Public Schools and was a...

Dec 2, 2018

Clarksburg- Keith S. Schultz, age 78, of 885 Co. Rd. CKL Champion, (Clarksburg) passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at his home.

Keith was born in a log cabin in Snowville location, (Diorite) on January 9, 1940, a son of the late Lorraine Marie (Thibodeau) and Sterling William Schultz, Sr.  He graduated from Ishpeming High School,...

Dec 2, 2018

Marquette - Carol E. Truscott, age 67, longtime Ishpeming resident, currently of 222 S. Fifth St., Marquette, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at her home.

Carol was born in Ishpeming, on December 18, 1950, a daughter of the late Joyce (Peterson) and Clifford Lehto. She grew up in Ishpeming and was a graduate of the...

Nov 29, 2018

Ishpeming- Judith A. Harsila, age 72, longtime Ishpeming area resident, passed away Thursday November 29, 2018 at her home.

Judith was born on March 1, 1946 in Marquette to the late Robert and Helen (Zeish) Peterson. She attended Marquette public schools, and graduated from Bay View High School in Milwaukee, WI.

She was a member...

Nov 27, 2018

Ishpeming, MI- Audrey R. Blight, age 71, of 774 Palms Ave. Ishpeming, passed away on Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 at her home while in the loving care of her family and UP Home Health and Hospice.

Audrey was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on July 23, 1947, a daughter of the late Helen (Quayle) and Alfred L. Hendra. ...

Nov 26, 2018

Michigamme - Bruce Edmund Carlson, lifelong resident of Michigamme, died in his childhood home in the presence and care of his loving family and UPHHH 2 days before his 95 th birthday.

Bruce was born November 28, 1923 at the Augustana Hospital in Minneapolis as the only son of Arvid Wilhem and Esther Cecelia Nelson Carlson. Other...

Nov 25, 2018

Ishpeming - Bobbi Sue Roeder, 44, of 1003 School St., North Lake Location, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018, at her home, while in the loving care of her family and the U.P. Home Health and Hospice.

Bobbi was born in Ishpeming, MI on January 24, 1974, a daughter of Susan (Nelson) and Monte Perry, Sr.  She...

Nov 23, 2018

Mount Pleasant- Molly N. Sheehan, age 21 longtime Iron River, MI resident, passed away on November 23, 2018 near Grand Rapids, MI as the result of a motor vehicle accident on her way back to school at Central Michigan University.

Molly was born in Libertyville, IL on November 5,...

Nov 21, 2018

Ishpeming, MI- Janice Faye LaPointe, 70, of 2105 Deer Lake Ave. Ishpeming, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at her home while in the loving care of her family and UP Home Health and Hospice

Janice was born in Marquette, Michigan on February 17, 1948, a daughter of the...

Nov 20, 2018

Marquette - Louis J. "Louie" Marra, 94, longtime Ishpeming resident, of 425 Fisher St. Marquette passed away Tuesday, November 20th, at the D. J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans.

Louis was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on May 29, 1924, a son of the late Rose (Stagliano)...

Nov 19, 2018

Ishpeming- Shirley A. Kelly age 89, long time Champion area resident and most recently a resident at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility, passed away on Monday November 19, 2018 at MCMCF while in the loving care of her family and nursing home staff.

Shirley was born in Ishpeming...

Nov 18, 2018

Ishpeming, MI- Joseph Francis Healey, age 92, a lifelong Ishpeming resident, passed away Sunday, November 18th, 2018 at D. J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans where he resided for the past month. Joseph was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on March 19, 1926, a son of the late John F. Healey. He attended St. John's Catholic School, and Ishpeming High School. He...

Nov 18, 2018

James L. Anderson

Ishpeming- James Lawrence Anderson, age 79, passed away on November 18, 2018 at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility where he had resided for the past two and a half years.

James was born to Lawrence and Rose Mary (Conway) Anderson on November 28, 1938 in Negaunee.

He attended Negaunee...