Obituaries

May 12, 2018

Ishpeming- Gayle F. Bone, age 76, longtime Sundara Foster Care Home resident in Marquette, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility surrounded by her family, the caring staff at MCMCF and the U.P. Home Health and Hospice.

Gayle was born in Ishpeming on September 9, 1941 to the late...

May 11, 2018

Ely Twp,- Randall P. Helsten, age 65 of 1796 South Little Perch Lake, Ishpeming (Ely Twp), passed away peacefully in his sleep, Friday, May 11, 2018 at Marquette County Medical Care Facility in Ishpeming. Randy was born December 18, 1952 in Ishpeming to Matt & Saimi (Korpi) Helsten. Randy graduated from National Mine High School, class of 1971. Right...

May 9, 2018

Ishpeming – Irene D. Kainulainen, age 85, longtime National Mine resident passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at the Marquette Co. Medical Care Facility in Ishpeming where she had resided since 2009.

Irene was born in Ishpeming on March 5, 1933 the daughter of the late Joseph and...

May 8, 2018

Tilden Twp - Elizabeth M. "Betsy" Lawer, age 66 of 955 Co. Rd. PPV Ishpeming (Tilden Twp) passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at UP Health System Marquette where she had been a patient for the past month.

Betsy was born April 13, 1952 in Ishpeming to the late Roy and...

May 4, 2018

Ishpeming – William J. Lauer, age 89, of 408 Jasper St., Ishpeming passed away on Friday may 4, 2018 at his home, while under the loving care of his daughter Lynette and much help from Ty and Denise Hyatt along with U.P. Home Health and Hospice.

Bill was born August 10, 1928 in Pine City, MN the...

May 2, 2018

Michigamme, MI- Diane Coy, age 66 of 25640 Nelson St. Michigamme (Spurr Twp) passed away Wednesday May 2, 2018 at UP Health System Marquette.

Diane was born December 15, 1951 in Muskegon, MI, is a graduate of Union High School, class of 81'. She enjoyed spending time with her daughters & grandchildren. She was a good hearted...

Apr 26, 2018

Ishpeming, MI – Joan R. Prin, age 86, longtime Ishpeming resident passed away on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at the Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee while in the loving care of her family.

Joan was born June 23, 1931 in Imperial Heights (Michigamme) to the late Adolph and Ruth (Symons) Holstein. She graduated from Ishpeming High School,...

Apr 21, 2018

Ishpeming- Joseph H. "Joe" Roose, age 88 former Ishpeming resident and longtime resident of Lake Michigamme passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at UP Health System Marquette due to complications of pneumonia.

Joseph was born October 25, 1929 in Marquette to Joseph and Viola (Christian) Roose. Joe graduated from Ishpeming High School, class of 1947,...

Apr 18, 2018

Ishpeming—Victoria Anne (Vicki) Baldini, age 66, of 1995 Southwood Dr., Ishpeming passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 while in the loving care of her family and the Upper Peninsula Home Health and Hospice.

Vicki was born September 8, 1951 in Ishpeming the daughter of Martin W. and Anna V. (Trondson) Koivula. She...

Apr 18, 2018

Ishpeming Twp. – Stephen R. "Tooch" Bertucci, age 64, of 1815 Glenwood Lane, passed away on Wednesday April 18, 2018 while in the loving care of his family and the U.P. Home Health and Hospice after a brief battle with brain cancer.

Steve was born October 27,...

Apr 17, 2018

Ishpeming- Lee M. Larson age 69, long time Ishpeming resident, passed away Tuesday April 17, 2018 at his home while in the loving care of his family and the U.P. Home Health and Hospice.

Lee was born May 8, 1948 in Iron Mountain to the late Everette and Jacqueline...

Apr 17, 2018

Ishpeming – Nancy M. DeCaire, age 67, lifelong Ishpeming area resident entered eternal life on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 while a patient at the Emergency Room at UP Health System Marquette. She had been a resident at the Marquette Co. Medical Care Facility in Ishpeming for nearly a year.

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Apr 15, 2018

Ishpeming – William E. "Bill" Sharon III, age 52, passed away on Sunday April 15, 2018 as a result of injuries sustained in a side-by-side ATV accident in Ishpeming.

Private family services were held on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the Bjork & Zhulkie Funeral Home, with...

Apr 12, 2018

Negaunee – Ellen T. Vivian, age 74, longtime Negaunee resident, entered eternal life on Thursday, April 12, 2018.  She had been a resident at the Marquette Co. Medical Care Facility in Ishpeming since April 2, 2018, and prior to that resided at the Teal Lake Senior Living Community for the past 2 ½ years.

Ellen was born...

Apr 9, 2018

Ishpeming – James P. Daugherty, age 74, of 1180 Co Rd CPA, Ishpeming passed away peacefully on Monday April 9, 2018 at UP Health System Bell in Ishpeming.

James was born July 27, 1943 in Butler, PA the son of the late Anthony L. and Ann R. (Christie) Daugherty.  He was a graduate of the Butler High...

Apr 8, 2018

Ishpeming - George Carl Ostlund, age 82 of Ishpeming Township passed away peacefully from a long battle of Congestive Heart Failure on April 8, 2018 with family and friends by his side with loving care of the Marquette County Medical Care Facility staff. George was born January 31, 1936 in Ishpeming to Carl and Helen (Handberg) Ostlund.

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Apr 5, 2018

Ishpeming - Richard "Richie" Giotto, age 77, of Ishpeming Twp., entered eternal life unexpectedly on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at his home.

Richie was born on September 28, 1940 in Ishpeming, to Joseph and Irene (Gischia) Giotto. He was raised in North Lake and was a graduate of Ishpeming High School class of 1958. Following graduation from...

Apr 5, 2018

Ishpeming- Joan E. Magnuson, age 87 lifelong Ishpeming resident, passed away on Thursday April 5, 2018 at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility while in the loving care of her family and nursing home staff.

Joan was born in Ishpeming on June 17, 1930 to the late George and Lillian (Sangala) Johnson. She was a graduate of...

Apr 5, 2018

Ishpeming- Mary A. Kantola, age 83, longtime Ishpeming area resident, passed away Thursday April 5, 2018 at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility while in the loving care of her family, nursing home staff, and U.P. Home Health and Hospice.

Mary was born in Negaunee on September 25, 1934...

Apr 4, 2018

Witch Lake- Virginia "Ginny" Anita Wuokko, age 87, entered eternal life on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, surrounded by her loving family, at U. P. Health Systems Hospital in Marquette due to heart disease.

Virginia was born on March 10, 1931, in Witch Lake to Louis and Helena (Janofski) Wixtrom and lived all of her life in the...