Obituaries

UPDATE: A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Jul 30, 2022, at the Stanton Fire Hall from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm. As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Sandra Lee Ahola, 63, a resident of Portage Township, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021 surrounded by …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Arthur J. Kumlin, 74, a former resident of Coburntown, passed away Friday, December 10, 2021, at Mission Point of Hancock where he had been a resident patient for the past three years. Art was born on May 5, 1947, in …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Ethel Lois Pelland, 96, of Dollar Bay, passed away at her home on Wednesday evening, December 8, 2021 surrounded by her loving family. Lois was born on December 13, 1924 in Dollar Bay to the late John and Anna (Getzen) Isaacson. She was …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Mary Janelle Siller, 69, of Houghton died Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at GreenTree Nursing Home in Hubbell where she received loving care from the staff and her angel, Peggy. Janelle was born in Wiesbaden, Germany on January 14, 1952 to James and Gloria …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Patricia A. Dugener, 70, a resident of Hancock, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021, peacefully at the Omega House in Houghton. Patricia was born on November 8, 1951, in Hancock to the late Waino and Maila (Niemi) Tervo. She was …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: UPDATE: Graveside Services will be held 2:00 pm Saturday July 2, 2022, at the Oskar Cemetery with Pastor Ernest Bylkas III to officiate. Michele M. Karvonen, 45, a resident of Laurium, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at UP Health …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Ronald P. Saari, 77, a resident of Painesdale, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at UP Health Portage Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 11, 1944, in Hancock, MI, a son of the late Ronald Y. …

Gene D. Pasonen, 79, of Bootjack, passed away at his home, after an apparent heart attack on December 7, 2021.The Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden is in charge of arrangements.Online condolences may be left at pearcefuneralhome.com

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Gordon William Sedar (Sid) 68, of Bootjack passed away at home on December 3 due to complications from frontotemporal dementia. He was born on September 4, 1953 in Laurium, the son of the late Carl and Edna (Peura) Sedar. Gordy graduated …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: James Willard Isaacson, age 103, longtime Hancock businessman passed away peacefully, December 2, 2021. Jim was born in Gowan, Minnesota on November 4, 1918 to the late William and Amelia Isaacson. He was the 6th of ten children. Jim was a 1936 graduate …