Obituaries

Marja A. Cowan, 46, a resident of Houghton passed away on Tuesday November 16, 2021 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was born on July 1, 1975 in Milwaukee a daughter to the late Robert and Deloris (Unger) Marx. Marja moved to the Copper Country in her …

Cindy Rhea Niemi, age 54 of Arnheim, MI passed away on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. She was born June 11, 1967 in Hancock, MI daughter of Brian and Jenny (Haataja) Kaster. Cindy graduated from Baraga High School in 1985. She married Raymond Niemi September 19, …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Fred E. Lantz, age 67 of L’Anse, MI passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Crystal Falls, MI on September 25, 1954 the son of Don and Janet …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Mary Frances (Biekkola) Wright passed away on November 15, 2021 at the Bayside Village in L’Anse, where she had been a resident since 2019. She was born in L’Anse on January 25, 1941, the daughter of the late George Frederick (GF), …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Jim Shea, 81, a resident of Eagle Harbor/Copper Harbor, Michigan, entered into eternal life on November 15, 2021.  Jim was born on January 14, 1940, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a son of the late John Joseph Aloysius Shea and Kathryn Ann …

As received from the Memorial Chapel:  Travis F. Maxey, 52, a resident of Houghton passed away Friday November 12, 2021, at the UP Health – Marquette Hospital with his fiancé Vicki Lindell by his side.      He was born on September 12, 1969, in Sheboygan, WI, a son of the …

As received from the Memorial Chapel: UPDATE: A Mass of Christian Burial for Frederick M. Zenner, 84, a resident of Hurontown who passed away November 12, 2021, in Hancock, will be held 11:00 am Thursday, June 23, 2022, at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church of Houghton with Fr. John Martignon …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Thomas Michael Warren, 45, of Lake Linden, passed away November 15th, 2021 at UP Health System-Marquette, after a battle with Covid-19. He was born on December 18, 1975, in Germany, a son of Russell and Betty Kay Warren.  He graduated from high school …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: South Range, MI – Robert (Bob) Petrelius, 88, a resident of South Range, passed away peacefully Monday morning, November 15th, 2021, at the GreenTree of Hubbell. Robert was born on November 1st, 1933, in Tapiola, MI, the son of the …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Joshua Jaymes Wood, 30, a resident of Phoenix, AZ, passed away Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, in Phoenix, AZ.HE was born on June 10, 1991, in Hancock, MI, a son of Robert Wood and Virginia (Mendenhall) Cooper.Joshua was raised in Pahrump, …