Obituaries

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Louise I. Erva, 82, a resident of the Houghton Canal, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021, at UP Health System – Portage. She was born on November 10, 1938, in Liminga, a daughter of the late Hjalmer and Hilda (Seppala) …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Frederica A. Verville, 101, a life-long resident of Hancock, passed away on Tuesday evening, October 12, 2021 at Canal View – Houghton County. She was born in Hancock on November 30, 1919 to the late Wilfred and Augusta (Brohn) Verville. She was a …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Walter Scott Seavoy, age 84 of L’Anse and White Lake, MI, passed away on Monday, October 11, 2021 in L’Anse. He was born November 9, 1936 in L’Anse, son of Walter and Eleanor (Skuggen) Seavoy. Scott graduated from L’Anse High School in 1954. …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Larry Clifford LeClaire, age 78 of Watton, MI passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 8th, 2021 in Appleton, WI. He was born October 28, 1942 in Hancock, MI son of Clifford and Loretta (Girard) LeClaire. Larry graduated from Baraga High School in 1960 …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Donald L. Laplander, 76, a resident of Calumet passed away on Tuesday October 5, 2021 at the Marshfield Clinic.He was born on November 24, 1944 in Highland Park, Michigan to Uno and Elsie (Linquist) Laplander. He attended the local schools. Following …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Samantha Rae Tolonen “Maanidoonsikwe”, age 25 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Thursday, October 7th, 2021in Romulus, MI. She was born August 21, 1996 in Hancock, MI daughter of Raeanne Gauthier and Glenn Tolonen Sr. Samantha attended grade school at L’Anse Area Schools …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Edward “Eddie” John Karinen, 72, a resident of L’Anse passed away peacefully on Friday, October 8, 2021, at Mission Point of Hancock following a lengthy illness. Eddie was born on January 27, 1949, in Detroit, to Robert Martin and Ilmi …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Carole Joan Harris, 85, passed away on October 8, 2021 at UP Health System-Portage in Hancock following a short illness. She was born in Chassell in 1936 and resided in Hancock area. She worked at Vollwerth & Co for 12 years. St. Charles, …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Calvin Mathew Gantner, age 88, took his last breath on this earth and his first breath in Heaven on October 8, 2021 after a two year battle with cancer. He was born in Herman, MI, on January 18, 1933, the son of Otto …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Arlene (Huhta) Vuorinen, 77, a resident of Houghton, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, following a courageous battle with leukemia. She was born on August 12, 1944, in Hancock, MI, a daughter of the late …