Obituaries

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Michael Stoyanoff, age 55, of Calumet MI, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2021, at UP Health Systems Marquette.Michael will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and dear friend. Michael was born on January 17, 1966, in Fort …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Bertin Thomas, 90, a resident of Calumet passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday November 20, 2021.He was born on September 29, 1931 in Laurium to Henry and Dorothy (Giles) Thomas. He attended the local schools and graduated from Sacred …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Karen Louise Swanson, age 73 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. She was born January 2, 1948, in St. Petersburg, FL daughter of Ralph Sherman and Helmi Turpeinen. She spent her younger years growing …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: David Pintar, 68, a resident of Copper City passed away on Tuesday November 16, 2021 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital. He was born on June 25, 1953 in Chicago to August and Barbara (Bramila) Pintar. Dave loved his family and looked out …

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 …