Obituaries

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Robert E. Kurtti, 97, a former Bluffs Senior Living Community resident, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Portage Pointe in Hancock where he had been a patient for the past month. The Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Home of …

Kenneth Lee “Bergy” Liimatta, 53, of Cedar Bay, passed away due to complications from recent heart surgery on Friday, June 4, 2021 at U.P. Health Systems in Marquette. “Kenny” was born in Garden City, Michigan on May 18, 1968 to Carolyn “Buxy” nee Rowe, Barry and Kenneth E. Liimatta. He …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Richard Noel Morin, age 63 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital in Saginaw, MI. He was born December 27, 1957 son of Elzior and Elizabeth (James) Morin. He served in the United States Coast …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Joseph Edward Peterson The man, the myth, the legend.  October 27, 1957 to June 4, 2021.  Baraga, MI.   Born in Alaska, raised in the slightly colder and more remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Joe Peterson, a genuine man’s man fearlessly and peacefully shed …

As received from Antila Funeral Service: Steven E. Pesola, 70, a resident of Chassell, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, June 4, 2021. He was born September 19, 1950, in Hancock, a son of the late Arvo and Irene (Wanhala) Pesola. Steve graduated in 1968 from the Redford …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Bernard Warren Carr (Bernie)–also known to some as Butch—died at Omega House in Houghton, MI on June 7, 2021. He was born April 22, 1943 in Munising, MI to Frank and Irma (Kumpu) Carr, and raised in Christmas, MI. He …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Jeffrey T. Talcott, 63, of Sun City Center, FL and Hancock, MI passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021, at his home in Hancock. Jeff was born on March 1, 1958, in Redford, MI the eldest son of Charles and Catherine …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Donald Albert “Type” Connor passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse, MI following a brief illness. Type was born in L’Anse on November 21, 1932 to William and Esther (Dahlstrom) Connor. He was the 4th of …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Annette Walitalo McMahon Mervar, age 80 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, WI with her family at her side. She was born November 12, 1940 in L’Anse, MI daughter of Theodore and …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Darrell W. Smith, 83, a resident of Chassell passed away at home Friday evening June 4, 2021. Darrell was born on July 31, 1937, in Long Beach, California to the late Joseph and Bethel Smith. He grew up in Marshall, …