Obituaries

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: A graveside service with military honors for Rodney Barnes, 50, a resident of Chassell, who passed away November 29, 2020, will be held at 1 pm Sunday, July 4, 2021, in the Chassell Cemetery with Pastor Elmer Liimatta to officiate. …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Mabel Laurie, 89, a resident of Copper City passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on Saturday June 26, 2021. She was born on August 9, 1931 in Ahmeek to John and Sarah (Chapman) Harry. She attended …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Howard Morton Wareham, 80, resident of Tamarack City, passed away peacefully, on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Asprirus Keweenaw Hospital, after a lengthy Illness, with family by his side. He was born on November 30, 1940, a son of Morton and Lily (Pascoe) …

As received from Antila Funeral Service: Kenneth A. Cline, Jr., 79, a resident of South Range, passed away Saturday, June 19, 2021, at UP Health – Portage. He was born on May 24, 1942, in Trimountain a son of the late Kenneth and Sylvia (Mortti) Cline.  Ken was raised in …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Gayle Helen Isaacson (Auntie Gayle to many, and more recently, Grandma Gayle, too) age 60 of Pelkie, MI, passed away unexpectedly the morning of June 23rd, 2021 at Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall, MI, while visiting her sister with her granddaughter.  Gayle was born …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Daniel Joseph Dulong Sr., 73, passed away on June 23, 2021 at the Omega House after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Hancock, Michigan on November 10, 1947 to Paul and Joan (LaBelle) Dulong. After graduating from Hancock …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Hancock: James Michael Kyllonen, 51, a longtime resident of the Copper Country, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2021 at U.P. Health System- Marquette Hospital from natural causes. Jim was born on March 31, 1970 to Dennis and Eleanore (Beljian) Kyllonen. He attended …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Hancock:  Sharon Marie Murphy, 73, a resident of Hancock, MI, passed away peacefully, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Mary’s Campus in Rochester, MN, on June 21, 2021. Sharon was born January 9, 1948, the eldest daughter of Weldon and Janet (Isola) DuLong.  She …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Hubbell: Ann Salsini, 91, of Hubbell, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2021, at the home of her son in Minnesota, with family by her side. She was born April 21, 1930 in Kenton, a daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Case) Anderson.  She …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Candice Marie Rajala, age 41 of Marquette, MI passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021 as a result of an automobile accident. She was born January 24, 1980 daughter to Wanda Seppanen and John Kemppainen. Candy graduated from L’Anse High School in 1998, …