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As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Janet Diane Juntunen, age 69 of Nisula, MI passed away on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at U.P. Health System Marquette, MI. She was born November 21, 1951 in Detroit, MI daughter of Waino and Edna (Dahl) Strang. Janet was a National Honor Society …
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As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Raymond Scot Provost, age 63 of Iron River, MI passed away on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Sidnaw, MI at his retirement home with his family at his side. He was born on November 9, 1957 in Lansing, MI son of Joseph and …
Read More »Obituary: Glenn Harold Chapman
As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Hancock: Glenn Harold Chapman, 88, formerly of Hancock, Michigan passed away on June 08, 2021 in Port Charlotte, Florida with family by his side. He was born to the late Harold & Mildred (Reid) Chapman on April 1st, 1933 in Mesick, Michigan.He graduated …
Read More »Obituary: Robert E. Kurtti
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 …
Read More »Obituary: Kenneth Lee “Bergy” Liimatta
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 …
Read More »Obituary: Richard Noel Morin
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 …
Read More »Obituary: Joseph Edward Peterson
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 …
Read More »Obituary: Steven E. Pesola
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 …
Read More »Obituary: Bernard W. “Bernie” Carr
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 …
Read More »Obituary: Jeffrey T. Talcott
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 …
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