Obituaries

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Emil A. Kinnunen, 88, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 of natural causes. As he would probably say, from being an old feller. Emil was predeceased by his parents, Henry and Anna, his brothers Uno, Wayne, Edward, Wilho, and Donald, …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Daniel W. Leskela has passed away at his home in Appleton, Wisconsin on December 29, 2020. He was born to Wilbert and Rosalie (Ruonavaara) Leskela on January 21, 1956. He was a graduate of Calumet High School and a veteran of …

 As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Donna Des Jardin, 73, of Lake Linden, passed away at her home on January 11, 2021.  The Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden is in charge of arrangements.

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Irene Pelto, 95, formerly of Tapiola and Houghton, passed away January 12, 2021, at Canal View – Houghton County in Hancock. Irene was born on the Torro farm in Tapiola, the youngest and last surviving child of Abram and Wilhelmina …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: On Thursday, January 7, 2021, Theodore Nedward Rouse, loving husband, father of 4 children and beloved Pastor, went to meet Jesus at the age of 68. Theodore was born on November 1, 1952 in Calumet, Michigan to Bernard and Eleanor (Picard) Rouse. He …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home:  Viola Esther Wilhelmina Manninen, age 91 and formerly of Covington, MI, was called to her heavenly home on Friday, January 8, 2021. She died peacefully at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, where she had resided since April, 2018. Viola was born …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: A mass of Christian burial for Mary E. Curtis, 76, a resident of Hancock who passed away on January 11, 2021, will be held at 2 pm, Friday, November 26, 2021, at The Church of the Resurrection in Hancock with …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Keith W. Ylitalo, 59, a resident of Hancock, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021, at Mission Point of Hancock following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 29, 1961, in Hancock the son of the late Edwin and Barbara …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Gladys I. Schutz, 94, a resident of Houghton passed away Friday, January 8, 2021, at the Omega House in Houghton. She was born on February 25, 1926, in Painesdale, MI, a daughter of the late George and Mary (Sivonen) Luoto. …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Jerome (Jay) A. Saarinen of Dollar Bay, Michigan passed away January 8, 2021 in the care of his staff family at the DJ Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette, Michigan where he had lived since November 2019. Jay was born May 19, 1941, …