Obituaries

As received from the  Jacobson Funeral Home: William A. “Winky” Rantala, age 81 of Alston, MI passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Bayside Village in L’Anse, MI. Winky was born March 5, 1939 in Nisula, MI son of Wesley and Lydia (Kieranen) Rantala. He graduated from Baraga High …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Calumet – Andrew Grgurich age 96, passed away on Friday, Ocotber 9th at the Canalview Nursing Home. He was born in Calumet, a son of John and Mary (Ozanich) Grgurich. Andrew served in the Army Air Force during World War ll from 1943 …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: John Verbanac, 48, a resident of Calumet passed away suddenly at his home on the evening of Thursday October 8, 2020. He was born on March 19, 1972 in Laurium to Steve Verbanac and Katherine Berryman. In his younger years, he …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Mary Lou Mattila, 93, a resident of the Houghton Canal Road passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020, at Canal View- Houghton County where she had been a resident for the past 11 months. She was born on March 12, 1927, …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Thomas Richard Olson, Sr., 88 of Hancock passed away of an apparent heart attack on Friday, October 9, 2020. He was born in Hancock, Michigan on December 23, 1931 and graduated from Hancock Central High School in 1950. He was …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: John Paul Junttila, 72, passed away peacefully, in the care of his family, on Thursday evening October 8th, 2020. He was born December 7th, 1947 in Seattle, WA to Wilbert and Virginia Junttila. He grew up in Wakefield, MI and graduated …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Peter Anttila, 80, a resident of Traprock Valley passed away on Wednesday October 7, 2020 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. He was born on September 21, 1940 in East Branch a son of the late Isaac and Aili (Kangas) Anttila …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Gary D. Paavola, 55, a resident of Hancock and former South Range resident passed away Wednesday October 7, 2020, at the UP Health – Portage Hospital following a short illness. He was born on August 19, 1965, in Hancock, MI, …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: William August Tolkkinen, 92 a resident Mohawk, Michigan passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 7, 2020 at his home. He was born on February 15, 1928 in Minneapolis, MN to August and Ellen (Heikkila) Tolkkinen. He attended the local schools. He was united …

As received from Antila Funeral Service: Patrick J. “Pat” Rose, 71, a resident of Hancock, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, October 5, 2020, with family by his side.He was born June 3, 1949, in Lansing, Michigan, a son of the late James and Kathleen (Ross) Rose. Pat …