Obituaries

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Houghton Robert B. Cox, 73, a resident of the Douglass House in Houghton, passed away unexpectedly at home Thursday, June 11, 2020. Robert was born on April 18, 1947 in Calumet, the son of the late Robert and Luella (Lander) …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Lake Linden: Florence Elizabeth Clouthier, 86, a resident of Lake Linden and Betsy, passed away peacefully on June 11, 2020 at Portage Pointe in Hancock.She was born March 2, 1934, a daughter of Gust and Laura (Whitford) Mikko.She attended Calumet High School. She …

As received from the  Jacobson Funeral Home: KC Rantanen, age 33 of Baraga, MI passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse, MI. She was born February 17, 1987 in L’Anse, daughter of Paula Rantanen and Eugene Jermac. KC worked at the Ojibwa Casino …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Houghton: Mary P. Thayer, 72, residing at the Bluffs in Houghton, passed away at her home on Saturday, June 6, 2020. She was born on March 12, 1948 in Hancock to the late Leonard and Elmi (Wayrynen) Jukkala. She attended the John A. …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Calumet – Rudolph “Rudy” George Kump, age 85, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital where he had been a patient for four days. He was born on February 22, 1935 in Raymbaultown, the son of Rudolph and …

As received from the  Jacobson Funeral Home: Otto Garrett Bennink, age 82 of Baraga, MI passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at his home in Baraga. He was born December 12, 1937 on the family farm in Keweenaw Bay, MI son of Garrett and Lila (Pirkola) Bennink. Otto graduated …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Mary Ann Randell  passed away June 4, 2020 at the age of 88 at Garden View Assisted Living In Calumet where she was a resident in memory care for the last four years. Mary Ann graduated from Calumet High and worked …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Karen E Sirvio, 86, of Calumet, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the Lighthouse of Hancock. Karen was born on November 1, 1933, in Detroit, Mi to the late Howard and Eleanor (Larson) Aho. As a child, they moved to …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Hancock: Bernard C. Deziel, Jr., 76, passed away on Thursday morning, June 4, 2020 at Canal View Houghton County in Hancock. The O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock is in charge of his arrangements which are still incomplete.

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Dollar Bay: Patrick Jay Beyers, 66, of Dollar Bay, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital.     He was born in Hancock on December 14, 1953 to Francis and Edith (Somero) Beyers. He attended Saint Ignatius Loyola School in …