Obituaries

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Houghton Mary L. Emmerling, 77, a resident of the Douglass House in Houghton, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at her home. The Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Home of Hancock is assisting the family with the arrangements which …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Calumet – Norman Roy LaBonte age 87, passed away in Mesa, Arizona on April 22, 2020. He was born Laurium, a son of Norman and Bernadine (Hermann) LaBonte and attended local schools. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956 …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Robert Chapman, age 89, died peacefully on Saturday April 18 at The DJ Jacobetti Home for Veterans. He was born August 16, 1930 to Silas and Loaiza (Hudson) Chapman of Sidnaw, Michigan. He served in The U.S. Air Force during The …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: James A. “Jim” Grant, Jr, passed away Sunday morning, April 19, 2020 at his home in Elo, MI. Jim was born on July 14, 1949, the oldest son of the late James Sr and Martha (Ollila) Grant. Jim was a 1967 …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Tamarack City Karen M. (Mark) Halkola, 68, a resident of Tamarack City, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020, at the Omega House in Houghton following a battle with cancer. She was born on May 9, 1951, in Hancock, a daughter …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Calumet – Carole Baranowski age 78, passed away at Canal View Medical Care Facility on Sunday April 19, 2020 where she had been a patient for the past ten months. She was born in Detroit, MI on June 2, 1941, the daughter of …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Eunice E. (Larson) Tonkin, 91, of L’Anse, MI passed away at Baraga County Memorial Hospital on April 18th, 2020. She was born on November 7, 1928 in Ishpeming, MI to the late Arthur and Ethel Larson. She graduated from Ishpeming High …

As received from the  Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Houghton Patricia A. (Robert) Long 80, a resident of Houghton passed away Thursday April 16, 2020, at the Omega House in Houghton following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 10, 1939, in Detroit, MI, a daughter of the …

As received from the  Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Kenneth A. Robarge, 88, a resident of Zion, Illinois and former resident of Gay, Michigan passed away on Monday morning, April 13, 2020 at the Rolling Hills Manor in Zion, Illinois. He was born March 4, 1932 in Waukegan, Illinois and …

As received from the  Jacobson Funeral Home: Charles (Chuck) William Snider, age 84 of Skanee, MI passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Canal View – Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock, MI. He was born in Detroit, MI on August 11, 1935 to Virgil and Barbara (Ironside) …