Obituaries

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Nancy Kathleen (Hyrkas) Bohlsen, 66, a resident of Calumet, went home to be with her lord and savior on Wednesday December 4, 2019. She was born on January 21, 1953 to Albert and Helmi (Keranen) Hyrkas. She attended the Copper City …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Ralph John Van Wagner, age 88 of Skanee, MI passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse, MI. He was born December 27, 1930 in Stambaugh, MI son of Floyd and Stella (Saxon) Van Wagner. Ralph was in the …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Linda (Petaja) Moore, 65, a resident of Whitehall, Illinois passed away peacefully on Saturday November 30, 2019 at the Whitehall Nursing Home. A graveside service will be held in the spring at the Lake View Cemetery in Calumet. The Erickson Crowley …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Elvira M. Kinnunen, age 83, of Keweenaw Bay, MI passed away Friday, November 29, 2019 at Canal View – Houghton County. Elvira was born in Fraser, MI on March 26, 1936. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Rose …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: MILWAUKEE—William “Butch” Gariepy, 73 of Mohawk, passed away on November 25, 2019 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Butch lost the fight at the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Center in Milwaukee where he was being treated. At his side …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Hurontown Josephine Eakin, 79. A resident of Hurontown passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019, at the Light House of Hancock where she had been a resident patient since this past July. She was born on August 9, 1940, in Trimountain, …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: John C. Carr, Sr, age 72, of L’Anse, Michigan passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital, L’Anse. He was born in L’Anse on July 26, 1947, the son of the late Charles and Betty (Brown) Carr. John …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Eagle Harbor, MI: Kathryn R. Olson, 97, formerly of Houghton and Eagle Harbor, passed away at her current residence in Grand Rapids on Sunday, November 17, 2019. She was born in Detroit to the late Mabel and Clarence Riney. She attended Cooley High …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Pensacola, FL: Claudia Maninnen Wasik, 65, formerly of the Copper Country, passed away on August 29, 2019 in Pensacola Florida following a brief illness. She was born in Detroit on March 8, 1954 to the late Bernard W. and Elizabeth (Grigg) Wasik. She …

As received from Antila Funeral Service: Painesdale: Gloria Jane Hansen, 83, longtime resident of Painesdale, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer, at the Omega House in Houghton on November 23, 2019.                 She was born on September 23, 1936, a daughter of George and Dorothy Raw.                 She …