Obituaries

Naomi Claire Oline Collins, age 85 of Skanee, MI passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse, MI. She was born March 19, 1934 in L’Anse, MI daughter of Verner and Clara (Tollefson) Westrom. Naomi grew up in Skanee and graduated from L’anse High School in …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Shelly Renee Hietala, 55, of Lake Linden, passed away after a short illness at UP Health System-Marquette on December 12, 2019, with family by her side.                 She was born on March 4, 1964, a daughter of William and Barbara (Bonini) Rickard. She …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Keweenaw Bay                Evelyn Esther (Kalliainen) Maki, age 76, formerly of Keweenaw Bay, passed away at St. John Ascension Hospital in Detroit on December 6, 2019 after a lengthy struggle with Lewy Body/Alzheimers. She was born to Rudolph and Sylvia (Routsi) …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Alan Wesley Mikkola, 69, a resident of Calumet passed away on Saturday, November 30th, 2019 at UP Health System- Marquette. He was born on October 11, 1950 in Highland Park, Michigan to Wesley and Marian (Lassila) Mikkola. He was confirmed in …

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, …