Obituaries

Hancock: Gloria Jean Destrampe, 76, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at The Lighthouse at Hancock. Arrangements are being handled through the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock and are still incomplete.

BALTIC Elaine Louise Aro, 88, of Baltic, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2019, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock, following a lengthy illness. Prior to entering the nursing home, she had been residing at Garden View Assisted Living in Calumet. She was born in Trimountain on July …

Chassell Dale K. Snell, 66, a resident of Chassell passed away Monday, June 3, 2019, in Mosinee, WI following a lengthy battle with cancer with his family by his side. He was born May 1, 1953, in Baltic, MI, a son of the late Ardell and Vera (Kaurala) Snell. Dale …

Hancock Thomas “Shakey” Neher, 80, a well-known former business owner in Hancock passed away Monday, June 3, 2019, at the UP-Health Marquette Hospital following a short illness. Tom was born on June 19, 1938, in Hancock, a son of the late Joseph and Genevie (Ryan) Neher. He was raised in …

UPDATE:  A memorial service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the Bluffs ballroom in Houghton with Rev. Aaron Gehrke, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Church officiating.  Family interment services will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Upson, Wisconsin. A time of fellowship …

Hancock: Mildred “Millie” Lampinen, 98, formerly of Hancock and Arbor Green, passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at PortagePointe in Hancock. She was born on September 24, 1920 in Onnela (Stanton Township) to the late Arthur and Hilma (Jampsa) Lampinen and she attended the Onnela school. Millie was trained …

Tamarack City A time to remember Patricia Anne DeVoe, 68, who passed away this past March at her home in Tamarack City, will be held Friday, June 7, 2019, from 4 to 6:00 pm at the Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Hancock with a memorial service to begin at 6 …

Maria Rachel Sturos, age 81, of Laurium passed away unexpectedly on Sunday June 2, 2019. Maria was born on April 10, 1938 in L’Anse, Michigan to the late Aaron and Martha (Waara) Storm. She attended L’Anse Schools prior to moving to Detroit in 1954, and then graduated from Cody High …

Hancock: Paul E. Coon, Sr., 81, of Hancock, died on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at the Omega House in Houghton. Paul was born on July 8, 1937 at the Hancock Canal area to the late Charles E. and Ethel (Tucker) Coon.  He was employed at Coon’s 66 Gas Station in …

Winona, Joyce L. Leppanen, 88, a former resident of Winona, passed away Friday, May 24, 2019, at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital where she had been a resident in the long-term care unit. She was born on September 20, 1930, in Greenland, MI, the first-born child of the late Willard and …