Obituaries

Eva “Elaine” McKenzie had a glorious run of her 101 years. She was born Eva “Elaine” Thompson in Blythedale, Missouri on 7/11/1917 and grew up in Eagleville, Missouri on the Iowa border with older sister Neva and younger sister Mary. Tragically, their mother died in 1920, at the end of …

UPDATE: Houghton: John J. Bodi, a resident of the Bluffs in Houghton since 2012, passed away on December 21, 2018. Graveside services with the Copper Country Veterans Association conducting military honors will be held in Section 2 of Lakeside Cemetery in Hancock on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 3:00 pm.  …

Calumet–Dominic Zubiena, 90, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family, on December 25, 2018. He was born in Raymbaultown on March 9, 1928, a son of John and Angeline (Cerretto) Zubiena.  He attended the Calumet Public Schools and worked at the Vienna Bakery in Calumet.  Dominic served …

Houghton A celebration of Life for Eleanor “Cookie” Johnson, 76, a resident of Houghton for many years who passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at the Mayo Clinic-St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN, where she had been a patient for two and a half weeks.  The service will be held 10:30 am Saturday, April 27, …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Ruth Sylvia Larson, 89, a former resident of Atlantic Mine and Arbor Green in Houghton passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility. She was born on December 27, 1928 in Paavolaand raised in Laurium. …

HANCOCK William “Willie” Garnell, a resident of Hancock, passed away at UP Health System-Marquette, on December 22, 2018, at the age of 65, after a brief illness. His loving family was by his side. Willie was born on April 23, 1953, in Hancock, Mich. He was raised on the Garnell …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Calumet – Nancy M. (Cherne) Hiltunen 74, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 15th 2018 at The Omega House of Houghton, where she resided for the last 2 months of her life. Nancy was born on Feb. 24th 1944 to her …

Mary Antoinette Bertie, age 88, of L’Anse, MI, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital, L’Anse, MI. She was born in Copper City, MI on June 13, 1930 the daughter of the late John and Agnes (Stimac) Fausone. …

Peter R Morin, age 68 of Baraga, MI died Monday, December 17, 2018 at U. P. Health System Marquette. He was born November 28, 1950 in Bay City, MI son of Elzior and Elizabeth (James) Morin. Peter was raised in California; he was in the US Army serving during Vietnam. …

Rabbit Bay–Lynn Marie (Paulson) Rodrigues, 71, (b. 1947) died on Dec. 16, 2018 at her home in Rabbit Bay. She was born in Laurium and graduated from Calumet High School, Class of 1965.  She graduated from Michigan State University in 1969, and taught elementary school in the Detroit area for …