Obituaries

Normandine (Dee Dee) LaFernier, age 80, left the world on November 29th, 2018 at Bayside Village after her struggle with cancer. She was born on November 12, 1938, the daughter of Armand and Rebecca (Foucault) Boyer. Dee Dee grew up on a dairy farm in Baraga County. She married Mervin …

Patricia A. Anderson, 82, a resident of Houghton went to be with her Lord on Sunday morning December 2, 2018, shortly after being admitted to the UP Health Portage Hospital. She was born on September 18, 1936, in Houghton. She was the daughter of the late Eugene and Helen (Woods) …

November 29, 2018 Calumet Jeffrey A. Ruona, 56, a resident of Calumet passed away unexpectedly on Thursday November 29, 2018. Arrangements will be announced by the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home in Calumet.

Houghton Joseph E. DeForge, 89, a former resident of Superior Location, passed away Thursday November 29, 2018, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where he had been a resident for the past five years. The Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes of Houghton are assisting the family …

Virginia Secor, 88, a resident of Calumet passed away on November 28, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on July 3, 1930 in Plymouth, Michigan to Fredrick and Alice (Drewes) Stauffer. She attended the local schools and graduated in 1948. She worked for G.E. at …

Terry Ann Smythe would tell you she lived a great life…it wasn’t long enough, but she certainly squeezed as much living as she could into every day. Born on May 5, 1957 in Framingham, MA to Unni and Trygve Ivesdal, Terry spent her early childhood in MI but spent her …

Bryan K. Chosa, age 54, of L’Anse, Michigan passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 16, 1964, the son of late Clarence Chosa and Marie Arsenault. Bryan received his GED from L’Anse High School. He was a member of the Keweenaw Bay …

Philip M. Cone, 68, a resident of Calumet passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 at UP Health System-Marquette. He was born on November 8, 1950 in Kokomo, Indiana to James Robert and Phyllis Ruth (McQuillan) Cone. During his youth, he and his family moved up to Calumet, and he …

Hancock Graveside services for Mark E. Kuure, 56, a former resident of Hancock who passed away November 23, 2018, at the DJ Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette will be held 1:00 pm Friday, June 28, 2019, in the Askel Cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by the Copper Country …

November 19, 2018 Tamarack Location David A. Koski, 77, a resident of Tamarack Location passed away on Monday November 19, 2018 at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. He was born on September 28. 1941 in Calumet a son of the late Levi & Julia Louise (Capello) Koski. He graduated from …