Obituaries

Thomas Lee Roth, age 61 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. He was born August 4, 1956 in Detroit, MI son of Norman and Wyonne (Diestler) Roth Sr.  Tom grew up in Royal Oak, MI and moved to L’Anse about 30 …

Gloria A. Galer, age 71, of L’Anse and formerly of Ontonagon, MI, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Bayside Village, L’Anse, MI. She was born in Pontiac, MI on December 17, 1946 the daughter of the late Richard and Elizabeth (Miller) Galer. Gloria graduated from Madison Heights High School …

Baltic Dolores Celeste Audet-Maki, 92, formerly of Baltic passed away March 19, 2018, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock, with her family by her side. Born to Charles and Eva (Leveque) Audet, joining a brother and sister.  They raised their family in Ontonagon and later moved to Boston …

As received from the Memorial Chapel and Plowe Funeral Homes: Deborah Joy Aho, 64, a resident of Hancock, passed away at home surrounded by her family early Saturday morning March 17, 2018. Deborah was the second youngest in a family of 12 siblings. She grew up in Chassell, MI and …

As received from the Antila Funeral Service: Rex Carlson, 81, a resident of Painesdale, passed away early Thursday morning on March 15, 2018, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born Rex Gene Carlson on November 10, 1936, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a son to …

Houghton Mary Lou Maki, 79, a former resident of Houghton passed away Friday evening March 16, 2018, at the Medora House of Portage Pointe in Hancock where she had been a resident. She was born on October 29, 1938, in Detroit, MI, a daughter of the late Lillian (McLean) Adams.  As …

Chassell             Julia Hongisto of Chassell and a resident of the Houghton County Medical Care Facility since 2008 passed away March 15, 2018.             Julia was born on November 7, 1920 in Chassell to the late Michael and Hilda Tuomi. She was a member of the First Apostolic Lutheran Church in Houghton. …

Hancock: Donald G. Lundin, 89, of Hancock, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 14, 2018 at Portage Pointe of U.P. Health System- Portage in Hancock. He was born in Calumet on October 25, 1928, a son of the late Carl “Ed” and Anna (Rompainen) Lundin.  He attended local schools and …

HOUGHTON Dennis John Gedvillas, 62, a resident of the Houghton Canal area, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at his home with family by his side. He was born April 21, 1955, in Ironwood, Michigan, to Joseph and Ruth (Schnabel) Gedvillas. Dennis graduated from Houghton High School and attended Suomi …

Kevin Eric Aho, age 61 of Houghton, MI passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at UP Health Marquette. He was born April 15, 1956 in Aurora, IL son of Reuben and Bertha (Lahti) Aho.  Kevin moved to Elo in 1965 where he attended the John A. Doelle School in …