Obituaries

Calumet: Ilene V. Newell, 98, of Calumet/Lake Medora, passed away on August 2, 2017, after a short illness, at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium, with her family by her side. Memorial Services will be held in the summer of 2018.  The Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden is in charge …

Asenath Karen Sweeney, age 75 of Aura, MI passed away on Monday, July 31, 2017 at her home. She was born May 19, 1942 in Detroit, MI daughter to Elmer and Saima (Lahti) Stein. Asenath grew up in Aura, graduated from L’Anse High School in 1960, and attended Michigan Technology …

Portage Township Irene R. Fisher, 92 a former resident of Portage Township and lower Michigan passed away Tuesday morning August 1, 2017, at the Houghton Medical Care Facility in Hancock. She was born in Mohawk, MI, a daughter of the late Charles and Rose (Randa) Perrault.  Irene was raised in …

Jack K. Noye, 87, a resident of Chassell, passed away Wednesday morning August 2, 2017, at the UP Health – Portage Hospital. He was born on March 10, 1930, in Hancock, a son of the late John and Alice (Wuebben) Noye.  Jack attended the Hancock Schools and then moved to …

HANCOCK — Dennis P. Balma, 69, of Hancock, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2017, at U.P. Health System – Marquette Hospital following an apparent heart attack. He was born on January 15, 1948, in Detroit to the late William and Marguerite (Schumacher) Balma. Following graduation from high school in …

James R. ‘Jim” Kangas, age 81, of L’Anse, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at UP Health Systems Hospice Suite, Marquette. Jim was born in L’Anse, MI on January 3, 1936 the son of the late Waino and Anna (King) Kangas. Jim graduated from Baraga High School in 1954 and …

SOUTH LYON — Janet Hottum Pelton, 74, of South Lyon, passed away July 23, 2017, at Angela Hospice Home Care in Livonia. She was born January 8, 1943, in Hancock, to the late William and Edna Naasko Antila, and was a 1961 graduate of the Jeffers High School in Painesdale. …

Thelma I. Turpeinen, age 93, of Baraga, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital, L’Anse. She was born in Pelkie, MI on January 26, 1924, the daughter of the late John and Anna (Kokko) Pesonen. Thelma attended school in Alston. She married Reuben J. Turpeinen in …

Arthur Leroy Dahlgren, age 85, of Mohawk passed away peacefully on July 26, 2017 at his home. Arthur was born to Arthur and Helen (Kaura) Dahlgren on March 16, 1932 in Mohawk. He graduated from Calumet High School. He was a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church in Mohawk. After …

Chassell:  Marie Adel Ecke, 89, a former longtime resident of Chassell, currently residing at the Lake View Manor Annex in Hancock, passed away on Monday evening, July 24, 2017 at the Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield, Wisconsin following a short illness. She was born on May 22, 1928 in Atlantic …