Obituaries

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Laird H. “Larry” Heikkinen, age 75 of L’Anse, MI passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at UP Health System in Marquette, MI with his loving wife Bonnie and step-son Joe by his side. He was born in L’Anse on May 15, …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home:  Lillian Jean Marie (Luukko) (Lahti) Johnson a resident of Bayside Village in L’Anse passed away on October 28, 2024 at age of 101. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 12, 1922 and placed in the Good Will Farm Orphanage in Houghton, …

As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: Roger N. Maki, 86, a resident of L’Anse and former Atlantic Mine resident passed away Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, following a short illness.         He was born on July 31, …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Robert M. “Bob” Hollon, age 84 of L’Anse, MI passed away Saturday, October 26, 2024 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital, L’Anse. He was born in L’Anse on May 12, 1940 the son of the late Clayton and Lacy (Harris) Hollon. Bob …

As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service:      Betsy Bertolino, 96, a resident of The Bluffs in Houghton passed away Sunday, October 27, 2024, at her home.        The Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation Service – Hancock is assisting the family with the arrangements.

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Robert “Bob” C. Genschow, Sr., 75, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. He was the son of Ferdinand C. and Elizabeth (Papin) Genschow, born in Aberdeen, WA on December 17, 1948. He …

As submitted by the family: His body finally had enough of the fight it was given and the challenges it endured. The will to live was strong within him, until he could take no more. So, he slipped from the earth to be received in Heaven. Steven Ralph Christensen, age …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Carl “Harve” Gasperich, 92, a resident of Calumet, Michigan, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 17, 2024. Carl was born on May 28, 1932 in Tamarack Location to Frank and Amelia (LaJeunesse) Gasperich. He attended area schools and …

Joanne Barbara (Kestner) Picciano, age 85, a resident of Calumet Township, passed away on Saturday October 19, 2024, at her residence in Calumet, Michigan. Joanne was born on March 18, 1939 in Laurium, Michigan, to parents Joseph and Anna (Lakner) Kestner. She graduated from Calumet High School with the Class …

Alice Mae Slusarzyk our “Queen Mum” of Dollar Bay, passed away peacefully on October 24, 2024. Alice was born May 6th, 1936 in Hancock, MI, the daughter of Myrtle (Schaaf) and Edward Beauchamp. She graduated from Dollar Bay High School’s class of 1954 as the valedictorian with perfect attendance K-12. …