Category Archives: Obituaries

Obituary: Stanley Raymond "Butch" LaFernier
As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Stanley Raymond LaFernier, fondly known as "Butch," passed away peacefully at his home in Baraga, Michigan, on Friday, January 3, 2025, at the age of 77. Bo...
Site Staff Jan 07, 2025

Obituary: Bertha C. Maki
As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: Bertha C. Maki, 94, a resident of the Hancock Canal passed away Thursday January 2, 2025, at the Omega House in Houghton. She was born o...
Site Staff Jan 07, 2025

Obituary: Ellen A. Biekkola
As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Ellen A. Biekkola, age 86 of L'Anse, MI passed away Friday, January 3, 2025 at Bayside Village, with family by her side. She had been a resident o...
Site Staff Jan 07, 2025

Marie L. (Midge) Blakeman
As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: UPDATE: A graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday June 7, 2025 at the Liminga Cemetery with Pastor Ronald Jouppe to officiate...
Site Staff Jan 04, 2025

Obituary: Gladys J. Codere
As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Lake Linden - Gladys J. Codere 84 passed away on January 1, 2025 at the Omega House with her family by her side. She had been a patient there for two weeks. Mem...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025 Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Obituary: Marlin Wenberg
As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: With sadness we announce the passing of Marlin Keith Wenberg, beloved husband, father, uncle and friend, in Dollar Bay, Michigan who passed...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025 Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Obituary: Barbara J. Lahnala
As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: Barbara Lahnala, 86 of Atlantic Mine passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at Green Tree of Hubbell. Survived by her husband, Erland...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025

Obituary: William Lohela
As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: William M. Lohela, 91, a resident of Hancock Canal, died December 22 at his home. He was born in Hancock on August 1, 1933, the son of t...
Site Staff Dec 31, 2024

Robert J. Andrews
As received from the O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: UPDATE: Graveside services will be held at Hancock's Lakeside Cemetery on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 1:00 P.M. with Father Corey Litzner of the Church...
Site Staff Dec 31, 2024

Obituary: Lonnie Cotton
As received from Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service: Lonnie Cotton, 72, a resident of Calumet, passed away Sunday December 29, 2024, at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital following a short illne...
Site Staff Dec 30, 2024 Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.






