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Sarah Kamppinen

MACOMB, MI- Sarah Beth Kamppinen, age 44, has left us to be with our Savior. She passed away Monday, September 2, 2024 at Henry Ford Hospital in Macomb, after a short battle with leukemia, surrounded by her family. She was born in Ishpeming on November 25, 1979 to John E. (Jack) Kamppinen and Marjorie (Burrows) Kamppinen. She lived in Negaunee Twp prior to relocating to Clinton Twp. Sarah graduated from Clintondale High School and Baker College. She worked as a case worker for the Salvation Army in Warren for the past 20 years and was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Clinton ...

Ralph Quayle

ISHPEMING, MI- Ralph Donald Quayle, age 79, life-long Ishpeming resident, passed away on Monday, September 2, 2024, at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility with his daughter at his side. Ralph was born in Ishpeming on May 28, 1945, a son of the late Donald Clayton and Marie Rose ...

Charles Nora

ISHPEMING, MI - Charles P. “Chuck” Nora, age 65, of 458 W. Empire St. Ishpeming, MI, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024, while in the loving care of his family at Aurora Bay Care Hospital in Green Bay, WI. Charles was born in Ishpeming on April 28, 1959, a son of Jeannine L. ...

Robert Baker

SKANDIA, MI- Robert William Baker “Bob,” 82, of Skandia, passed away at home on Monday, August 26, 2024. Bob was born Sunday, November 2, 1941, in Washington, D.C.; the only child of Arthur R. and Helen M. (Wohlleb) Baker. Bob grew up in Alexandria (Franconia), Virginia, and graduated ...

William Etelamaki

NEGAUNEE, MI- William Leonard ‘Billy’ Etelamaki, son of the late William T. and Senia (Huhta) Etelamaki, passed away August 29, 2024 with his sister by his side. Billy was born July 25, 1940 in Negaunee, Michigan at the Twin City Hospital. Billy struggled with encephalitis following the ...

Paula Humphrey

MARQUETTE, MI- Paula Diane (Uimari) Humphrey, 54, of Marquette, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 27, 2024. Paula was born on December 23, 1969, in Detroit, Michigan. She was raised and lived in Marquette, Michigan, a 1987 graduate of Marquette Senior High School. Upon graduating, ...