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Obituaries

Phil Colvin

BURTON, MI-Phil Colvin, age 75, former long time Ishpeming resident passed away on Sunday April 20, 2025, while in the loving care of family and staff members of LaVigne Home, after a long courageous battle with lung cancer and COPD complications. Phil was an ironworker for Local 783, ...

Holly Wettstein

BANGOR, ME-Holly Jane Wettstein passed away in the early hours of February 4, 2025 in Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. Holly (formerly Holly Benson-Suess) was born in Ishpeming, MI on November 15, 1954 to her parents, the late Janet E. Benson and William (Bill) A. Benson. She ...

Rev. Micheal Laakko

LáANSE, MI-Rev. Micheal Victor Laakko, age 76, of Mass City Michigan, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 11, 2025, at Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse Michigan, surrounded by the love of his family. Micheal was the long-answered prayer of his parents Vera and Emil Laakko. As ...

Diana Petrosky

SAINT MICHAEL, MN- Diana Christine (Denn) Petrosky, age 74, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family and caregivers on April 17, 2025. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Diana was born on August 14, 1950, to Paul Donald and Patricia Eileen (Cargo) Denn in ...

Bruce Paquette

MARQUETTE, MI-Bruce Alan Paquette, 88, of Marquette passed away peacefully on Good Friday, April 18th, 2025 while a resident at the DJ Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette, MI. Bruce was born on January 14th, 1937 at St Mary’s Hospital in Marquette, MI, the current location of the DJ ...

Janet Havel

BIG BAY, MI-Janet L. Havel, affectionately known to her family as "Grandma Pie",96, of Big Bay, entered eternal life on April 18, 2025 at her home surrounded by her loving family and under the care of Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice. Janet was born February 8, 1929 in Marinette, Wisconsin ...