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Debbie Sue Hodge-Wendt

NEGAUNEE, MI - Debbie Sue Hodge-Wendt, 63, peaced out from UP Health System - Marquette on a rainy Sunday, September 20, 2026, just like she hoped for. Debbie was born on April 8, 1963, in Ishpeming, Michigan, to Wilbur (Neil) and Lillian (Moyle) Hodge, right after her twin sister, Mary. She grew up in Palmer as the youngest of six kids and was a 1981 graduate of Negaunee High School. While hanging around in Gwinn, Debbie met Larry Wendt, a Gwinn native and Air Force Airman who was stationed at KI Sawyer. Debbie and Larry were married on December 9, 1989. The love they shared was ...

Frances Sharland

NEGAUNEE, MI - Frances (Nault) Sharland, 89, of Negaunee, Michigan, was born on April 27, 1937, and passed on Tuesday September 1, 2026. She was born and raised in Ishpeming, Michigan by her parents Virginia “Merle” (Roberts) Nault and Frederick Nault. Join the family at a Mass of Christian Burial at Saint Paul Catholic Church in Negaunee on Friday September 25, 2026. Visitation will begin at 10:00am and go until the time of Mass at 11:00am with Fr. Larry Van Damme as celebrant. A luncheon will take place immediately following the Mass at the Upper Peninsula Brewing Company in ...

Marilyn Anderson

ISHPEMING, MI - Kind, curious, and fiercely independent, Marilyn Anderson passed away on September 18. She was 96 years old and grateful to have remained in her own home, where she enjoyed visiting with family, reading, and doing jigsaw puzzles. Marilyn was born in Crystal Falls, Michigan, in ...

Gary Vidlund

ISHPEMING, MI - Gary Lee Vidlund, 72, of Ishpeming, passed away Friday morning, September 18th, 2026 at UP Health System in Marquette while in the care of his loving family. Gary was born September 27, 1953 in Ishpeming to Arthur and Theresa (Honka) Vidlund and graduated from Negaunee High ...

William L. Downard

CHICAGO, IL - William LeeRoy Downard, age 93, was called home by his Lord and Savior on Monday, September 14, 2026, at home surrounded by his family and reunited in heaven with his loving wife Julia. He was born on February 24, 1933, in Tontogany, Ohio to the late Cecil and Nora (Withrow) ...

Robert Snell

ANACORTES, WA - Robert (Bob) Snell, 89, of 5889 South Shore Rd, Anacortes, WA ( Guemes Island), passed away on September 5, 2026 after a prolonged illness. Bob was born in Hancock, Michigan and received his BS in mathematics from Northern Michigan University, MS in mathematics from the ...