ISHPEMING, MI - Earl R. Knutson, age 89, longtime area resident, passed away early on Monday July 6, 2026 at UP Health System Bell while in the loving care of his family, and hospital staff. Earl was born in Valders, WI on May 14, 1937, son of the late Hover and Ruth (Hecker) Knutson. He ...

GWINN, MI - Jane Ann Bennett, age 76, passed away July 3, 2026 at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility. Jane was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, December 6, 1949. She was the daughter of the late Paul Allen Betteridge and June Louise Budd Ferguson. Jane attended East Liverpool city ...

FORT WAYNE, IN - Mary Frances Anderson, 93, of Fort Wayne passed away, July 6, 2026, at Heritage Pointe of Fort Wayne, IN, surrounded by her family. Mary Frances was born January 6, 1933, in Negaunee, Michigan, to the late Joseph and Mary (Eisemann) Sedlock. She was a member of St. Vincent de ...

NEGAUNEE, MI - Trudy Gaye Taskila, 79, of Negaunee, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, July 2nd, 2026 in the care of her loving family and UP Home Health & Hospice. Trudy was born October 2, 1946 in Ishpeming to Russell and Stella (Olson) Pascoe and was a proud graduate of Negaunee ...

CHARLOTTE, MI - James "Kinky" McCarthy of Charlotte, MI, passed away at U of M Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI., on June 21, 2026. He was born in Ishpeming, August 15, 1941, to John and Mary (Makela) McCarthy, attended and graduated from National Mine High School, class of 1959. Proudly ...

ISHPEMING, MI - It is with deep sadness that the family of Kathryn Gagliardi shares that she passed peacefully on July 4, 2026, at 77 years of age. Kathy was born in 1948 and grew up with numerous aunts, uncles and first cousins as part of her upbringing in Ishpeming, Michigan. She was a ...