NEGAUNEE, MI - Mervyn LeRoy ‘Butch’ Stanaway, 76, lifelong area resident, passed away Monday morning, December 11, 2023 at his home. Butch was born May 4, 1947 in Negaunee to Mervyn and Ruth (Hautamaki) Stanaway and attended West Ishpeming Schools until the family moved to Negaunee. He ...
MARQUETTE, MI – Charles Freeman Behrend, age 94, a resident of the Michigan Veterans Home D.J. Jacobetti, entered eternal life Saturday, December 2, 2023 at the Jacobetti Home with his family at his side. He was born September 30, 1929, in Powers, Michigan, a son of Karl and Lila (Menard) Behrend. Following graduation from Powers High School, Chuck entered the US Navy, serving during the Korean Conflict. Upon his honorable discharge in 1954, he returned to the Upper Peninsula, enrolling at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree ...
ISHPEMING, MI – Rita M. Gray, age 87, longtime Ishpeming Twp. Resident passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, while in the loving care of her family, staff at the Marquette Co. Medical Care facility and the Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice. The family will greet relatives and friends at the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church on Friday December 15, 2023, from 10:00am – 11:00am where a Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 11:00am with Fr. Christian Flagstadt to officiate. A luncheon will follow the mass in the K/D Hall. Interment will take place at the Ishpeming ...
ISHPEMING, MI - Ishpeming- Dennis W. Kari, age 75, lifelong area resident, passed away on Friday December 8, 2023 at UP Health System Bell while in the loving care of his family, and hospital staff. Dennis was born in Ishpeming on February 2, 1948, son of the late Toivo Kari and Miriam ...
MARQUETTE, MI – Celia Marie “Tink” Vadnais, age 69, of Marquette, walked on peacefully, Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the Norlite Nursing Center, surrounded by her family. No services will be held. Fassbender Swanson Hansen Funeral and Cremation Services is serving the family, where condolences may be expressed, and an obituary viewed, online at fassbenderswansonhansen.com.
NISULA, MI - Edward R. “Ed” Hulkonen Sr. age 94, a resident of Nisula went peacefully home to be with his Lord on Friday, December 8, 2023 Ed’s complete obituary may be viewed and condolences sent to the family at reidfuneralservicechapel.com. The Reid Funeral Service and Chapel, L’Anse has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.
