NEGAUNEE, MI - Mervyn LeRoy ‘Butch’ Stanaway, 76, lifelong area resident, passed away Monday morning, December 11, 2023 at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held from 4-7pm on Saturday, December 23rd at the Negaunee VFW. Interment will take place in the Negaunee Cemetery next spring. Butch’s memorial page may be viewed at koskeyfuneralhome.com.
MUNISING, MI - Randy Gatiss, age 63, of Munising, died unexpectedly Saturday, December 17, 2023 while in Franklin, Wisconsin. Randy was born February 1, 1960 in Munising, MI the fourth of eight children to Robert Bruce and Lois Marie (Mellin) Gatiss. Randy graduated from Wm. G. Mather High ...
MUNISING, MI - Gary Paul VanLandschoot, age 70, of Munising, died surrounded by loved ones at his side. Born in Munising on October 22, 1953, to Jerome and Anne VanLandschoot, the 6th of 9 children. Gary was raised in Brown’s Addition in the family home he later purchased, within a few ...
NEGAUNEE, MI - Joseph G. McCormick, 82, of Negaunee, passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, December 18, 2023 at the Trillium Hospice House in Marquette while in the care of his loving family and UP Home Health and Hospice. Joe was born January 6, 1941 in Ishpeming to George and Lucille ...
MARQUETTE, MI - Ellen “Babe” M. Stewart, age 87, of Marquette, formerly of Gladstone, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 18, 2023 at Eastwood Nursing Home in Negaunee. Ellen was born on February 29, 1936 in Gladstone. She was raised in Gladstone as well. She had many jobs in her ...
ISHPEMING, MI - Gery A. “Mountain” Mattila (Yeremyah Hawkins), age 81, longtime Ishpeming resident, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023, at Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee. Gery was born in Ishpeming, on June 10, 1942, a son of the late Effie (Tuuri) and Hugo J. Mattila. He grew up in Ishpeming, and was a graduate of the Ishpeming High School, Class of 1961. While in high school, Gery was an avid athlete, participating in football, basketball, and was a star track and field athlete, where he held the shotput record for several years. Gery had attended Northern Michigan ...
