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Robert J. ‘Bobby Joe’ Johnson

ELY TWP, MI - Robert J. “Bobby Joe” Johnson, Sr., age 80, of Ely Township, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at his residence. Robert was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on May 22, 1943, a son of the late Raymond E. and Elizabeth (Schaffer) Johnson. Bob graduated from Ishpeming High ...

Fay Marie Chapman Garceau

VERNON HILLS, IL - Fay Marie Chapman Garceau, 88, of Vernon Hills, Illinois, formerly of Traverse City, Michigan, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2023, at Lee Manor in Des Plaines, Illinois. She was born February 17, 1935, in Negaunee, Michigan, the daughter of the late James and Mae ...

Mervyn ‘Butch’ Stanaway

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 ...

Charles Freeman Behrend

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 ...

Rita M. Gray

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 ...

Dennis W. Kari

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 ...