Obituaries

Apr 24, 2016

Munising

Bonita “Bonnie” Lynn Kukulis, age 65, of Munising and formerly of Gladwin, Michigan, went to be with her Lord, following her courageous nine year battle with cancer, on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at her home, under the loving care of her family and North Woods Home Hospice.  She was born on August 22, 1950 to Harry...

Apr 21, 2016

AuTrain

Dean J. “Fitz” FitzGerald, age 75, of AuTrain, died Thursday, April 21, 2016 at UP Health Systems – Marquette. He was born on June 2, 1940 in San Francisco, CA to the late Henry “Fitz” and Jolanda “Joanna” (Wisniewski) FitzGerald.  Fitz’s family moved to Hamtramck, MI when he was young.  He began working as an iron...

Apr 16, 2016

Shingleton

Thomas William Besaw, age 83, of Shingleton, died on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising.  He was born in Shingleton on May 26, 1932 to the late John and Margaret (Warchock) Besaw.  Tom worked for many years at the Shingleton Saw Mill for Roy and Bob Graves, and also did maintenance...

Apr 15, 2016

Veda Emily Prunick, age 96, of Munising, died early Friday morning, April 15, 2016 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising.  She was born on October 18, 1919 in Boyne City, Michigan to Albert and Ellen (Shewfeldt) Inman.  Her family moved to the Van Meer area when Veda was five months old.  She lived there until 1938 when she...

Apr 8, 2016

Mamie Katherine Anderson, age 91, of Limestone, died on Friday morning, April 8, 2016 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising.  She was born in Eben Junction on November 30, 1924 to Finnish immigrants August and Anna (Saastamoinen) Maki.  Mamie graduated Valedictorian of her class from Eben High School and then Ferris University.  She worked as a secretary and...

Apr 3, 2016

Robert “Bob” W. Wing, age 73 passed away on Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 at his residence in Clarksville, Tennessee after a yearlong battle with cancer.   He was born on November 11th, 1942 to the late Oscar and Emma (Gariepy) Wing in Munising, MI.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Sharon; his...

Mar 31, 2016

Munising

Victor “Vic” Elavsky, age 87, of Munising, died Thursday, March 31, 2016 at UP Health Systems – Marquette.  He was born on February 18, 1929 in Munising, MI to the late Michael and Meri (Gotch) Elavsky.  Vic entered into the United States Army and served most of his time in Germany.  He was honorably discharged in...

Mar 26, 2016

Trenary

Ann E. Quarfoot, age 96, of Trenary, died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at her home under the loving care of her son and Northwood’s Home Hospice.  She was born on November 4, 1919 in Traunik, MI to the late Joseph and Joanna (Mikulich) Shega. Ann married Earl B. Quarfoot on December 23, 1943.  Shortly after marriage,...

Mar 22, 2016

Houghton Lake / Chatham

Barbara Ann Brisson, age 57, passed away March 22nd, 2016 at home surrounded by her loving family, following a courageous battle with cancer.

She was born on March 9th, 1959 in Munising, MI to Bill and Ellie (Mannisto) Brisson of Limestone, MI.  She lived in the Chatham area in her youth...

Mar 19, 2016

Trenary

Martin B. Maki, age 87, of Trenary, died surrounded by his loved ones on Saturday afternoon, March 19, 2016 at his home in Trenary.  He was born in the sauna on February 4, 1929 in Chatham to Peter and Ada (Jokinen) Maki.  Martin attended Rock River Township School in Eben.  He enlisted into the U.S. Army...

Mar 14, 2016

Munising / Holland

Ryan Edward Balko, age 26, died unexpectedly at his home in Holland Township on Monday evening, March 14, 2016.  He was born in Munising, Michigan on April 6, 1989 to Ed and Rosemary (Nelc) Balko.  Ryan graduated from West Ottawa High School in Holland in 2007.  He was a licensed diesel mechanic, and worked...

Mar 14, 2016

Munising

Earl “Skeeter” James Lindeblad, age 79, of Munising, died Monday, March 14, 2016 at UP Health Systems - Marquette with his loving family at his side.  He was born on January 24, 1937 in Munising to the late Swan and Margaret (Hawkins) Lindeblad.  Skeeter graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1955 and began his...

Mar 13, 2016

Munising

Jeanne Clare Poirier, age 99, of Munising, died Sunday morning, March 13, 2016 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising.  She was born on May 21, 1916 in Munising to Eugene and Emma (Jobin) Cotey.  Jeanne grew up in Munising and attended Wm. G. Mather High School.  She met Civilian Conservation Corps member, Roland Alexandre Poirier...

Mar 7, 2016

Cleo Therese Steinhoff, age 85, of Munising, died on Monday morning, March 7, 2016 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising.  She was born on April 26, 1931 in Munising to Leo and Evelyn (Morin) Colbus.  Cleo graduated from Sacred Heart School and then attended Wm. G. Mather High School.  Cleo was a cook at the A & W,...

Mar 5, 2016

Trenary

Audrey V. Heinonen, age 85, of Trenary, Michigan, died under the loving care of her family and Lake Superior Hospice on Saturday afternoon, March 5, 2016. She was born in Waukegan, Illinois to Hugo and Vera (Ulvinen) Daavettila and graduated from Zion-Benton Township High School.  She worked briefly in Detroit then returned to the Zion area...

Feb 29, 2016

Munising

Evelyn “Evie” Irene Barrow, age 83 of Munising, died on Monday, February 29, 2016 in Munising surrounded by her loving family following a lengthy illness.  She was born on February 19, 1933 in Gulliver, Michigan to the late Linton and Helen (Tennison) Seaman.  Evie went to school in Manistique and on October 17, 1950, she married...

Feb 24, 2016

Chatham

Eva Mae Ruska, age 97, of Chatham, died on Wednesday morning, February 24, 2016 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising.   She was born on May 11, 1918 in Trout Lake, Michigan to James and Eva (Atherton) Tweedale.  Eva married Oscar Ruska and together they raised their ten children.  Eva enjoyed playing BINGO and playing cards...

Feb 21, 2016

Donald Samuel Hakkola, age 85, of Eben Junction, passed away peacefully at his home that he loved on Sunday morning, February 21, 2016 under the care of his family and North Woods Home Care and Hospice. Donald was born in Eben on his family farm across the road from where he had resided the past thirty-eight years on April...

Feb 21, 2016

Helen Pauline Perry, age 89, of Grand Marais, died unexpectedly on her walk on Sunday afternoon, February 21, 2016.  She was born on January 30, 1927 in Manistique to Marcus and Angela (Frankovich) Burnis.  Helen graduated from Manistique High School in 1945.  She married Paul Joseph Perry on October 21, 1946.  They were members of St. Francis Church in...

Feb 15, 2016

Raymond Hegedus, age 50, resident of the Upper Peninsula for the past eight years who was a beloved son, brother, and uncle passed away suddenly on Monday, February 15, 2016 at his town house in Gladstone.  Ray was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 21st 1965.  He graduated from John Glen High School in Wayne Michigan and he...