Obituaries
George "Bill" William MacKenzie
Jul 21, 2012
Munising George William "Bill" "Pete" MacKenzie, age 78 of Munising, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Marquette General Hospital. He was born on May 4, 1934 in Munising to the late George and Alice (McPhee) Mackenzie. Bill attended Wm. G. Mather High School and was a member of the football team. He married Donna Bower on September 14, 1968. Bill...
Billy McGee
Jul 21, 2012
Shingleton Billy McGee, age 76, of Shingleton, died early Saturday morning, July 21, 2012 at Marquette General Hospital. He was born on May 17, 1936 in Eufaula, Alabama to John and Martha (Hisaw) McGee. Billy was raised in Alabama and moved to Lower Michigan and worked as a dairy farmer. He married Darlene Alice Fike on December 2, 1963 and...
Eileen Janet Perry
Jul 20, 2012
Gwinn Eileen Janet Perry, age 85, of Gwinn, passed away at the Norwood adult group home in Marquette on Friday, June 20, 2012. She was born on November 29, 1926 in Munising, the daughter of Edward and Gertrude (Roberts) Perry. Eileen loved going on outings with members of the group home where she lived, especially when it involved coffee and...
William "Bill" Henry Roberts
Jul 11, 2012
Munising William "Bill" Henry Roberts, age 87, of N6938 Chapel Drive, Munising, died at 4:45 a.m. at the Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette following a lengthy illness. He was born on November 16, 1924 in Newberry to the late Lewis and Emma (McClain) Roberts. Bill graduated from Grand Marais High School in 1943 and entered into the U.S. Army...
Clara "Punkey" Stimac
Jul 11, 2012
Munising Clara "Punkey" Stimac, age 73, of 111 Hickory Street, Munising, died on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising following a long, heroic battle with cancer. She was born on February 9, 1939 in Shingleton, Michigan to the late Cecil and Anabell (Monroe) Burley. Clara was raised in Shingleton and Stueben, and she attended school...
Sheila M. Yokeum
Jul 10, 2012
Trenary Sheila M. Yokeum, age 97, of Trenary, died early Tuesday morning, July 10, 2012 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. She was born in Alcona County, Michigan to Delbert and Eva (Brothers) Atherton. Sheila grew up in Owosso and attended school in Owosso and Sands when her family moved to the U.P. She married Louis Yokeum in March...
Kora I. Hale
Jul 8, 2012
Munising Kora I. Hale, age 36, of 302 E. Chocolay Street, Munising, left this world unexpectedly and peacefully from Munising Memorial Hospital at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, July 8, 2012. She was a Bicentennial baby born on June 27, 1976 in Adrian, Michigan the only child of Richard and Rita Hale. Soon after, she moved to Big Rapids for...
Gary Alan Venturato
Jul 5, 2012
Trenary Gary A. Venturato, age 67, of Vogel Road, Trenary/Rapid River, died unexpectedly at his home following a lengthy illness with COPD, early Thursday morning, July 5, 2012. He was born on June 17, 1945 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Dominic and Edna (Massey) Venturato. Gary graduated from Grand Marais High School in 1963. That July he enlisted into the...
Frank "Crockett" Trombly, Sr
Jul 4, 2012
Munising Frank David "Crockett" Trombly, Sr., age 58, of 309 W. Onota Street, Munising, died on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 9:49 p.m. at Marquette General Hospital following a brief illness. He was born on February 21, 1954 in Munising to the late Alden "Baldy" and Ruth (Heikkila) Trombly. Crockett graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School and then attended...
John "Jack" McCarthy
Jun 30, 2012
Munising John "Jack" McCarthy, age 81, of Munising had his homecoming peacefully on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. He was born on April 14, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey to John and Helen (Chesney) McCarthy and was raised in Irvington, NJ. Jack graduated from Seaton Hall Prep School in South Orange, NJ. He entered...
Arthur Joseph Bartholomew
Jun 29, 2012
No one will ever understand why an obituary has to be written for a child. The death of a child has been an unexplained heartache since the beginning of man and will continue until the end of time. Words fail, faith wavers, and the loss overwhelms. In the darkness that follows the death of a child, very few words give...
Audrey Marie Dolaski
Jun 28, 2012
Munising Audrey Marie Dolaski, age 89, passed away at her home we call, Audrey's Garden on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Audrey was born July 4th, 1922 to Henry & Berdina (Hawkins) Braatz and has lived all her life near her beloved Lake Superior. Audrey left home at 14 to live and work at the Beach Inn she thrived under the...
Adele Mary Ann Barney
Jun 27, 2012
Grand Marais Adele Mary Ann Barney, age 81, of Grand Marais, died peacefully on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Brookridge Heights Assisted Living & Memory Care in Marquette where she was living the last four years. She was born on April 6, 1931 to the late Russell and Orilla (Nantel) Mulligan. Adele graduated from Grand Maris High School in 1949....
Norman Hector Methot
Jun 16, 2012
Munising A mother once prayed for her almost two year old child, who was near death , to survive in the wide-spread flu epidemic of 1918. And she must have prayed long and hard because even though many others around them succumbed, her child lived on to be ninety-five years, six months, and six days of age. Norman Hector Methot,...
Joan Mary Leppanen
Jun 14, 2012
Eben Joan Mary Leppanen was born on November 7, 1923 in Marquette to George and Saime (Tyrvainen) Shorkey. She died on June 14, 2012 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. Joan attended Baraga Parochial School in Marquette and learned how to skate at the Bishop Baraga ice rink and was an accomplished figure skater. On November 22, 1941, she...
Robert Harold Beauprey, Jr
Jun 13, 2012
Munising Robert "Bob" Harold Beauprey, Jr., age 64, of Munising, died following a brief illness at Marquette General Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, June 13, 2012. He was born on March 19, 1948 in Munising to the late Mildred (Syers) and Robert H. Beauprey, Sr. Bob graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1967. He enlisted in the U.S. Air...
Robert A. Colbert
Jun 10, 2012
Shingleton Robert A. Colbert, age 81, of N6110 Percy Road, Shingleton, died late Sunday morning, June 10, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 8, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Larry and Helen (Hummel) Colbert. Bob grew up in the Wayne, Garden City, and Dearborn areas. He joined the U.S. Navy...
Alice Fahrbach
Jun 9, 2012
Munising Alice "Duffy" Fahrbach, 86, died June 9, 2012 at her home in Munising. Alice was born in Charlevoix, Michigan, on August 17, 1925, the third child of Don and Susan (Sisley) Duffie. She attended local schools, Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and received a BSN in nursing from Loma Linda University in California. In 1951, she married Don...
Marian H. Pokela
Jun 2, 2012
Traunik Marian Pokela of Traunik was born on August 13, 1925 in Trauik, MI to Emil and Hilja (Hogan) Ihamaki. She passed away peacefully in her sleep June 2, 2012 at Tendercare Health Center in Munising, where she's resided for the past four years. She is survived by her loving husband of sixty-nine years, Urho Pokela, and her children Martin...
Alma Sandra Klosowski
May 27, 2012
Munising Alma Sandra Klosowski, 100 years and 7 months, died on Sunday morning, May 27, 2012 at the Whispering Pines Care Facility where she had resided for the past three years. She was born on October 27, 1911 in Rexton, Michigan to the late Alex and Hulda (Manninen) Niemi and grew up around the Shingleton area. Alma married Mr. Thayer...
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