LAKE LINDEN, MI — Russell Laurin, age 87, a resident of Lake Linden, Michigan, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2024, at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital located in Laurium, Michigan. Russ was born on May 24, 1936 in Laurium, Michigan to parents Henry and Ethel (Raade) Laurin. Russ ...
SUPERIOR, WI — Rosanne Perala, 87, passed away at Villa Marina Health and Rehabilitation Center in Superior, WI on January 26, 2024. She was born in Detroit in 1936 to Kenneth and Sylvia (Mortti) Cline. Rosie graduated from John A. Doelle Agricultural School in Tapiola, MI. She married ...
SOUTH RANGE — Nora Tahtinen lived in South Range for many years and served in ministry with her husband, Rev. Roy Tahtinen, at Grace Lutheran Church and as Ministry Coordinator at the Northern Great Lakes Synod. She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Tahtinen-Pacheco, and son, Timothy ...
Marcella Agnes Suojanen, age 85, of the Upper Peninsula, MI, Pinckney, MI, and Stockbridge, MI, passed away on January 25, 2024 surrounded by her family at Chelsea Hospital in Chelsea, MI. Marcella was born April 20, 1938, the daughter of George and Emma (Davis) Grandchamp in Portage ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Thomas John Marttila, a longtime resident of Iron Mountain, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2024 in his home. He was 76. Tom was born September 20, 1947 in Hancock, MI, to the late Oscar S. and Lillian I. (Ylitalo) Marttila. As a child he grew up and learned how to ...
ONTONAGON — Walter J. Toepfer Jr., age 81, of Ontonagon, MI, and formerly of Toledo, passed away December 12, 2023, at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was born December 10, 1942, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Walter Sr. and Carol (Knecht) Toepfer. Walter ...
