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Ronald A. Hughes

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, FL - Hughes, Ronald A., of Indian Rocks Beach FL, (formerly of Oak Park, CA) passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at the age of 74. He was born October 18, 1949, in Detroit, MI, to Evan and Eleanor (Komula) Hughes, and grew up in Houghton, MI, in the UP. After graduating from high school, he attended Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, MI. Ron served in the US Navy from 1970-1973 aboard the USS Long Beach and discovered winters without snow. After serving in the Navy, he attended law school (78) and then obtained an LLM in taxation. For many years he ...

David G. McAdam

HOUGHTON - David G. (Humboozie) McAdam, 82, a resident of the Arbor Green Senior Living Community in Houghton passed away Friday, December 15, 2023, at UP Health Systems – Marquette Hospital following a short illness. He was born on October 23, 1941, in Ann Arbor, MI, a son of the late David and Mildred (Lindala) McAdam. Dave was raised in Detroit and Hurontown graduating from Houghton High School with the class of 1959. He then received a degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Michigan Technological University. David had worked as an accountant for the city of ...

Thomas J. Hobmeier

HANCOCK - Thomas J. Hobmeier, 84, of Airport Road in Franklin Township, passed away at his home early on Sunday morning, December 17, 2023. He was born on February 14, 1939 to the late Louis and Cecilia (Anderson) Hobmeier. He graduated from Marquette High School and then attended college for a year. He worked at an automobile dealership in Marquette and then started working at the Clark Gas Station also in Marquette. In 1967 he became the manager of the Clark Gas Station in Houghton. After that he was a delivery person for Bunny Bread and finally worked at Vollwerth Sausage in Hancock ...

Michael P. Bonini

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Michael P. “Mike” Bonini, 74, passed away on December 15, 2023, at Canal View following a lengthy illness. He was born on July 24, 1949, in Hancock, to Ambrose and Olga (Kangas) Bonini. Following graduation from Hancock Central High School in 1968, he completed ...

Jake Matson

TRAVELERS REST, SC - Jacob “Jake” William Matson, 43, passed away December 15, 2023. A native of Houghton County, Michigan, son of Thomas Lawrence and Denise Lynn Coponen Matson of Atlantic Mine, Michigan, he was an employee of Aho Concrete and a member of Eastside Apostolic Lutheran ...

Robert Pintar

CUDAHY, WI - Robert Pintar, 80, a resident of Cudahy, WI, and former Painesdale resident passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023, at St. Luke’s South Shore Hospital in Cudahy, WI, following a lengthy illness. He worked for 25 years at Milwaukee Area Technical College as an accountant prior to his retirement in 2005. He graduated from Jeffers High School, Painesdale, MI in 1961 (after three years in the St. Nazianz Seminary). After graduation he attended Suomi College in Hancock, MI, and received his B.A. degree in Education in 1970 from Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Mich. ...