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Patricia Ross

HOUGHTON - Patricia Elaine Ross (Pat) passed away at her home in Houghton, on Sunday morning, September 10, 2023. Pat was born on January 7, 1948, in Detroit to Barb and Bob Ross. She was predeceased by her father in November of 2017. Pat graduated from Plymouth High School in 1966 and ...

Phyllis M. Stukel

Copper City — Phyllis M. (Kowalski) Stukel of Copper City passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. She was born April 10, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan. On August 1, 1953 she married Frederick Stukel Sr. “Pudgy” who preceded her in death on September 22, 1993. She is survived by her sister, Shirley Bracco of Calumet, her eight children Terry (Steve) LaBonte, Renee (John) Volkmann, Fred (Marcia) Stukel, Jim Stukel, Brian (Stania) Stukel, Ray “Sam” (Julie) Stukel, Mary (Mark) Kingstrom and Jerald “Duffy” (Joyce) Stukel. Also ...

Raymond Francis Frenette

Escanaba — Raymond Francis Frenette, age 91, of Escanaba passed away Tuesday September 12, 2023 at Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba. He was born July 19, 1932 in Hancock, MI and was the son of Raymond J. and Inza (Lamothe) Frenette. Ray graduated from Hancock High School and then entered the U.S. Army during the Korean War, serving at Fort Knox in Tennessee. He married the former Betty Miller on February 15, 1958 in Hancock, MI. Ray was employed as a painter all of his working years, working in the Houghton and Hancock area, and many winters in Florida and Las Vegas until his ...

Victor Storhok

Idaho Falls, ID — Mr. Victor (Vic) Wilbert Storhok, 90 a resident of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away at home the morning of September 7, 2023, where he has lived since September 1977. Vic was born in a log cabin in the deep north woods outside of Tapiola, Michigan, February 2, 1933, a son ...

Ruth Andresen

Ruth Christine Dennis Andresen, 82, of Statesville, NC, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Gordon Hospice House. She was born January 18, 1940, to the late Ferris Robert Dennis and Esther Christine Heikkinen Dennis. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a sister, ...

Lynda Lee Sengstock Griffith

Charlotte — Lynda (Lyn) Lee Sengstock Griffith passed September 5, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 79 years old. Lyn was born in Tallahassee, Florida and raised by her grandparents in the village of Hardwood, Michigan. At 14, she moved from Hardwood to Iron ...