HANCOCK — Keith D. Niemela, 69, of Hancock, former Executive Director of the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at U.P. Health System-Marquette Hospital surrounded by family after a brief illness. He was born on September 24, 1956 in Detroit to the late ...

HANCOCK — Jeanine was born in Hancock, Michigan, the oldest of ten children of the late William and Elizabeth Kolehmainen. She graduated from the Hancock High School in 1957 and attended Suomi College in Hancock in 1958 and obtained a secretarial degree. She was employed by the Liberty Loan ...

HOUGHTON — Lois Suomi Young passed away on 12/14/25 at the age of 82. A 45-year-long resident of Houghton, she taught algebra and calculus in the Department of Mathematics at MTU for 25 years, and developed an international reputation as a knitting fashion designer. Born in Chicago, at age 5 ...

AUSTIM. TX — Bernard (Bernie) Ching-Huey Sun, 88, of Austin, Texas, passed away on December 31, 2025 due to complications from pneumonia. Bernard was born on August 23, 1937 to Kwang-Yu Sun and Ta-Chen Sun, nee Chiang, in Nanking, China. Bernard spent his early childhood in Nanking except ...

HANCOCK — Irene J. Hendrickson, a resident of Hancock, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. She was born April 7, 1937, the daughter of Alfred and Flora (Ruonavaara) Hendrickson. She was a lifetime member of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. She attended the Hancock Public ...

Donald Johnston Weiss, November 20, 1943 – February 8, 2026 I met my family for the first time in the early morning hours of November 20, 1934. All these years later my entire family has once again been waiting for my arrival. On February 8, 2026, I met up with them again when I went home ...