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Obituaries

Daniel L. Rivard

Daniel L. Rivard of Grand Lake and Northville, Michigan died on September 11, 2022 after being a resident at Turning Brook in Alpena for the past year. Dan was the only child born to Louis and Margaret (Ricken) Rivard on December 23, 1936 in Detroit. Dan was a graduate of Denby High school ...

Raymond Simmons Jr.

Raymond A. Simmons Jr., 88, of White Pine, went home to be with the Lord on September 10, 2022, with his loving family by his side at Trillium House in Marquette. Ray was born November 22, 1933, in Ironwood to Raymond A. Sr and Alice (Saippa) Simmons. He graduated from St. Ambrose High School ...

Charles Joffe

Charles L. “Chuck” Joffee, 66, of Marquette, passed away Sunday morning, September 11, 2022 at UP Health System-Marquette with his loving family at his side. Chuck was born on July 5, 1956 in Hancock, the youngest of three children born to the late Jay and Jean (Weiss) Joffee. He was a ...

Jane L. Kiiskila

Jane L. Kiiskila, 82, a resident of Calumet, and former 60-year resident of Kiiskila Rd. on Quincy Hill passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022, at the UP Health Systems - Marquette Hospital following a short illness. She was born on May 21, 1940, in Lake Linden, MI, the daughter of the late ...

Leo Mattila

Leo Isaac Mattila of Toivola, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend, passed from this world on Thursday, September 1, 2022, at the age of 84, in Traverse City, MI after a brief battle with bladder cancer. He was born on July 31, 1938, in Toivola, Michigan, the son of ...

Queen Elizabeth II, UK’s longest-serving monarch, dies at 96

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. Buckingham Palace said she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of ...