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Obituaries

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 ...

Bernard Shaw, CNN’s 1st chief anchor, dies at 82

NEW YORK — Bernard Shaw, former CNN anchor and a pioneering Black journalist remembered for his blunt question at a presidential debate and calmly reporting the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 from Baghdad as it was under attack, has died. He was 82. He died of pneumonia, unrelated to ...

Nina M. Backon

Nina M. Backon, 47, a resident of Houghton, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at home due to a pulmonary embolism. She was born on February 26, 1975, in Hancock, to Robert and the late Sandra (Rintala) Backon. She was raised in Houghton and graduated from Houghton High ...

Terri Paremsky

Terri Paremsky, 64, resident of Hancock Michigan, passed away Friday morning August 26, 2022 at Aurora Bay Medical Center in Green Bay Wisconsin , where she was a patient for a month. She was born on August 15, 1958 in Hancock MI, daughter of the late Edward and Janet (Rule) Raffaelli. Terri ...

Deborah Mann

Passed away on 08/30/22 Searching our souls to navigate this tragic loss of our loved one, Deborah Mann and the grief that follows. Deborah (Debbie) Ann Crockatt, 64, was born in Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada on April 1, 1958 to Wally & Janet Crockatt. Debbie was the eldest of three ...