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Obituaries

Dorothy Harjala

COPPER CITY — Dorothy Harjala, age 96, a resident of Copper City, Michigan, passed away peacefully on Friday April 15, 2022, at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. A graveside funeral service will be held in the spring at the Lakeview Cemetery in Calumet. More details to come. ...

Michael Wallace Orcutt

WHITE PINE — Michael Wallace Orcutt, 82, of White Pine Michigan, passed away on April 5, 2022, at Juliette Manor in Berlin, Wisconsin. Mike was born in Ashland, Wisconsin, to J.P. and Thelma Orcutt on September 27, 1939, his mother‘s birthday also being September 27, 24 years prior. In ...

James Spehar

GAY — James Spehar, age 76, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022, at UP Health System - Portage after years spent battling Lymphoma thought to be due to exposure to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. James was born in Detroit on March 6, 1946, to parents Edward and Helen (Sterbenz) Spehar. ...

Janet Ann Locatelli

CALUMET — Janet Ann Locatelli, 85, passed to eternal life on April 6, 2022, at Gardenview Assisted Living, where she had been a resident for six months following a lengthy battle with cancer. Janet was born in Laurium on October 7, 1936, the eldest child and only daughter of Anthony J. and ...

Brian Dale Jackman

LAURIUM — Brian Dale Jackman, age 62, passed away on January 23, 2022. He was born in Laurium, Michigan. Brian was in the navy and honorably discharged. He did tours on the USS Fanning and was an engineer plant operator. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Brian was a character and made ...

June M. Kauppi

HANCOCK — June M. Kauppi, 94, a former resident of Hancock and the Arbor Green Senior Living Community, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at the Pewabic House of Portage Pointe in Hancock where she had been a resident patient since this past June. The Memorial Chapel Funeral & ...