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Obituaries

Louis DePuydt

Louis G. DePuydt was born in Detroit to Norbert C (Bud) and Mary Suzanne (Ouellette) DePuydt on Nov. 25, 1960, and passed away Sept. 21, 2025, in Marquette. He was the youngest of seven children. He was a 1979 graduate of Jeffers High School in Painesdale. He worked as a carpenter for ...

Ronald Shuford

HANCOCK — Ronald Shuford, 89, a resident of Hancock, passed away Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, at UP Health System-Portage Hospital following a short illness. The Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation Service - Hancock Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements, which will be ...

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died

Jane Goodall, the intellectual, soft-spoken conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking, immersive chimpanzee field research in which she documented the primates' distinct personalities and use of tools, has died. She was 91. The environmental advocate became a beloved household name who ...

Kim Strieter

Kim Mark Strieter, 70, of Lake Linden, passed away on Sept. 26, 2025, after suffering a heart attack at his home. He is survived by his two sons, Robert Strieter and Connor Strieter; his bonus children, Gabrielle Beaudoin and Al Chapman; siblings, Ted (Kay) Strieter, Doug (Jane) Strieter, ...

Phyllis Gildersleeve

LIMINGA — Longtime area resident, Phyllis Gildersleeve, 90, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, at the Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, Wisconsin. She was born Nov. 15, 1934, in Crystal Falls, Michigan, daughter of Peter and Marion LeGault. Phyllis attended ...

Raymond Gerard

Raymond Glenn Gerard, of Calumet, passed away on Sept. 27, 2025, at Corewell Wayne Hospital in Wayne, Michigan. Ray was born on April 11, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan to Carl and Geri Gerard. Ray graduated from Franklin High School in Livonia, Michigan.  He met the love of his life, Gail, ...