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Obituaries

Shirley Arvo

HOUGHTON - Shirley Ann (Cooperider) Arvo was born on December 29, 1934, in Unionville Center, Ohio, to William (Lloyd) and Sylvia Aliina (Lassila) Cooperider. At the age of three, her family moved to Hancock, MI. She was raised in Hancock and graduated from the Hancock High School with the ...

Ronald E. Miilu

MASS CITY — Ronald E. Miilu, age 90, of Mass City died peacefully at the home he shared with his son, where he had been under the care of Regional Hospice. Ron was born May 6, 1935 in Pequaming, to the late Loretta (Maher) and Edwin “Eppie” Miilu. His mother having died when Ronnie was ...

Shirley Arvo

HOUGHTON - Shirley Ann (Cooperider) Arvo was born on December 29, 1934, in Unionville Center, Ohio, to William (Lloyd) and Sylvia Aliina (Lassila) Cooperider. At the age of three, her family moved to Hancock, MI. She was raised in Hancock and graduated from the Hancock High School with the ...

Bruce R. Pyykkonen

LAKE LINDEN —Bruce R. Pyykkonen, 82, of Lake Linden, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2025. Visitation will be from 2:00 until 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at the Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden, followed by a prayer service with Pastor Jared Howard to officiate, at the ...

Marmaduke ‘Duke’ Trebilcock

Marmaduke John "Duke" Trebilcock passed away on January 8th, 2026 at his home in Ontonagon, Michigan at the age of 86 with his family by his side. Duke was born on November 12th, 1939 in Ontonagon, Michigan to Marmaduke A. and Bertha S. (White) Trebilcock. He attended school and lived all of ...

Irene Mae Edgar

HANCOCK — Irene Mae Edgar, 81, the woman who loved everyone and was a lifelong resident of Hancock, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 5, 2026 at Canal View - Houghton County. She was born in Hancock on November 16, 1944 to the late Lawrence, Sr. and Elmira Peltier. She belonged to ...