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Martin Pelland

LAKE LINDEN — Martin Pelland, 98, former resident of Lake Linden, and World War II Veteran, passed away in Greenfield, Wisconsin, on March 25, 2025. Military Honors will be conducted by the Copper Country Veterans Association at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28, in Section G, at the Lakeview Cemetery in Calumet.  The Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden is in charge of arrangements.

Pastor Kenneth Toth

“This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it” Psalm 118:24 Funeral services will be held for Pastor Kenneth Toth on May 22 at the Siskiwit Reception Hall on Pine Street in Calumet. Visitation begins at 10:30 a.m. with a Celebration of Life service at 11 a.m. There will be fellowship after the service. There will be a Military service at 1:30 p.m. The Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home is assisting the family. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.ericksoncrowleypeterson.com.

Dorthea Fricke

HURONTOWN — Dorthea M. Fricke, 96, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and a former resident of Hurontown and the Bluff’s Senior Living Community in Houghton, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at The Winfield at Richmond Heights Assisted Living under the care of Hospice of Western Reserve, ...

Carol Benaglio

HOUGHTON — Carol Jean Benaglio, 86, of Houghton, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2025, at the Portage Pointe Nursing Home in Hancock, where she had been a resident for the past two and a half years. Carol was born Dec. 24, 1938, in Ishpeming, the daughter of Edgar and Gladys Curtis of ...

Sally Weathersby

AHMEEK — Sally Druskovich Weathersby (formerly Dr. Sally Orr), 68, a resident of Ahmeek, passed away at peace and in comfort Wednesday, May 7, 2025, after a 15-month fight with incurable brain cancer. Her final two weeks were at the Omega House, Houghton, where she received the absolute best ...

Mary Billings

Mary Louise (DeLoof) Billings) passed away on Dec. 14, 2024, at Canal View-Houghton County medical care facility in Hancock. Born on July 4, 1933, in Lansing, to immigrant parents from Belgium and Russia, she graduated from high school in 1952 and then attended Lansing L.P.N. School, ...