L’Anse, MI - Patricia A. “Patsy” Lane, age 82 of L’Anse, MI passed away at her home on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 with her loving family by her side. She was born in L’Anse on January 10, 1941 the daughter of the late J. Oliver and Nettie (Bye) Paquette. Patsy graduated from L’Anse ...
LOS ANGELES — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. He was 70. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a ...
HANCOCK — Carolyn “Wendy” (Kaarto) Bertram, who lived in Kohler, Wisconsin, died on July 27, 2023. She was born on November 5, 1940, in Hancock, Michigan to Mabel and Einard Kaarto. Even though they named her Carolyn, she went by Wendy. She was baptized at the Finnish Evangelical ...
New Allouez — Kathleen Ann Jaaskelainen of New Allouez, Michigan passed away on July 27, 2023 with her family by her side. Kathy was born on May 9,1948 in Laurium, Michigan to John Wade and Phillis (Julio) Wade. Kathy was a 1966 graduate of Calumet High School and worked as a medical ...
Mass City — Nancy Rae (Lemantine) Bowman, 71, of Mass City, entered eternal life on July 24, 2023. She was born in January 1952 in Highland Park, MI to Raymond and Francis “Claudine” Lemantine. As a young girl, the family resided in Mass City, moved west and settled in California, then eventually returned to their home town where she has lived ever since. After completing high school, Nancy worked for an electronics plant making micro-semiconductors in California; after her return to Mass City she spent 19 years working for the Head Start program, and then retired in 2019 after ...
Calumet — Esko Joel Carlson, 7, the soft heart Loving boy of Joel and Kara (Blomquiste) Carlson suddenly passed away Friday, July 28, 2023, while swimming with his friends. Esko was born on August 30, 2015, in Watertown, South Dakota, and resided there until moving with his family to make their home in Calumet this past January. He was attending school at the Lake Linden Elementary School. Esko was a member of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in Hancock. He loved playing cowboy, shooting guns, riding his bike and swimming with his friends. Preceding him in death were his ...
