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Obituaries

Jolene Harter

CALUMET – Jolene Harter, age 54, a resident of Calumet, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022, after an extended stay at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Calumet, Michigan. Jolene was born on January 5, 1968 to Wayland Novak and Harriette Ross in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. She graduated from ...

John Hanke

COPPER COUNTRY – John Hanke, 90, a lifetime resident of the Copper Country, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away after a long illness surrounded by his wife Lu (Lorraine) and family by his bedside at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Community Living Center in Iron ...

Roy “Ron” Raatikka

HOUGHTON — Roy “Ron” Raatikka, 88, a resident of the Arbor Green Senior Living Community passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022, at the Omega House in Houghton following a short illness. He was born on August 11, 1934, in Bruce Crossing, MI, a son of the late Matthew and Gertrude ...

Robert K. Snortland

HANCOCK — Robert K. Snortland, 87, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Portage Pointe in Hancock, MI. He was born a twin on April 6, 1935, in Sharon, ND, son of the late Olaus E. and Ethel (Kloster). He was raised in Sharon and then graduated from the University of North Dakota. He ...

Rosemarie (Rose) Louise Gemignani

After a long battle with cancer, Rosemarie (Rose) Louise Gemignani, 59, of Hancock, MI passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at her home surrounded by family. Rose was born November 26, 1962, in Hancock, MI to Rose Marie and Tony Pleshe. She graduated in 1981 from Jeffers ...

John Garland

HOWLAND, OH — John Garland, 80, passed away Wednesday evening, May 25, 2022, at the Hospice House in Poland, surrounded by his family. John was born on May 21, 1942, in Berkeley, CA, son of the late Hereford and Dorothy Garland. He was a graduate of Houghton High School in Michigan’s ...