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Obituaries

George Edward Sloan

George Edward Sloan (Ed), 89, of Beltsville, MD, passed away May 31, 2025 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. A graveside service will take place at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton on July 24, 2025 at 11:00 am. Ed was born to Alta LaVerne (Zimmerman) and Paul Stuart Sloan on ...

John Wayne Mattila

John Wayne Mattila, 69, of Iron Mountain passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at Marshfield Medical Center - Dickinson. He was born in Hancock, MI, on Dec. 28, 1955, the son of Uno and Impi (Koupus) Mattila. John was a graduate of Jeffers High School. On Dec. 20, 1991, John was married to the ...

Richard J. Brey

Ripley: Richard J. Brey, 82 of Ripley, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at the Omega House in Houghton following a lingering illness. Richard grew up and lived in Ripley for much of his life, being part of his family's ownership of the Copper Bowl Lanes. In 1993 he moved downstate and ...

Jean Maki

Chassell — A Memorial service for Jean Ethelyn Maki, 85, a resident of Chassell, who passed away Thursday, June 5, 2025, at the Medora House of Portage Pointe in Hancock, where she had been a patient since September of 2024, will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 26, 2025, at S.S. Peter & ...

Bette M. Rucker

Bette Marie Rucker, of Howell, Michigan, 85, passed away July 3, 2025 following a long illness. Born February 1, 1940, in Houghton, Michigan, Bette was the daughter of Sylvia & Francis “Rosie” Richard. She was a 1958 graduate of Houghton High School. Bette, and her 4 daughters, were ...

Emil Klemett

Emil Alrick "Rick" Klemett, age 82, of Fenton, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2025. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at The Chapel of Holy Innocents at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 600 N. Adelaide St, Fenton (The Mass will be live streamed and can ...