Clarence L. Penegor
Apr 7, 2013
Clarence Leroy Penegor, 92, of Sun Prairie, WI passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013 in Sun Prairie.
He was born March 31, 1921 in Rockland, MI to Clarence Augustus Penegor and Mabel Lockabee. He retired from the Ontonagon Paper Mill in 1986. Clarence and his wife, Marian have resided in Sun Prairie, WI for the past...
Michael J. Welsh
Apr 4, 2013
Michael J. Welsh, 65, of Bruce Crossing passed away April 4, 2013 at his home.
Mike was born on Sept 30, 1947 in Yale, MI to the late Frank and Elaine (Swan) Welsh.
Mike was employed by General Motors in the Sanitization department. Mike married the former Amy Davis and they moved from Lower...
Susan Hjordis Pinkerton
Apr 4, 2013
Susan Hjordis Pinkerton, 55, of Bruce Crossing, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister began her new life with God on April 4, 2013.
She was born in Wakefield on March 24, 1958 to William and Hjordis (Maki) Hiitola. She graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School and was united in marriage to John Pinkerton on April 15,...
Robert W. Silver
Mar 24, 2013
Robert Wallace Silver, 53, of Ontonagon passed away March 24, 2013 at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Long Term Care Unit.
Robert is survived by his mother, Roberta Silver; brother Scott (Peggy) Silver; and nieces Lauren (Ken) Seid, Natalie Silver and Miranda Silver.
He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Silver.
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Barbara J. Nissen
Mar 14, 2013
Barbara Jean Nissen (nee Berryman), 78, of Green, MI, died on the evening of March 14th at Marquette General Hospital after a long health battle.
Barbara was born in the Copper Country on November 25th, 1934 and joined in marriage to John Wilbert Nissen on September 18th, 1954. Married for almost forty-five years before her husband's...
George Dowd Mogan
Mar 11, 2013
George Dowd Mogan, age 84, passed away on March 11, 2013 after an extended illness.
George was born October 7, 1928 in Neenah, Wisconsin to Cyril Arlington Mogan and Dorothy Donelda Dowd Mogan. He attended Ontonagon Schools, graduating in 1946. Upon graduation, George entered the US Army and served 7 years including service in occupied Japan...
Dorothy M. Picotte
Feb 28, 2013
Dorothy Picotte, 90 of Ontonagon passed away February 28, 2013 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital.
Dorothy was born in (Huron Town) Houghton, MI August 6, 1922. She went to school in Rousseau and Ontonagon. Dorothy married Robert "Bud" Picotte in 1944. She had many jobs; cook at Wager's restaurant, the Doughnut Shop and head cook at the...
John "Arnie" Arnold Hilden
Feb 22, 2013
John Arnold (Arnie) Hilden, a longtime Ontonagon resident and businessman, died Friday, Feb. 22 at the Ontonagon Long Term Care Facility, where he had been a resident since last spring. He was 95.
He was known to everyone as "Arnie" and for many years operated a silk-screen printing business as well as a rooming house and...
Florence B. Martin
Feb 9, 2013
Florence B. Martin, 93, ofA Ontonagon, MI, passed away onA February 9, 2013,A at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital's Long Term Care Unit.
FlorenceA was born April 15, 1919 inA Greenland, MI daughter of James and Laura Truscott. SheA graduated fromA Greenland High School in 1937.
FlorenceA married Bennie Martin; making their home in Madison Heights,...
Kenneth C. Fredrickson
Feb 3, 2013
Kenneth C. Fredrickson died on February 3, 2013 at the age of 79. He died at his Rockland home under the care of Aspirus Keweenaw Hospice after a lengthy illness.
Ken was born in Rockland MI on April 23, 1933 to Elsie (Oman) and Herbert (Spike) Fredrikson. The family later moved to Victoria where he spent...
Antoinette "Toni" Jean Hokans
Jan 29, 2013
Antoinette "Toni" Hokans, 69, of Ontonagon passed away January 29, 2013 at her home.
Toni was born on June 20, 1943 in Matchwood Township to Anton and Helen (Smith) Malnar. She married Gene Hokans on July 27, 1963 in Ewen.
Toni was active in 4-H and taught Catechism. She enjoyed reading, playing cards and...
Signe M. Anderson
Jan 21, 2013
Signe M. Anderson, 87, of Trout Creek, passed away peacefully at Bayside Village in L'Anse on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, where she had been cared for like family since April.
She was born Aug. 19, 1925, in Trout Creek, the daughter of Edward and Reeta (Leinonen) Anderson. She moved to Detroit following graduation from Trout Creek...
Mary I. Wagner
Jan 18, 2013
Mary Ione Wagner, 85, of Ontonagon passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood.
Mary was born in Detroit to Bernard and Grace (Hermann) Byrnes on May 6, 1927. She graduated from St. Mary's Redford High School. Mary was an excellent stenographer, and following graduation, she worked at a grocery store,...
Jack Hermanson
Jan 17, 2013
Jack "Yuska" Hermanson, 68, of Mass City passed away unexpectedly on January 17, 2013 at his home.
Jack was born in Ontonagon on February 24, 1944 to Walfred and Alma (Kemppainen) Hermanson. He attended the Mass School. Jack worked in the woods for the railroad and was employed at the White Pine Copper Mine for ten...
Dorothy J. Kero
Jan 12, 2013
Dorothy J. Kero, 75, of Ontonagon passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Bayside Village Nursing Home in L'Anse, where she had been a residence since June 2012.
Dorothy was born August 9, 1937 in Ontonagon; the daughter of Arthur and Ester Besson. She married Ralph Kero on July 27, 1957. He preceded her...
Dorothy F. Bessen
Jan 5, 2013
Dorothy F. Bessen, 88, of Ewen, passed away January 5, 2013 in Two Rivers, WI. She was born on December 25, 1924 to the late Harry and Beatrice (Carr) Albright.
Dorothy attended Ewen High School, graduating in 1942 and attended secretary school in Duluth, MN. She married Ernest Bessen in 1945 and they made their home...
Joan K. Steber
Dec 31, 2012
Joan (Locher) Steber of White Pine passed away Monday, December 31, 2012 at the Omega House in Houghton, surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Joan was born on June 5th, 1943 in Chicago Illinois to her parents, Quentin and Verna Locher. Joan graduated from Calumet High School in 1961 and soon after found the man...
Pauline M. Mansell
Dec 27, 2012
Pauline M. Mansell, 82, of Ontonagon passed away December 27, 2012 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital.
She was born July 9, 1930 to Napoleon and Cecile (Poisson) Parent in Hubbell, MI. Following her graduation from Lake Linden High School, Pauline served in the United States Army as part of the Women's Army Corps.
Pauline worked...
Randall D. Ruotanen
Dec 27, 2012
Randall (Randy) Dean Ruotanen, 55, most recently of Laurel, Maryland, passed away on Dec. 27 while visiting his native Ontonagon.
Ruotanen, the son of the late Leroy Ruotanen and Jeanette Roehm Reetz, was visiting his mother in Ontonagon during the holidays when he passed. An avid outdoorsman who loved hunting, the beach and skiing, he suffered...
Ann Rene Domitrovich Hicks
Dec 11, 2012
On December 11, 2012, in Rochester, Minnesota, Ann Rene Hicks Domitrovich, of Ontonagon, Michigan, unexpectedly passed away, at the age of 48, from complications related to auto-immune hepatitis. She is survived by her spousal love of 15 years and father to her children, Jerry Gravely; her two daughters, Elise (Michael Norbotton) Strader, and Danica Hicks; her two grandsons,...
