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,...
Mary Szaroletta
Dec 10, 2012
Mary Szaroletta, 81, of Ontonagon passed away unexpectedly on December 10, 2012 as Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital.
Mary was born in Menominee, MI to Michael and Clara Demeuse on April 10, 1931. She went to school in Menominee and also attended schools of poetry and music. Before marriage, she met her future husband while working at AC...
Linda M. Laplant
Dec 9, 2012
Linda M. (Conklin) LaPlant, 61, of Ontonagon entered Eternal Life on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital.
Linda was born March 3, 1951 in St. Clair, Michigan to Glen and JoAnn Roth. She graduated from Mt. Morris High School with the Class of 1969. She worked as a Nurse's Aide at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital...
Carl Kaurala
Nov 24, 2012
Carl "Burger" Kaurala, 70, of Mass City passed away Saturday, November 24, 2012 at his home.
Burger got his nickname from his childhood friend and neighbor, Mel Sulkanen, because Carl really liked hamburgers!
Carl was born June 25, 1942 in Detroit, MI to parents Charles and Elma (Tauriainen) Kaurala. They lived in Detroit until...
Leo Waisanen
Nov 19, 2012
Leo Waisanen, 89, of Ontonagon passed away Monday, November 19, 2012 at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital.
Leo was born July 21, 1923 in Ontonagon to parents Alex and Jenny (Rautula) Waisanen. He graduated from Ontonagon Area High School in 1943, and was drafted into the United States Army in June, 1943. Leo joined the 142nd Infantry...
Sylvia L. Sorvari
Nov 15, 2012
Sylvia Louise (Myllymaki) Sorvari, 98, of Ontonagon, Michigan, passed away onA November 15, 2012 at the Aspirus Long Term Care Unit in Ontonagon.A
She was born on May 8, 1914 to Erik and Beta Liisa Myllymaki in Rubicon (now Rousseau) Michigan, one of 13 children, on the family farm. A Sylvia grew up on the farm...
Judith Elizabeth Clark
Nov 13, 2012
Judith Elizabeth Clark, 72 of Ontonagon passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Long Term Care Unit.
Judy was born May 27, 1940 in Oconto, WI to parents Jack and Beatrice (Burbey) Flanders. She married Gerald Clark on November 29, 1969. Judy was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Ontonagon,...
Deborah Jean Wiesen
Nov 9, 2012
Deborah Jean (DeGraw) Wiesen, 63, of Rockland went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 9, 2012.
She was born March 28, 1949 in Greenville, MI to Othel and Marion Jean DeGraw. Debbie graduated from Greenville Senior High School in 1967. On February 10, 1968 she married her husband of 44 years, Dave Wiesen....
Gary J. Polakowski, Sr
Oct 31, 2012
Gary J. Polakowski Sr., husband of Karen, father of Gary Jr (Kim), Stephen (Nicole), Edward III (Patty), Andrea (Benner), grandfather to Meagan, Mitchell, Zachary, Reagan, Mason, Isabella, Lila, Darby, Corinne, Caitlin, Noelle, Karmyn, Sydney, Daniel, Abby, Eddie IV, Olivia, Helen, RoseMarie and great-grandfather to Callie, Nikki, and Mikah, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2012 with his wife...
Irene E. Kielcheski
Oct 26, 2012
Irene Estella Kielcheski 97 of Bergland passed away Friday October 26. She was born December 7th 1914 in Greenwood, Wisconsin to the late Elizabeth and Bert Brown.
After high school Irene attended the University of Wisconsin. she was married to George Kenneth Kielcheski on December 18th 1937 in Winter Wisconsin the couple moved to Bergland in...
Lolita Laverne Cole
Oct 15, 2012
Lolita Laverne Cole-Holden, 62, died October 15, 2012 at Omega House in Houghton from smoking.
Lolita was born Lolita Croschere on June 12, 1950 in Rockland, MI. She moved away from the area to Louisiana, Washington and Montana. She returned to the area 16 years ago from Montana with her life partner and husband of 18...
