Obituaries

Aug 2, 2008

Charlotte (Bowers) Paulson 81 of Ontonagon passed away Saturday, August 2, 2008 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, WI of a massive heart attack.

She was born October 6, 1926 in Marenisco, MI to Vern & Lurenda Bowers. Charlotte attended the Ontonagon High School.

She is survived by her daughters Renda (William) McCormick of...

Jul 29, 2008

Jay H. Zimmer, age 90, died on July 29, 2008 at the Aspirus Ontonagon Long Term Care Unit. Jay is survived by Ruth (Henry), his wife of 61 years; brothers Francis (Fritz) and Gene and sisters Betty and Darline (Roden); children Sally of Mt. Pleasant, MI, James of Hibbing MN, Mary (David Blackwell) of College Station, TX, and...

Jul 29, 2008

Jacob Walter Luokka 74 of Ontonagon passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Long Term Care Unit.

He was born June 23, 1934 in Portage Township to the late Jacob & Regina (Karvonen) Luokka. Jacob loved to watch sports, especially the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings. He liked to hunt and fish and...

Jul 20, 2008

Tyne Alma Gustava Ruotanen Kekke July 20, 2008 after a long battle with cancer, Tyne Kekke age 86 passed away at Aspirus Long Term Care surrounded by her family.

On November 6, 1921 Tyne was born in Ontonagon, Michigan on the family farm, To William and Alma Ruotanen. Tyne married Theodore Kekke in Mass City on...

Jul 15, 2008

Patricia Ruth Mariacher 77 of Rockland passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at home with her loving husband Robert J. Mariacher and family by her side.

She was born in Boyne City, MI on December 12, 1930 to Alfred Roach and Evelyn Roberts. She was a registered nurse at Bayside Village in L'Anse, MI for...

Jul 5, 2008

Rudolph "Rudy" Arkelin 87, a long time resident of Ontonagon, MI passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2008 at the Maple Manor Nursing Center.

Rudy was born in Rockland near Miswald Siding on his parent's farm on July 3, 1921, son of the late John and Wilhelmina (Koskela) Arkelin.

He was employed by the...

Jul 1, 2008

Annabelle M. Bigge, 95, of Ontonagon, Michigan, passed away at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital on July 1, 2008. Annabelle was born in Park Falls, Wisconsin, on July 29, 1912, to Henry and Anna (Boyer) Hoefferle. She was the sixth of eight children and was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Henry (Nonie), Clarence and Elmer (LaVerne) and sisters...

Jun 29, 2008

Delilah Pearl (Picotte) Hamm died on Sunday, June 29, 2008, at Aspirus Ontonagon Memorial Hospital's LCU facility.

She was born on March 4, 1918, to Joseph Picotte and Delia Brooks.

She married Lawrence Hamm on April 6, 1935 in Ontonagon. They had been married 73 wonderful years at the time of her passing.

Jun 26, 2008

FREDERICK J. GLASER, JR. LANSING, IL Frederick J. Glaser, Jr., age 65, of Lansing, IL, formerly of Ontonagon, MI, passed away Thursday, June 26, 2008.

He is survived by sisters: Penelope (Daniel) Rellis of Lansing, IL, Carol (Vern) Dalback of Manchaca, TX, Jean Lockhart of Ontonagon, MI and Joan (George) Nygard of Ontonagon, MI; brother, Bill...

Jun 25, 2008

Kathleen Livingston 82 of Ontonagon died the morning of June 25, 2008 at the Maple Manor Nursing Center in Ontonagon.

Kathleen was born April 1, 1926 to Albert Francis and Mary Ellen (Webb) Livingston in Hibbing, MN.

Kathleen is survived by her sister Pat Roehm of Ontonagon, brother Arthur James "Bud" Livingston of Arlingon,...

Jun 22, 2008

Robert "Bob" L. Fitze, a longtime resident of Ontonagon passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2008 after a lengthy stay at St. Joseph Hospital in Marshfield, WI.

He was born in Antigo, WI on September 2, 1924, the second son of the late Harry and Laura Belle (Hibbard) Fitze. He graduated from Tomahawk High School in...

Jun 21, 2008

In February, 1959, Tom Hartzell first visited the Porcupine Mountains as a sophomore member of the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire ski team to ski in the downhill event of the central intercollegiate Four Event Championships. Two years later, after graduating from UW, Superior with a Bachelors Degree in Education, Tom returned to Ontonagon with his wife Lori,...

Jun 14, 2008

August Moses "Augie" Huotari 86 of Mass City passed away Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital.

He was born September 4, 1921 in East Branch to the late Henry and Anna (Heikkinen) Huotari. After graduating high school, Augie served in the Army during World War II. During the war, he was held as a...

Jun 13, 2008

Marjorie Razmus 90 passed away Friday, June 13, 2008 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital's Long Term Care Unit.

She was born March 25, 1918 in Rockland to the late Henry and Anna (Messener) Gagnon. She was united in marriage to Leo Razmus.

Marge and Leo managed the White Pine Inn until Leo's death in 1968....

Jun 11, 2008

On Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Debbie Myrblom with her family by her side was called home to be with the Lord.

She was born to William and Darlene Dorvinen on July 3, 1957. Debbie was united in marriage to Jerry Myrblom, her partner and best friend on March 31, 2001. They enjoyed camping, hiking and had...

Jun 11, 2008

Reino J. Aho, 92, of Ontonagon, formerly of Southfield and Farmington Hills, passed away at Maple Manor Nursing Center on Wednesday, June 11,2008. He was born in White Pine, Michigan, the son of John and Minnie Aho.

Reino grew up on the family farm in Green, Michigan. He served in the Michigan CC Corps. Reino was...

Jun 3, 2008

Muriel E. Miller, 81 of Ontonagon, passed away June 3, 2008 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital

She was born in Ogema, WI. She came to the area with her parents as a young child and attended Ontonagon Area Schools.

Muriel married Edward F. Miller on July, 11, 1947 in Milwaukee, WI. They resided there until...

May 30, 2008

Aileen Sophia Nygard, 96, passed away May 30, 2008 in the presence of her family at Omega House in Houghton.

Born March 29, 1912, Aileen was the daughter of William and Maria Baasi of Iron, Minnesota. She married a handsome young man, Arthur Nygard in September, 1933 and they were later blessed with two loving children,...

May 28, 2008

Donald "Whiz" White 70 of Ontonagon died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital.

He was born January 30, 1938 in Laurium, MI son of Herman & Caroline (Hicks) White.

He was a 1955 graduate of Ontonagon High School and was employed at Smurfit-Stone Container for over 40 years, retiring in 2001.

May 25, 2008

Robert E. Stratton 89 passed away May 25, 2008 at the Maple Manor Nursing Center in Ontonagon.

He was born in Greenland, MI at the Adventure Location on September 10, 1918 to Nelson John Stratton and Bertha Nancarrow.

Robert was married to Lennagene Rossman. He entered military service in March 1941 and served in...