Obituaries
Lawrence Alvin Magaraggia
May 2, 2019
Lawrence Alvin Magaraggia, age 86 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born January 9, 1933 in Caspian, MI son of Giuseppe and Emma (Lincastro) Magaraggia. Larry graduated from Stambaugh High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War Era. Larry...
Mary M (Turpeinen) Peterson
Apr 27, 2019
Mary M. (Turpeinen) Peterson, age 73 of Alston, MI passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse with her family at her side following a lengthy illness. Mary was born May 22, 1946 in L’Anse, MI to Willard and Mae (Wiiki) Turpeinen. She attended the Laird School and graduated from Baraga High School...
Rodney James Bolton
Apr 23, 2019
Rodney (Rod) James Bolton, age 89 of L’Anse, MI passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse with his loving family at his side. Rod was born February 23, 1930 in Baraga, MI son of Marion (Lasinski) Bolton. He attended school in L’Anse. Rod married the love of his life, Barbara Johnson, on August...
James Alfred Kokko
Apr 17, 2019
James A Kokko, age 65 of Baraga, MI passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, WI. He was born August 30, 1953 in Ishpeming, MI son of Raymond and Elizabeth (Haataja) Kokko. Jim graduated from Baraga High School in 1971. He married the former Norma Tahtinen on August 26, 1972 in Baraga....
Irma Mildred (Leppanen) Haanpaa
Apr 15, 2019
Irma Mildred Haanpaa age 92 of L’Anse passed away on April 15, 2019, at Baraga County Memorial Hospital with family by her side. She was born February 11, 1927, in Ann Arbor, MI the daughter of Hilma (Tikkanen) and Nestor Leppanen. Irma was married to Robert Haanpaa on June 9, 1962. Irma was everyone’s caretaker. There wasn’t a family...
James Edward Fish
Apr 6, 2019
James “Jim” Edward Fish, age 78 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. He was born August 10, 1940 in L’Anse, MI son of Donald and Isabelle (Johnson) Fish. Jim graduated from L’Anse High School in 1959. At age 16 he went to a Tiger tryout camp that was held in...
Mary Elizabeth (Lyle) Mundo
Mar 24, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Mundo, age 79 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. Mary was born May 27, 1939 in Paw Paw, MI daughter of Kenneth and Dorothy (Knoll) Lyle. She graduated from Decatur High School in 1957 and then received an Associate Degree from Hope College. While living in Van Buren County...
Paul "PJ" Edward LeClaire
Mar 23, 2019
Paul “PJ” Edward LeClaire Jr, age 49 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at his home with his family by his side after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born December 20, 1969 in L’Anse, MI son of Paul and Ann (Erickson) LeClaire. PJ graduated from L’Anse High School in 1988. He was married...
Robert Evert Godell
Mar 19, 2019
Robert Godell, 97, of Watton entered into his eternal rest on March 19, 2019 at his home. The youngest of eleven children with an age span of twenty-two years, Robert was born the seventh son. As family legend has it, his birth on a perfect autumn day, Sunday, October 2, 1921, caused Watton’s baseball team to forfeit a winning...
Rosamond Marie (Rolof) Bianco
Mar 17, 2019
Rosamond Marie Bianco, age 89 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 16, 1929 in Copper City, MI daughter of Albert and Rose (Schmidlin) Rolof. Rosamond graduated from L’Anse High School in 1947. While in high school she worked at Mazda Theatre, then after graduation she...
Scott David Anderson
Mar 3, 2019
Scott David Anderson, age 60 of L’Anse, MI passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. He was born February 19, 1959 in Iron Mountain, MI son of Donald and Barbara (Kunick) Anderson. He graduated from Kingsford High Scholl in 1976. After high school Scott worked as an ink man for a printing press in...
Oliver E Maki
Feb 12, 2019
Oliver E. Maki, age 95 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at The Lighthouse in Hancock, MI. He was born May 10, 1923 in Mass, MI son of Samuel and Kate (Pirkola) Maki. During WWII he worked in the CC camps. Oliver married Irene Saari in Detroit where he lived since 1943 and worked in...
Bernard LaFernier
Feb 10, 2019
Bernard “Ben” LaFernier, age 69 of Baraga, MI passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at The Lighthouse in Hancock, MI. He was born July 12, 1949 in Baraga son of Bernard and Virginia (Kunick) LaFernier Sr. Ben was in the U.S. Army serving during the Vietnam War. He worked for Donnie Santti logging in the woods. Ben enjoyed...
Eleanor Jean (Cardinal) Moede
Feb 10, 2019
Eleanor Jean Moede, age 68 of Baraga, MI passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse. She was born December 30, 1950 in Baraga, MI daughter of James and Frances (Jondreau) Cardinal. Eleanor worked at Briggs & Stranton in Milwaukee for about 30 years. In 2000 she moved back to Baraga and worked at the...
Maria Dianne Mustonen
Feb 7, 2019
Maria Dianne Mustonen, age 73 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at The Lighthouse in Hancock, MI. She was born October 2, 1945 in L’Anse, MI daughter of Reino and Elsa (Siivola) Mustonen. Maria graduated from Jeffers High School in 1963 and received a bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology from MTU in 1967. Maria worked...
Florence Marie (Dudo) Smith
Feb 4, 2019
Florence Marie Smith, age 102 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse. She was born August 16, 1916 in Goodman, WI daughter of John and Catherine (Egnarski) Dudo. As a child Florence lived in Pulaski, WI and attended L’Anse High School, later she lived in Chicago for a while where married...
Frances T (VanAbel) Brunet
Jan 18, 2019
Frances T Brunet, age 91 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Friday, January 18, 2019 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. She was born November 7, 1927 in Pequaming, MI daughter of Raymond and Ruth (Perry) VanAbel. Frannie graduated from L’Anse High School. She married Raymond Pierre Brunet. Frannie worked as an admitting clerk at Baraga County Hospital. She loved to...
David Uno Haapala
Jan 14, 2019
David Uno Haapala, age 71 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Monday, January 14, 2019 at his home. He was born May 13, 1947 in Ironwood, MI son of Uno and Hulda (Korsman). David grew up in the western U.P., and received his high school diploma from Ontonagon. In the early 60’s he sailed on the Great Lakes, Valley Camp...
Timothy Lowell Watchorn
Jan 12, 2019
Timothy Watchorn, age 56 of Sault Ste Marie, MI passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Omega House in Houghton, MI. He was born June 12, 1962 in Sault Ste Marie, MI son of James and Alice (Carlson) Watchorn. Tim grew up in Sault Ste Marie. He played hockey as goalie, from age 6 until into his...
Maxine H (Harty) Dempsey
Jan 11, 2019
Maxine Harty Dempsey, age 88 of Traverse City, MI passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Bayside Village in L’Anse, MI. She was born March 13, 1930 in Traverse City, MI daughter of Samuel and Ruth (VanWagner) Harty. Maxine graduated from Grand Traverse High School in 1948. She married William J. Dempsey on June 5, 1948 and they...
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