Obituaries
Agnes Martha (King) Johnson
Jun 3, 2016
Agnes Martha Johnson, age 94 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Friday, June 3, 2016 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital She was born October 30, 1921 in Baraga, MI daughter of Richard and Jennifer (Ross) King. Agnes attended Baraga Schools. She married Earl Johnson in 1938 in Baraga; they resided in L’Anse. Agnes was a member of Sacred Heart...
Gloria M (Ellenich) Tahtinen
May 26, 2016
Gloria M. Tahtinen, age 90 of Baraga, MI passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. She was born March 9, 1926 in Pequaming, MI daughter of Joseph and Isabelle (King) Ellenich. Gloria attended school in Baraga. She married Norman Tahtinen on April 25, 1946 in Baraga. Gloria was a devote catholic and a member of...
Pearl Doris (Sjoblom) Toyras
May 21, 2016
Pearl Doris Toyras, age 85 of Aura, MI passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Bayside Village in L’Anse with family at her side. She was born March 16, 1931 in Superior, Wisconsin, daughter of Tyko and Ily (Nikkola) Sjoblom. Pearl graduated from Hancock High School and then went to NMU and received her LPN degree. She married William...
Clarence A Forcia
May 21, 2016
Clarence “Dempsy” Alfred Forcia, age 89 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital with his family by his side. He was born October 28, 1926 in Baraga, MI son of John and Ellen (Hawkins) Forcia. He attended Baraga High School then went into the US Navy. Clarence married Dolores Jokinen on...
Anne Lorraine (Bennett) Beauprey
May 20, 2016
Anne Lorraine Beauprey, age 89 of Sidnaw, MI passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. She was born November 21, 1926 in Sidnaw, MI daughter of Reuben and Anne (Rickart) Bennett. Anne graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School in 1944. She married Frederick Beauprey on November 4, 1946 in Houghton, MI. Ann enjoyed cooking,...
Elvera "Viv" Alina (Johnson) Barda
May 11, 2016
Elvera “Viv” Barda, age 97, of Baraga, MI passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at her home with her niece Mary (Ron) Williams by her side following a lengthy illness. She was born June 27, 1918 in Baraga, daughter of the late Victor and Mary (Osterlund) Johnson. Viv spent her entire life in Baraga, she graduated from Baraga High...
Charles Donald Eilola
May 5, 2016
Charles Donald Eilola, age 78 of Askel, MI passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock, MI. He was born March 11, 1938 in Hancock, MI son of John and Agnes (Keranen) Eilola. Don graduated from John A. Doelle School in Tapiola. He married the former Nancy Hall and they resided in the...
LeRoy Bruce Guindon
Apr 29, 2016
LeRoy Bruce Guindon, age 79, a resident of Harrison Township, Michigan passed Friday, April 29, 2016 at Lakepointe Villa Senior Care & Rehab in Clinton Twp., MI. He was born on September 7, 1936 in Baraga, MI to the late Walter and Edith (Collins) Guindon. LeRoy proudly served his country in the National Guard, United States Coast Guard and...
"Margaret" Boguslawa Morro
Apr 25, 2016
Boguslawa “Margaret" Morro, age 56 of Baraga, MI passed away on Monday, April 25th at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Jacobson Funeral Home.
Alben P Testen
Apr 23, 2016
Alben P. Testen, age 93 of Chicago, IL passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2016 in Lagrange Park, IL He was born May 18, 1922 in L’Anse, MI son of John and Theresa (Gastinich) Testen. Beloved husband of the late Anne nee Wallace, loving father of the late Stanley (Patricia) Testen, cherished grandfather of Michelle Testen and Danielle Testen, adored...
Darlene Ida (Norback) Morin
Apr 19, 2016
Darlene Ida Morin, age 72 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at U P Health System in Marquette, MI. She was born August 30, 1943 in Sidnaw, MI at the McCorry’s House, daughter to Swande and Elizabeth (Provost) Norback. Darlene attended school in Sidnaw through 8th grade and then went to school in Ewen through 10th...
Robert L Everson
Mar 28, 2016
Robert E. Everson, 78 of L'Anse, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 at Bayside Village, L'Anse. He was born September 18, 1937, in L'Anse and attended L'Anse High School. He moved to Brighton, MI in the early sixties to work in the construction field where he lived and worked for 25 years. He returned to L'Anse in the late 80's...
Doug "Shiek" E LeClaire
Mar 20, 2016
Doug "Shiek" E. LeClaire, age 61 passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2016 in Baraga, MI. He was born December 30, 1954 in Hancock, MI son of Melford and Rita (Miron) LeClaire. Doug graduated from Baraga High School in 1973. He played sports, and still holds the track record at BHS for the two mile. He graduated from MTU...
Josephine Margaret (Olszak) Niemi
Mar 19, 2016
Josephine Margaret Niemi, age 91 of Aura, MI, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Shulstad’s Leisure Living, where she has resided for the past year. She was born February 12, 1925 in Ironwood, MI, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Nowak) Olszak. Josie grew up in Ironwood and then moved to the Chicago area. She met and married...
Vern Alfred Marquardt
Mar 18, 2016
Vern Alfred Marquardt, age 93 of L’Anse, MI passed away early on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette, MI. He was born July 5, 1922 in Dixon, South Dakota, son of Adolph and Mary (Faubel) Marquardt. Vern graduated from Morris High School in Minnesota in 1940, and received a B.S. degree in Business...
Ethel S Johnson
Mar 16, 2016
Ethel S Johnson, age 100 of Baraga, MI passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Bayside Village in L’Anse where she had resided for nearly two years. She was born September 20, 1915 in Baraga, daughter to the late Herman and Wendla (Osterholm) Johnson. Ethel graduated Valedictorian from Baraga High School in 1933. She lived in Chicago, Texas, and...
Richard Mark Bruder
Mar 12, 2016
R. Mark Bruder, Bineshee, 3rd Degree Midewiwin. O’shkawbaywis to the Grandfather Drum, Little Boy Water drum, Sacred Fire, and Singer of the Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge. Bineshee, a member of the M’Chigeeng First Nation Band of Ojibwe Anishinabe, on the beautiful Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. He was an artist and craftsman in the Great Lake State of Michigan. He completed...
Frances Mary (Ellenich) Skytta
Mar 8, 2016
Frances Mary Skytta, age 86 of Teal Lake Senior Living Community in Negaunee, MI passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Marquette County Medical Care Facility in Ishpeming, MI with her family at her side. She was born June 4, 1929 in Duluth, MN daughter of Joseph and Isabelle (King) Ellenich. Frances was raised in Baraga, MI. She married...
John Charles Snyder
Mar 5, 2016
John “Jack” Charles Snyder, age 85 of L’Anse passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Bayside Village in L’Anse. He was born December 20, 1930 in L’Anse, MI son of Cecil and Irene (Leonard) Snyder. Jack married the former Marian Matt in 1950 in L’Anse. He worked for Celotex, then hauled for Pettibone and RD Kent Trucking. After he...
Bruce Delowery Anderson
Mar 4, 2016
Bruce Delowery Anderson, age 68 of Ontonagon, MI passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital. He was born October 31, 1947 in Detroit, MI son of Orvil and Marie (Delowery) Anderson. Bruce graduated from Plymouth High School. He was in the US Army 11th Armored Calvary Black Horse Division, during Vietnam War from Sept 1967-69,...
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