OBITUARIES
Ethel Raunio
Feb 29, 2008
Ethel P. Raunio, 92, Crystal Falls, passed away Friday, February 29, 2008, at her home. She was born October 17, 1915, in Amherstburg, Ont., Canada, daughter of the late Lloyd and Margaret (Foote) Bratt. Ethel married Isaac Raunio on September 1, 1951, in Bowling Green, Ohio. He preceded her in death on January 19, 1994. Ethel worked for Michigan Bell...
Charles Davis
Feb 28, 2008
Charles (Pete) Edward Davis, 74, of Florence, Wis., passed away Thursday, February 28, 2008, at Dickinson Memorial Hospital, Iron Mountain, Mich. He was born April 15, 1933, in Tipler, Wis., son of the late Arvie Smith and Lucille (Martinson) Davis. In December 1953 he married Mary Meyers and they had five children together. In July 1986 he married Joyce Wilson....
Lawrence Thompson
Feb 28, 2008
Lawrence W. 'Larry' Thompson, 51, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Iron Mountain, Mich. died peacefully Thursday, February 28, 2008, at his home in Phoenix. He was born October 30, 1956, in Leesville, Louisiana son of Michael and Judith (Tutas) Thompson. Larry was raised in Iron Mountain and graduated from Immaculate Conception Grade School and Kingsford High School. Larry was a...
Dora Bandaccari
Feb 24, 2008
Dora Marie Bandaccari, 90, of the Tobin Location, Crystal Falls, died Sunday February 24, 2008, at Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls, where she had been a resident since July 18, 2007. She was born November 11, 1917, in Greenland, Mich., daughter of the late Charles and Maria (Sundretto) Bandaccari. Dora moved to Crystal Falls as a child and...
Eric Barker
Feb 23, 2008
Eric M. Barker, 47, of Florence, Wis., passed away peacefully February 23, 2008, at his home surrounded by family, after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was born March 31, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wis., son of Marvin and Opal (Lytle) Barker. Eric was raised in Pembine, Wis. and graduated from Pembine High School in 1978. He moved to Kingsford,...
Helen Stary
Feb 22, 2008
Helen (Abraham) Stary, 97, Crystal Falls, Mich., passed away Friday, February 22, 2008, at Golden Living Center, Florence, Wis. Helen was born on May 24, 1910, in Chicago, Ill., daughter of the late Frank and Martha (Kugler) Abraham. She married Samuel Galvin and later Anthony Stary. They preceded her in death. During WWII Helen worked for Quartermaster Corp. and later...
Lillian Donovan
Feb 19, 2008
Lillian B. Donovan, 92, of Iron Mountain, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at ManorCare Health Services, Kingsford. She was born March 5, 1915, in Vulcan, Mich., daughter of the late Digory and Annie (Waters) Harfoot. Graveside services will be held Mondy, February 25, 2008, 11:00 AM, at Norway Township Cemetery, Norway, Mich. Friends may leave condolences and tributes to...
Audrey Shakoian
Feb 17, 2008
Audrey Shakoian, 89, of Florence, Wis., died Sunday February 17, 2008, at the Golden Living Center, Florence. She was born November 30, 1918, in Woodstock, Ill., daughter of the late Robert and Mary (Hopper) Anderson. Audrey married Jerry Shakoian on December 18, 1936. He preceded her in death in 1999. Audrey and her husband lived in Kenosha, Wis. and moved...
Walter Shedlak
Feb 16, 2008
Walter "Siodlak" Shedlak, 81, Florence, died Saturday February 16, 2008, at home. He was born September 18, 1926, in Portage, Penn., son of the late John and Ann (Sorvinsky) Shedlak. At age two, Walter traveled to Poland with his family, where he was raised. He married the former Stefanie Rokicki in 1956, in Poland. At the age of 37, Walter...
Lillie Goodlink
Feb 15, 2008
Lillie Clemens Goodlink, 86, of Crystal Falls, died Friday, February 15, 2008, at the Iron County Community Hospital, Iron River. She was born November 5, 1921, in Detroit, daughter of the late Winchester and Lillie Alberta (Clemens) Bartram. On November 28, 1947, in Papineau, Illinois she married Robert L. Goodlink. He preceded her in death in 1960. Lillie was a...
Eugene Branz
Feb 13, 2008
Eugene P. Branz, 80, of Iron Mountain, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at Manorcare Health Services, Kingsford. Gene was born on November 9, 1927, in Iron Mountain, son of the late Arcadio and Emma (Tenaglia) Branz. He grew up and attended school in Quinnesec. He married Barbara DiBiase on August 19, 1961, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Iron...
Christine Neely
Feb 12, 2008
Christine Marie Neely, 45, of Crystal Falls, died Tuesday, February 12, 2008, at her home surrounded by loving family members after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born November 17, 1962, in Oak Lawn, Illinois, daughter of Frances (Schapiro) Martin, Valparaiso, Indiana, and the late Peter Martin. In 1986 she married Gary Neely in Burbank, Illinois. He...
Beatrice Thorne
Feb 6, 2008
Beatrice Thorne, 94, of Kingsford, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at Freeman Nursing Home, Kingsford. She was born February 2, 1914, in Montclaire, New Jersey, daughter of the late Leonard and Cora (Harris) Usher. Beatrice graduated from Camden School of Nursing in 1936, and married Donovan Henry Woodward the same year. They moved to Lovington, N.M. where they lived...
Clara Scott
Feb 6, 2008
Clara Louise Oberrauch Scott, 90, died of natural causes on February 6, 2008, in the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls, Michigan. Clara was born March 12, 1917, in Highland Park, Illinois. She married Ernest Morgan Scott in Chicago. She lived the last 48 years of her life in Crystal Falls. Clara is preceded in death by her...
Donald Grober
Feb 6, 2008
Donald E. Grober, 80, of Florence, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iron Mountain, with his family by his side. He was born September 5, 1927, in Milwaukee, Wis. son of the late Edwin and Norma (Rosenau) Grober. He married Dorothy C. Chandler on March 26, 1949, his loving wife of 44 years, who...
Angela Battan
Feb 4, 2008
Angela Marie Battan, 27, Crystal Falls, died Monday, February 4, 2008, at home. She was born October 30, 1980, in Crystal Falls, daughter of Charles Battan and Linda Bjork. Angela graduated from Forest Park High School, Class of 1999, and attended Michigan Tech. She loved the farm and most especially the horses she showed at fairs and horse shows. Angela...
Larry Yarck
Feb 3, 2008
Larry W. Yarck, 46, of Spread Eagle, Wis., passed away Sunday, February 3, 2008, at his home. He was born November 8, 1961, in Racine, Wis., son of Larry and Virginia Yarck. Larry moved to Kingsford, Mich. in 1993, and later to Spread Eagle in 2004. Larry was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. Photography of nature...
Nancy Lafave
Feb 3, 2008
Nancy Jean LaFave, 60, of Iron Mountain, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2008, at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, after a long and spirited battle with cancer. She was born on March 10, 1947, in Iron Mountain daughter of James and Elsie (Monosso) Finn. In the summer of 1966, she married George Raymond LaFave in Milwaukee, Wis. Nancy was a 1965...
Peter Podnar
Jan 25, 2008
Peter Podnar, 86, of Florence, passed away Friday, January 25, 2008, with his family by his side at the Golden Living Center, Florence. He was born July 5, 1921, in Florence, son of the late John and Anna (Spolarich) Podnar. He married Barbara Budzak on May 7, 1955, in Florence. Peter served in the US Naval Service-Coast Guard during WWII...
Rosemarie Kuehl
Jan 23, 2008
Rosemarie Kuehl, 80, of Iron Mountain, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at her home. She was born May 11, 1927, in Iron Mountain, daughter of the late Louis and Doris (Carollo) Cini. Rosemarie was a lifelong resident of Iron Mountain and a 1947 graduate of Iron Mountain High School. Together with her parents, Rosemarie owned and operated the Riverside...
