Local obituaries for Jacobs Funeral Homes & Crematory

Dec 21, 2006

Frances M. Beitzel, age 97, of Florence, Wis., passed away Thursday, December 21, 2006, at Florence Villa Nursing Home. She was born October 13, 1909, in Commonwealth, Wis., daughter of the late Edward and Emma (Erickson) Peterson. She grew up in Commonwealth and graduated from Florence High School in 1927. After graduating, she left for Milwaukee and worked for the...

Dec 18, 2006

Tioforio "Ralph" Galletto, age 84, of Amberg, Wis., passed away Monday, December 18, 2006, at his home. He was born March 11, 1922, in Ossining, New York, son of the late Gabriel and Veronica (Fuschini) Galletto. After school, Ralph worked for CC Camps and the railroad. He moved to Chicago where he met his wife, Maude Pearl Ozborn. They lived...

Dec 17, 2006

Lena M. (Bertot) Piche, age 94, of Niagara, Wisconsin, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2006, at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital. She was born December 31, 1911, in Turin, Italy, daughter of the late Zefferino and Bertoldo (Giacomora) Bertot. Lena came to the United States at a young age and resided in Negaunee, Mich. She then moved to Iron Mountain and...

Dec 16, 2006

Apple Valley, Calif.: Delphine E. Zyskowski, age 76, died Saturday, December 16, 2006, at her home in Apple Valley after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease.

She was born in Kingsford, Mich. on December 10, 1930, daughter of the late Elsa (Ojala) and Arthur Holm.

Delphine grew up in Amasa, Mich. and upon graduating from...

Dec 14, 2006

Jack C. Vassar, age 64, of Florence, Wis., passed away Thursday, December 14, 2006, at Florence Villa Nursing Home in Florence. He was born January 5, 1942, in Florence, son of the late Volney and Lillian (Nelson) Vassar. Jack lived in Beloit, Wis. and worked for Consolidated Filling Station. In 1974, he returned to Florence where he worked as a...

Dec 13, 2006

Robert J. Gothe, age 79, of Kingsford, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at the home of his daughter, Patricia (Don) Kauppila of Marquette. He was born October 27, 1927, in Kingsford, Mich., son of the late Walter Emil and Rose Marie (Schlicht) Gothe. Bob graduated from Kingsford High School in 1946. Shortly after graduation, he entered the army and...

Dec 10, 2006

Richard A. Johnson, age 51, of Fence, Wisconsin, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2006 at his home. Visitation will be Friday, December 15, 2006, 9:00 am – 10:00 am, at Jacobs-Lundholm Funeral Home, Florence, Wisconsin. Burial will take place in Fence Cemetery, Fence, Wisconsin in the spring. Friends may leave condolences and tributes to the Johnson family online at www.jacobsfuneralhomes.com...

Dec 10, 2006

Levi C. Neargarth, age 23, of Niagara, Wisconsin, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2006, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Harrison County, Mississippi. He was born January 4, 1983, in Neenah, Wis., son of Joe and Sandy (Jankowski) Neargarth. He lived in Rhinelander, Wis., Pembine, Wis., and Iron Mountain, Mich., before moving to Niagara in...

Dec 10, 2006

Stanley A. Neargarth, age 23, of Niagara, Wisconsin, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2006, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Harrison County, Mississippi. He was born January 4, 1983, in Neenah, Wis., son of Joe and Sandy (Jankowski) Neargarth. He lived in Rhinelander, Wis., Pembine, Wis., and Iron Mountain, Mich., before moving to Niagara in...

Dec 7, 2006

Lawrence A. Newman, formerly of Skandia, Michigan, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2006, at the Veteran Administration Medical Center in Iron Mountain where he has resided for the past year and a half. Private family services were held. Friends may leave condolences and tributes to the Newman family online at www.jacobsfuneralhomes.com The Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron Mountain is taking...

Dec 7, 2006

Laurel (Freistrom-Rosen) Schmalz, age 76, of Florence, Wisconsin, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Dickinson County Healthcare System in Iron Mountain. She was born April 16, 1930, in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Roy and Blanche (McDowell) Freistrom. She married Sid Rosen in Iron Mountain. He preceded her in death on September 11, 1964. She later married Frank...

Dec 1, 2006

Kazimir A. Nareski, age 85, of Autrain, Michigan, passed away Friday, December 1, 2006, at Veteran Administration Medical Center in Iron Mountain. Private family services were held. Friends may leave condolences and tributes to Nareski family online at www.jacobsfuneralhomes.com The Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron Mountain is serving the family.

Nov 28, 2006

James (Jim) Rohrbeck, 81, of Crystal Falls, Michigan, died, November 28, 2006, at Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls. Jim was born March 12, 1925, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served in the Coast Guard during World War II. He was employed for Lather's Local 10 in Milwaukee, before retiring to Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. Jim moved to Crystal Falls...

Nov 28, 2006

Stanley A. Lang, age 95, of Amasa, died Tuesday, November 28, 2006, at his home. He was born December 7, 1910, in Detroit, son of the late Albert and Marcella Lang. On June 17, 1944, he married Anna Pagel. She preceded him in death on August 10, 1998. Stan attended school in Wisconsin. He started a family business in this...

Nov 24, 2006

Virginia Spigarelli, age 86, beloved wife of Domenic and mother of Christine, passed away Friday, November 24, 2006, at ManorCare Health Services after a brief illness. Virginia Mae Ready was born November 8, 1920, in Byron, Minnesota. She lived there with her parents, Anna Louise (Staples) and Charles Earl Ready. Virginia graduated in 1938 from Kasson High School where she...

Nov 20, 2006

Florence: Robert F. McNabb, age 81, formerly of Florence, Wisconsin, passed away Monday, November 20, 2006, at Evergreen Assisted Living in Kingsford, Michigan. Robert was born October 12, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, son of the late Robert and Dorothy (Dora) McNabb. He married Viola Trudell in 1961, she preceded him in death in 2004. Robert served in the US Air...

Nov 14, 2006

Dale Carlyle Broaddus, age 68, of Douglas, Wyoming, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at his home in Douglas. He was born April 26, 1938, in Iron River, Mich., son of Edward F. and Angeline D. (Elczuk) Broaddus. Dale was an avid fisherman and outdoorsman. At the time of his death, Dale was in the process of moving back to his...

Nov 13, 2006

Catherine E. Bishop, 84, of Crystal Falls, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, on Nov. 13, 2006, at Iron County Community Hospital in Iron River. She was born Nov. 8, 1922, in Crystal Falls, the daughter of the late Charles G. and Hulda (Stolberg) Johnson. On October 24, 1953 she married Harold E. Bishop of Crystal Falls at...

Nov 13, 2006

Jack W. Nunn, age 74, of Crystal Falls, died Monday, November 13, 2006, at Iron County Community Hospital, Iron River with his loving wife and children, Barbara and Robert, at his side. He was born January 23, 1932, in Ponsford, Minn. son of the late James and Lila (Salo) Nunn. On July 10, 1981, in Marquette he married Loretta Hockings....

Nov 8, 2006

Iron Mountain: Alfonse Angelo Fuse, age 92, of 1000 West Main Street, Iron Mountain, Michigan, went to his eternal rest on November 8, 2006, at ManorCare Health Services in Kingsford. He was born June 9, 1914, to the late Anton and Josephine (Tamborini) Fuse in Iron Mountain. He was a lifelong resident of Iron Mountain. Alfonse was a graduate of...