OBITUARIES
Joyce Soderberg
Jan 1, 2006
Florence: Joyce Veronica Soderberg, 88, of Florence, Wisconsin, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2006, at Florence Villa Nursing Home in Florence. She was born April 8, 1917, in Florence, daughter of the late Thomas and Alice (Cyr) Trudell. She married Waino Leppanen, and he preceded her in death in 1950. On April 7, 1956, she married Alfred Soderberg and he...
Viola Merhalski
Dec 30, 2005
Florence: Viola Merhalski, 91, of Florence, passed away quietly on December 30, 2005, at the Florence Villa Nursing Home in Florence. She was a lifelong resident of Florence County, having been born in Fence Wisconsin on April 16, 1914, the daughter of Adam and Albert Soderberg. She married Tony Merhalski in October of 1935. He preceded her in death in...
Victoria Massrouha
Dec 29, 2005
Kingsford: Victoria Massrouha, age 100, of Kingsford, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2005,at ManorCare Health Services in Kingsford, Mich. Victoria(Batash) was born November 2, 1905 in El Mina, Lebanon. Victoria came to the United States when she was 37 years old. She married Peter Massrouha on February 8, 1963 in Munising. After marriage they resided in Kingsford. Her husband preceded...
Frances Stone
Dec 27, 2005
Frances Marie Stone, age 65, of Mansfield Township, died Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at Dickinson Memorial Hospital, Iron Mountain, as the result of a traffic accident in Sagola. She was born December 2, 1940 in Toledo, Ohio daughter of the late Clements and Julia (Czaja) Winkler. On December 23, 1971 she married Ralph R. Stone in Monroe. He preceded her...
Beatrice Kurth
Dec 23, 2005
Beatrice M. Kurth, 101, of Crystal Falls, died Friday, December 23, 2005 at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. She was born October 25, 1904 in Crystal Falls, daughter of the late John and Anna (Marita) Sepel. On June 30, 1936 she married Robert Kurth. He preceded her in death on August 13, 1969. Beatrice graduated from the...
Laura Kazda
Dec 23, 2005
Iron Mountain: Laura A. Kazda 94, formerly of 320 Wolcott Street, Kingsford, Michigan, passed away Friday, December 23, 2005, at Hyland Nursing Home in Iron Mountain. She is survived by three daughters Judith (Gerald) Gendron, Sally Mattson,Carole Stohl, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Patrick Kazda, and a son Patrick Kazda Jr....
Egnatz Bara
Dec 18, 2005
Egnatz Louis Bara, age 84, of Crystal Falls, died Sunday, December 18, 2005 at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. He was born January 12, 1921 son of the late Peter and Mary (Halerz) Bara. Egnatz worked for Inland Steel at the Bristol Mine and at Black River Falls as a heavy equipment operator. He was a veteran...
Karl Johnssen
Dec 18, 2005
Karl L. Johnssen, age 96, of Crystal Falls and formerly of Sidnaw, died Sunday, December 18, 2005 at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. He was born April 1, 1909 in Braemen, Germany son of the late Theodor and Betty Johnssen. He married the former Hildegard K.S. Guenther. She preceded him in death on September 28, 2000. A...
Leon Fontaine
Dec 16, 2005
Leon Laurier Fontaine, age 77, of Kingsford, passed away Friday, December 16, 2005 at the Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, Iron Mountain. He was born August 27, 1928 in Augusta, Maine, son of the late Leon Joseph and Juliette (LaRose) Fontaine. On December 3, 1966 in Dickinson County he married Sandra Wettstein. She survives. Leon retired from Ameritech (formerly Michigan Bell)...
Inez Freeman
Dec 15, 2005
Iron Mountain: Inez Freeman, 100, was called home by her Lord Thursday, December 15, 2005, at Freeman Nursing Center in Kingsford, Michigan. A life-long resident of Iron Mountain, she was born February 19, 1905 to the late David and Hilda (Forell) Olson. On July 9, 1927, she married Helmer Freeman at the Swedish Methodist Church, a match seemingly preordained by...
Jerry Grailer
Dec 8, 2005
Kingsford: Jerry A."Dimps" Grailer age 65, of Kingsford, Michigan passed away Thursday, December 8, 2005, after a courageous battle with cancer at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain. He was born December 28, 1939, in Kingsford, Michigan, son of the late Louis and Verna (Walton) Grailer. On August 15, 1959, Jerry married Susan Johnson in Kingsford. She survives. Jerry...
Bruce Warren
Dec 4, 2005
Trout Creek, MI Bruce R. Warren, age 84, of Trout Creek, died Sunday, December 4, 2005, at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain, Mich. He was born December 29, 1920, in Kalamazoo, Mich., son of the late Raymond and Ada Lucille Warren. Bruce attended Kalamazoo Public Schools. He graduated from Purdue University April 18, 1943. Upon graduation, he served...
Raymond Pfeiffer
Dec 2, 2005
Raymond E. Pfeiffer, age 94, of Lindstrom, Minn. and formerly of Crystal Falls, passed away Friday, December 2, 2005 at Parmly Nursing Home, Chisago City, Minn. He was born December 17, 1910 in Crystal Falls, son of the late Frederick J. and Emma Jane (Davis) Pfeiffer. On January 10, 1932 in Crystal Falls he married Tunie M. Hill of Mastodon...
Brian Clifford
Nov 29, 2005
Niagara: Brian F. Clifford, age 33, of Niagara, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2005, in Amberg, Wisconsin. He was born December 8, 1971, in Ann Arbor, Mich., son of Richard and Lorraine (Hendershott) Clifford Sr. On August 23, 2001, he married Heather Larson in Kingsford. She survives. They had Victoria and Ashley together along with Megan from her previous, whom...
Elaine Kempa
Nov 28, 2005
Elaine M. Kempa, age 83, of Crystal Falls, died Monday, November 28, 2005, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. She was born September 4, 1922 in Crystal Falls, daughter of the late Joseph and Anne (Brozak) Mlinarcik. In 1946 she married Walter Kempa in Crystal Falls. He preceded her in death on February 14, 1995. Elaine was...
Sidney Erickson
Nov 28, 2005
Iron Mountain: Sidney J. Erickson, age 81, of Iron Mountain, passed away Monday, November 28, 2005, at Marquette General Hospital in Marquette, Michigan. He was born in Homestead, Wisconsin, March 3, 1924, the son of John and Margaret (Conrad) Erickson. On October 3, 1946, he married Leola (Lee) LaMourie in Kingsford. She survives. Sidney served in the United States Army....
George Fessler
Nov 26, 2005
Dunbar George P. Fessler, age 77, of Dunbar, Wis., passed away Saturday, November 26, 2005, at his home. He was born March 17, 1928, in Evanston, Ill., son of the late Peter and Joanna (Schaudt) Fessler. On June 27, 1953, he married Irmtraud Rebstein in Evanston, Ill. She preceded him in death on April 19, 1977. George served in the...
Mabel Panek
Nov 26, 2005
Florence: Mabel J. Panek age 89, of Florence, Wisconsin passed away Saturday November 26, 2005 at the Florence Villa Nursing Home in Florence. Mabel was born on March 6, 1916 daughter of the late Albert and Ada (Anunson) Soderberg. She later married Joseph Panek in 1943 and he preceded her in death in 1990. They lived in Big Bay, Michigan...
Gerald Slezak
Nov 25, 2005
Channing: Gerald Slezak, age 70, of Channing, died Friday, November 25, 2005, at his home, of an apparent heart attack. He was born March 9, 1935, in Detroit Michigan, son of Walter and Celia (Fabien) Slezak. On July 30, 1995, he married Betty Taube, and she survives. Gerald served four years in the US Navy. He moved to Chicago where...
Viola Brunelli
Nov 25, 2005
Crystal Falls: Viola M. Brunelli, age 81, of Crystal Falls, passed away Friday, November 25, 2005 at Marquette General Hospital in Marquette, Michigan. Viola was born on December 23, 1923 in Marquette, daughter of the late John and Impi (Pykkonen) Luhta. She married Joseph Brunelli on March 27, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. He preceded her in death in 1988. They...
