OBITUARIES
Sherri Servais-Labonte
Mar 17, 2014
Sherri Servais-LaBonte, 49, of Iron Mountain, passed away Monday, March 17, 2014, at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wis. She was born, June 21, 1964, in Spokane, Wash., daughter of Dennis and Mitzi (Bonfield) Servais. Sherri was raised on Hamilton Lakes in Vulcan, Mich. She graduated from Norway High School, Class of 1982. Sherri worked for the Iron Mountain...
Arlene Arkema
Mar 9, 2014
Arlene C. Arkema, 94, of 501 Fairway Rd., Crystal Falls, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. She was born January 10, 1920, in Lowell, Mich., daughter of the late Michael and Florence (Darby) Myckowiak. Arlene was a lifelong resident of Grand Rapids Mich., until moving to Crystal Falls in 2005. She...
Bonnie Mellema
Mar 8, 2014
Bonnie L. Mellema, 80, of Crystal Falls, passed away March 8, 2014, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. She was born March 6, 1934, in Ohio, daughter of the late Harold O. and Ruth A. (Hennen) Hodge. Bonnie married the late Don G. Mellema from Zeeland, Mich., on December 8, 1951. Besides being a homemaker, she worked...
Doris (Cowie-Nabbefeld) Laliberte
Feb 22, 2014
Doris (Cowie) (Nabbefeld) LaLiberte of Niagara, our dear mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, GG, passed away on Feb. 22, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospital, one month short of 99 years. She was born, the youngest of 8, to James and Bertha Cowie (pronounced Cooey), in Amberg, Wis. on March 20, 1915. Doris attended a one room school that her father was...
William Gillespie
Feb 22, 2014
William "Bill" R. Gillespie, 77, of Crystal Falls, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. He was born May 10, 1936, in Escanaba, Mich., son of the late Robert and Nancy (Delph) Gillespie. Bill grew up in Ralph, Mich. and attended school there. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a...
Jerda Friberg
Feb 16, 2014
Jerda Emelia Friberg, 96, of Florence, passed away on Sunday February 16, 2014, at her home on the Friberg Family Farm. She was born on a dairy farm northwest of Florence on September 10, 1917, to parents John and Alma (Bjorkman) Johnson. They had six children - Jenny, Hannah, Fritz, Wally, Jerda, and Ann. Jerda graduated from eighth grade at...
Floyd Lindholm
Feb 14, 2014
Floyd L. Lindholm, 84, of Kingsford, passed away Friday, February 14, 2014, at the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Hospital, Iron Mountain. He was born June 14, 1929, in Jackson Mich., son of the late Algot and Florence (Anderson) Lindholm. Floyd grew up in Marquette, Mich. and graduated from Graveraet High School, Marquette. He served our country in the U.S. Army...
Jacquelyn Kenney
Feb 10, 2014
Jacquelyn G. Kenney, 77, of Cicero, Ill., formerly of Amasa passed away Monday, February 10, 2014, at Burgess Square Nursing Facility, Westmont, Ill., following a courageous battle with leukemia She was born, November 12, 1936, in Amasa, daughter of the late Thomas and Mabel (Sjogren) Gorman. Jacquelyn was born and raised in Amasa, Mich., and graduated from Amasa High School....
Armand Prenevost
Feb 10, 2014
Armand "Bud" Prenevost, 85, passed away peacefully Monday, February 10, 2014, at around 6 a.m., under the compassionate, watchful care of the staff at the Oscar G. Johnson Veteran's Hospital in Iron Mountain, Mich. He died of complications from a brain hemorrhage he experienced the previous Tuesday. He was born September 18, 1928, in the family home on Wells St.,...
John Mann
Feb 9, 2014
John William Mann, 67, of Kingsford, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014, at his home. He was born July 18, 1946, in Inkster, Mich., son of the late John and Nellie Mann. John grew up in Inkster and graduated from high school there. He served our country in the U.S. Army. John went on to attend Western Michigan University where...
Clifford Ball
Feb 8, 2014
Clifford "Chick"A. Ball, 78, of Alpha, Mich., passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014, at Northstar Health System, Iron River, Mich. He was born December 22, 1935, in Alpha, son of the late Walter and Pauline (Angeli) Ball. Chick grew up in Alpha graduated from Alpha High School. He served in the U.S. Army and later enlisted in the U.S. Air...
John Bucek
Feb 8, 2014
John B. "Uncle Johnnie" Bucek Jr., 87, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the Iron County Medical Care Center in Crystal Falls, Mich. He was born on June 11, 1926, in Crystal Falls, son of the late John Sr. and Angeline (Micholick) Bucek. John grew up and attended school in Crystal Falls. He served in the U.S. Army during...
Bernice Kusmitch
Feb 8, 2014
Bernice J. Kusmitch, 93, of Crystal Falls, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014, peacefully at her home. She was born December 15, 1920, in Milwaukee, Wis., daughter of the late Albert and Mary (Jankowski) Ruszkiewicz. Bernice grew up in Milwaukee and attended school there. She married Anthony Kusmitch on May 21, 1949, at St. Cyril Methodius Catholic Church, Milwaukee, he...
Joyce May
Feb 5, 2014
Joyce Helen May, 94, of Niagara, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at Maryhill Manor Nursing Home, Niagara. She was born December 26, 1919, in Marinette, Wis., daughter of the late William and Ella (Krause) Grenier. Joyce grew up in Marinette and graduated from Marinette High School. She married Edward May on August 22, 1942, at St. Joseph Catholic Church,...
Edward Olson
Feb 3, 2014
Edward "Eddie" C. Olson, 86, of Quinnesec, entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior Monday, February 3, 2014, peacefully at his home, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 28, 1928, in Norway, Mich., son of the late Albert and Gerda (Carlson) Olson. Ed grew up in Norway and graduated from Norway High School, Class...
Harold Maddox
Feb 1, 2014
Harold R. "Skip" Maddox, Jr., 67, of Trout Creek, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014, in Crystal Falls, Mich. He was born July 18, 1946, in Elwood, Indiana son of Harold and Anna (Hendrix) Maddox, Sr. Harold grew up and graduated from Alexandria High School in Alexandria, Ind. Skip served in the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War and served...
Agnes Kos
Feb 1, 2014
Agnes "Aggie" Dolores Kos, 87, of Quinnesec, Mich., passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Faith Hospice at Trillium Woods, Byron Center, Mich. Agnes was born July 24, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., daughter of the late Joseph and Rose (Valenta) Lavrinec. She married Frank Kos on July 24, 1952, in Chicago. He preceded her in death on July 19, 1985....
Gregory Holmes
Feb 1, 2014
Gregory A. Holmes, 67, of Iron River, Mich., passed away Saturday, February 01, 2014, peacefully at his home. He was born May 1, 1946, in Stambaugh, Mich., son of the late Glen and Jane (Marquette) Holmes. Greg graduated from Stambaugh High School, moved to Chicago and worked until relocating to Menominee, Mich. While living in Menominee he worked in the...
Margaret Teikari
Jan 30, 2014
Margaret "Maggie" Teikari, 87, of Crystal Falls, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014, at Northstar Health System, Iron River, Mich. She was born October 29, 1926, in Iron River, daughter of the late Anton and Anastasia (Prsybylski) Chmielewski. Maggie graduated from Iron River High School and worked in the area for many years. Maggie lived in Northern Michigan and Wisconsin...
Helen Jackson
Jan 23, 2014
Helen S. Jackson, 91, of Alpha, passed away following a brief illness, Thursday, January 23, 2014, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls, Mich. She was born November 10, 1922, in Detroit, Mich., daughter of the late Svante and Jennie (Ross) Toukkala. Helen graduated from Porter High School in Alpha, Class of 1940. She worked in Detroit in...
