OBITUARIES
Virginia Dollar
Apr 21, 2014
Virginia "Ginny" L. Mohr- Dollar, 63, of Florence, Wis., passed away Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Golden Living Center, Florence. She was born September 27, 1950, in Crandon, Wis., daughter of Lillian (Wilber) Mohr. Ginny grew up in Laona, Wis., and at the age of 14, moved to Florence and attended school there. She married Anthony Dollar in Niagara...
Michael Ward
Apr 14, 2014
Michael E. Ward, Jr., 28, of Springhill, Fla., formerly of Iron Mountain, Mich., passed away Monday, April 14, 2014, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born September 4, 1985, in Hampton, VA., son of Michael E. Ward, Sr. and Renee (Oberlin) Nokes. At the age of three, Michael along with his family, moved to...
Mark Berland
Apr 9, 2014
Mark A. Berland, 59, of Iron Mountain, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at the DJ Jacobetti MI Veteran's Facility, Marquette, Mich. He was born March 10, 1955, in Gary, Ind., son of the late Alton and Bertha (Olson) Berland. Mark grew up in Gary and graduated from high school there. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 6...
Edna Tredray-Hillman
Apr 6, 2014
Edna V. Tredray-Hillman, 91, of Florence, Wis., passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Dickinson County Health Care System, Iron Mountain. She was born June 23, 1922, in Hancock, Mich., daughter of the late Herbert and Olga Manninen. Edna grew up in Hancock and graduated from Hancock High School. She married Robert Tredray in Hancock and they later moved to...
June Stachowicz
Apr 4, 2014
June R. Stachowicz, 83, of Crystal Falls, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2014, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. She was born May 24, 1930, in Milwaukee, Wis., daughter of the late Paul and Irene (Riley) Clements. June grew up in Milwaukee and graduated from high school in 1948. She worked for the Wisconsin Electric Power Company...
Gilberte Leslie
Mar 31, 2014
Gilberte R. Leslie, 80, of Niagara, Wis., passed away, Monday, March 31, 2014, at Maryhill Manor in Niagara. She was born April 25, 1933, in Nice, France, daughter of the late Francois and Therese Marie (Genovesi) Gelsi. Gilberte married Wilbur L. Leslie on December 30, 1952, in Nice and he preceded her in death on June 22, 2011. Jill's parents...
Patricia Slocum
Mar 25, 2014
Patricia K. Slocum, 84, formerly of Crystal Falls, a gentle spirit, loving wife and caring mother passed away, March 25th, 2014, in Tempe, Arizona after a long illness. She grew up in Crystal Falls, daughter of the late Ward J. and Flora J. Kelly. Pat received her Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor from the John Marshall Law School, and...
August Parochelli
Mar 19, 2014
August C. Parochelli, 84, of Iron River, Mich., passed away, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility, Crystal Falls. He was born April 23, 1929, in Sesser, Ill., son of the late August and Julie (Vander) Parochelli. While living in Iron River, Mich., August worked as a brick layer where he constructed many buildings in the...
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...
