Copper City — Robert Roy Lamerand, 80, a resident of Copper City, Michigan passed away on December 3, 2024 at the UP Health Systems hospital in Marquette, Michigan. Robert was born on September 12, 1944 in Laurium, Michigan to Ed and Mary Lamerand. Robert graduated from Calumet High ...

Renton, Wash. — Carol Marie Kirkish, a beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and former resident of the Copper Country, passed away on December 1st, 2024, at the age of 85. She was born in Hancock, MI, on August 17, 1939, the youngest of five children to Irving Carl Yoohs and Ethel Flica Yoohs ...

LAURIUM — Gerald John Tuovila, 85, of Laurium, Mich. Passed away at home peacefully with family by his side. Gerald was born in Laurium on July 2, 1939 to Alfred and Lulu (Bodi) Tuovila. He attended the CLK Schools and went on to earn a Master Plumbing License and started Kauppi-Tuovila ...

Calumet — Rosemarie E. Winnie, 62, a resident of Calumet passed away at her daughters home on Friday, November 22, 2024 following a short illness. She was born on April 14, 1962, in Laurium a daughter of the late Lois and Eleanor (Lukima) Ucman. She graduated from Wayne High School with ...

Charles Douglas Edwards, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2024, at the age of 82. Born on January 25, 1942, in Hancock, Michigan to Adrian and Dorothy (nee Schnaufer). Charles was raised in Tamarack Mills, Michigan, ...

Hancock — George Edward Houle, 79, former Hancock postmaster, passed away on Thursday (Thanksgiving day), November 28, 2024 at Mission Point of Hancock with family at his side. He was born on June 23, 1945 in Hancock to the late Robert and June (Koski) Houle and was a 1963 graduate of ...