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Obituaries

Agnes “Dolly” Karkkainen

FREDA — Agnes “Dolly” Karkkainen, 96 a former resident of Freda and the Arbor Green Senior Living Community, passed away Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, at Canal View - Houghton County where she had been a resident patient for the past six years. She was born on Oct. 19, 1928, in Beacon Hill, ...

Carollee Grace Gunnell

CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. — Carollee Grace Gunnell (Crane), age 94, passed away peacefully on Feb. 18, 2025, in Cedar Springs. She was born in 1931 to Mose S. Crane and Grace M. Hurley in Highland Park, Michigan, later moving to a “then” rural farm in Cedar Springs in 1942. She graduated ...

Lee Thomas Markham

Lee Thomas Markham, age 26, was pronounced dead on Feb. 7, 2025, after an apparent fall from a remote hiking trail in Texas. He was born on July 30, 1998, in Hancock, the fourth son of Robert W. Markham Jr. and Mary T. Markham. He graduated from Chassell Township Schools in 2016 with ...

Lucille D. Neelands

MANITOWOC, Wis., — Lucille D. Neelands, age 99, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2025, at the Manitowoc Health and Rehabilitation Center. The former Lucille Holme was born on Feb. 17, 1925, at Hubbell a daughter of the late Edward and Jennie (Aho) Holme. She grew ...

Roy C. Lindstrom

Roy C. Lindstrom, 91, passed away on Feb. 19, 2025 at Bayside Village of L’Anse, where he resided for the past 18 months. He was born on Oct. 17, 1933, in Chassell, son of the late John and Viola (Walstrom) Lindstrom. Roy attended Chassell schools, graduating with the Class of 1952 at ...

Fr. Paul Gerald Manderfield

Fr. Paul Gerald Manderfield passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 16, 2025, at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital at the age of 92. Paul Gerald Manderfield was born on July 4, 1932, in Houghton to John Manderfield and Katherine (Schaafs). Paul went to the St. Ignatius School and then to Houghton High ...