CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Clyde Alan Kruse, age 82, died on Feb. 3, 2025, in Clinton Township, Michigan. He was born on May 3, 1942, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to Harold and Geraldine (Gass) Kruse. Clyde was a sixty-year resident of Washington, Michigan. He joined the United States Army and ...

MAYFLOWER — Clifford J. Warn “Jimmy” of Mayflower passed away peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 3, 2025. Jimmy was born on Oct. 13, 1950 to William and Lyla (Lamppa) Warn. Jimmy graduated from Lake Linden Hubbell with the class of 1968. After graduation, Jimmy attended NMU and received a ...

Houghton — Barbara Alayne (Bluege) Lide, an emerita professor (Humanities) at Michigan Tech, died at the Omega House on Friday, January 24, 2025. She was 90 years old. Barbara was born to Edna and Hugo W. Bluege in Chicago. She and her husband Francis (Frank) married on June 17, 1967, in ...

Five Mile Point — After more than 35 years of marriage, Charles and JoAnne (Thomas, Dimmer) Dennis, of Five Mile Point in the Keweenaw, passed away just hours apart. Charles was 80 and JoAnne was 70. Charles passed away after an apparent heart-attack on January 28, 2025, at his home. He ...

Our beloved elder, Eugene A. Longpre, 89, of Mohawk, passed away at his home on Jan. 29, 2025, to reunite with his loving wife and parents. Eugene was born on Feb. 17, 1935, in Detroit, to Maybelle (Downey) and Arthur Longpre. The family moved back to Albion Location in Calumet, when he was ...

Hancock — Robert “Bob” Gerald Bastion, 79, a resident of Hancock, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, while vacationing in Florida with some of his family. He was born on April 12, 1945, in Laurium, the son of the late William and Claudia (Gunnari) Bastion. Bob was raised in ...