CHASSELL — Mary Lee Nordstrom made her grand entrance to Heaven today, August 18 2024, at 8 a.m. just before the “Oldies” started playing on WMPL 107.3. Mary Lee was 79. She was born at home in Portage Entry, Chassell, MI. She was the 5th child of Henry and Lili Tormala (both deceased) ...

STANTON TOWNSHIP — Nancylu (Olds) Arola, 85, a resident of Stanton Township passed away peacefully at Omega House on Saturday, August 17, 2024. She was born October 21, 1938 to William and Lorraine (Anderson) Olds in Laurium. Nancy attended the local schools and graduated from Calumet High ...

HANCOCK — Yvonne “Vonnie” M. Veeser, 97, a longtime Hancock resident and more recently of Milton, Wisconsin to be near her daughter, passed away on August 16, 2024 in Milton. She was born on July 15, 1927 in Escanaba, Michigan to the late Gustaf and Emilia Lierman. Vonnie graduated from ...

Houghton — Darlene E. Siekas, 98, a resident of Arbor Green in Houghton and former Tapiola resident died at the Omega House on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, following a short illness. She was born on January 16, 1926, in Atlantic Mine, to Lauri and Sadie Sandberg. She graduated from Jeffers ...

HOUGHTON — The Bluff’s Houghton resident, Ray Saarinen, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2024, at UP Health System-Portage following a short illness. Ray was born in Pelkie on March 7, 1933, the son of the late Oliver and Hilda Saarinen. He was a graduate of Hancock High School, class of ...

Barbara Louise Bovee, 76, passed away peacefully on June 9, 2024, in her home after a courageous struggle with a degenerative disease of the nervous system. Barbara was born in Bangor, ME and grew up in Lowell, MA where she graduated from Lowell High School. She then attended nursing school ...