LAURIUM — Mary King Boutwell, 74, passed away at her home in Laurium on January 29, 2024. She was comforted and cared for by her husband, William Boutwell (Bill), and her children and family during her final days. She will be greatly missed. Mary was born on June 5, 1949, to Robert and ...

SUPERIOR, WI — Rosanne Perala, 87, passed away at Villa Marina Health and Rehabilitation Center in Superior, WI on January 26, 2024. She was born in Detroit in 1936 to Kenneth and Sylvia (Mortti) Cline. Rosie graduated from John A. Doelle Agricultural School in Tapiola, MI. She married ...

SOUTH RANGE — Nora Tahtinen lived in South Range for many years and served in ministry with her husband, Rev. Roy Tahtinen, at Grace Lutheran Church and as Ministry Coordinator at the Northern Great Lakes Synod. She is survived by her daughter, Sarah Tahtinen-Pacheco, and son, Timothy ...

Marcella Agnes Suojanen, age 85, of the Upper Peninsula, MI, Pinckney, MI, and Stockbridge, MI, passed away on January 25, 2024 surrounded by her family at Chelsea Hospital in Chelsea, MI. Marcella was born April 20, 1938, the daughter of George and Emma (Davis) Grandchamp in Portage ...

“Richer than I, you shall never be, For I had a mother who read to me.” It was one of Helen Kearly’s favorite quotes and she was a testament to its meaning, having had both a mother who read to Helen and for reading to her own children. And many, many more children in her capacity as a ...

ONTONAGON — Walter J. Toepfer Jr., age 81, of Ontonagon, MI, and formerly of Toledo, passed away December 12, 2023, at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was born December 10, 1942, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Walter Sr. and Carol (Knecht) Toepfer. Walter ...