All Obituaries

Munising             Terry Lawrence Beauchaine, age 71, of Munising, died Sunday, May 15, 2022 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin following a lengthy illness.  He was born in Munising on April 2, 1951 to the late William and Audrey (Bonevelle) Beauchaine.  Terry grew up in AuTrain and graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in Munising in 1969.  He married Margaret “Margi” Niemi on June 30, 1973...

               Richard “Dick” Laurich, age 81, of Munising, died following a three-week illness at UPHS Marquette on Sunday, January 16, 2022.  He was born at his family home at Forest Lake on March 29, 1940 to John and Mary (Kordish) Laurich.  Dick was raised at Forest Lake and attended school in Chatham.  In 2015, Dick moved to the Jericho House in Munising and enjoyed walking around town and visiting with the...

Munising             Robert “Bob” Leaton Robinson, age 84, of Munising, died suddenly, Sunday, May 15, 2022 at Munising Memorial Hospital.  He was born on March 19, 1938 in Munising to the late Elmer and Beatrice (Wright) Robinson.  Bob grew up in Melstrand and started working in the woods in eighth grade hauling timber with a horse team.  As he got older, Bob worked for Rossie Anderson at the Anderson Oil...

            Carol “Jennie” Beneteau-Ross, age 80, of Grand Marais, died on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at UPHS – Marquette.  She was born on October 2, 1941 in LaSalle, Ontario to Martin and Muriel (Stephenson) Beneteau, Sr.  The family moved to Michigan and Jennie grew up in Walled Lake.  She graduated from Walled Lake High School in 1959.  Jennie was a homemaker and married her love, Jim Ross. ...

Wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend to many.  Courageous women in the face of years suffering with hemiplegic migraines and five years of stage four metastatic breast cancer.  Tammy was a warrior in this cancer fight, always hoping for a cure by going through treatment after treatment and donating tissue samples for research knowing that it could lead to saving the life of someone else.   She was born on New Year’s Day in Superior, Wisconsin and was adopted by...

            Ralph Clinton Tromater, age 85, of Chicago and formerly of Munising, died Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at his home in Chicago.  He was born in Alma, Michigan on December 18, 1936 to Mary Alice (Brebner) and Clinton “Trom” Tromater.  In 1943, the family moved to Munising, his mother’s home town.  Ralph graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1954.  He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in January of 1955.  Ralph was...

WINTER BURIAL LIST 2022 Saturday, May 21, 2022 RICHARD LAURICH    Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising at 2:00 PM Friday, May 27, 2022 DARLENE MATSON     Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising at 1:00 PM GEORGE MANNISTO    Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising 2:00 PM Saturday, May 28, 2022 ED JOHNS   Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising at 1:00 PM RICHARD ALBRIGHT  Munising Township Cemetery at 2:30 PM Wednesday, June 1,...

Munising             Nancy Carole (Tyner) McDonald, age 83, of Munising, died peacefully at UP Health Systems Marquette on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, after being hospitalized for long term health problems.  She was born on May 7, 1938, in Munising to the late Stanley and Marie (Hupala) Tyner.  Nancy graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1956.  She worked at Kimberly Clark in the office until she married Gordon McDonald...

 Elizabeth Ann Keller (nee Hoy) was 100 years, 4 months, and 17 days old when she passed away April 14, 2022 peacefully at Cedar Bay West in West Bend, WI after a brief illness. Elizabeth was born on the family farm in Munising on November 28, 1921 to John and Anna Hoy.  She was raised in Munising where she graduated from Sacred Heart School and then from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1941.  She was united in marriage to Harold Keller in 1949.  Elizabeth lived in...

Karen Lillian Deel-Swenor, age 81, of Marengo and formerly of Chatham, MI, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Heritage Lake Side Senior Center in Rice Lake, WI.  She was born March 23, 1941 in Munising, MI, the daughter of Hugo and Alma (Hendrickson) Hallstrom. She was a member of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. She is survived by her first husband, Clarence Deel; six children, Darryl (Rose) Deel, Jonathon (Rosalie) Deel, Wayne (Juliene) Deel, Gary (Jennifer) Deel,...