All Obituaries

Virginia Raye Johnston, age 82, of Munising and formerly of Detroit, MI and Salinas, CA, died early Friday morning, October 11, 2019  in Munising under the loving care of her daughters, Maura, Jennifer, and Regina and the Medilodge staff.  A memorial service will be conducted by Pastor Devin Lawrence on Monday, October 14, 2019 at the Grand Marais United Methodist Church in Grand Marais at 1:00 p.m.  A time of fellowship with family and friends will take place following the...

            Cindy Kay (Lintula) Hanson, age 57, of Sundell, died late Monday evening, October 7, 2019 at UPHS Marquette.  She was born on May 15, 1962 in Marquette, Michigan to Richard and Alice (Winters) Lintula.  Cindy grew up in Sundell and graduated from Eben High School.  She worked for a few years at Munising Memorial Hospital.  On October 2, 1987, Cindy went to work at Kimberly-Clark as an Order Processing and...

   Munising / Shingleton             Pamela Sue Gould, age 67, of Munising, died late Wednesday evening, September 25, 2019 at her home under the loving care of her family and North Woods Home Hospice.  She was born in Marysville, Ohio on May 5, 1952 to the late John and Geraldine (Poole) Rausch.  Pam grew up in Ohio and moved to the Upper Peninsula in 1979 to be closer to family.  On September 7, 1985, she...

Darlene (LeRoy) Lintula, age 83, of Eben Junction, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, September 25, 2019 at the Norlite Nursing Center in Marquette, Michigan.  Darlene was born to Grace (Shaw) and August LeRoy on March 11, 1936 and grew up in Skandia, Michigan.  She graduated from Graveraet High School in Marquette.    She married Arne Lintula on October 16, 1954. They had 43+ years together and enjoyed spending time with family and friends, traveling, flower gardening,...

Mary Mae Palmer, age 66, of Shingleton, died on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at UPHS Marquette following a lengthy illness.  She was born on November 19, 1952 in Shingleton to the late John and Margaret (Warchuck) Besaw.  Mary graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School.  She married James Leo Palmer on April 13, 1976 and he preceded her in death on October 14, 1992.  Mary was a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Shingleton.  She was environmentally conscious...

            Walter E. Lepeak, age 68, of Whittaker, Michigan, died unexpectedly while visiting Grand Marais on Sunday, September 22, 2019.  He was born on July 7, 1951 in Saginaw, Michigan to Eugene and Carolyn (McCarty) Lepeak.  Walter grew up in Saginaw and as a family spent their summers traveling the Upper Peninsula.  In 1962, the family “found” Grand Marais and eventually the family bought property...

            Carol Elizabeth Latvala, age 73, of Trenary, died Saturday, September 21, 2019 at UP Health Systems Marquette.  She was born on August 15, 1946 in Alpena, Michigan.  Carol grew up in Trenary and graduated from Trenary High School in 1967.  She married Francis “Sam” Latvala in March of 1975.  Carol worked as a janitor at Trenary High School until transferring to Superior Central when the new...

            Nancy Mae (nee Sidbeck) Tahtinen, age 76, of AuTrain, died unexpectedly at her home on Friday afternoon, September 20, 2019.  She was born on April 19, 1943 to Carl and Julia (Morgan) Sidbeck and grew up on Munising’s west end.  Nancy graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School and throughout her life she enjoyed attending the “Class of 61” reunions.  Her first job was working at the Delft...

Nancy Nebel Palmer, nee Nancy Davis Nebel, 89, a retired elementary school teacher, died August 1, 2019 at Clark Retirement Community on Keller Lake. A Grand Rapids, MI resident, Mrs. Palmer was born in Munising, MI and attended high school in Ann Arbor, MI.  In 1952 she was awarded a BA degree from Albion College where she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority.  She was awarded an MA degree in special education from the University of Michigan’s Rackham School in 1955 where...

Forest Lake            Joseph G. Bebo, age 83, of Forest Lake, Michigan passed away peacefully, surrounded by his daughters and loved ones on Wednesday, September, 18, 2019 at UP Health Systems – Marquette following a brief illness.  He was born in Marquette, Michigan to the late Joseph and Dora (LaValley) Bebo.  Joe grew up in the Forest Lake and fell in love with the outdoors.  He married Geraldine Louise Fulcher in 1957 and together they...