Obituaries
Everet V. McNally
Jun 9, 2025
Munising
Everet V. McNally, age 66, of Munising, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at his home under the loving care of his family following a ten-year battle with cancer. Everet was born on June 3, 1959 in Marquette to the late Clifford and Marilyn (Lung) McNally. He grew up in Munising and attended Wm. G. Mather High School. Everet served in...
June Maddox
Jan 13, 2025
Melstrand
June L. Maddox, age 74, of Melstrand, Michigan died unexpectedly at her home on Monday, January 13, 2025. She was born on June 12, 1950 in Munising to the late Wesley and Ina (Poikonen) Clark. June’s love of the outdoors came at a young age hunting and fishing as a youth. She married Donald Maddox and together they raised their...
Upcoming Services from 2024/spring 2025
May 11, 2025
Upcoming spring burials and services from deaths that occurred during winter and spring – please look at individual obituaries for complete details.
June Maddox on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at the Munising Tribal Center for a luncheon gathering.
Carlene Harwick on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising
Terry Boucher at 2:00 p.m. on...
Paul & Arlene (Nesberg) Goodburn
2025
Paul and Arlene (Nesberg) Goodburn will be buried together at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. Arlene died on February 7, 2025 and Paul died on April 10, 2025.
Nancy Blackford
Jun 2, 2025
Nancy Marie Blackford, age 79, of Munising, died Monday, June 2, 2025 at UPHS in Marquette. She was born on October 30, 1945 in Detroit to Boyd and Jeam (Pyhra) Clark. Nancy grew up in Plymouth and graduated from Plymouth High School. She earned her registered nursing degree from Schoolcraft College in Livonia. Nancy worked as a nurse in a...
James Rodney Satterlee
Jun 2, 2025
James Rodney Satterlee, age 63, of Munising, died of an unexpected illness at his home on Monday, June 2, 2025. He was born in Mason, Michigan to Wendell and Arvilla (McPherson) Satterlee. James grew up in Webberville and graduated from Webberville High School in 1982. He worked a newspaper route for the Detroit Free Press before moving to St. Ignace....
John V. Murk
May 31, 2025
John Vincent Murk, age 74, of Munising, died unexpectedly following a brief illness early Saturday morning, May 31, 2025 at Munising Memorial Hospital. John was born on August 21, 1950 in Munising to the late Edward and Lillian (Vinskoski) Murk. He grew up in Munising, graduated from Sacred Heart School, and then Wm. G. Mather High School in 1968. John...
Daniel Walther
May 30, 2025
Munising
Daniel Joseph Walther, age 51, of Munising, passed away on Friday, May 30th, 2025, at University of Madison-Wisconsin hospital due to ongoing health conditions. Dan was born the youngest of eight children to William G. Walther and Particia A. (Seger) Walther on September 9th, 1973 in Lake Orion, Michigan. Dan grew up in AuTrain, MI and attended Munising High School,...
Jeanne "Jo" Marie Lake
May 29, 2025
Munising / Iron River
Jeanne “Jo” Marie (Burke) Lake, age 69, formerly of Caspian, Michigan, passed away Thursday, May 29th at Northpointe Assisted Living, in Battle Creek, Michigan. She was born October 5, 1955 in Munising, Michigan, to the late Joseph & Jean (Drake) Burke, where she attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, before graduating from William G. Mather High School in...
Bruce Hill
May 27, 2025
Bruce Hill, age 77, of Chatham, died at his home under the loving care of his wife, Wilma, and Lake Superior Hospice late Tuesday evening, May 27, 2025. He was born November 6, 1947 in Marquette, Michigan to Frank and Miriam (Tapola) Hill. Bruce lived an idyllic childhood growing up in Chatham and remained close to his childhood friends throughout...
Iria "Irene" Violet Swajanen
May 24, 2025
Iria “Irene” Violet Swajanen, age 100, of Eben Junction, died peacefully at her home on Saturday, May 24, 2025 under the loving care of her family and North Woods Home Hospice. She was born on October 11, 1924 in a sauna on the family farm in North Eben to the late Nicholai and Maria (Hautalaakso) Hautamaki. Iria graduated from Eben...
Harry F. Boucher
May 21, 2025
Harry F. Boucher, age 95, of Wetmore, died at the Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. He was born on June 5, 1929 in Munising to Ernest and Mary (Schilling) Boucher. His mother died when he was a young child and his father married Anne Fraiser and together they raised Harry and Sandy. Harry grew...
Gregory "Greg" Mahoski, Jr.
May 19, 2025
Munising
Gregory “Mo” “Abe” E. Mahoski, Jr., age 59, of Munising, died Monday, May 19, 2025 at his home. He was born on October 1, 1965 in Ishpeming, Michigan to Gregory and Marilyn (Erkkila) Mahoski, Sr. Greg grew up in Ishpeming and graduated from Ishpeming High School in 1983. Growing up he participated in Little Leage Baseball and ran in cross...
Karen Brown
May 18, 2025
Melstrand
Karen Brown, age 68, of Melstrand, Michigan, unexpectedly passed away in her home and began her journey to the spirit world on May 18, 2025. She was born November 12, 1956, in Cass Lake, Minnesota to Lawrance and Anna (Richardson) Brown.
Karen worked for many years as caregiver for elderly patients. She gave them the ability to stay in their homes...
Charlotte Johns
May 14, 2025
Davidson / Munising
Charlotte Allegra Johns of Davison (formally of Munising) age 94 died Wednesday May 14, 2025 at Rose Cottage. Honoring her wishes cremation has taken place memorial services will take at later date with burial at Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising, Michigan
Charlotte was born in Porter Township, Michigan on November 13, 1930 the daughter of the late Clell and...
Carlotta M. Wojtyniak
May 1, 2025
Trenary
Carlotta “La” M. Wojtyniak, age 74, of Trenary died Thursday morning, May 1, 2025 at her home under the loving care of her family and North Woods Hospice following a brief illness. She was born on May 27, 1950 in Detroit to William “Dodie” and June (Thompson) DiLaura. She grew up in Detroit and graduated from Pershing High School. Carlotta...
Elizabeth Anna Rajala
Apr 28, 2025
Elizabeth Anna Rajala, age 97, of Munising, died on Monday morning, April 28, 2025 at the Harbour View Assisted Living in Munising. Elizabeth was born at the Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois on October 11, 1927 to William and Elma (Potter) Bakewell. She graduated from Plainfield High School in 1945. After graduation Elizabeth and her parents moved to Dukes,...
James "Jim" Gerald Casey
Apr 26, 2025
James “Jim” Gerald Casey, age 79, of Munising, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, April 26, 2025, at his home under the loving care of his wife and North Woods Hospice following a lengthy illness.
Born on Christmas Eve in 1945 to Gerald and Catherine (Stimac) Casey, Jim was a gift to all who knew him. He grew up in Munising,...
Loretta Mae Herman
Apr 20, 2025
Loretta M. Herman, age 85, of Shelter Bay died on Sunday evening, April 20, 2025 at the Sun Valley Homes Assisted Living in Marinette, Wisconsin. She was born on October 19, 1939 in Virginia, Minnesota. Loretta grew up in Minnesota and Michigan. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree from Detroit Mercy and her master’s degrees in education from Oakland University....
David H. Bahrman
Apr 17, 2025
Rumely
David Bahrman, age 67, sadly did not survive open-heart surgery undertaken on April 17, 2025 at a Detroit hospital, having been airlifted there on April 2nd.
His life is inseparable from his extraordinary medical history. He was born with aortic stenosis and had his first bout with endocarditis at age 18; open heart surgeries to replace his aortic valve took place...
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