Obituaries

May 13, 2006

Munising Jacquelynn "Jackie" MacArthur, age 65, of N7564 Carmody Road, Munising, died following a brief illness on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. at Marquette General Hospital. She was born on August 6, 1940 in Gladstone, Michigan to the late Willard and Gertrude (Trentin) Pease. Jackie graduate from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1958. She then attended Northern...

May 1, 2006

Munising / Eben Raymond Matthew Hautamaki, age 88, of 200 W. City Park Drive, Munising, died on Monday, May 1, 2006 at 6:12 p.m. at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. He was born on February 22, 1918 in Eben to the late Nikolai and Maria (Hautalaakso) Hautamaki. Ray entered into the U.S. Army on September 10, 1940. He served...

Apr 21, 2006

Lois Marie Dorenbecker, age 82, of 410 Birch Street, died on Friday, April 21, 2006 at 10:55 a.m. at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. She was born on July 2, 1923 in Munising to Harry "Chub" and Marion (Bowerman) Burrows. Lois married Robert "Dorny" Dorenbecker on October 30, 1948. She was a homemaker and member of the First Presbyterian...

Apr 18, 2006

Munising Marie Louise Duffany, age 84, of Munising, died at 9:55 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. She was born on September 14, 1921 in Munising to Ovid and Lenora (LeClare) Berube. Marie graduated from SH School and Wm G Mather High School in 1939. On June 21, 1941, she married Lawrence "Duff"...

Apr 15, 2006

Munising Peter Edward Penegor, age 69, formerly of Orange County, California and Munising, and currently residing in Escanaba, died unexpectedly on Saturday evening, April 15, 2006 in the emergency room of the Eagle River Memorial Hospital in Eagle River, Wisconsin. He was born on December 24, 1936 in Munising to John "Jack" and Martha Penegor. Peter graduated from Sacred Heart...

Apr 12, 2006

Munising Aunt Pauline Cornish, age 85, of Harbour View - 1518 Sand Point Road, Munising, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 7:07 a.m. at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. She was born on January 29, 1921 to Fred and Edith (Benoit) Morin. She married Harold F. Cornish on June 28, 1941. Pauline worked at the Munising Paper Company...

Apr 11, 2006

Munising Devin Michael Albright, age 14 a freshman at Munising High School, died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening, April 11, 2006 at his home. He was born on June 2, 1991 in Fort Hood, Texas to Michael and Holly (Morin) Albright. Devin and his family lived in Texas while his dad was in the U.S. Army and then they moved to...

Apr 7, 2006

Seney Veda Marie Sadler, age 94 of Seney died on Friday evening, April 7, 2006 surrounded by her family at Harbour View Assisted Living in Munising. Veda was born on March 20, 1912 to Albert and Charlotte (Durno) Pawley in Pickford, Michigan. She graduated from the Loretto Academy in Sault Ste. Marie. Veda married Earl "Pat" Sadler in Mason City...

Apr 3, 2006

Kihei, Maui / Munising Nan Marie (nee Carl) Peterson, age 55, of of Kihei, Maui, died on Monday, April 3, 2006 at the Maui Memorial Medical Center following an unexpected brief illness. She was born on September 25, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan to Patrick and Geraldine (Sauve) Carl. Nan graduated from St. Charles High School in 1968. She went to...

Apr 2, 2006

Chatham Michael "Mike" A. Keskimaki, age 58, of Rock River Road, Chatham, died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, April 2, 2006. He was born on August 18, 1947 in Marquette, Michigan to Arnold and Helen (Maki) Keskimaki. Mike graduated from Eben High School in 1965. He was working at Pontiac Motors when he entered the U.S. Air Force on...

Feb 10, 2006

Grand Marais Harold "Andy" Lawrence Bailey, age 81, died Friday, February 10, 2006 following a courageous battle with leukemia. Harold was born on February 16, 1924 in Nahma, Michigan, the son of Harry Asil and Mary Louise Bailey. His family moved to Grand Marais when he was just a small child. Harold worked in the CCC Camp in the 40's...

Feb 5, 2006

Grand Marais C a r o l y n R u t h L e p e a k , age 79, of 14370 W. Lake Avenue, Grand Marais, died on Sunday morning, February 5, 2006 at her home under the care of her family and LMAS Hospice. She was born on May 27, 1926 in Saginaw, Michigan to the...

Jan 1, 1970

Raymond Arthur Lowther 1929-2020

Phyllis Joyce Lowther 1929-2020

Raymond (Ray) Arthur Lowther, age 90, of AuTrain, Michigan entered everlasting life on April 21, 2020 under the care of family and Lake Superior Hospice after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. His...

Jan 1, 1970

AuTrain

Gordon Clifford Nelson, age 85, of Au Train passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at MediLodge of Munising. He was born in Munising in 1934 to Henry and Hannah (Kallioinen) Nelson. After graduating high school in 1952, Gordy began college at Michigan Tech. Unsure of the direction to follow in college, Gordy went into...

Jan 1, 1970

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...

Jan 1, 1970

Ronald “Marty” Martell

1940-2019

Beloved father and grandfather Ronald “Marty” Martell, 79, was called home to eternal life on May 4, 2019, in Bluffton, South Carolina, after years of declining health.

Marty was born in Manistique , the son of Howard and Lila (Beauchamp) Martell.

Marty worked numerous jobs in the...

Jan 1, 1970

Munising

Patricia "Pat" Ann (LaPorte) Fluette, 81, of Munising passed away December 18, 2018 at Munising Medilodge.

Born in Escanaba July 7, 1937.  She was married to the late Gerald E Fluette for 45 years.  She had recently moved to Munising to live with her sister, Bonnie Bower.  Previously she lived in Dolan Springs, Arizona...

Cobina St. Martin and John Whittingham

Grand Marais - A memorial mass for husband and wife John Whittingham and Cobina St. Martin will be held on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Grand Marais at 12:00 noon.  Graveside services will follow at the Holy Rosary Cemetery where military honors will be rendered for...

Graveside services will be held for Bernetta and Lyle Rushford, Sr. on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising at 3:00 p.m.  Lyle died on December 22, 2018 at the age of 88 and Bernetta died February 9, 2022 at the age of 89.  Their obituaries may be viewed at bowermanfuneralhome.net

John “Yosh” and Charlotte (Burrows) Wapienik

A memorial mass celebrating the lives of Yosh and Charlotte Wapienik will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Munising on Friday, January 29, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.   They were married at Sacred Heart Church on November 9, 1946 and lovingly raised their three daughters with faith...