Obituaries

May 27, 2022

Munising

Dennis “Denny” Gamelin, age 83, of Munising, died under the loving care of family and North Woods Hospice at his home on Friday, May 27, 2022.  He was born on June 6, 1938 in Jackson, Michigan to Beatrice Gamelin.  Denny grew up in Munising and spent a great amount of time with grandparents Alphonse and Delima...

May 22, 2022

Rebecca Sue “Becca” Livermore, age 31, of Van Meer, died surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at UPHS Marquette.   She was born on May 3, 1991 in Bay City, Michigan to Kerry and Gethyn (Gorsha) Way.  Rebecca and her family moved to Munising when she was seven years old.  She graduated from Munising High School in...

May 15, 2022

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...

May 15, 2022

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...

May 13, 2022

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...

May 4, 2022

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...

May 3, 2022

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...

May 1, 2022

Trenary

Susan Ann Nazarko (Nee Kovach), age 72, of Trenary, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, May 1, 2022.  She was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 5, 1949.

She's no longer with us, leaving her three children : Nicholas, Natalia and Gregory scattered in Texas, Louisiana and Minnesota, with two grandsons...

Apr 30, 2022

Philip George Fedoruk, age 91, of Munising, died on Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2022 at Munising Memorial Hospital.  Phil was born on January 2, 1931 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, son of Nicholas and Sadie (Witkoski) Fedoruk.  He grew up in Marquette and went to work for Red Owl.  It was at Red Owl where he met his beautiful love,...

Apr 20, 2022

Mary Braamse Edgar, of East Lansing, departed on her last trip on April 20, 2022, following a severe stroke. Always active and independent, she liked to say, “I can’t leave – I have too much to do.” The morning her daughter found Mary slumped in her favorite recliner and informed her that paramedics were on the way, her response...

Apr 19, 2022

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...

Apr 19, 2022

Munising

Virginia “Ginny” Alice (Everett) Marshall, age 78, of Munising, died Tuesday morning, April 19, 2022 at her home under the loving care of her family and North Woods Home Hospice. She was born on March 6, 1944 to George and Alice (Moline) Everett.  She grew up in Munising and graduated from William G. Mather High School...

Apr 14, 2022

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...

Apr 14, 2022

Ramona May nee Baker (Goings/Maddox) Thomas

On April 14, 2022 Ramona went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, surrounded by her children and grandchildren at the Five Star Senior Living complex in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Ramona was born on December 13, 1930, to Carl and Pearl (Kelley) Baker in Mancelona, Michigan....

Apr 12, 2022

Christmas

Elizabeth “Beth” M. Soles, age 66, of Christmas, Michigan died unexpectedly on April 12, 2022 at UP Health Systems in Marquette following a brief illness.  She was born on May 21, 1955 in Marquette, Michigan to the late Elmer and Janice (Perry) Anderson.  Beth graduated from Wm. G. Mather High School in 1973 and cherished the...

Apr 7, 2022

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...

Apr 6, 2022

BERNARD (Bun, Barney) OUELLETTE passed away in Saline, MI on April 6, 2022 after a difficult illness. He was born October 16, 1940 in Tamarack, Michigan, the son of Roy and Rose-alma (Marie) (Morency) Ouellette. He was a graduate of Lake Linden - Hubbell High School class of 1958. Following graduation he enlisted in U.S. Air Force, where he...

Apr 6, 2022

Benjamin “Ben” D. McCollum II, age 41, of AuTrain, MI died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at his home in Au Train.  Ben was born on June 2, 1980 in Munising, MI to John “Jack” and Sandra “Sandy” (Pihlainen) McCollum.  He grew up in Au Train surrounded by his sister and numerous friends and cousins where they lived a...

Apr 5, 2022

After 97 years, almost all of it living in and dedicated to her hometown of Munising, Helen (Peg) Sappington died peacefully at Medilodge, surrounded by the love and presence of her family.

Peg was born in Munising on February 20, 1925, to Arthur and Elma LaFlamme, and she grew up on the family farm on St. Martins...

Apr 1, 2022

Roland Paul “Rollie” Johnson, age 81, of Munising died unexpectedly on Friday evening, April 1, 2022 at UPHS – Marquette.  He was born on March 1, 1941 in Munising to Axel George and Elizabeth “Peggy” Sophia (Dolan) Johnson.  Rollie grew up in Wetmore and Munising.  During school, he ski jumped, ran track, and was a successful running back for...