Obituaries
Honoring Lives and Memories - Obituaries for Families in Iron River, MI
Edythe Ritchie
Sep 19, 2020
Edythe Ritchie, age 102, of Long Lake, WI, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital in Ironwood, MI. She was born on December 2, 1917 in Rolla, ND, the daughter of the late Cyril and Carol (Crombie) Richter. She attended schools in Minnesota as well as North Central Bible College in Minneapolis. She moved to the...
Steve Douglas Skrivanie
Sep 19, 2020
Steve Douglas Skrivanie was born on December 5, 1958 in Stambaugh, MI and died on September 19, 2020 in Iron River, MI. He was the son of Alice (Beckman) Skrivanie and the late Anton Skrivanie. He lived with his parents, as well as several group homes. He was residing at the Iron River Care Center at the time of his...
Dolores Christensen
Sep 19, 2020
Dolores Kreski Christensen, 94, passed away on Saturday Sept 19, 2020 at Aspirus Iron River Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born Dolores Zakrzewski on June 24, 1926 at home in Iron River, MI. She was born to her Polish immigrant father, John Zakrzewski and Ann (Luba) Zakrzewski, her Polish American mother. When Dolores started school, the family name...
Adeline M. Johnson
Sep 17, 2020
Adeline M. Johnson, age 92, of Stambaugh Township, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility in Ishpeming, MI. Adeline was born on February 25, 1928 in Iron River, MI, the daughter of the late Samuel and Viola (Daniels) Tickanen. She was a lifelong resident and attended the Rogers School in Bates Township. She...
Richard R. Tomasik
Sep 15, 2020
Richard R. Tomasik, age 64, of Iron River, MI, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. He was born on December 28, 1955 in Chicago, IL, the son of the late Raymond and Darlene (Gordon) Tomasik. He attended the Elmhurst, IL Schools, graduating from York High School. Richard married Lisa King on October 8, 2005 in Crystal Falls, MI...
Mary Louise Balducci
Sep 13, 2020
Mary Louise Balducci, age 90, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls, MI. She was born on July 3, 1930 in Gaastra, MI, the daughter of the late Luigi and Maria (Biondi) Balducci. She attended the Stambaugh Schools, graduating with the Class of 1948. Mary Louise...
Frances Marie Casagranda
Sep 12, 2020
Frances Marie Casagranda, age 92, of Caspian, MI, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2020 at home. She was born June 10, 1928 at the Stambaugh Hospital to the late Joe and Frances (Turk) Ravnik. Frances met and married Joseph Casagranda on May 26, 1951. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary before Joe preceded her in death in 2016. The couple...
Roy W. Sivula
Sep 11, 2020
Roy W. Sivula, age 99, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020. Roy was born on January 28, 1921 in Iron River, MI, the son of the late William and Hilma (Lindgren) Sivula. He attended the Iron River Schools. Roy was a United States Army Signal Corps Veteran of World War II. He served in the...
Michael D. Brzoznowski
Sep 5, 2020
Michael D. Brzoznowski, age 65, of Iron River, MI, met his Lord and Savior in Glory on Saturday, September 5, 2020. He was born December 20, 1954 in Stambaugh, MI, the son of the late Edward and Elaine (Topel) Brzoznowski. He attended the West Iron County Schools and graduated with the Class of 1972. Michael followed in his father’s footsteps,...
George E. Darrell
Sep 4, 2020
George E. Darrell, age 84, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 at Aspirus Iron River Hospital. He was born on April 27, 1936 in Salt Lick, KY, the son of the late Virgil and Rittie (Stapleton) Darrell. He moved to Nelma, WI, at the age of 5 and attended school in Nelma and then the...
Sylvia Esbrook
Aug 29, 2020
Sylvia Sophie (Gurchinoff) Esbrook, age 90, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at Aspirus Iron River Hospital. She was born on May 21, 1930 in Stambaugh, MI, the daughter of the late Stephen and Rose (Kanevcevich) Gurchinoff. She graduated from the Stambaugh High School. She married David Esbrook in 1948. They had 11 children. She...
George W. Peterson
Aug 27, 2020
George W. Peterson, age 91, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at Medilodge of Leelanau in Suttons Bay, MI. He was born on September 15, 1928 in Iron River, MI, the son of the late George and Salvina (Beaudry) Peterson. He attended and graduated from the Iron River Schools. George married the former Anna Dent...
John L. Parolini
Aug 27, 2020
John L. Parolini, age 92, of Iron River, MI passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020. He was born on June 20, 1928 in Norway, MI, the son of the late John C. and Mary (Sperandio) Parolini. He attended Norway High School and graduated in 1947. John played on championship basketball and football teams for the then Norway Vikings. He...
Martin "Marty" G. Lamers, Jr.
Aug 24, 2020
Martin “Marty” G. Lamers Jr., age 75, of Tipler, WI, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2020. He was born on September 7, 1944 in Little Chute, WI, the son of the late Martin G. and Dealia (VandeHey) Lamers, Sr. Marty attended the Little Chute Schools. He was employed as a truck driver for Thilmany Papers in Kaukauna, WI. He...
Sonne J. Stowell
Aug 20, 2020
Sonne J. Stowell, age 78, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. She was born on November 27, 1941 in Clawson, MI, the daughter of the late Walter and Elaine (Archer) Babb. She attended and graduated from the Clawson Schools, with the Class of 1959. Following graduation, she attended the Detroit Business...
Rocky Hudson
Aug 19, 2020
“Rocky” Walter Hudson, 78, of Iron River, MI passed away August 19, 2020 at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer. He was born to Lloyd and Ernestine (Oliver) Hudson on January 12, 1942 in Battle Creek, MI. His family moved to Green Bay, WI and he became an avid Packer fan. He was...
Richard "Dick" Tryan
Aug 17, 2020
Richard “Dick” Tryan, age 77, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020. He was born on December 28, 1942 in Escanaba, MI, the son of Ruby (Provo) Tryan and the late Earl Tryan. Dick attended the Escanaba Schools, graduating from Escanaba High School with the Class of 1960. He proudly served his country in the United...
John J. Anderson
Aug 16, 2020
John “Jack” J. Anderson, age 90, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Aspirus Iron River Hospital. He was born on November 24, 1929 in Stambaugh, MI; the son of the late Enoch and Louise (Baumgartner) Anderson. He attended and graduated from the Stambaugh High School, with the Class of 1947. He was a Veteran...
Nancy G. Pete
Aug 11, 2020
Nancy G. Pete, age 65, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at her home in Watersmeet, MI. Nancy was born on January 18, 1955 in Crystal Falls, MI. She was preceded in death by her loving parents Arthur and Sonya (Hiltonen) Ketola and her grandson, Alex McGeshick. Nancy was a former student of the Forest Park Schools in...
Lila M. Kosky
Aug 9, 2020
Lila M. Kosky, age 91, lifelong resident of Iron River, MI, went home to her Lord and Savior surrounded by her family on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at Aspirus Iron River Hospital. She was born on January 9, 1929 in Iron River, MI, the daughter of the late Nick and Helvi (Maki) Syynimaa. She attended the Iron River Schools, graduating...
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