Obituaries
Honoring Lives and Memories - Obituaries for Families in Iron River, MI
John J. Pasternak
Mar 25, 2018
John J. Pasternak, age 78, of Bates Township, MI, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2018 at his home. He was born September 5, 1939, in Armstrong Creek, WI, the son of the late John and Hazel (Knapp) Pasternak. He attended and graduated from the Goodman-Armstrong Creek Schools. He then went on to attend Northern Michigan University Skills Center for...
Virginia M. Wilkins
Mar 20, 2018
Virginia Mae Wilkins, age 93, of Iron River, MI, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at the Aspirus Iron River Hospital. She was born December 13, 1924 in Joliet, IL, the daughter of the late Frank and Grace (Cherry) Lindberg. She attended the Joliet Township Schools, graduating with the Class of 1942. Following graduation, she attended Joliet Junior College. Virginia...
Nancy G. Nasser
Mar 18, 2018
Nancy G. Nasser, age 94, a lifelong resident of Iron River, MI, passed away on Sunday, Mar. 18, 2018 at the Iron County Medical Care Facility. Nancy was born Oct. 11, 1923 in Caspian, MI, the daughter of the late Herman and Hulda (Hanson) Swanson. She attended the Iron River Schools, and graduated with the Class of 1941. After high...
Dorothy A. Anderson
Mar 17, 2018
Dorothy Ann (Tomasoski) Anderson, age 92, of Gaastra, MI, passed away on March 17, 2018, in Iron River, Michigan. She was born on November 18, 1925, in Norway, Michigan, the daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Bilski) Tomasoski. She attended the Palatka schools, and graduated from Stambaugh High School, with the Class of 1943. After graduation, she worked in...
Elsye M. Nygard Heath
Mar 13, 2018
Elsye Mary Nygard Heath was born in Iron River, Michigan on December 24, 1923, to the late Mary Edla Jakobsson Nygard and John Nygard. She left us on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, after a short battle with a stroke. After graduating from her small town high school, she made her way to Chicago to attend nursing school at St. Luke’s...
Elva E. Puckett
Mar 11, 2018
Elva E. Puckett, age 85, of Alvin, WI, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at her home. Elva was born July 16, 1932 in Alvin, WI, the daughter of the late Byrd and Mary (Morrison) Day. She attended the Elvoy School. Elva married Herman Puckett on May 22, 1948 in Alvin and returned to the area to make their...
Judy Mariani
Mar 7, 2018
Judith “Judy” J. Mariani, age 93, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at the U.P. Health System in Marquette, Michigan. She was born May 17, 1924 in Iron Mountain, MI, the daughter of the late Carlo and Clara (Carlevato) Porta. She attended the Iron Mountain and Channing Schools. On December 30, 1942, Judy married Bernard...
David P. Ross
Mar 7, 2018
David P. Ross, age 58, of Arbor Vitae, WI, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at his home. He was born on September 4, 1959 in Crystal Falls, MI, the son of the late Wayne E. Ross and Corinne A. Stacy. He attended the West Iron County and Menominee Schools, graduating from Menominee High School, with the Class...
Charles L. Wiegand, Sr.
Feb 28, 2018
Charles L. Wiegand, Sr. age 88, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls, Michigan. On April 3, 1929, he was born in Warren, MI, the son of the late Frank J. and Cyrilla C. (Hertz) Wiegand, Sr. He attended the St. Clement Schools in Warren, graduating...
George G. Stockero, Sr.
Feb 23, 2018
George Guido Stockero, Sr., age 77 of Caspian, passed away at the Omega House Hospice Facility in Houghton on Friday, February 23, 2018. He was born on February 25, 1940 in Hermansville, the son of the late Guido and Emma (Marana) Stockero. He moved to Stambaugh as young child. On September 4, 2001, George married Barbara (nee Woons) and the...
Frances M. Nordstrom
Feb 22, 2018
Frances M. Nordstrom, age 88, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at the Iron River Care Center. She was born on March 14, 1929 in Wyndmere, ND, the daughter of the late Henry and Loretta (Springer) O’Connor. She attended the Phelps Schools. Frances married Floyd Nordstrom on February 7, 1948 in Iron River. The couple...
Domenica A. Carlotto
Feb 15, 2018
Domenica A. Carlotto, age 89, of Caspian, MI, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at her son’s home in Caspian. She was born November 17, 1928 in Iron River, MI, the daughter of the late Amedio and Rose (Contardi) Mandolini. She attended the Iron River Schools, graduating from the Iron River High School, with the Class of 1946. She was...
David L. Pearson
Feb 12, 2018
David Lawrence Pearson, age 60, of Beechwood, MI, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 12, 2018 in Iron River, MI. He was born December 21, 1957 in Minneapolis, MN, and is proceeded in death by baby Isaiah, father Lawrence Pearson, mother Margery Susan (Sue) (Denn) Pearson. Dave sat on the Board of Directors for the Beechwood Historical Society, was an...
Jack "Scotty" B. Watt
Feb 11, 2018
Jack “Scotty” B. Watt, age 90, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2017 at his home. He was born October 25, 1927 in Iron River, MI, the son of the late William J. and Anna (Monahan) Watt. He attended the Iron River Schools, graduating with the Class of 1945. Scotty was honorably discharged from the U.S....
Marvin W. Melchiori
Feb 10, 2018
Marvin W. Melchiori, age 89, of Caspian, MI, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls, MI. He was born April 17, 1928 in Stambaugh, MI, the son of the late William “Bull” and Irene (Sperberg) Melchiori. He attended the Stambaugh Schools, graduating in 1947. While in high school, he played football...
Helen E. Kinner
Feb 8, 2018
Helen E. Kinner, age 90, of Iron River, MI, passed away, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at the Aspirus Iron River Hospital. She was born February 3, 1928 in Phelps, WI, the daughter of the late Allan and Impi (Heikkinen) Niemi. She attended the Phelps Schools, graduating from Phelps High School, with the Class of 1946....
Georgia E. Pollock
Jan 31, 2018
Georgia E. Pollock, age 88, of Iron River, MI, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls, MI. On August 25, 1929, she was born in Tipler, WI, the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel (Strange) Tucker. She was employed as a Caregiver in an Adult Foster Care Center. She...
David A. Serbinski
Jan 30, 2018
David Anthony Serbinski, age 84, of Bates Township, went to be with our Lord on January 30, 2018. David was born October 25, 1933 in Stambaugh, Michigan, the son of the late Stanley and Joanna (LaSovage) Serbinski. He attended Stambaugh Schools, graduating from Stambaugh High School in 1951. David attended Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan for Mechanical Engineering. David...
Gary Smith
Jan 24, 2018
Gary Smith, aged 65 years old, passed away on the 24th of January 2018 in Costa Rica. Gary was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on April 11th, 1952, the son of the late Charles Smith and Patricia O’Brien. His family later moved to Wisconsin and he graduated from Suring High School in June of 1970. Gary honorably served in the...
James E. Houser
Jan 23, 2018
SMSgt James Edward Houser, (ret), aged 88 years, known to his wife as Jim, passed into his savior’s arms, Jesus Christ, on the 23rd of January 2018 in Iron River, MI at his family’s home (Joe and Joyce Rankin). Jim was born and raised in Washington, D.C. on August 13, 1929. He was a 30 year Veteran of the Air...
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