Obituary for Myrna Lauzon
Myrna Mae Lauzon
(May 8, 1931 – February 7, 2023)
Myrna Mae Lauzon, 91, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away on Tuesday , February 7, 2023
at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood.
She was born in Pence, WI, on May 8, 1931, the daughter of Louis and Frances (Chiapuzio)
Bertoluzza. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and Hurley High School, where she
graduated in 1949. She worked at several jobs after high school, most notably at Range
Beverage in Hurley, where she was a secretary.
On April 11, 1959, Myrna married Thomas Lauzon of Ironwood at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Hurley. They made their home in Ironwood and were blessed with 54 years of
marriage before he preceded her in death on March 9, 2014. She worked as a loving mother
and homemaker as they raised five children together. A devout Catholic, Myrna was a member of
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood.
She is preceded in passing by her husband, Thomas Lauzon, parents Louis and Frances Bertoluzza, and her grandson Steve Lauzon.
Myrna is survived by children, Joseph, Ironwood; Claude (Dong), Green Bay; Mary (Tom)
Buchko, Ironwood; Louis, Ironwood; and Gerard (Heidi), Ironwood. She is also survived by fifteen
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; sisters Marguerite Pavlovich, Poplar, and Priscilla
Kimball, Muskego; siblings-in-law Joan Bennetts, Traverse City, Donna Sullivan and Sybil (Joe)
Giorgianni, both of Marquette, and John (Luise) Lauzon, Hernando, Mississippi, as well as many
nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, February 11, at 11 a.m., preceded
by visitation in the St. Joseph Family Room at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in
Ironwood, with the Rev. Brian Gerber, celebrant.
Luncheon will follow in the parish hall.
Rite of Committal and internment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Ironwood, in the spring.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home and Cremation
services of Ironwood.
(May 8, 1931 – February 7, 2023)
Myrna Mae Lauzon, 91, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away on Tuesday , February 7, 2023
at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood.
She was born in Pence, WI, on May 8, 1931, the daughter of Louis and Frances (Chiapuzio)
Bertoluzza. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and Hurley High School, where she
graduated in 1949. She worked at several jobs after high school, most notably at Range
Beverage in Hurley, where she was a secretary.
On April 11, 1959, Myrna married Thomas Lauzon of Ironwood at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Hurley. They made their home in Ironwood and were blessed with 54 years of
marriage before he preceded her in death on March 9, 2014. She worked as a loving mother
and homemaker as they raised five children together. A devout Catholic, Myrna was a member of
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood.
She is preceded in passing by her husband, Thomas Lauzon, parents Louis and Frances Bertoluzza, and her grandson Steve Lauzon.
Myrna is survived by children, Joseph, Ironwood; Claude (Dong), Green Bay; Mary (Tom)
Buchko, Ironwood; Louis, Ironwood; and Gerard (Heidi), Ironwood. She is also survived by fifteen
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; sisters Marguerite Pavlovich, Poplar, and Priscilla
Kimball, Muskego; siblings-in-law Joan Bennetts, Traverse City, Donna Sullivan and Sybil (Joe)
Giorgianni, both of Marquette, and John (Luise) Lauzon, Hernando, Mississippi, as well as many
nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, February 11, at 11 a.m., preceded
by visitation in the St. Joseph Family Room at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in
Ironwood, with the Rev. Brian Gerber, celebrant.
Luncheon will follow in the parish hall.
Rite of Committal and internment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Ironwood, in the spring.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home and Cremation
services of Ironwood.