Kristi Mae Kivi, 30, of
Ironwood, Mich., died Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's
Medical Center in Duluth, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle/pick-up truck
collision earlier that morning in Sawyer County, Wis. The former Kristi Mae Bouillion was born Nov.
7, 1981, in Ironwood, daughter of James Bouillion and Donna (Buinowski) Eifolla,
attended A.L. Norrie Grade School, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High
School in 1999. She became a registered nurse in 2005 after attending the
nursing program at Gogebic Community College, and was currently employed at
Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. Kristi was a member of Our Lady of Peace
Catholic Church in Ironwood. Her daughter Angela was her whole
life. Surviving are her daughter, Angela
Kivi, and mother and step-father, Donna and Greg Eifolla, all of Saxon, Wis.;
father, James Bouillion, Ironwood; sister, Faith (Joseph) D'Angelo,
Chesterfield, Mich.; maternal grandparents, Norb and May Buinowski, Ironwood;
aunts and uncles, Charlotte (Jeff) Behrendt, Ironwood, Lois (Dave) Assmann,
Minocqua, Wis., Char (William) Barribeau, Sherwood, Wis., Marion Bouillion,
Bessemer, Mich., Bonnie Ruby, Hurley, Wis., Karen (Richard) Blomberg, Bessemer,
Debbie (Dale) Anderson, Saginaw, Minn., David (Sharon) Bouillion, Hurley, Dan
Bouillion, Green Bay, Wis., John Bouillion, Bessemer, and Bob (Mary) Bouillion,
Stevens Point, Wis.; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her uncle, Norbert J.
Buinowski Jr., on Oct. 9, 2008. There will be no visitation. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated
Friday, July 13, at 11 a.m., at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood,
with the Rev. Robb Jurkovich, celebrant. Rite of Committal will take place in the St.
Joseph Family Room at the church, with luncheon to follow in the parish
hall. Private interment will be in Riverside
Cemetery, Ironwood. Online condolences may be given to Kristi's
family at mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick
Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Ironwood.