OBITUARIES
Joseph Martell
Sep 18, 2018
Joseph N Martell, age 98, of Bessemer, died Monday, September 18, 2018 at the Villa Maria Health Care Facility in Hurley.    He was born July 13, 1920 in Bessemer, MI to Napoleon and Phoebe (Audet) Martell and moved to Ironton location.      He attended elementary school at Puritan and St. Sebastian Schools. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High school in 1938. ...
Clifford Kinnunen
Sep 15, 2018
Clifford G. Kinnunen, 43, passed away unexpectedly on September 15, 2018 in Ironwood. Â Â Â Â Clifford was born June 6, 1975 to the late Michael Kinnunen and mother, Carolyn. Â Â Â Â He attended the Bessemer area schools and once worked at Steiger Lumber Company with his dad. Â Â Â Â Cliff enjoyed listening to his favorite old-time music, camping, Karaoke with his mom and just spending time...
Frances Desautelle
Aug 28, 2018
Frances Ann DeSautelle,92, died on August 28, 2018 in Evanston, Illinois.     She was born on January 18, 1926 in Bessemer, Michigan.     Fran was a graduate of AD Johnston High School in Bessemer. After working briefly in Chicago, she returned to the Bessemer/Ironwood area and worked for the Cherne Contracting Corporation and subsequently at the Indianhead Mountain Ski Resort. She went...
Sharon Schmidt
Aug 20, 2018
Sharon Lee Schmidt (nee Nyman), 75, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, August 20 2018 at Park Manor Nursing Home in Park Falls, Wisconsin.     Sharon was born on April 19, 1943 in Muskegon, Michigan and lived her early life in Bessemer, Michigan where she graduated from A.D. Johnston High School.        Sharon was united in marriage with her...
Dan Carmichael
Aug 2, 2018
Daniel Robert Carmichael Jr. April 2, 1933-August 2, 2018 Â Â Â Â Dan Carmichael Jr. passed away on Thursday, August 2nd at the age of 85. He had recently moved back to Stevens Point, Wisconsin to be closer to his daughter, Betty. One of the things Dan enjoyed most in his later years was writing down his life story to share with his...
Wildahlee Smith
Jul 22, 2018
Wildahlee "Buttons" Smith, 82, of Bessemer, passed away on July 22, 2018 in Ironwood.                   Buttons was born on July 9, 1936 to the late William and Jewell (Livingston) Kitzman in Bergland, Michigan.    She was a 1954 graduate of Bergland High Schools.     On July 23, 1956 she married Alan Smith in the Fort Riley, Kansas Army Chapel. She was employed with...
Frances Mccarthy
Jul 13, 2018
Frances M. "Honey" McCarthy, age 93, of Bessemer, passed away on July 13, 2018 at her home, with her family and her best friend Margie by her side. Â Â Â Â Honey was born on April 30, 1925 at her father's gas station in Morton Grove, Illinois to Francis and Mary (Walleck) Turner. She was a 1943 graduate of Ontonagon High School. After...
Walter Hess
Jul 1, 2018
Walter I. Hess, of 308 Iron Street, Hurley, passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2018 following a brief illness.     Walt was born on May 11, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, son of the late Irwin and Catherine (Bruen) Hess. He attended schools in the Chicago area before enlisting and serving in the United States Army from 1953 to November 1955. After...
