OBITUARIES
Dorothy Erickson
Mar 15, 2018
Dorothy Frances Erickson, age 94 formerly of Bessemer, MI, died peacefully on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Northland Village in Hoyt Lakes, MN. Â Â Â Â She was born on November 20, 1923 in Wakefield, MI to John and Louise (Torzewski) Savitski. Â Â Â Â As a young girl, Dorothy lived in Thomaston, MI and moved with her family to Bessemer, MI, where she graduated from...
Mary Develski
Mar 12, 2018
Mary Ann Develski, 76, of Bessemer, passed away on March 12, 2018 in Duluth, Minnesota. Â Â Â Mary Ann was born to Edward G. and Myrtle E. (Olson) Strahs on November 19, 1941 in Evanston, Illinois. She attended Ramsey Grade School and was a 1959 graduate of A.D. Johnston High School. She attended Northern Michigan University where she studied Practical Nursing. Â Â Â On...
Wilbert Luoma
Feb 27, 2018
Wilbert E. Luoma, age 91, of Saxon, passed away on February 27, 2018 at a local nursing home. Â Â Â Wilbert was born on March 14, 1926 in Ironwood, Michigan to Emil and Alina (Ekron) Luoma. Â He graduated as Salutatorian of Saxon School. Â He served his country honorably during WWII in the Pacific Theater with the 528 th Field Artillery Unit. He...
John Cirolini
Feb 10, 2018
John C. Cirolini, age 89 of Ironwood, died Saturday, Feb. 10th, 2018, in Ironwood. He was born April 4 th , 1928, in Ironwood, son of the late Rudolph and Lucia (Pedergnana) Cirolini.     John attended Ironwood schools. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, as a hospital guard in the Pacific, and he received the World War...
Sandra Mattson
Feb 7, 2018
Sandra Jean Mattson, 78, Ironwood, Michigan, passed away at 12:21 a.m. on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at Franciscan St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. Â Â Â She was born on Friday, February 17, 1939 in Reed City, Michigan, to the late Ora Asa and Goldie Almeda (Richert) Borton. She married the love of her life, Reino Leonard Mattson on June 30, 1956. They...
