OBITUARIES
Anneta J. Gunderson
Oct 21, 2016
Anneta J. Gunderson, 88, of Ironwood, passed away Friday evening, Oct. 21, 2016, after a lengthy battle with circulatory disease. Anneta wished to leave this earth in her home, and that is what happened with family members at her side. Love of family, of her many friends, and of her church, where she worked hard to help keep it going,...
David Tauer
Oct 19, 2016
Hurley, Wis. David "Dave" A. Tauer, 66, of Oma, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in Duluth at St. Mary''s Hospital, with his loving family at his side. Dave was born April 19, 1950, in Wakefield, the son of Joseph and Leona (Sobieski) Tauer. He was raised in the Bessemer, MI area and attended A.D. Johnston High School, he served...
John Wanden
Oct 19, 2016
John Ira Wanden, 89, of Bessemer, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016 in Wakefield. He was born October 25, 1926 in Tomahawk, WI, the son of the late John and Beatrice (Hudson) Wanden and had been a long time Bessemer resident. John was veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Navy. He was honorably discharged on April 15, 1946. He was...
Lillian Irene Forslund
Oct 18, 2016
Lillian Irene Forslund, 95, of E5108 Jackson Road, Ironwood Township, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, in Ironwood.     The former Lillian Irene Ahonen was born Oct. 9, 1921, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Gustave and Esther (Bentilla) Ahonen. She attended Wakefield and Ironwood schools and graduated high school from Ironwood in 1939. After high school graduation, Lillian took...
Patricia Krause
Oct 17, 2016
Patricia L. Krause, 81, of Ironwood, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016 in Ironwood. She was born March 23, 1935 in Ironwood, the daughter of the late Charles and Eva (Tomich) Tolvanen. Patricia attended the Ironwood schools, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1953. On September 3, 1955 she married Bernard W. Krause at...
Stanley Traczyk
Oct 16, 2016
Stanley J. "Honey" Traczyk, 88, of Hurley, died at home on Sunday, October 16, 2016. Born on May 8, 1928 in Hurley, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary (Renaiwicz) Traczyk. He was affectionately given the nickname "Honey" by his oldest sister, Clara, when he was a young child. The seventh of nine children, he attended school...
Anna Elias
Oct 12, 2016
Anna Elias, 92, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday October 12th 2016 surrounded by the love of her family. Anna was born on the Fourth of July, 1924 in Ashland, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Jacob and Albertina Tannheimer. Anna attended Bessemer schools and graduated with the class of 1942. On July 12, 1943 she was united in...
Vivian S. Sokolowski
Oct 9, 2016
Vivian S. Sokolowski, 85, of Hurley, Wis. and a former longtime Ironwood resident, died peacefully Sunday morning, Oct. 9, 2016, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, surrounded by her loving family. Â Â Â Â The former Vivian Riihimaki was born March 16, 1931, in Montreal, Wis., daughter of the late Eero and Sofia (Pihlaja-Kuhna) Riihimaki. She attended Hurley schools and graduated from...
Elaine V. Swanbeck
Oct 7, 2016
Elaine V. Swanbeck, 93, of Ironwood, died peacefully early Friday morning, Oct. 7, 2016, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, surrounded by her loving family. Â Â Â Â The former Elaine Leinonen was born April 3, 1923, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Matthew and Linnea (Krankkala) Leinonen, and attended Roosevelt and McKinley Grade Schools and Luther L. Wright...
Elizabeth Silkworth
Oct 6, 2016
Elizabeth Betty'' M. (Pavlovich) Silkworth, 92, passed away Thursday, October 6, at the Villa Maria Health & Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, WI. Betty was born on July 15, 1924 to the late Thomas and Mary Pavlovich in Marenisco, MI. She was united in marriage to Charles Silkworth, where they resided in Ironwood for 73 years. Betty was preceded in death...
Patricia L. Boyer
Oct 6, 2016
Patricia L. Boyer, 76, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully after a fierce battle with cancer on Thursday evening, Oct. 6, 2016, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, with her family at her side.     Pat was born April 11, 1940, in Ironwood, daughter of the late John and Lucille (Piasecki) Kapets, and attended St. Ambrose High School, graduating in 1958....
Lawrence Levra
Oct 5, 2016
Lawrence J. Levra, 82, of Hurley, died Wednesday, October 5, 2016 in Ironwood. He was born January 28, 1934 in Iron Belt, Wis., son of the late John and Minnie(Rosetti) Levra. Lawrence attended Iron Belt schools, graduating from the Iron Belt High School with the class of 1952. From February 17, 1954 until February 16, 1956, he served in the...
Lawrence L. Sobolewski
Sep 29, 2016
Lawrence L. Sobolewski, 85, of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Thursday evening, Sept. 29, 2016, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, with his loving family by his side. Â Â Â Â He was born April 22, 1931, in Ironwood Township, son of the late Bruno and Romanda (Kowalkoski) Sobolewski. He attended Ironwood elementary schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1949....
Beverly Lane
Sep 26, 2016
Beverly Mae Lane, 88, formerly of Garvey Street, Ironwood, died Monday September 26, 2016 in Elkhart, Indiana. She was born January 19, 1928 in Ironwood, daughter of the late William and Lillian Sundell. Beverly attended Ironwood schools and graduated from the Luther L. Wright High School. She was employed by the Michigan Bell Telephone Company and later by the Wisconsin...
Lila Bantz
Sep 24, 2016
Lila J. Bantz, age 89, of Ironwood died Saturday, September 24, 2016, in Ironwood. She was born February 28, 1927 in Ironwood, daughter of the late Nante and Lillian (Kinnunen) Holappa. Lila attended Ironwood schools, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1945. Her husband, Jerome Bantz, preceded her in death on April 14, 1985. She...
Terry Reid
Sep 24, 2016
Terry L. Reid passed away at his home, Cranberry Corner, in Green on Saturday, September 24, 2016. He was born in Standardville, Utah, August 12, 1945 to Clarence and Melba (Bean) Reid. Terry was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Phylis; and brothers, Richard and Keith; and sister-in-law, Anneli Kekke. Terry is survived by Bob Kekke his partner/spouse of...
Virginia Lafave
Sep 24, 2016
Virginia M. LaFave, 84, of Ironwood, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2016 in Woodruff, WI. Virginia M. LaFave celebrated her 85th birthday with her Lord and Savior in Heaven, after being called home on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Virginia LaFave (nee McKie) was born on September 25, 1931 to the late William and Cecelia McKie in Bessemer, MI. She attended...
Nadya Kangas
Sep 21, 2016
Nadya (Anderson) Kangas, 73, died on September 21, 2016 at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. She was born January 8, 1943 in Manchester, England, to Wolf and Isabella Heumann, and adopted by Richard and Thea Anderson in 1951. Before cancer cruelly stole her ability to do the things she loved, she was widely known as an excellent...
Ruth G. Helin
Sep 17, 2016
Ruth G. Helin, 91, of Gile, Wis., passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, with her family by her side.     She was born June 13, 1925, in Ishpeming, to Niilo and Hilma (Ruslin) Augustson. She lived in Republic and moved to Hurley, Wis., as a young child. She attended Cary...
Joseph Kasper
Sep 14, 2016
Joseph B. "Jake" Kasper, 55, of Gurney, died peacefully Wednesday morning, Sept. 14, 2016, in his home, surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous, 14-month battle with lung cancer. Â Â Â Â He was born March 11, 1961, in St. Paul, Minn., son of the late Joseph and Faythe (Heyne) Kasper. He attended Carver Elementary School in Maplewood, Minn. and graduated from...
