OBITUARIES
Marie Osterman
Mar 7, 2016
Marie Osterman, 97, of Hurley, a former longtime Ironwood resident, died peacefully Monday morning, March 7, 2016, at Sky View Nursing Center in Hurley, with her loving family by her side. Â Â Â Â The former Marie Hill was born Oct. 8, 1918, in Ironwood, daughter of the late James and Mabel (Odgers) Hill, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in...
Vera Cox
Mar 3, 2016
Vera E. Cox, 84, of Bessemer, died Thursday, March 3, 2016 in Ironwood with her family by her side. She was born March 25, 1931 in Berlin, Germany, daughter of the late Wilhelm and Gertrude (Buettner) Dallmann. Vera was employed as a dressmaker in Germany. During a vacation at Pine Lake in 1969 she met Charles R. Cox Sr., they...
Gerald T. Bidgood
Mar 3, 2016
?     Gerald T. "Jerry" Bidgood, 93, of Ironwood, died peacefully Thursday afternoon, March 3, 2016, at home,  surrounded by his loving family.     Jerry was born March 20, 1922, in Mellen, Wis., son of the late Frank and Kate (Hofstra) Bidgood, and graduated from Mellen High School in 1940. He was inducted into the U.S. Army on Nov. 2, 1942, and...
William Montonati
Mar 1, 2016
William V. "Bill" Montonati, 66 of Bessemer, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at his home. He was born June 20, 1949 in Ironwood, the son of the late Peter and Lucy (Tuoro) Montonati. Bill graduated from A.D. Johnston High School with the Class of 1967. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in January of 1968 where he served...
Ben Walston
Mar 1, 2016
Ben A. Walston, 73, lost his battle with throat and lung cancer April 29th, 2016 at this home in Kimball, WI. He was born Sept 7, 1942 in Faro, NC. son of the late Adolph and Effie Walston of North Carolina. In 1962 he married Mary Frances Barnes in NC. They soon moved to Rockford, IL with an infant daughter...
Ronald E. Erickson
Feb 23, 2016
Ronald E. "Ron" Erickson, 75, of Ironwood Township, Mich., died Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 23, 2016, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, with his family by his side. Â Â Â Â He was born June 17, 1940, in Ironwood Township, son of the late Herbert and Marie (Vronch) Erickson, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1958. Â He was employed as a...
Joan Marie Webb
Feb 21, 2016
Joan Webb, who always told her kids she was Wonder Woman in disguise, loved wearing high heels in her youth, was a drum majorette in high school and could throw a baton high in the air and catch it as it came down, thus attracting the man who became her husband as he took photos of a parade she was...
Susan Mclean Olson
Feb 19, 2016
Susan McLean Olson, 57, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly Friday evening, Feb. 19, 2016, at home. Â Â Â Â She was born Oct. 11, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minn., daughter of Mike and the late Delores (Larson) McLean, and graduated from New Ulm High School, New Ulm, Minn., in 1977. She received an associate degree in business from New Ulm Community College in 1979 and...
Larry L. Sprenger
Feb 18, 2016
Larry L. Sprenger, 82, of Mercer, died unexpectedly Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at home.     He was born March 31, 1933, in Oshkosh, son of the late Edward and Tekla (Sydow) Sprenger, and graduated from Watertown High School in 1951. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on Feb. 27, 1952, proudly serving his country in Korea, and was honorably...
Maryann Klopatek
Feb 17, 2016
MaryAnn Klopatek, 77, of North Popko Circle, Mercer, born into eternal life on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at her home. She was born April 20, 1938 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Kenneth and Mary (Fedor) Swenson. MaryAnn was raised in Caledonia and attended Caledonia and Racine schools. On May 28, 1955 she was married to John "Jack" H....
Ronald Siirila
Feb 13, 2016
Ronald E. Siirila, 72, of Ashland and a longtime resident of Pioneer Park Apartments in Ironwood, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016 in Ashland. He was born January 20, 1944 in Ironwood, son of the late Emil and Bertha (Kivi) Siirila. Ronald attended Ironwood schools and graduated from the Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1962. He...
Marilyn J. Baribeau
Feb 9, 2016
Marilyn J. Baribeau, 86, of Saxon, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in her apartment at the Villa Vista in Hurley, surrounded by her loving family. Â Â Â Â The former Marilyn Sailer was born Sept. 18, 1929, in Ashland, daughter of the late John and Saima (Lahti) Sailer, and graduated from Saxon High School in 1946. Â Â Â Â She married Arthur P. Baribeau on Oct....
Russell W. Mieloszyk
Feb 7, 2016
Russell W. "Buster" Mieloszyk, 81, of Anvil Location, Bessemer Township, died peacefully Sunday evening, Feb. 7, 2016, at home, with his family by his side. Â Â Â Â He was born July 25, 1934, in Ironwood Township, son of the late Thomas and Maude (Hocking) Mieloszyk, attended Roosevelt School, and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in 1953. He was employed in the...
Homer Marander
Feb 7, 2016
Homer Marander, 89, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Sunday morning Feb. 7, 2016, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, following  a short illness.     He was born Dec,1, 1926, in Ironwood, son of Herman Marander and Marie (Kleimola) (Marander) Brottlund. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1944. Soon after, he joined the U.S. Army...
Marion Esther Stierna
Feb 3, 2016
Marion Esther Stierna, 99, of Ironwood, formerly of Melbourne, Fla., died peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, with her loving daughter by her side. Â Â Â Â The former Marion Esther Juntunen was born June 17, 1916, in Holmes City, Minn., daughter of the late Edwin and Minnie (Heikkinen) Juntunen. When she was less...
Michael Smith
Jan 20, 2016
Michael L. Smith, age64,of Mercer, formerly of Indiana, died on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at his home. He was born November 19, 1951 in Muncie, Indiana, the son of the late Lloyd and Dorothy (Harden) Smith. He is survived by his daughter, Heather Smith of Mercer, and his son, Sean Smith of Prospect Heights, IL. He was preceded in death...
Jeanette Barbacovi
Jan 20, 2016
Jeanette L. Barbacovi, 43, of West Francis Street, Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly due to medical complications on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, in Ironwood. She was born January 30, 1972 in Skokie, Illinois, daughter of John W. and Judith (Barringer) Barbacovi Sr. Jeannette attended Bessemer schools and graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1990....
Sigrid Luoma
Jan 18, 2016
Sigrid M. Luoma, age 97 of Ironwood, died Monday, January 18, 2016 at home. She was born on November 15, 1918 in Ironwood, the daughter of the late Isaac and Mary (Ross) Panula. She attended Ironwood schools, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School with the Class of 1937. On November 1, 1941, she was united in marriage with Otto...
Doris J. Soine
Jan 15, 2016
Doris J. Soine, 84, of Kimball, died peacefully Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, in her home, surrounded by her loving family, following a brief battle with cancer. Â Â Â Â The former Doris J. Valle was born Sept 17, 1931, in Gile, daughter of the late Frank and Johanna (DaRonco) Valle, and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley with the Class of...
Judi Forslund
Jan 14, 2016
Judi Forslund, 62, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., was called to be with her Father in Heaven on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Shawnee, Okla. Â Â Â Â She was born Judith Eileen Negri on Feb. 21, 1953, at the Divine Infant Hospital in Wakefield, Mich. She was the third child of John D. Negri and Patricia J. (Hemkes) Negri. She attended school in...
