OBITUARIES
Virginia R. Krznarich
Oct 27, 2015
Virginia R. "Ginny" Krznarich, 85, a winter resident of Sun City, Ariz. and summer resident of Hurley, Wis., died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, under hospice care in Sun City. Â Â Â Â The former Virginia McCoy was born Dec. 3, 1929, in Chicago, Ill., daughter of the late Theodore and Esther (Sprang) McCoy. She attended St. Thomas Aquinas Grade School in Milwaukee, then...
Joseph J. Templer
Oct 26, 2015
Joseph J. Templer, 91, of Ironwood, Mich., died early Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2015, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, with his family by his side. Â Â Â Â He was born March 15, 1924, in Ironwood, son of the late Charles and Mary (Vantomma) Templer, and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in 1942. He then worked at the Pabst...
Adina Gasbarri
Oct 25, 2015
Adina "Ginger" Gasbarri, 95, formerly of Hurley, Wis., died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. Â Â Â Â The former Adina Klug was born Jan. 16, 1920, in Garfield, Minn. to Carl and Dina (Kloehn) Klug. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Church in Garfield. Â Â Â Â Adina and her husband, Louis, worked and managed...
James J. Simmons
Oct 25, 2015
James J. Simmons, 80, former longtime Ironwood, Mich. resident, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at Hunter Hollow Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in West Valley. He had resided with his daughter and son-in-law in Grantsville, Utah due to declining health. Â Â Â Â Jim was born May 31, 1935, in Ironwood, son of the late Raymond and Alice (Saippa) Simmons, and graduated from...
Richard W. Hewitt
Oct 24, 2015
Richard W. "Richie" Hewitt Sr., 73, of Southgate Village, Hurley, died peacefully Saturday evening, Oct. 24, 2015, in his apartment, surrounded by his loving family, following a brief battle with cancer. Â Â Â Â He was born May 26, 1942, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late Jack Hewitt and Fannie (Saari) Hewitt Hockin, and attended J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley. He...
Carol Dollar
Oct 23, 2015
Carol M. (Doney) Dollar, 54, of Afton, passed away on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, in Tulsa. She was born Sept. 23, 1961, in Wakefield, Mich ., the daughter of Richard and Ethel (Stoole) Doney. Carol grew up in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1979. Throughout her life she moved with her military family all over the world....
Cloe Dean Livingston
Oct 20, 2015
Cloe Dean Livingston, 81, of Ironwood Township, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. Â Â Â Â The former Cloe Dean Mortensen was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Hurley, Wis., daughter of the late John and Signa (Peterson) Mortensen, and attended J.E. Murphy High School. Â Â Â Â She was married to Robert L. Livingston on June 30,...
Frank Anthony Grasso
Oct 19, 2015
Frank (Francis) Anthony Grasso, 84, of Pence, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at Ashland Health and Rehabilitation Center in Ashland.     Frank was born on February 23, 1931, and grew up at the family home west of Trimble Hill in Montreal. His father, John, passed away when Frank was 7 years of age. He cared for the home and his mother...
Leonard W. Korpi
Oct 18, 2015
Leonard W. Korpi, 85, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, at home. Â Â Â Â He was born May 27, 1930, in Bessemer Township, son of the late Oscar and Anna (Mattson) Korpi, and graduated from A. D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1948. He then served four years stateside in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Â Â Â Â Following his...
Mary Ann Verbos
Oct 15, 2015
Mary Ann Verbos, of Ironwood, passed away Thursday evening, Oct.15, 2015, at the age of 90. Â Â Â Â Mary was born in Ironwood on November 11, 1924. She was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood. Â Â Â Â She is survived by her brother in-law, William Miller, and many nieces, nephews and extended family and friends. Â Â Â Â Mary was preceded in...
Martha J. Moren
Oct 13, 2015
Martha J. Moren, 97, of Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood, died peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, surrounded by her loving family.     The former Martha J. Saari was born Nov. 2, 1917, in Washburn, Wis., daughter of the late Alexander and Senia (Saari) Saari, and came to Erwin Township as a child,...
Marion H. Koski
Oct 10, 2015
Marion H. Koski, 77, of Upson, died peacefully Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at Mellen Manor Nursing Home in Mellen, Wisc. Â Â Â Â The former Marion Lantta was born Nov. 25, 1937, in Ramsay, Mich., daughter of the late Ray and Helen (Kivi) Lantta, and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley in 1955. Â Â Â Â She married Raymond Koski on Sept. 29, 1956....
Robert J. Tregembo
Oct 2, 2015
Robert J. "Bubba" Tregembo, 71, of Ironwood, died peacefully Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, with his family by his side. Â Â Â Â He was born March 30, 1944, in Ironwood, son of Wilfred and Rosella (Dalle Ave) Tregembo, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1962. Â Â Â Â He was married to Carol Luoma on June...
William L. Heilig
Sep 30, 2015
William L. Heilig, 90, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, with his family at his side, following a lengthy battle with cancer.     He was born Aug. 17, 1925, raised in Lower Michigan, and came to Ironwood in 1946. Bill, along with his wife Doreen, founded  Doreen's Antiques on Lake St....
Doris M. Sauter
Sep 26, 2015
Doris M. Sauter, 93, of Garden Estates, Hurley, and formerly of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with her loving family by her side. Â Â Â Â The former Doris Erickson was born Jan. 16, 1922, in Bessemer, Mich., daughter of the late Harold and Helen (Newby) Erickson, and graduated from Luther...
James M. Zak
Sep 22, 2015
James M. Zak Sr., 89, of Ironwood, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood.      Jim's journey through life started and ended in Ironwood . He was born Dec. 12, 1925, son of the late Michael and Mary (Kurtz) Zak, and grew up in Reno Location . On occasion , he would drive by the "old"...
Eva A. Verhelst
Sep 16, 2015
Eva A. Verhelst , 99, of Ironwood, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. Â Â Â Â She was born July 22, 1916, in Ironwood, daughter of the late John and Eva (Ostruska) Walek, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1933. She was employed as a cashier at McLellan's in downtown Ironwood...
Shirley L. Mcdonald
Sep 15, 2015
Shirley L. McDonald, 94, of Ironwood, Mich., died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with her family by her side. Â Â Â Â The former Shirley Van Stratum was born Dec. 6, 1920, in Hurley, daughter of the late Dr. Byron and Ruth (Goodman) Van Stratum. She attended St. Ambrose Catholic Grade School in Ironwood through...
Joseph Traczyk
Sep 13, 2015
Joseph G. Traczyk, 91, of Hurley, Wis., died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 13, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. Â Â Â Â He was born Feb. 18, 1924, in Hurley, son of the late Joseph and Mary (Ryniewicz) Traczyk, and attended Hurley schools. He worked in area CCC camps and at the Iron County Lumber & Fuel Co. prior to enlisting in...
George B. Wallis
Sep 13, 2015
George B. Wallis Jr.,also known as "PA", 62, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly Sunday evening, Sept. 13, 2015, at home. Â Â Â Â He was born Dec. 5, 1952, in Ironwood, son of George B. Wallis Sr. and the late Mary Lou (Lopez) Wallis. He attended Hurley, Wis. schools and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1972. He then served in the U.S....
