All Obituaries

Calumet-Sharon B. Liimatta 83, of Calumet passed away on May 5, 2021 at Canalview Houghton County.  She was born on May 24, 1937 to Everett and Eleanor Paulson.  She owned and operated Sharon’s Bar until her retirement in 1994.  Sharon was a member of the National Lutheran Church of Calumet .  She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Donald, Robert, Floyd and Eric; and six sisters: Delores, Betty, Carol, Judy, Darlene, and Patricia...

Calumet – John W. Erkkila 83, passed away on March 16th at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital following a lengthy illness.  He was born in Calumet, a son of Wesley and Dorothy Erkkila and graduated from Calumet High School.  John worked as a drift miner for C & H Mining Company and later worked as a salesman for Peterlin Distributing Company for over thirty years, retiring in 2000.  He will be sadly missed by his wife Sharon, daughter Johnna (James) Therrian of Laurium,...

Calumet – Dorothy “Dolly” Marie Reilly, 83 a resident of Calumet, passed away at her home on March 6, 2021.  She was born on May 16, 1937 in Laurium, a daughter of Stanley and Hilja (Korhonen) Richards.  She attended Calumet Public Schools and graduated with the Class of 1955.  On June 1, 1957, she was united in marriage to Robert A. Reilly at the Sacred Heart Church.  In her early years she worked at the Michigan Bell Telephone Company and for...

CALUMET, Mich – Bernard M. Shute 93 of Calumet, Michigan, passed away March 1, 2021.     He was born March 12, 1927 to Mike and Mary Shute of Calumet, Michigan.     Bernie was born during the prohibition and fondly referred to himself as a “Bootlegger Baby”.  Born in the family home, upstairs of Shute’s Bar, Bernie experienced life “behind the bar” during the prohibition, the great depression, WWII, The Korean War and The...

On February 13, Esmé Enes Johnson died unexpectedly in Calumet. She was 24 years old. Esmé is survived by her parents Keith Johnson and Julie DePaul Johnson of Calumet; her daughter, Stella; her siblings Vince DePaul of Indiana PA, Eric Johnson of Alexandria VA, Ian Johnson of Portland ME, and Louise Johnson of Marietta GA; her grandmother Alice Rastello of Laurium MI, along with many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and...

Calumet – Marc S. Foissotte age 65, formerly of Laurium , passed away on Friday, February 5 2021 at the Canal View Houghton County.  He had been a resident there for ten years.  He was born in Waukegan, Illinois, a son of Perry and Mary Carr and spent most of his life in California. He and brother Douglas suffered from muscular dystrophy.  He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Philip and Douglas.  He is survived by brothers Paul of San Carlos,...

Lake Linden – Daniel Bruce Dilny, 62 passed away at his home following his battle with cancer on Sunday, January 31, 2021.  He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1958 and lived in Tucson, Arizona for several years.  He relocated to Fort Myers, Florida at the start of the millenium and then retired to spend the last decade of his life in Lake Linden.  He loved camping, getting out into nature and riding his motorcycle.  His main purpose in life that gave him the most...

Mary Margaret Bush, lovingly nicknamed Bob'm by her grandchildren, age 80, passed away on January 30, 2021.  She was born on July 20, 1940 in Detroit to J. Douglas Canton and Helen Nesbit Caton.  Mary was a graduate of Mercy College, where she received her Bachaelors of Nursing Degree.  She was employed as a pediatric nurse at Beverly Hills Pediatrics and retired after over 25 years of service caring for countless families where she was often referred to as "the...

Theodore "Ted" Rouse 68, passed away on January 7, 2021 in the Aurora St. Lukes Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  On Thursday, January 7, 2021, Theodore Nedward Rouse, loving husband, father of 4 children and beloved Pastor, went to meet Jesus at the age of 68. Theodore was born on November 1, 1952 in Calumet, Michigan to Bernard and Eleanor (Picard) Rouse. He attended MATC in Milwaukee where he met and married his wife, Doreen Mary Corbine. They were young and in love...

Charles Edward “Digger” Ryan Jr., age 87, of Laurium, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at U.P. Health System-Portage.   Charles was born April 27, 1933, son of the late Charles Edward and Stephanie (Kobe) Ryan of Calumet, Michigan. He attended and graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic Schools.  As a high school student, Charles lettered in basketball and was selected to help build Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church in Copper Harbor, Michigan. His involvement...