All Obituaries

Gina M. Bregar of Laurium, was called home to heaven on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at the age of 58. She was born in Libertyville, Illinois on December 6, 1964 to Ralph and Pauline (Kristapovich) Bregar. Gina graduated from Calumet High School and attended Suomi College. Gina loved spending time with her family, friends, and her cat, Brittany. She was a fashionista, enjoyed going for walks, and had a great sense of humor. Gina is survived by her sisters: Sue (Gary) Brown of Laurium and Kathy...

Lake Linden – Daniel Joseph Belopavlovich, aged 92, went home to be with the Lord on the evening of April 13, 2023.  He was a resident of Medilodge in Cheboygan, Michigan at the time of his death, having recently moved there to be near his children as his health declined.  For the previous 65 years, he had made his home in Lake Linden, Michigan.  Dan was born on September 3, 1930 in New Allouez, Michigan, to Nicholas and Mary (Damjanovich) Belopavlovich, the youngest of...

Ronald Carey Stewart, 65, passed away Tuesday, April 11 at home with his family in South Range after a short battle with cancer. Stewart was born in Mount Clemens, MI on July 22, 1957 to Ronald and Nancy (Reeside) Stewart. Stewart graduated from high school in 1975 and enlisted in the army, serving in Germany and traveling Europe at every chance. Later, he worked as a chef in many of Michigan’s most successful restaurants. Of particular note are Union Street, a popular restaurant on...

Doreen Mary Rouse age 69, passed away on March 30, 2023 in West Bend, Wisconsin.  Graveside services are scheduled for May 19th, 2023 at 11 a.m. in Section D-2 of the Lake View Cemetery.

Dale Couts, 75 passed away on Tuesday March 28, 2023 at the Aspirus Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center in Laurium.

Iron Mountain Michigan – Ronna Lee Baratono 66, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at the Marshfield Clinic -Dickinson.  She was a daughter of Gabriel and Marcella Baratono and had resided at the Birchwood Adult Foster Care in Quinnesec, MI for the past 19 years.  She was preceded in death by two brothers, Gabriel Clyde and Clarence Baratono.  Surviving are her twin sister, Rene (Randy Tousignant) Carey of Kingsford,MI ; her nieces Erica and Stephanie (Juan),...

We are sad to announce the death of Frederick Martin Gerhardt of Gay, who passed away at home on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at the age of 77.  Fred is survived by Janet, his wife of 55 years, daughters Karen Turner, Alice (Glen) Spangler, and Sarah (Paul) Chapman, his grandchildren, Josh and Erin Turner, and Carol (Charles) Doyle, Kass (Don) Simila, and Lynne (Gordon Karvonen) Gerhardt. Fred was born on November 11, 1945, in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, to Fred and Del (Piquette)...

Calumet – Carol A. Gipp age 76, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at the Greentree of Hubbell.  She was born in Detroit, MI, a daughter of Ed and Mildred Raisanen.  She and her former spouse Ron Gipp raised their two sons, Scott and Chris and operated a taxi cab and wrecker business.  She later worked at Calumet Electronics until her retirement. Carol is preceded in death by her parents Ed and Mildred Raisanen, brother Gary Raisanen and partner John Karvola....

Calumet - James J. Hiltunen, age 63 passed away at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital on Monday, December 26th.  

Arthur Coppo, 93, passed away peacefully on December 19, after a brief stay at the Omega House in Houghton.  He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 61 years, Antoinette (Toni Turk) Coppo.  He is survived by his daughter Patricia.  Art was born prematurely and weighed under three pounds at birth.  His mother was sickly and, since he wasn’t expected to survive, the doctor told his grandmother to take him home, keep him warm and fed and maybe he’d...