Obituaries

Richard Andrew Haapala

Richard Andrew Haapala, age 85, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away early Wednesday morning, March 4, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital’s Long Term Care Unit. Richard was born on December 12, 1934, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan the son of the late Herman and Ann (Mattson) Haapala.  He graduated […]

Ann Marie Smith

On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020 God welcomed home a new Angel. Ann Marie Smith, 68, passed calmly and quietly with her family in the privacy of her new apartment in the Faith Hospice at Trillium Woods in Grand Rapids, MI. A proud Michigander and Upper Peninsula resident, Ann lived […]

Sally Ann Huffman

My name is Sally Ann (Gugin) Huffman. I was born in St. Ignace, Michigan, on April 13, 1951 to Harold and Elizabeth (Miller) Gugin. I have 15 siblings when you count steps and halves. As a child I remember mom telling dad that we moved like gypsies, but we eventually […]

Trevor David Becker

Trevor David Becker, age 42, of Sault Ste. Marie, went home to be with the Lord on February 27, 2020. He was born on October 26, 1977 in Sault Ste. Marie to Phillip Becker and Janet (Bowden) Becker. Trevor spent the majority of his childhood in Rudyard, Michigan, where he […]

Erma Z. Gallagher

Erma Z. Gallagher, age 91, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital.  Erma was born on September 6, 1928, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Lawrence and Eglah (Robinson) Welch.  She was a graduate of Sault High School with the […]

Irene Margarette “Midge” Coe

Irene Margarette “Midge” Coe, age 89, of Charlevoix, Michigan, formerly of Rudyard, Michigan, died on February 14, 2020 in Charlevoix. She was born on May 8, 1930 in Denville, New Jersey, the youngest of four children to Donald John and Helen Elizabeth MacDonald. Midge grew up in New Jersey until […]

Victoria A. Johndrow

Vickye Johndrow, of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan walked on February 22, 2020, after suffering a short illness. She was born August 6, 1948, and she was a proud member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She was well known for her ability to write, her sense of […]

Steven Robert Glezen

Steven Robert Glezen, age 57, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Tuesday evening, February 25, 2020, at his home after a battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was diagnosis in August 2017. Steven was born on December 7, 1962, in Farmington, Michigan to Robert S. and Virginia (Cunningham) Glezen.  Steven […]

Bernice Elizabeth Douglas

Bernice Elizabeth “Dougie” Douglas, age 85, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Friday evening, February 21, 2020, at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, Michigan. Bernice was born on December 10, 1934, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Bernard and Gertrude (Albon) Douglas. She was a graduate […]

Matilda “Tilly” Mae Horton

Matilda “Tilly” Mae Horton, maiden name Kott, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 surrounded by loved ones in her daughters’ home in Anchorage, Alaska. Tilly was born March 8, 1925 in Goetzville, MI, but lived most of her life in Shelby Township, MI. She was a well-loved, fun, sassy […]