Obituaries

Roberta (Bobbi) Hill Root

Roberta (Bobbi) Hill Root passed peacefully November 10, 2021 surrounded by the people she dearly loved.  Bobbi was born January 7, 1952 in Mt. Macomb and lived in many places but dearly loved the Upper Peninsula. She was predeceased by her biological father Harold Hill and her Step Dad David […]

Angeline Catel Badenski

Angeline Catel Badenski passed away peacefully at Medilodge in Sault Ste. Marie on Friday,November 12, 2021, at the age of 101.  Angie was born on April 18, 1920 in Sault Ste. Marie to James and Fay Catel, the third of five children. Much of her childhood was spent with her […]

Joan Marie Massey

Joan Marie Massey, age 84, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died November 2nd, 2021, peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 20th, 1936, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to John Lewis and Martha (Downs) Crockett. Joan grew up in Sault Ste. Marie and was a […]

David James Rapson

David James Rapson, 77, passed away at University Hospitals in Ann Arbor, MI on November 4, 2021.David was born on September 11, 1944, in Ypsilanti, MI to the late Ford Grant and Emily Elizabeth (Buschell) Rapson.  He served his country in the Nation Guard.  On January 29, 1966, he married Rita McKerchie […]

John Roy Dutcher

John Roy Dutcher, age 89, of Hessel, Michigan, died November 4, 2021, in St. Ignace, Michigan. He was born February 2, 1932, in Cedarville, Michigan, to George Luther and Pearl Margaret (Chenier) Dutcher. John was a lifelong resident of the Cedarville/Hessel area. After elementary school, he started his work life […]

Donnamae Grace Bigelow

Donnamae Grace Bigelow, age 92, of Moran, Michigan, went to be with the Lord on November 1, 2021, in St. Ignace, Michigan. She was born March 12, 1929, in Moran, Michigan, to Charles and Martha (Wiertella) Litzner. Growing up Donna worked with her father Charles, at several of their businesses […]

Norma Joan Goetz

Norma Joan Goetz, age 80, of DeTour, Michigan, died October 28, 2021, in Sault Ste. Marie. She was born August 30, 1941, in Livonia, Michigan, to Louis and Jeannette (Esslin) Westfall. Norma and her husband, Phillip ran their own lumberyard business in DeTour Village. She later worked for Lapoint Lumber […]

Betty Marie Izzard

Betty Marie Izzard, age 88, of Cedarville, Michigan passed away on November 4, 2021. She was born on April 5, 1933, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Andrew and Mary Markstrom. Betty grew up in Cedarville and graduated from Les Cheneaux School in 1951. She married Herman G Izzard on […]

Virginia M. Olmstead

Virginia M. Olmstead went home to be with her Savior on November 2, 2021. She was born August 31, 1914, at her residence on Abe Street, St Ignace MI, the daughter of the late John Baptiste and Philomen (Grondin) Routhier. She attended Ursuline Academy. In the winters she could be […]

Elta Mae Elliott

Elta Mae Elliott, 83, passed away at Evergreen Assisted Living in St. Ignace, MI on November 4, 2021. Elta was born on May 24, 1938, in Mackinaw City, MI to the late Grover and Bernice (Forgette) Plaunt.  In 1956, she married William G. Elliott in Sault Ste. Marie.  She loved being a […]