Obituaries

Ruth Marie Ronquist, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, died peacefully at Merlin Home in the loving care of her family on April 5, 2023. She was 92 years old. Ruth was born on August 21,1930. The fift...

Roland ”Rollie” Arthur Lipponen, age 81, of Brimley Michigan went to be with our Lord and Savior on April 18, 2023 after battling COPD for several years. He was born on January 30th, 1942, to par...

Grace Evelyn (Thibert) Flowers passed away peacefully on April 21, 2023, at the Ball Hospice House. Grace was born on March 4,1926, in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, to the late Aime and Adelaide (Myotte)...

Debra Marie “Deb” Alcorn, age 68, of Dafter, Michigan passed away on April 19. 2023 at My Michigan Medical Center-Sault. Deb was born on September 24, 1954, to the late Edward and Helen (Williams...

Irene Helen Stauffer passed peacefully to her Lord on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Evergreen Living Center in St. Ignace, Michigan. She was 84 years old and loved by many. Irene was the third born chil...

Michael Earl Proctor, 52, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI passed away peacefully at home of natural causes. He was born July 3, 1970 in Garden City, MI to Gary and Marsha Proctor (Wilson). Michael enjoyed du...

Kenneth Mark Erno, age 65, of Engadine, Michigan, died at his home on April 12, 2023. He was born in Flint, Michigan, on December 3, 1957, to Allan and Audrey (Elsworth) Erno. Kenneth grew up in Manc...

Betty “Jeannie” Jean (McCall) Edelman, age 66, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died at Mackinac Straits Health System on April 16, 2023. She was born in St. Ignace on December 17, 1956, to James “Bud�...

Frank Roger Dumas, age 70, of Moran, Michigan, died at Mackinac Straits Health System in St. Ignace, Michigan, on April 19, 2023. He was born in St. Ignace on February 17, 1953, to Augustus “Gus” ...

The remarkable Debra Anne Cooper, RN, MSN, MBA/HCM, CIC, CPHRM, passed peacefully from this world into the next on Thursday, April 6, 2023. She was 69 years old. She was surrounded by her loving famil...