Tag: Pickford

Maryann Plont

Maryann Plont, age 80, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI passed away on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at the Hospice of the EUP – Hospice House. Maryann was born on April 1, 1941, in Raber, MI to the late Joseph and Mildred (Maciag ) Kott. She worked as an insurance agent […]

Darrel Forrest Ledy

Darrel Forrest Ledy, age 82, of Drummond Island, Michigan, went to be with his heavenly Father, unexpectedly on Saturday, September 11th at his home on Drummond Island. He was born January 11, 1939, to the late Forrest Jones Ledy and the late Genevieve Mae Ledy (Payment) in Sault Ste. Marie, […]

Jason Robert Rutledge

Jason Robert Rutledge, age 47, of Pickford, Michigan, died Sunday, September 12, 2021, in Pickford. He was born August 5, 1974, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Ronald James and Margaret Ann (Spencer) Rutledge. Jason grew up in Stalwart, Michigan, until 1988 when his family moved to Pickford at the […]

Carl Frederick Ygeal

Carl Frederick Ygeal, age 45, of Pickford, Michigan, passed away unexpectedly September 5, 2021, in Kincheloe, Michigan. He was born on May 28, 1976, to Leo Frederick Ygeal and Elizabeth “Betty” Lou Edington. Carl grew up in Pickford and graduated from Pickford High School, class of 1995. After graduation, Carl […]

Chad William Florence

Chad William Florence, age 76, passed away on September 2, 2021, in Brimley, Michigan. He was born on August 4, 1945. Son of the late William and Aine Florence, and loving partner of the late Sadie Lefave for 29 years, Chad is survived by his extended family; Sadie’s daughter, Cheryl […]

Robert Martin Williams

Robert Martin “Bob” Williams, age 74, of Cedarville, Michigan, was received into the arms of Jesus on Friday, September 3, 2021, at his home surrounded by his wife and family after battling cancer for over four years. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, on January 31, 1947, to […]

Michael James McQuiston

Michael James McQuiston, age 72, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died August 31, 2021, at Mackinac Straits Hospital in St. Ignace. He was born December 3, 1948, in Lansing, Michigan, to Kenneth Crampton and Patrice (Moore) McQuiston. Michael grew up in Midland, Michigan and attended high school there. He went on […]

Gary Allan Hill

Gary Allan Hill, age 73, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died Friday, August 27, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan after a short battle with cancer. He was born on April 10, 1948, in Petoskey, Michigan, to Toivo Walter and Mary Louise (Ebbert) Hill. Gary graduated from LaSalle […]

Russel Ira Curtis

Russel Ira Curtis, 91, of Dafter passed gently into the arms of his Lord Tuesday morning, August 31, 2021, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Lillian and Herb Gordon of Kinross, MI. Preceded in death by his wife Barbara Joan Curtis, his son Art Curtis, and his father […]

Week 1 High School Football in the EUP begins (with photos)

By Scott Nason                                                                                                                                                             “The Game” ESPN 1400                                                                                               thegamesportsshow.podbean.com The beginning of the high school football season kicked off this past weekend across Michigan and here in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. With COVID-19 delaying the start of the 2020 football season, with a condensed and interrupted schedule, games in the area were […]