Victor Watia
Chassell: Victor Watia passed away from heart related issues on Saturday, June 29, 2024 after a short stay at UP Health System in Marquette.Victor, the son of Oiva and Mildred Watia, was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 23, 1943, the fifth of nine children. He was raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where his family relocated shortly after his birth.Following graduation from Hancock High School in 1961 he attended Suomi College and Northern Michigan...
Chassell: Victor Watia passed away from heart related issues on Saturday, June 29, 2024 after a short stay at UP Health System in Marquette.Victor, the son of Oiva and Mildred Watia, was...
Michele Mili
Hancock: Michele Christi Mili, 53, of Hancock and owner of Radiance Salon in Houghton, passed at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on Sunday, August 18, 2024 after a short illness.The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home in Hancock is assisting with the local arrangements.
Hancock: Michele Christi Mili, 53, of Hancock and owner of Radiance Salon in Houghton, passed at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on Sunday, August 18, 2024 after a short illness.The...
Yvonne “Vonnie” Veeser
Hancock: Yvonne “Vonnie” M. Veeser, 97, a longtime Hancock resident and more recently of Milton, Wisconsin to be near her daughter, passed away on August 16, 2024 in Milton.She was born on July 15, 1927 in Escanaba, Michigan to the late Gustaf and Emilia Lierman. Vonnie graduated from Gladstone High School in 1945, and later from Business School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1947. She worked at Morley Murphy in Escanaba and Upper Peninsula Power Company in Houghton. She later...
Hancock: Yvonne “Vonnie” M. Veeser, 97, a longtime Hancock resident and more recently of Milton, Wisconsin to be near her daughter, passed away on August 16, 2024 in Milton.She was...
Paul Kimball
Houghton: Paul D. Kimball, 93, of Houghton, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2024 at U.P. Health System-Portage Hospital.The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock is assisting with the arrangements which are still incomplete.
Houghton: Paul D. Kimball, 93, of Houghton, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2024 at U.P. Health System-Portage Hospital.The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock is assisting with the...
Gordon Borsvold
Osceola Township: Gordon Borsvold, 89, of rural Osceola Township, passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock has been in charge of his natural burial arrangements.
Osceola Township: Gordon Borsvold, 89, of rural Osceola Township, passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock has been in charge of his...
Lois Ann Hartman
Hancock: Lois Ann Hartman, 88, of Hancock, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at U.P. Health System-Portage.The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home in Hancock is assisting with the arrangements which are still incomplete.
Hancock: Lois Ann Hartman, 88, of Hancock, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at U.P. Health System-Portage.The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home in Hancock is assisting with the arrangements...
Paul Nelson
Hancock: Paul A. Nelson, 78, of Hancock passed away at U.P. Health System-Portage Hospital on Monday, August 5, 2024.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from Marquette University High School, and earned B.S, M.S., M.A., and PhD. degrees from the University of Wisconsin.He was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Army in 1966 and served as a field artillery officer, operations research analyst, and comptroller staff officer.He served on the faculty at Michigan...
Hancock: Paul A. Nelson, 78, of Hancock passed away at U.P. Health System-Portage Hospital on Monday, August 5, 2024.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from Marquette...
William "Bill" Gaffney
Hancock: William “Bill” Gaffney, 88, formerly of Hancock and now residing in Suamico, Wisconsin, passed away on June 11, 2024 at Woodside Lutheran Home in Green Bay, Wisconsin.A graveside blessing will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday morning, August 9, 2024 in Section 4 of Lakeside Cemetery in Hancock with Rev. Taegyu Shin of the First United Methodist Church in Hancock to officiate. A light lunch and time of fellowship will follow in Fellowship Hall at the church.The...
Hancock: William “Bill” Gaffney, 88, formerly of Hancock and now residing in Suamico, Wisconsin, passed away on June 11, 2024 at Woodside Lutheran Home in Green Bay, Wisconsin.A...
Vera Mary Gerhardt
ANN ARBOR — Vera Mary Armstrong Gerhardt passed away peacefully on Aug. 1, 2024 surrounded by her children. She was born in Hancock, Michigan on September 24, 1922 to Ray W. Armstrong and Mary Schenk Armstrong.She graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison in 1944 with a B.S. in home economics and was a Chi Omega. She met her future husband Philipp in 1942 at the university. They were married 2/24/1945.In 1965 they relocated to East Lansing, Michigan and remained there for 55...
ANN ARBOR — Vera Mary Armstrong Gerhardt passed away peacefully on Aug. 1, 2024 surrounded by her children. She was born in Hancock, Michigan on September 24, 1922 to Ray W. Armstrong and...
Richard Hazzard
Richard Wilbur Hazzard April 15, 1939, to July 20, 2024Richard Wilbur Hazzard passed away peacefully in his home in Houghton Michigan on July 20, 2024, at the age of eighty-five.Richard was born on April 25, 1939, in Ludington Michigan and grew up in Frankfort Michigan. As a young boy he began to take piano lessons. This early introduction to music led to a lifelong love of music. He was a talented pianist and loved to play daily. In high school, when he wasn’t playing football, he...
Richard Wilbur Hazzard April 15, 1939, to July 20, 2024Richard Wilbur Hazzard passed away peacefully in his home in Houghton Michigan on July 20, 2024, at the age of eighty-five.Richard was...
