LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Alfreda Crantz, SCN, 101 (formerly Sister Mary Arthur) was born in Vulcan, on Jan. 2, 1921. She died on Dec. 13, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. Most of her hometown of Vulcan knew her as Dolly. She was the daughter of the late Ferdinand and Mary (Orler) Crantz. She was a professed ...

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP — Carol Mae Johnson, 85, of Breitung Township, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls. Carol was born May 6, 1937, in Crystal Falls, daughter of the late John and Saima (Korkiamaki) Eckola. Her father, John Eckola, ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Diane Lenore (Vecellio) Lomatch, 84, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, in Boca Raton, Fla. She had declined in health after a hip fracture from a fall, in March 2020. She was born on June 14, 1938, in Iron Mountain, the daughter of the late Charles and Olga ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Marvin J. Sparapani, 84, of Iron Mountain passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022 at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, Wis. The family is in charge of arrangements which will be announced at a later date.

WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Mariann Pietila, 80, of Wauwatosa, Wis. passed away on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee with her loving family by her side. Mariann was born on June 19, 1942 in Hancock, where she lived for a few years before her family moved to Houghton. The ...

HERMANSVILLE — Richard “Dick” R. Bellmore, 61, Hermansville, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, at Mission Point Nursing Center in Ishpeming. He was born on March 14, 1961 in Norway, son of the late Willard and Geraldine (Charlier) Bellmore. On Sept. 14, 1991, he married the ...