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Obituaries

Edward M. Land

POWERS — Edward M. Land, 98, of Powers, passed away at the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Community Living Center in Iron Mountain Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, where he had been a resident for two months. Ed was born in Chicago on Aug. 21, 1926, to the late Edward and Helene (Steffensen) ...

Warren J. Unger

KINGSFORD — Warren J. Unger, 89, of Kingsford, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain. Warren was born May 6, 1936, in St. Paul, Minn., son of the late Walter and Eve (Rauch) Unger. He graduated from St. Norbert High School in Green ...

Marie A. Vassar

IRON RIVER — Marie A. Vassar, 86, formerly of Iron River, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. She was born Aug. 10, 1939, in Iron River to Charles and Martha (Koehn) Winkel. She married Paul Vassar and he preceded her in death in ...

Walter E. Alm

KINGSFORD — Walter E. Alm, 73, of Kingsford, passed away Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1951, in Kingsford, son of the late Walter and Eleanor (Anderson) Alm. Walter grew up and attended school in Kingsford. He worked for U.P. Special Delivery from 1996 until 2016 ...

John ‘Zeke’ Zanona

NORWAY — John Joseph “Zeke” Zanona, 63, of Norway, passed away in the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area in Marinette, Wis. He was born in Norway on Aug. 2, 1962. John was a lifelong resident of the area, involved in a variety of careers and ...

Fred Popp

NORWAY — Fred Earl Popp, 77, of Norway, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, after a battle with dementia. Fred was born on June 11, 1948, in Neenah, Wis. After graduating from high school, Fred began his career at the Niagara Paper Mill, where he worked faithfully for 40 years. ...