IRON MOUNTAIN — Brendan H. Corsi, 23, of Iron Mountain, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, Jan. 17, 2024, with his family by his side at University Hospital in Madison, Wis., following unexpected complications of a rare heart defect. He was born in Iron Mountain on Feb. 11, 2000, to ...
KINGSFORD — Herman Chounard Jr., 94, of Kingsford, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at Marshfield Medical Center - Dickinson in Iron Mountain. Herman was born Dec. 24, 1929, in Loretto, son of Herman and Margaret (DeBock) Chounard. He was a dairy farmer until he was drafted into the U.S. Army for the Korean War. Herman spent time at various locations overseas in South Korea, as well as stateside at the Hanford Plutonium/Atomic Bomb Plant near Yakima, Wash., during his two-year tour. Upon his discharge from the Army, Herman worked for Kingsford Chemical, Canning Factory, and ...
IRON RIVER — Alfred (Fred) John Angeli, a third-generation grocer who led Angeli Foods from 1986 until the business was sold in 2022, died on Dec. 8, 2023. He was 73. Born in Iron River on June 21, 1950, to Libero and Nora Mae (Singler) Angeli, Mr. Angeli attended St. Agnes Elementary School and Iron River High School, graduating in 1968. His start in the grocery business came early. At the age of 10, he was assigned to manage the bottle room in the basement of Angeli’s Iron River grocery store. Following his graduation from the University of Notre Dame in 1972 with a business ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Thomas John Marttila, a longtime resident of Iron Mountain, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, in his home. He was 76. Tom was born Sept. 20, 1947, in Hancock, to the late Oscar S. and Lillian I. (Ylitalo) Marttila. As a child he grew up and learned how to work on the ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Jacob T. “Jack” Jacobs, 94, of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Ironwood, passed away Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, at Inspired Living at Lakewood Ranch in Bradenton. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27 at St. Mary Orthodox Church in Iron Mountain. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Fr. Mark Hagan will officiate. Burial will take place in the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Crystal Falls in the spring. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to the Gogebic Community College Foundation in Ironwood, or to the charity of your ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Laura Lynn Kowalczyk, 58, of Channing, passed away Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain. She was born on Oct. 13, 1965, in Chicago, daughter of Bob and Dawn (Fontana) Kowalczyk. Laura grew up in Elk Grove, Ill., and graduated from ...
