All Obituaries

Leslie John Heiden, Jr., age 58, of Escanaba, passed away Tuesday afternoon, June 15, 2021 at U.P. Health System – Marquette. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and a full obituary will be forthcoming.

Richard M. Shervin, age 75, passed away Monday, June 14, 2021 at Pinecrest Medical Care Facility in Powers. Visitation and funeral services are being planned for Saturday, June 19, 2021. Complete arrangements will be forthcoming.

Shirley Mae (Lentz) Seymour, age 81, of Osier (North Delta) MI, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021 at home surrounded by family after a 10-year battle with cancer.  She was born May 23, 1940 to Louis and Mary (Smetana) Lentz and raised on the family farm in Coleman, WI.  Shirley was the 2nd born of 8 girls. She graduated in 1958 from Coleman High School and moved to Milwaukee, WI, where met Marcel (Red) Seymour of Osier. They married in 1960 and celebrated 59 years of marriage. He...

Brian “Buckshot” Nummilien, age 70, of McFarland, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021. He was born on January 5, 1951 in Escanaba, the son of Bruno and Helen (Kallio) Nummilien. Brian was raised and attended school in Rock and was a 1969 graduate of Rock High School. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Army National Guard until 1973. Brian married the former Cindy Bark on March 27, 1971 at the Rock Bible Chapel in Rock. Together, the couple just celebrated their 50th...

Taytem Jaylene Drossard-Ruthford, age 23, of Farmington, MN (formerly of Gladstone), passed away Friday, June 11, 2021 at her home in MN, surrounded by family. She was born on October 6, 1997 in Marquette, the daughter of Jason Drossard and Susie Majestic. She was raised in Gladstone, MI until she was 14 years old until she moved to Farmington, MN where she graduated from Farmington High School in 2016. Her battle with cancer began when she was 6 years old, until she was eventually in...

Louis Dennis William VanElsacker left this world unexpectedly on June 10, 2021 at the age of 33. He was born to Louis and Dawn on January 14, 1988. He was raised in Northland and attended school in Gwinn Michigan. “Little Louie” often joked that he was the Jack of all trades and master of none. He was the class clown, a hunter, fisherman, a charmer, a poet, and he was a dreamer. There wasn’t a damsel in distress within a 50 mile radius that he didn’t try and rescue....

Clifford A. Peach, age 73, of Cedar River, passed away Thursday morning, June 10, 2021 at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, WI. He was born on March 23, 1948 in Redford, MI, the son of Clark and Ruth (Krise) Peach. Clifford was raised in Redford and was a graduate of Redford High School. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during the Vietnam war in Okinawa, Japan until he was honorably discharged. After returning home, Clifford attended Wayne State University in Detroit...

Shirley Eva Casperson, age 86, of Escanaba, passed away Wednesday morning, June 9, 2021 at her home surrounded by family, following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born on June 16, 1934 in Escanaba, the daughter of Ralph and Eva (Frappier) Drage. Shirley was raised and attended school in Escanaba where she graduated with the Escanaba High School Class of 1952. Following graduation, she worked at her family’s business, Drage Gulf Mobile Station at Sylvan Point...

Alan “Al” Joseph Potier, of Rapid River, passed away unexpectedly, June 8, 2021 at the age of 76. He was born in Iron Mountain, MI on June 2, 1945 to Kenneth and Mary Agnes (Bernardy) Potier, who resided in Pembine, WI. After graduating from Pembine High School, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in October of 1964 where he spent some time in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged on March 15, 1968 with the rank of Staff Sergeant. Al then returned to Pembine with his then...

Shirley R. Ettenhofer, age 89, of Escanaba, passed away Wednesday afternoon, June 9, 2021 at her home. She was born on December 30, 1931 in St. Germain, WI, the daughter of Edward and Alice (Juve) Eldridge. Shirley attended and graduated from Gladstone High School and went on to attend Bay de Noc Community College in Escanaba. The former Shirley Eldridge married Edwin J. Ettenhofer on July 9, 1948 and he preceded her in death on September 18, 2011. Together, the couple shared 63 years of...