Sharon Lutheran Circles Reorganized and Listed
Sharon Lutheran circles in the LCW were reorganized at a recent meeting. New circles include Mary afternoon, Deborah evening, Esther evening, Sarah Lindstrom evening, Ruth evening, and Elizabeth Carlson circle. New members may select a circle and call 663 4169 with their choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Lutheran Arch
LCW
Rachel
Ronald Bennetts
Gust Brekke
Walter Carlson
John W. Erickson
Leonard Erickson
LeRoy Holappa
Robert Kellett
Richard Koski
John Mattson
Robert Mooresh
Roy Pohjala
Arne Salonen
David Webber
Ida Frandy
Anton Marander
Hannah Olson
Ruth
Edwin L. Erickson
Reynold Faline Myrtle Johnson
Arvid Olson
Thomas Rule
Arvo Rintala
Willard Leeke
Emma Hoeft
Elizabeth Carlson
Elizabeth Erickson
Anne Nyman
Ann Thors
Funeral Rites Held for John Finnegan at St Sebastian
Funeral services for John A. Finnegan 82 of 101 E. Iron St were conducted last Monday at St Sebastian Catholic Church with Rev Joseph Polakowski officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery. Attendees included out of town relatives from Niagara Wis Coshocton Ohio Fort Myers Fla Highland Park Ill Bergland and Copper Country. pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Finnegan
E. Iron St
Divine Infant Hospital
Wakefield
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
Joseph Polakowski
Hillcrest Cemetery
William Wagner
Joseph Bria
William Brown
Arnold Schmidt
Joseph Calabro
John Sartoris
Ralph Olson
George Jezek
Arnold Vispi
Leo
Sharon Lutheran Church
Wallace Leno
John Bergman
Melvin Jacobson
August Saari
Reino Niemi
Wiljo Coleman
Elmer Erickson
Isabelle Jones
Waukegan
Karen Eastman
Donald Sorenson
Dale
Tammy
Jim
Curtis Cass
Cheryl
Lynn
Brandon
Michelle
Kenneth Eastman
Kenosha
Wis
Erwin Graham
Donald
Timothy
Winthrop Harbor
Ill
Oscar Marander
Ashland
John Marander
White Pine
Alfred Jacobson
Metropolitan
Hjalmer Jacobson
Dan Dixon
Felch
Seaman Apprentice Kriska Assigned Aboard USS Seattle
Seaman Apprentice Raymond J. Kriska son of Mr and Mrs John Kriska of Ramsay Michigan serves aboard the combat support ship USS Seattle at Bremerton Washington The Seattle the Navy s newest and largest ship of its kind is completing construction at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton before departing for Norfolk Virginia and the U S Atlantic Fleet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS
Seattle
FHTNC
Raymond J. Kriska
USN
John Kriska
Ramsay, Mich
Bremerton Wash
Navy
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton
Norfolk, Va
U. S. Atlantic Fleet
Anton Marander, longtime South Bessemer resident, dies at 77
Anton A. Marander, 77, a pioneer South Bessemer resident, died June 4 at Divine Infant Hospital Wakefield after a day’s admission. Born August 5, 1891 in Toby Korsholm Vaasa Laani Finland, he came here in 1909. He married Anna Anderson in 1914 and farmed near South Bessemer. Surviving: wife two sons Richard and Arthur two daughters Isabelle Jones and Werner Kui eight grandchildren eleven great grandchildren four sisters. Funeral at Sharon Lutheran Church Saturday at 2 pm. burial Hillcrest Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton A. Marander
South Bessemer
Divine Infant Hospital
Wakefield
Mr. Marander
Toby
Korsholm
Vaasa Laani
Finland
Anton Marander
Anna Anderson
Ekeberg
Maranders
Sharon Lutheran Church
Order
Isabelle Jones
Waukegan
Werner Kii
Bessemer
Anna Nyman
Hjalmer Jacobson
Felch
Alfred Jacobson
Metropolitan
Ina Jacobson
Newberry
Mary Ann Zalewski Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Mary Ann Zalewski age 46 were held at St Sebastian Church with Rev Chester J Franczek officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery with an honor guard from St Sebastian Ladies Guild and Divine Infant Hospital nursing staff. Pallbearers named included John Scavarda and Philip Perotti. Francis Strelcheck received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Northern Michigan University in Marquette during June graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Zalewski
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
Chester J. Franczek
Hillcrest Cemetery
St. Sebastian Ladies Guild
Mmes
Richard Gheller
Alex [Powajka
Frances Sydlich
Taista Hendrickson
Joseph Zawlecki
Arnold Wispi
The
Divine Infant Hospital
Maureen
Kenneth
Dariol Bonowetz
Gertrude Modjewiski
Johanna Skwor
Isabelle Zagoski
Selma Vittone
John Scavarda
Philip Perotti
Bernard Prost
Charles Mascotti
Reino Hauta
Raymond Barbacovi
Francis Strelcheck
Gold St
Bessemer
Peter Strelcheck
Northern Michigan University
Marquette
Junea
Michigan Day Picnic Set Amid Community Call
Former Gogebic Iron and Copper Range residents invite locals to the first annual picnic at City Park Auburn Washington on July 13 1969. Plan to pack lunch and share a day with committee members including Lillian Kitchell Peggy Johnson and others. Congressman Philip E Ruppe criticized Social Security minimum as too low and urged an increase to 100 monthly with automatic cost of living adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Wash
Lillian
Ross) Kitchell
Riverview Drive
N. E
Peggy Ryan
Red) Johnson
Index Ave
Renton
Joe
Marcy) Carpenedo
S. E
Margaret
Kavacevich) Schneider
17Th Ave
Milton
Philip E. Ruppe
Mich
Ruppe
Michigan
Ways and Means
Leslie Haapoja Dies Suddenly at 49
Leslie S Haapoja 49 of 1702 Hadley St died suddenly Sunday morning at Divine Infant Hospital Wakefield after being admitted Saturday night Born April 30 1920 he was a World War II veteran of the 29th Infantry and worked at Big Powderhorn Mountain Ski Resort Surviving wife former Isabelle Cabinaca two sons Larry R and Jeffrey D a grandson father Charles Haapoja Wakefield sister Mrs Taimi Makela Ironwood. Donna Pollack daughter of Nick Pollack 203 Second Ave earned a degree Saturday. Esther Elizabeth Bacsik to Robert Grenfell engagement announced planning July 12 wedding First Lutheran Gladstone Miss Margaret Corgiat Des Plaines Ill visiting two weeks and Steve Lesky Detroit here two weeks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie S. Haapoja
Hadley St
Divine Infant Hospital
Wakefield
Haapoja
Charles Haapoja
A. D. Johnston
U. S. Army 29Th Infantry
Rhineland
Europe
Isabelle Cabinaca
Larry R
U. S. Air Force
Little Rock
Ark
Jeffrey D
Charles &. Haapola
Taimi Makela
Ironwood
Donna M. Pollack
Nick Pollack
Second Ave
Exer Gogebic Community College
Cises
Central Michigan Univer
Esther Elizabeth Bacsik
Robert J. Grenfell
Richard Grenfell
Ramsay
Bert Bacsik
Rapid River
Mich
First Lutheran Church
Gladstone
Last Corpsmen Leave Center as Ojibway Center Near Marenisco Closes
The final 1800 plus corpsmen exit Ojibway Civilian Center near Marenisco Michigan as the Job Corps restructures closing the center July 1 along with 58 others. The Ottawa National Forest ran Ojibway opened in 1965 and trained youths in carpentry auto mechanics cooking and conservation projects while aiding in disasters and Headstart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ojibway
Marenisco
Michigan
James List
United States
Ojibway Center
Ottawa National Forest
von Corps
Hiawatha
Ironwood
Little League
Bessemer
Wakefield
Supt Walter Newman Retires From Bes Semer Schools
Walter Newman ends 33 years in Bes Semer education with June 9 retirement note though term runs to June 30. Clarence Hoeft named successor. Newman will advise on transition and share four decades of experience shaping the district and its schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Newman
Bes Semer
Newman
Clarence Hoeft
Massa triumphs in city school election upset wins
Gerald Massa wins a four year school trustee term with 420 votes defeating Cecelia McKie 330 and Frank Kontny 143. Precinct results show Massa leading in Bessemer and Wakefield as the broader county races include six other trustees and education posts across Gogebic Ontonagon and Ironwood areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Massa
Massa
Cecelia McKie
Frank Kontny
Board of Education
Bessemer School Board
McKie
Kontny
Bessemer Township
Alfred C. Lund
George C. Mussatti
Mary Marczak
George Heikkinen
Louis Perotti
Bessemer
Richard Rohde
Ironwood
Gogebic County
Gogebic-Ontonagon
David D. Sexton
Paulding
Onteonagon County
M. June Aho
Liver City
Paul Popke
Bruce Crossing
Ontonagon County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sharon Lutheran Circles
Mary
Edward
Ida) Anderson
Mary) Anderson
Elmar Brown
A. W. Boline
Arthur Basket
Vera Creger
Hilda Erickson
James Forslund
Louis Gotta
Harding Gustafson
William Hansen
George Margetta
John W. Johnson
Emil Marander
James Peterson
Deborah
Leo Carpenedo
Peter Flaa
Donald Gustafson
Lillian Holappa
Robert Hellman
John Lindquist
William Lintelmann
Edward Rosiek
Ellen Seeke
Victor Valonen
Oscar Hill
Charles Hietanen
Matt Erikainen
Esther
Albin Dahlgren
C. R. Holmes
Alvin Jarvinen
LeRoy Johnson
Richard Korpela
Jon Lindquist
Hilmer Nyman
Lil Paris
Harry Rizzie
Donald Silkworth
Eugene Synklema
Lee Upton
Astrid Hansen
Sarah Lindstrom
Irwin
John Finnegan
Leslie Haapoja
Montreal
Big Powderhorn Mountain
Donna Poljack
Margaret Corgiat
Des Plaines, Ill
Peter Corgiat
Steve Lesky
Detroit
Charles City
Belmond
Iowa
L’anse
Baraga
Congress
Ojib‘way
Forest Service Organization
List
Hoeft
University of Michigan
Elmer Oas
A. D. Johnston High School
Carlo Heikkinen
Bisck
Washington
Newmen
ST Muon
Newm
Nining
Jerry Massa
McKie and
Gordon Hoeft
Edward Hoeft
Bangkok
Thailand
Bangkok Junior Rifle Club
U. S. National Rifle Association
Bangkok Marksmen
National Rifle Association
U. S
Audre DiAlio
Young Hoeft
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
DNR
College of St. Scholastica
Cathedral High School
Duluth
Margaret Obremski
Mary Elizabeth Gaik
Miss Obremski
Department of Education
Miss Gaik
Barbara Joy Hansen
Medical Records
Diane Obradovich Kacsir
Department
Nursing
NMU
Erage
Stephen Jurasin
Donna Kleimola
James McCarthy
St. Sebastian Guild
David Dran
John Bartini
Guild
Trinity Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
David Stephen Dran
Stephen Dran
Los Angeles
Calif
Notre Dame University
David
Tom Kovacevich
Joseph Kovacevich
Diane
Tom Dowling
Boston
Mass
M. T. Kovacevich
Great Lakes
J. Ledlock
Negaunee
Joseph Sedlock
Ishpeming
Silvio Mascotti
Henry Berg
Paul Hoeft
Lake Forest
Trinity Hos IL
Wr. Patal
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