HANCOCK – We were blessed with our little angel, Mareejayne Lynn, at 6:17 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2012, and Jesus came and took her by the hand and brought her home to Heaven at 7:30 p.m. Read more »

RIPLEY - Peter C. Nissila, 60, a former Hancock-area businessman, owner of the Nissila Greenhouses, Inc. in Ripley, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at the Oregon Health & Sciences Hospital in Portland, Ore., from post-stem cell transplant complications. Read more »

HANCOCK – Daryl D. Laitila of Hancock, died on April 25, 2012, at home with her family by her side after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Read more »

HANCOCK – David Clarence Carlson 65, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012,  at Florida Hospital Orlando of complications of Wegener’s Vasculitis, a rare, complex autoimmune disease. Read more »

HANCOCK – Helen Betty LaBeske, 83, a life-long resident of Hancock, passed away at her home on Thursday evening, April 12, 2012, surrounded by her family. Read more »

HANCOCK – Blanche A. Goodman, 96, a long-time resident of Hancock, died on Tuesday morning, April 3, 2012, at the Omega House in Houghton. Read more »

HOUGHTON – Mrs. Bea Miller, 84, a life-long resident of Houghton, died on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at Portage Health in Hancock surrounded by her loving family. Read more »

HANCOCK – Marie Helen Lahti, 76, a long-time resident of Hancock, died on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2012, at Portage Pointe in Hancock. Read more »

HANCOCK – Rose Marie “Dodie” Taucher, 86, of Hancock, died on Tuesday morning, February 14, 2012, at Portage Pointe in Hancock. Read more »

DOLLAR BAY – Ann O’Connor Tieder, 71 and Richard Edward Tieder, 70, of Dollar Bay, husband and wife of 47 years, died on December 21 and 24 of 2011. The couple was involved in an automobile accident in Carlsbad, New Mex., while traveling to their winter home in Tucson, Ariz. Read more »