RAPID CITY, S.D. — Lt. Col. (Ret) Robert “Bob” Charles Yirka, 90, died Saturday, July 22, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Society – St. Martin Village. Bob was born in Chamberlain, S.D. to parents Henry Juroslav and Florence Alta (Small) Yirka. Bob’s family moved to Rapid City from ...

MANISIQUE — Janet Bruhn Jeffcott died on August 1, 2023, at the age of 83. She was a Bardeen Fellow of the Middleton Medical Society of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She was also a member of the University of Wisconsin Legacy Society, the Bascom Hill ...

ESCANABA — Christa E. Viau, 84, formerly of Escanaba (Soo Hill), passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nev. She was born on December 23, 1938, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, daughter to George and Karoline Schlicher. Christa was raised in ...

NEW YORK — William Swenson, son of the Reverend Birger and Glady’s Swenson, grew up in Escanaba. Bill was extremely proud of his Michigan roots. He passed away November 14, 2022 in New York City, where he had lived for 45 years. Bill is survived by his sister, Bev Schultz of St. Petersburg, ...

ESCANABA — Robert Hominger, age 56, passed away unexpectedly on July 27, 2023. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Anderson Funeral Homes of Escanaba and Gladstone.

ESCANABA — Thomas “Tom” A. Pearson, age 80, of Escanaba, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Monday, July 31, 2023 at his home. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 8, at Skradski Funeral Home in Escanaba from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial will ...