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Obituaries

Roy LaCarte Jr.

ESCANABA — Roy David LaCarte, Jr., age 47,  of Gladstone passed away Monday, June 15, 2026 at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Anderson Funeral Homes of Escanaba and Gladstone. 

William Kilponen memorial service

HANCOCK — Friends and family of William R Kilponen, join us for a Memorial Service on June 20, 2026, at Zion Lutheran Church, 400 Ingot Street, Hancock MI. Service begins at 3 p.m. and we will provide coffee, cookies and conversation in the church social hall from 4-6 p.m.

Jeffrey Kobasic

Jeffrey Paul (Bosko) Kobasic, age 68, passed away on April 15, 2026 at Cristian Park Village. He was born June 18, 1957, in Escanaba, the youngest child of Mary Grace (Ammel) and Ivan Anthony Kobasic. A memorial service will be held in Ludington Park Pavillion on Thursday, June 18 from 4-7 ...

Joseph Rousseau Sr.

GLADSTONE — Joseph A. Rousseau, Sr, age 85 of Gladstone passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday evening, June 15, 2026. A full obituary will be forthcoming. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 from 3:00 until 6:00 PM at Skradski Funeral Home in ...

Alma Jondrow

GLADSTONE — Alma Jean ("Jean") Jondrow, age 99½, of Gladstone, Michigan, passed away peacefully while in the care of Transitions Assisted Living with her dear friends Denise Dufek and Julie Aschbacher at her side on December 6, 2025. Born on July 4, 1926, in Billings, Montana, Jean was the ...

Janet Reiffers

TRAVERSE CITY — Janet Clare Reiffers, 67, of Traverse City, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026 in the care of the Munson Hospice House in Traverse City. Among survivors include her siblings, Jim (Margaret) Reiffers, Mary Kay Reiffers, Lisa Gilbert, Gerald (Rhonda) Reiffers, and Paul ...