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Chassell Matt William Jalkanen Sr., 84, of Chassell, was called to be with the Lord at the Medora House of Portage Pointe in Hancock on Sunday evening May 15, 2011. He was born in Chassell, MI, on April 1, 1927, a son of the late Matt and Maria Kustava (Autio) Jalkanen and graduated from Chassell High School. He was raised on a farm in the Worham area, moved to Detroit taking on numerous jobs including driving cross-country trucks with John Ivory Moving & Storage, apprenticing w...

Houghton George John Love, 89, Michigan Tech University professor emeritus, passed away on Saturday, May 7, in Marquette General Hospital from complications due to a fall and the effect of having been on renal dialysis for over six years. George was born August 24, 1921 in Marine City, Mich. to George Joseph and Mary Ann (Smith) Love. His parents moved when he was 11 months-old to Lake Linden, his mother’s home, which he always considered his hometown. During his childhood the fam...

Houghton Jean Louise Medlyn, 89, a former resident of Houghton passed away November, 6, 2010, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where she had been a resident patient for two months. She was born on April 8, 1921, in Laurium, MI, a daughter of the late Edward and Edna (Nordstrom) Medlyn. As a child, she moved to the Houghton area and graduates from Houghton High School with the class of 1939. Jean also attended Soumi College, graduated from Marquette Normal Co...