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Obituaries

Corrine ‘Cori’ Thomson

LENA, Wis. — Corrine "Cori" Thomson, 68, of Lena, Wis., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, from complications of diabetes. Cori was born on March 10, 1957, to Rueben and Helen (Hamari) Wickman. She graduated with the Class of 1975 from Kingsford High School. Cori worked at Lakeshore ...

Edward M. Land

POWERS — Edward M. Land, 98, of Powers, passed away at the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Community Living Center in Iron Mountain Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, where he had been a resident for two months. Ed was born in Chicago on Aug. 21, 1926, to the late Edward and Helene (Steffensen) ...

Warren J. Unger

KINGSFORD — Warren J. Unger, 89, of Kingsford, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain. Warren was born May 6, 1936, in St. Paul, Minn., son of the late Walter and Eve (Rauch) Unger. He graduated from St. Norbert High School in Green ...

Marie A. Vassar

IRON RIVER — Marie A. Vassar, 86, formerly of Iron River, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. She was born Aug. 10, 1939, in Iron River to Charles and Martha (Koehn) Winkel. She married Paul Vassar and he preceded her in death in ...

Walter E. Alm

KINGSFORD — Walter E. Alm, 73, of Kingsford, passed away Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1951, in Kingsford, son of the late Walter and Eleanor (Anderson) Alm. Walter grew up and attended school in Kingsford. He worked for U.P. Special Delivery from 1996 until 2016 ...

John ‘Zeke’ Zanona

NORWAY — John Joseph “Zeke” Zanona, 63, of Norway, passed away in the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area in Marinette, Wis. He was born in Norway on Aug. 2, 1962. John was a lifelong resident of the area, involved in a variety of careers and ...