GCC - Gogebic Community College

2009 U.S. Army Pvt. Jordain R. Malnar
of Bruce Crossing, MI, graduated from basic
training on Friday, May 14, 2010, in Fort Still, OK.
2009 Airman Luca Novascone has graduated
from basic military training at Lackland
Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, earning distinction
as an honor graduate.
2009 Jamin Partanen and Carrie Ann
Britton ’10 of Bessemer are parents of a son,
Ryan Lewis Partanen, born March 5, 2010, at
Grand View Hospital in Ironwood.
2009 Amber Marina Sietsema of
Bessemer is the mother of a son, Garrett Alan
Sietsema, born October 6, 2010, at Grand View
Hospital in Ironwood.
2009 Jay and Amy (Newman)
Swetkovich of Hurley, WI, are parents of a son,
Cole Matthew Swetkovich, born May 7, 2010,
at the Grand View Hospital in Ironwood.
2010’s
2010 Jeremy Jackson and Liberty Rick
of Ironwood are parents of a son, Wesley Dixon
Jackson, born February 24, 2010, at Grand View
Hospital in Ironwood.
2010 Bethany A. Tice and Ethan A.
Johnson of Wakefield are parents of a son,
Aiden Joseph Johnson, born July 8, 2010, at
Grand View Hospital in Ironwood.
IN MEMORIAM
1930’s Lucy A. (Colasacco) Gustafson,
Hurley, WI, passed away August 12, 2010.
1942 John M. Novak, Ironwood, passed
away June 4, 2010, in Ironwood.
1942 Mary M. (O’Berto) Sloma,
Washburn, WI, passed away February 18, 2010.
1948 David E. McDonald, Sr., Ironwood,
passed away September 20, 2010, in Ironwood.
His wife, Florence, passed away 13 days earlier
on September 7, 2010.
1950’s Brian A. “Scutta” Buccanero,
Ironwood Township, passed away October 14,
2010 in Ironwood.
1955 James “Jim” Anderson, Ironwood,
passed away July 22, 2010, in Ironwood.
1960’s James Michael “Jim” Oravecz,
Clearwater, FL, passed away April 7, 2010, in
Clearwater.
1970’s Maryann Novak, Ironwood, nursing
instructor at GCC from 1970 until retirement
in 1988, passed away April 14, 2010.
1970-1986 Mary A. Harma,
Hopkins, MN, administrative assistant at GCC
from 1970 until retirement in 1986, passed
away October 5, 2010, in Spring Park, MN.
1974 Laurel Mae (Smith) Makinen,
Ironwood, passed away July 16, 2010.
1978 Timothy J. Lazowski, Maple Grove,
MN, passed away July 22, 2010, in Maple Grove.
1980’s Leon E. Amore, Wakefield, MI,
passed away August 10, 2010.
1982 Toni A. (Peterson) Rice, Upson, WI,
passed away April 6, 2010, in Mellen, WI.
1984 Carl Robert “Ole” Erickson,
Ironwood, passed away April 3, 2010.
1984-1997 Helen Jurasin Loughran,
Ramsay, MI, Director of the GCC Learning
Resources Center from 1984 - 1997, passed
away October 19, 2010.
1985 Dennis C. Erickson, Park Falls, WI,
passed away May 20, 2010, in Park Falls.
1985 Virginia H. “Gena” Erickson,
Ironwood, passed away July 6, 2010.
1985 Delbert D. “Del”Grawey, Ironwood,
passed away March 24, 2010.
1987 Scott Christopher Udd, Ramsay,
MI, passed away July 3, 2010, in Ramsay.
15.
“MILESTONES”
1988 Diane L. (Waurio) Chiapuzio,
Ironwood, passed away March 30, 2010, in
Duluth, MN.
1988 Andrea Lee Munoz, of Escanaba,
MI, passed away September 18, 2010, in
Marquette, MI.
1989 John J. Rajkovich, Ironwood, GCC
Foundation Board of Directors member since
1984, passed away July 6, 2010, in Ironwood.
John was awarded an honorary Associate of
Arts degree from GCC in 1989, along with several
other citations for his dedication and hard
work on behalf of the Foundation.
1989 Carol M. Saily, Minocqua, WI,
passed away June 3, 2010, in Minocqua.
1990 Karen Elizabeth (Ramsey) Saari,
Carrollton, TX, passed away January 21, 2010.
1992 Sharon D. Pedergnana, Greenfield,
WI, passed away March 5, 2010, in Greenfield.
1992 William A. “Wild Bill” Sievers,
Marquette, MI, passed away February 15, 2010.
2005 Judith Sullivan-Francois,
Ironwood Township, passed away August 7,
2010, in Ironwood Township.
2006 Lylle B. Champion, Ironwood,
passed away March 29, 2010.
Jon A. Lund, Ramsay, MI, and
recently an instructor in the GCC Construction
Technology and Building Trades Program,
passed away July 3, 2010, in Ramsay.
Do you have a milestone you
would like to share? If so,
please contact the GCC
Foundation Office at
906-932-4231 ext. 202 or
email your information to
kellym@gogebic.edu
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