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EVANS "HAMMY" HAMACHEK , age 93, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on September 23, 2006. He was born on December 2, 1912 to Fred and Mary Hamachek in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. “Hammy” as he was known by practically everyone who knew him, was with the F.W. Woolworth Company for almost 48 years and was the Manager for the Sault's Woolworth Store for 42 of those years. A master salesman, skilled in public relations, it was said that he could “sell a lawnmower to an Eskimo.” Hammy lived in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for the past 71 years. Prior to his retirement in 1978, he compiled a long and impressive record of service to the Sault Community. He has served as President of the Chamber of Commerce, the Lion's Club, the Community Chest (now United Fund), and the Sault Sportsman's Club. Additionally, he served on the advisory board of the Campfire Girls, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Military Affairs Committee, Chairman of the City Parking Commission, and President and organizer of of the original Youth Center which was started in the 40's and represented the beginning of the youth program in Sault Ste. Marie. Hammy was also Secretary of the School Board for 14 years, and a member of the Masonic Lodge as well as a very active and dedicated member of the St. James Episcopal Church. Although born in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, Hammy considered himself as a native of Sault Ste. Marie. He frequently spoke of how much he loved living in the Sault and of how many pleasures that could be found living in the “North Country” where he pursued two of his passions, hunting and fishing.

Hammy is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Beverly, their son Brent (Jill) Hamachek, and his children from a previous marriage; Penny (Lou) Behling Robert (Gayle) Hamachek, and Don Hamachek. Hammy also has eight grandchildren; Lisa (Mike) Poirier, Debbie (Chuck) Tietz, Dan Hamachek, and Andrea, Sarah, and Katie Hamachek, and Kesia and Kim Hamachek. There are also two great grandchildren Kathryn and Marshall Poirier, and his niece Nancy Berglund. Evans “Hammy” Hamachek was preceded in death by his sister Mabel Berglund. Memorial services will be held at St. James Episcopal Church on Monday September 25, at 3 p.m. with Father Russell Murphy officiating. A time of fellowship will take place after the memorial service in the Fellowship Hall of St. James Church following the service. Burial will take place at Oaklawn Chapel Gardens at a later date. In lieu of flowers Hammy would want contributions be made to the St. James Episcopal Church Building Fund. Arrangements are in the care of Hovie Funeral Home.
Soo Evening News


GEORGE HOUSE , 53, 6153 N. Karle, Wayne, a former Whitefish Township resident, died suddenly March 2, 1963. He is survived by his widow, Mary, and three sons; Loren, Ronald and Dennis House. He is also survived by four grandchildren and five sisters. Margaret Shroyer, Erma Palmer, Janice Gerred, Irene Hutton and Gladys Sweitzer. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 1 P.M. from the Caldwell Funeral Home, Gard City , Mich. Burial will be in the Whitefish Township Cemetery at a time and date to be announced later.
Contributed by Chris House


HARRY HOUSE - Funeral services for Harry F. House of Whitefish Point, who died Thursday January 17, 1935 in the Marine hospital at Detroit will be held at the Vanderhook funeral parlors here Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock. The body will be placed in the municipal vault. Mr. House’s body will arrive here from Detroit Wednesday noon. The family, several of whom were at Detroit , will arrive Wednesday. Mr. House had been in the U.S. Lighthouse service for more than 20 years. Born at Whitefish Point, he started at the Whitefish Point light station. Later he served at Manitou Island light ad on the Poe Reef Lightship in Lake Huron before returning to Whitefish Point two years ago as lightkeeper. He is survived beside his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank House of Whitefish Point, by four sisters, Mrs. Irma Palmer of Mason, Mrs. Irene Hutton, Whitefish Point, Mrs. Gladys Meunch, Pensacola , Fla and Mrs. Margaret Shroyer, Grand Rapids ; and one brother, George of Mason.
Contributed by Chris House


JENNY (GOUGH) HOUSE formerly of Whitefish Point, died January 24, 1960 in Grand Rapids , at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ervin Shroyer, where she has made her home for the past several years. Mrs. House was the former Jenny Gough, born in Guelph , Ontario , December 7, 1871. Her family moved to Pickford when she was six years old, and they were some of the first settlers in that area. She attended Pickford and Sault schools and taught school in Sterlingville and Whitefish Point. She married Frank E. House of Whitefish Point in 1891.

Mrs. House was the third postmistress of Whitefish Point. She was a member of the township and school boards and was a member of the Methodist Church . Her husband Frank and a son, Harry, preceded her in death. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Vogt Funeral Home in Nashville , Mich , and burial services will be held in the spring in Whitefish Point.
Contributed by Chris House


MAURICE E. HUNT , 86, the former Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., died Friday at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, where he had been fighting cancer since Thanksgiving. Mr. Hunt was mayor for three terms in the 1940s. He attended the University of Michigan in the 1920s and was a lifelong Michigan resident. He was appointed Michigan's public service commissioner, serving from 1951 to 1957, and headed the state's Consumer Protection Division from 1964 to 1969. Mr. Hunt was one of the early planners of the Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan's lower and upper peninsulas. He also was one of the founders of Lake Superior State University, a school established in 1946 in Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Hunt's son, Robert, was president of The Chicago Tribune from 1974 to 1979. He was publisher of the New York Daily News from 1979 to 1984 and retired in 1985. He lives in Cos Cob, Conn. Other survivors include two sisters, Joan Nilsson of Seattle, and Priscilla Fowler of San Clemente, Calif. Services for Mr. Hunt will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hovie Funeral Home in Sault Ste. Marie
Chicago Tribune (IL) - January 15, 1989

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