Barbara Hautamaki Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Barbara Hautamaki KINGSFORD - Barbara L. Hautamaki, 61, of 808 Ford St., Kingsford, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, at Marquette General Hospital. Barbara was born March 28, 1942, in Marquette, daughter of the late Julius and Esther (Johnson) Peterson. She graduated from Eben High School in 1960. She married Dennis Hautamaki on July 13, 1963, in Eben, Alger County. Barbara was a lifelong resident of the Upper Peninsula and had lived in the Iron Mountain-Kingsford area for the past 27 years. She was a member of First Covenant Church in Iron Mountain and a former youth group leader at the church. She was very active in the formation of the hockey program in Dickinson County. Barb enjoyed playing fastpitch softball, volleyball and in the adult soccer league. She also loved gardening, flowers and refinishing antique furniture. Barb was always involved in her family's lives and loved them very much. She is survived by her husband, Dennis; four sons, Jeffrey (Becky) Hautamaki of Iron Mountain, Derrick (Tania) Hautamaki and Daniel Hautamaki, both of Kingsford, and Jeremy (Jessica) Hautamaki of Waupun, Wis.; her mother-in-law, Berneice Hautamaki of the Mather Nursing Home in Ishpeming; two brothers, Ralph (Donna) Peterson of Marquette and Robert (Nancy) Peterson of Eben; two sisters, Betty Violetta of Gwinn and Karen (Wayne) Bostwick of Oconto, Wis., and six grandchildren, Heather, Caitlyn, Elyssa, Lynea, Caleb and Eryn Hautamaki. Barb was also preceded in death by two brothers, Donald and Clayton Peterson. Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday at First Covenant Church in Iron Mountain. Funeral services will be at 6 p.m. Monday at the church. Pastor J. Peter Erickson and Associate Pastor Dan Wheeler will co-officiate. Burial will be in the Chatham Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her four sons, Jeffrey, Derrick, Daniel and Jeremy Hautamaki, and her brother-in-laws, Alan Hautamaki and Patrick Donahue. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Barbara Hautamaki online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with the funeral arrangements.