Koskey Funeral Home Obituaries: Negaunee MI Guide

Q: Where can I find Koskey Funeral Home obituaries?

Start with the official Koskey Funeral Home obituary page, which provides access to current and past memorial listings for people whose services were handled by the funeral home.

Q: What is the Koskey Funeral Home phone number?

The published Koskey Funeral Home phone number is 906-475-4631.

Q: Can an obituary tell me where someone is buried?

Sometimes. An obituary may name a cemetery or graveside location, but cemetery records are better for confirming plot-level details.

Q: What should I do if I cannot find an obituary online?

Search name variations, check past services, and then contact Koskey Funeral Home with the person's full name and approximate date of death.

Q: Is an obituary the same as a Michigan death certificate?

No. An obituary is a public memorial or death notice, while a certified death certificate is an official vital record.

Find Koskey Funeral Home Obituaries and Service Details

If you are looking for a recent or older obituary handled by Koskey Funeral Home in Negaunee, Michigan, the fastest approach is to search the funeral home’s obituary records first, then check current local obituary listings if the name is not immediately visible.

Funeral home Koskey Funeral Home Inc.

Location 106 West Main Street, Negaunee, MI 49866

Phone (906) 475-4631

Main search need Recent obituaries, past services, visitation details, funeral notices and online memorials

Open Official Obituary Page Search Past Services

Important: Funeral arrangements can change after an obituary is first published. Before traveling to a visitation, funeral, church service or cemetery, confirm the final date, time and location with the funeral home or the family’s latest notice.

Recent Koskey Funeral Home Obituary Notices

Current public obituary listings for Negaunee identify Koskey Funeral Home with a number of recent 2026 notices. The names below are useful if you are checking whether the person you are searching for appeared in a recent local listing.

Name	Year	Community shown in public notice	Useful next step
Tom Larson	2026	Negaunee Township	Check the latest funeral-home notice because arrangements may be announced or updated separately.
Debra Durfee	2026	Negaunee	Search by full name and also by surname only.
Debbie Hodgewendt	2026	Local Upper Peninsula area	Use surname spelling variations if no result appears.
Gary Vidlund	2026	Ishpeming	Check obituary, service and memorial sections.
Conrad Kontio	2026	Champion	Search both the current and past-service listings.
Paulette Oates	2026	Humboldt Township	Look for nickname or alternate-name references inside the full notice.
Frannie Nelson	2026	Palmer	Try the formal first name as well as the nickname.
Valerie Hill	2026	Marquette	Check both Koskey listings and local obituary indexes.

This is not intended to replace the funeral home’s live obituary database. Recent notices can be added, corrected or updated after publication.

How to Find a Koskey Funeral Home Obituary

If you came to this page looking for one specific person, you usually do not need to browse dozens of obituary websites. Use this order instead.

Open the official Koskey obituary page.
Visit Koskey Funeral Home’s obituary section. This page separates current and past memorial information.
Check current services first.
If the death or funeral was recent, open the current-services option and look for the person’s name.
Use the past-services search if the notice is older.
Older records may not remain in the current list. Open the past-services archive and search the deceased person’s surname.
Search the surname before entering a long full name.
A person may have been listed with a middle initial, maiden name, nickname or different first-name format.
Open the individual memorial page.
Look for the obituary or death notice, visitation information, service location, cemetery details, condolences and memorial information.
Confirm important arrangements before attending.
If you are planning to attend a service, call Koskey Funeral Home at (906) 475-4631 if the information is unclear or appears incomplete.

Fast search tip: If you know only the surname, search the surname first. If you know the approximate year of death, use it to decide whether to look under current services or past services.

How to Find Older Koskey Funeral Home Obituaries

Older obituaries can be harder to locate because funeral-home websites normally emphasize recent services. Koskey’s archive includes past-service pages and an obituary search function, so the best strategy is to search by name rather than manually scrolling through recent notices.

Use these search variations

Last name only
First and last name
Maiden name
Married surname
Nickname and formal first name
Middle initial instead of full middle name
Common spelling variations

For example, a person known socially as “Bob” may be listed as Robert, and a person known by a middle name may appear under a legal first name. Married women may also be easier to find when both maiden and married surnames are checked.

If the obituary does not appear online: absence from a searchable website does not prove that Koskey Funeral Home did not handle the service. Older records may not be fully indexed online. Contact the funeral home with the person’s full name and approximate date of death.

What Information Can a Koskey Obituary Include?

An obituary can provide much more than confirmation of a death. For family members, researchers and people trying to attend a service, several details are especially useful.

Information	Why it matters	What to verify
Full name	Confirms identity and alternate names	Middle name, maiden name, nickname and spelling
Birth and death dates	Helps distinguish people with similar names	Compare with cemetery or vital record if doing genealogy
Residence or hometown	Connects the deceased to Negaunee or nearby communities	Residence may differ from place of death
Family members	Useful for condolences and genealogy	Look for parents, spouse, children and siblings
Visitation	Tells visitors when condolences may be offered in person	Date, start time, end time and location
Funeral or memorial service	Provides attendance details	Church, chapel, funeral home or other venue
Burial information	May identify the cemetery or gravesite	Cemetery name, city and whether burial is private
Memorial requests	Shows the family’s preferred way to honor the deceased	Official organization or instructions named by the family

How to Confirm Visitation, Funeral and Burial Details

Do not rely only on a search-engine snippet when you need to attend a service. Search snippets can be shortened, cached or based on an earlier version of the obituary.

Before leaving home, confirm all five items:

The deceased person’s full name
The visitation date and exact start/end time
The funeral or memorial service time
The full venue address
Whether burial, graveside service or reception is private or public

If the obituary says arrangements will be announced later, return to the memorial page or call the funeral home before making travel plans.

What to Do When You Cannot Find the Person’s Name

Name variation is one of the most common reasons an obituary search appears to fail. Try the following combinations before assuming that the record is unavailable.

Search problem	Try this
Nickname used by family	Search the legal first name and nickname separately.
Married woman not found	Try married surname, maiden surname and spouse’s surname.
Uncertain spelling	Search only the first few letters or common spelling variants.
Unknown death year	Search surname first, then compare ages, relatives and hometowns.
Person lived outside Negaunee	Check nearby communities such as Ishpeming, Marquette, Gwinn, Palmer, Champion, Michigamme and Republic.
No obituary found	Call the funeral home with the full name and approximate date of death.

If You Need an Official Michigan Death Record

An obituary is a family or funeral notice; it is not the same thing as a certified death certificate. If you need a legal or official death record for estate matters, genealogy verification, insurance, benefits or another formal purpose, use Michigan’s official Vital Records system.

Open the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Vital Records page.
Choose the option to order a certified vital record.
Select the death-record service and review the current application, identification, delivery and fee instructions.
Enter the deceased person’s name and other identifying details as accurately as possible.
Follow the current state instructions for payment and submission.

Michigan’s Vital Records Office maintains state-filed death records going back to the nineteenth century, although some early records may be incomplete. Always check the current state page for availability, fees and processing instructions before submitting a request.

For research purposes, an obituary can help you identify the exact death date, residence, relatives and possible cemetery before you order a record.

Koskey Funeral Home Contact Information

Address
Koskey Funeral Home Inc.
106 West Main Street
P.O. Box 146
Negaunee, MI 49866

Phone and email
Phone: 906-475-4631
Fax: 906-475-5561
Email: email@koskeyfuneralhome.com

The funeral home states that it serves Negaunee and surrounding Upper Peninsula communities and provides assistance with funeral planning, cremation, veteran affairs, monuments and memorials.

What to say when calling about an obituary

Keep the request simple. Give the person’s full name, approximate date of death and your reason for calling.

Example: “I’m trying to locate the obituary or service information for [full name], who I believe died around [month/year]. Could you tell me whether the funeral home handled the arrangements and where I can view the notice?”

Using a Koskey Obituary for Cemetery or Family Research

If your goal is genealogy rather than attending a funeral, save the information from the obituary before opening additional records. A single notice may provide several clues that make a later cemetery search much easier.

Write down these details

Exact full name and alternate names
Birth date and birthplace
Death date and place of death
Spouse’s name
Parents’ names
Children and siblings
Former communities of residence
Church or religious affiliation
Military service
Named cemetery or burial location
Funeral or memorial venue

You can then compare those details with cemetery records, grave information and official death records. For a broader burial-search workflow, use the FindAGraves grave and cemetery research guide, which explains official-source routes for cemetery, veteran and death-record research.

Research rule: Treat an obituary as an excellent family-history source, but verify critical dates, legal names and burial locations with cemetery records, vital records or another primary source when accuracy matters.

When to Use the Funeral Home Website, Phone or State Records

Your goal	Best first source	Why
Read an obituary	Koskey obituary page	Most direct route to the family’s memorial notice.
Find a recent service time	Latest memorial page or funeral-home phone	Service arrangements can change.
Find an older obituary	Koskey past-services archive	Older notices may no longer appear in current services.
Confirm whether Koskey handled arrangements	Call Koskey Funeral Home	Staff can check records that may not be indexed online.
Get a certified death certificate	Michigan Vital Records	A funeral obituary is not a certified legal record.
Locate a cemetery or grave	Obituary plus cemetery records	The obituary may name the cemetery but plot-level confirmation usually comes from cemetery records.

Koskey Funeral Home Obituaries FAQs

1. Where can I find Koskey Funeral Home obituaries?

Start with the official Koskey Funeral Home obituary page. It provides access to current and past memorial listings for people whose services were handled by the funeral home.

2. Where is Koskey Funeral Home located?

Koskey Funeral Home is located at 106 West Main Street, Negaunee, Michigan 49866.

3. What is the Koskey Funeral Home phone number?

The published funeral-home phone number is 906-475-4631.

4. How do I search older Koskey obituaries?

Open the funeral home’s past-services archive and search by surname. If that fails, try maiden names, nicknames, formal first names and alternate spellings.

5. Why can I find a name in Google but not on the current-services page?

The notice may have moved into an archive, the search result may point to an older indexed page, or the current-services section may cover only a limited time period. Check past services and search the person’s surname.

6. Do Koskey obituaries include funeral and visitation details?

Many obituary and memorial notices include visitation, funeral, memorial or graveside details when the family has made them public. Always confirm current arrangements before traveling.

7. Can an obituary tell me where someone is buried?

Sometimes. An obituary may name a cemetery or graveside service location, but not every notice includes burial information. Cemetery records are better for confirming section, lot, row or grave number.

8. What should I do if I cannot find an obituary online?

Search the surname and name variations, check past services, and then call Koskey Funeral Home with the person’s full name and approximate date of death. Some older records may not be fully searchable online.

9. Is an obituary the same as a Michigan death certificate?

No. An obituary is a public memorial or death notice. A certified death certificate is an official vital record obtained through Michigan’s authorized vital-record process.

10. Which communities does Koskey Funeral Home serve?

The funeral home’s website identifies Negaunee and surrounding communities including Gwinn, Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigamme and Republic among the areas it serves.

Bottom Line

If you are searching for Koskey Funeral Home obituaries, begin with the official obituary page, check both current and past services, and search the surname in several forms. For a recent funeral, verify the latest visitation and service information before traveling. For an older family-history search, use the obituary to collect names, dates, relatives and cemetery clues, then confirm important details with cemetery or Michigan vital records.

The most useful information to have before you search is the deceased person’s full name, approximate date of death and connection to Negaunee or another nearby Upper Peninsula community.

Koskey Funeral Home Obituaries: Negaunee, MI Guide