Born in Calumet, Michigan as the second and youngest son of Peter and Christine (Stanfel) Gasperich, Ernest was better known to his friends as "Ernie." After graduating from Calumet High School in 1950, he served in the Air Force during the Korean War and trained in Colorado. On August 1, 1951, he married his sweetheart Ramona Jane Johnson, with whom he had two daughters and a son. "Jane" passed away in 1973 after a long battle with cancer. In June of 1975, Ernie married again, this time to Betty (née Beaudoin) Moilanen. He and his new wife had no children together, but Ernie became the stepfather to her three daughters from a previous marriage.
He began his career as a machinist for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, where he was employed until the mine's closing in 1968. Ernie subsequently worked as a machinist/engineer for Michigan Technological University until his retirement in 1992. He was a technological wizard and enjoyed passing his time on the computer or in his garage.
Following his passing in 2002, Ernie's friends created the Ernest Gasperich Senior Golf Classic, a popular local tournament that ran for some years. Ernie was survived by his wife, Betty; his daughters MarKay and Molly and their husbands; his son Brian and his wife; his grandchildren Luke, Amanda, and Emily; his brother Ralph, Ralph's wife, and their children; his stepdaughters Vicky, Beth, and Ann, and their husbands; and his step-grandchildren Michael, Amy, Katie, Paul, Jake, Louise, Aili, and Maggie.
Ernie was cremated, but his marker, given by the government in honor of his service in the military, sits next to that of his beloved wife Ramona Jane in Hancock's cemetery.
He is sorely missed.
He began his career as a machinist for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, where he was employed until the mine's closing in 1968. Ernie subsequently worked as a machinist/engineer for Michigan Technological University until his retirement in 1992. He was a technological wizard and enjoyed passing his time on the computer or in his garage.
Following his passing in 2002, Ernie's friends created the Ernest Gasperich Senior Golf Classic, a popular local tournament that ran for some years. Ernie was survived by his wife, Betty; his daughters MarKay and Molly and their husbands; his son Brian and his wife; his grandchildren Luke, Amanda, and Emily; his brother Ralph, Ralph's wife, and their children; his stepdaughters Vicky, Beth, and Ann, and their husbands; and his step-grandchildren Michael, Amy, Katie, Paul, Jake, Louise, Aili, and Maggie.
Ernie was cremated, but his marker, given by the government in honor of his service in the military, sits next to that of his beloved wife Ramona Jane in Hancock's cemetery.
He is sorely missed.
Born in Calumet, Michigan as the second and youngest son of Peter and Christine (Stanfel) Gasperich, Ernest was better known to his friends as "Ernie." After graduating from Calumet High School in 1950, he served in the Air Force during the Korean War and trained in Colorado. On August 1, 1951, he married his sweetheart Ramona Jane Johnson, with whom he had two daughters and a son. "Jane" passed away in 1973 after a long battle with cancer. In June of 1975, Ernie married again, this time to Betty (née Beaudoin) Moilanen. He and his new wife had no children together, but Ernie became the stepfather to her three daughters from a previous marriage.
He began his career as a machinist for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, where he was employed until the mine's closing in 1968. Ernie subsequently worked as a machinist/engineer for Michigan Technological University until his retirement in 1992. He was a technological wizard and enjoyed passing his time on the computer or in his garage.
Following his passing in 2002, Ernie's friends created the Ernest Gasperich Senior Golf Classic, a popular local tournament that ran for some years. Ernie was survived by his wife, Betty; his daughters MarKay and Molly and their husbands; his son Brian and his wife; his grandchildren Luke, Amanda, and Emily; his brother Ralph, Ralph's wife, and their children; his stepdaughters Vicky, Beth, and Ann, and their husbands; and his step-grandchildren Michael, Amy, Katie, Paul, Jake, Louise, Aili, and Maggie.
Ernie was cremated, but his marker, given by the government in honor of his service in the military, sits next to that of his beloved wife Ramona Jane in Hancock's cemetery.
He is sorely missed.
He began his career as a machinist for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, where he was employed until the mine's closing in 1968. Ernie subsequently worked as a machinist/engineer for Michigan Technological University until his retirement in 1992. He was a technological wizard and enjoyed passing his time on the computer or in his garage.
Following his passing in 2002, Ernie's friends created the Ernest Gasperich Senior Golf Classic, a popular local tournament that ran for some years. Ernie was survived by his wife, Betty; his daughters MarKay and Molly and their husbands; his son Brian and his wife; his grandchildren Luke, Amanda, and Emily; his brother Ralph, Ralph's wife, and their children; his stepdaughters Vicky, Beth, and Ann, and their husbands; and his step-grandchildren Michael, Amy, Katie, Paul, Jake, Louise, Aili, and Maggie.
Ernie was cremated, but his marker, given by the government in honor of his service in the military, sits next to that of his beloved wife Ramona Jane in Hancock's cemetery.
He is sorely missed.
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