Linda Sophie Stubenrauch

Linda Sophie Stubenrauch of Ahmeek, Michigan passed away on February 28, 2025 at Canal View in Hancock. Linda was born on October 24, 1937 in Big Betsy, Michigan to William and Hilda (Kaikkonen) Jarve. Linda graduated from Calumet High School in 1955. After graduation she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and worked as a secretary. She returned home to Big Betsy to help care for her mother. She met Frank Stubenrauch at a dance at the Gay Hall and they were married on March 16, 1963.
Linda loved to travel, bake, listen to country and Christian music, go out to eat, attend church and visit with friends and family. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Laurium and before it closed, National Lutheran Church where Linda sang in the choir for many years. She had also taught Sunday school there in her younger years. She worked for Community Action cleaning the homes of the elderly and volunteered for the Keweenaw Historical Society with Frank after he retired from Logging. Linda had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and was always there for her family and friends when needed. Linda loved to have people over to visit and was a great hostess. Her recipes for sloppy joes, ramen noodle salad and chocolate chip cookies were shared numerous times with relatives, friends, and extended family.
Linda is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frank and her brothers Leo, Richard, Leonard, Alex, Andy and Paul, and sisters Gertie, Helen, and Ida.
Linda is survived by her sons Robert (Tammy) of Ahmeek and Steven (Linda) of Laurium, daughter Terry (Dan) Dube of Allouez, grandsons Eric (April) Dube of Hubbell, Darren (Shelby) Stubenrauch of Ahmeek Location, Alex Stubenrauch of Ahmeek, Dylan (Ally Miller) Stubenrauch of Mifflin Town, Pennsylvania, Ryan Dube of Hubbell, Alex (Katie) Johnson of Tamarack, Anessa (Jimmy) Ricklefs of Muskegon and granddaughters Connie (Kevin) Graves of Shingleton and Corrine (Daniel Atkinson) Stubenrauch of Marquette, sister-in-law Jean (Bill) Eckloff of Ontonagon, 11 great grandchildren and numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
A service for Linda Stubenrauch will be held at the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home in Calumet, Michigan at 3:00pm on Friday, March 7, 2025. A visitation will be held from 1:00-3:00pm at the funeral home.
The family would like to give a special thank you to the wonderful and amazing staff at Canal View for all their kindness and excellent care they provided to Linda. They are proof that angels really do exist on earth. And a big thank you also to Aspirus Home Health and Hospice for their kindness and care in making sure Linda was comfortable during her final days.
Erickson-Crowley-Peterson is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.ericksoncrowleypeterson.com