Mackenzie Murtomaki, age 16, a resident of Calumet passed away unexpectedly on Sunday November 15, 2015.
Mackenzie was born on September 13, 1999 in Hancock to Stanley Murtomaki and Lisa Kauppinen.
Mackenzie was currently attending Calumet High School and was a member of the JROTC program.
Mackenzie excelled in the classroom, always getting good grades. Mackenzie was thinking of heading into a computer design or computer programming career after finishing high school.
Mackenzie is preceded in death by paternal grandparents; John & Tyyne Murtomaki and John Haapala.
Mackenzie is survived by:
Parents:
Stanley Murtomaki of Calumet
Lisa Kauppinen of Calumet
Maternal grandparents:
Edwin “Pudgy” and Patrice Kauppinen
Brother:
Brett Kauppinen of Calumet
Sisters:
SonniAnn Murtomaki of Lake Linden
Meadow Brize Backus of Petosky, Michigan
Special Friends:
Jameah Ekdahl
Rheanna Riley
Adriana Wagner
Nieces:
Savannah Richards
Emily Backus
Alexandra Backus
Nephews:
Roland Richards
Jeffrey Richards
Aunt:
Jeanette Murtomaki of Nisula
Uncles:
Leonard Murtomaki of Nisula
Daryl Kauppinen of Calumet
Private family services will be held at the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home in Calumet.
Donations for the family can be left at: https://www.gofundme.com/cjag2d3q
The family would like you all to visit http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ to help raise awareness of the LGBT community.
"Being something other than a boy or a girl or somewhere inbetween or both or whatever isn't weird or gross. Its perfectly normal and should not be a big deal. Nonbinary people are not attention seekers and are not crazy. I'm agender and quite ordinary."
Online condolences for the family may be left for the family at www.ericksoncrowleypeterson.com
The Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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