Bakkala Cemetery, Forsyth Township, Marquette Co, Michigan						
						
Transcribed by Duane Hargis, August 2002						
						
The cemetery is located west of Gwinn on the east side of M-35, 0.9 mile north of Co Rd 565.
						
Name                          Birth Date     Death Date     Other Information
Alto, Walter N               23 Feb 1895    28 Jul 1950     MI, Pvt 345 Inf 87 Div, WW I
Anderson, A William           6 Dec 1887    11 Nov 1971     MI, Pvt 91 Spruce Sq, WW I
Anderson, Arthur V             1899(1900)          1940
Anderson, Bruce T Jr                1969           1989     SR US Navy
Anderson, Carie M                   1966           1967
Anderson, Carol L                   1944           1995
Anderson, Charles V                 1912           1963
Anderson, Dennis D                  1936           1964
Anderson, Fannie M                  1911           1936
Anderson, Hanna                     1875           1940
Anderson, Henry                     1869           1960
Anderson, Lempi H                   1898           1975
Anderson, Matt                      1862           1934
Anderson, Willis R                  1938
Annala, Ellen
Annala, John
Annala, Martha
Annala, Saima
Annala, Sanna
Anttonen, Erick                     1881           1968
Arbelius, Alice L                   1928
Arbelius, Leo E               3 Oct 1924    21 Sep 1990     TEC5 US Army, WW II
Ark, David J                 28 Apr 1949    18 Jun 1975
Brintlinger, Richard R              1923           1987     TEC US Army, WW II
Burke, James A               26 Nov 1922    25 Nov 1989     US Navy, WW II; MSgt US Air Force, Korea
Catto, Anthony A             30 Mar 1911    20 Jan 1982     TEC5 US Army, WW II
Catto, Signe V                5 Jan 1924     3 May 1994     Mother
Erkkila, John V               6 Feb 1893     1 Nov 1971     MI, Pvt MG Co 28 Inf, WW I
Erkkila, Matilda                    1864           1919     Mother, Finnish inscription
Erkkila, Nestor                     1863           1955
Erkkila, Waino S                    1902           2000
Filippi, Andrew                     1860           1928
Filippi, Minna                      1867           1941
Filippi, Unnamed             10 Jun 1909    10 Jun 1909     Boy
Gustafson, Bernhardt J              1916           1990     PFC US Army, WW II
Gustafson, David P                  1959           1990
Gustafson, Helen Marie        1 Apr 1929    13 Jan 1997     Nee Willig
Gustafson, Sandra Jean        3 Jun 1958     4 Jun 1958
Hakala, Jacob N                     1887           1957
Hakala, Maria E                     1890           1956
Harju, A Nestor                     1878           1948     Father
Harju, Amalia                       1881           1944     Mother
Harju, Sulo J Jr                    1950           1988     SP4 US Army, Vietnam
Hedstrom, Clifford H         20 Nov 1918     8 Apr 1978     TEC4 US Army, WW II
Hedstrom, J A                       1898           1954     Father
Hedstrom, L S                       1899           1983     Mother
Hedstrom, Melvin A            8 Feb 1930     1 Aug 1974     Cpl US Army
Hewitt, Erik                  8 Oct 1987     8 Oct 1987
Hiironen, Frederick W         9 Nov 1928     7 Dec 1999
Hiironen, Lyyli P                   1893           1976
Hiironen, Marjorie K         14 Jun 1930
Hiironen, Waino A                   1889           1973
Hiissala, Reino               2 Jan 1916    12 Nov 1996     Cpl US Army, WW II
Hiissala, Reino H Jr         13 Jan 1945     4 Nov 1981
Hill, Anna Leona                    1911           1935     Mother
Hiltunen, Maria M                   1834           1906
Holmi, Amalia                       1864           1936     Mother
Holmi, Hanna                        1876           1964
Holmi, J                                                    In memory of our eight children
Holmi, John                         1872           1966
Holmi, Matti                        1866           1956     Father
Holmi, Sanna Marie                  1875           1939
Isaacson, Eino L                    1905           1977
Isaacson, Hilma E                   1908           1977
Isaacson, Unnamed                                           Baby
Johnson, Einar J             28 Jul 1942    23 Jun 2001     FA US Navy
Jukanen, Andrew                     1885           1960
Jukanen, Fannie                     1886           1957
Kallio, Helen M                     1916
Kallio, William M                   1909           1983
Kangas, Calvin Don           16 Mar 1968    28 Aug 1992     "Kline", father
Kangas, Hilda M                     1886           1934
Kangas, Marilyn D                   1939
Kangas, Robert D                    1937           2002
Kangas, Unnamed                                    1913     Twin girl
Kangas, Unnamed                                    1914     Twin girl
Keskimaki, Amalia                   1864           1905
Keskimaki, Eino                     1899           1910
Keskimaki, John                     1863           1908
Korpi, Leslie J              21 Jul 1918    18 Nov 1995
Korpi, Norma S               20 Jan 1930
Koski, Johan                        1872           1946
Koski, Maria                        1872           1938
Kotel, William Dale           3 Oct 1954    21 Jul 2001
Kotel, William J              2 Nov 1931     7 Nov 1993     Father, Cpl US Army, Korea
Krachey, Harold A                   1928           1993     Pvt US Army, Korea
Krachey, Jacquelene A               1936
Kujanpaa, Aino Esteri               1903           1908
Kujanpaa, Sanna G                   1878           1950     Mother
Kujanpaa, Lydia Katrina             1900           1908
Kujanpaa, Mary Aliina               1902           1908
LaChance, Bertha E                  1920           1994     nee Hiironen
LaChance, Delore M                  1913
Lammi, Robert L              28 Aug 1944     9 Apr 1990     Pvt US Army, Vietnam
Lammi, Ronald D              18 Aug 1937     6 Mar 2000     BT3 US Navy
Lammi, Viola A                      1916           1985     Mother
Larson, Ahti                        1914           1963     Husband
Larson, Charles E                   1902           1975     Father
Larson, Emil                        1903           1990     Father, Finnish inscription
Larson, Emil Vernon                 1927           1989     CM3 US Navy, WW II
Larson, Harold M                    1934
Larson, Mary H                      1918           1990
Larson, Matilda                     1910           1987     Mother
Larson, Peggy J                     1961           1961
Larson, Sharon J                    1938           1995
Larson, Sharon M             13 Aug 1957                    Mother
Larson, Steven R             12 May 1954    15 Jan 1999     Father
Larson, Steven R Jr          15 Sep 1979    23 Nov 1979
Larson, Vieno                       1910           1997     Mother, Finnish inscription
Lehtinen, Arne J                    1904           1906
Lehtinen, Eli J                     1901           1909
Lehtinen, Elsa A                    1906           1926
Lehtinen, John E                    1870           1932
Lehtinen, Susanna                   1873           1908
Leino, Arne Jacob            20 May 1910    12 Jan 1911
Leino, Hilja Amanda          14 Jan 1892    17 Sep 1910
Little, Dallas E              9 Jul 1922     3 Jan 1997     Cpl US Army, WW II
Makela, John A                      1907           1994
Maki, Bruno W                       1919           1998
Maki, Lydia K                       1917
Martin, Joanne Richardson    12 May 1931    24 Oct 1988     Sister & aunt
Meyers, John F               12 Oct 1921     2 Oct 1983     MSgt, US Marine Corps, WW II
Moilanen, Elsa                      1870           1910     Mother
Moilanen, Elsa                      1909           1910
Moilanen, Ida                       1910           1910     Dau of Elsa Moilanen
Moilanen, Laina M                   1915           1991     Mother
Niemi, Ernest                       1913           1987
Oja, Ansel M                 21 Apr 1863    30 Jul 1929
Oja, Louisa                         1857           1931     Mother
Oja, Weino                          1901           1980
Pietela, Dorothea J                 1941                    Mother
Pietila, Henry J             17 Sep 1913     3 Sep 1978
Pietela, John I                     1939           1995     Father
Pietila, Ruth E               4 Aug 1920    13 Jan 2001
Pritchett, Carolyn M         16 Jun 1948     2 Oct 2000
Pykkonen, Frank P             6 Aug 1893     3 Nov 1962     MI, Pvt 6 Spruce Sq, WW I
Pykkonen, Israel                    1863           1940     Father, Finnish inscription
Pykkonen, Madleena                  1869           1927     Mother, Finnish inscription
Raihala, David R             12 Oct 1946    23 Oct 1999     Sgt US Air Force, Vietnam
Richardson, C Ruby                  1924           1984     Mother
Richardson, Lee Robert              1920           1981     Dad, US Army, WW II
Roberts, Joyce Solem                1937           1987
Salo, Anna H                        1879           1939     Mother
Salo, Anna L                  3 Dec 1914     5 Jul 1965     Mother
Salo, Arvo M                 31 Dec 1935    23 Feb 1945
Salo, John H                        1878           1952     Father
Salo, Onnie J                       1913           1944
Salo, Raymond J                     1933           1980     US Navy, Korea
Salo, Reino S                 2 Nov 1909    29 Apr 1957     Father
Salo, Walfred J                     1907           1939
Solem, Donald E                     1919           1991     Father, PFC US Army, WW II
Solem, Sally                        1920           1993     Mother
Syrja, James M               20 Apr 1956    30 Oct 1995     Brother, uncle, cousin
Syrja, Robert Melvin          9 Mar 1931    21 Mar 1998     A2C US Air Force, Korea
Syrjamaki, Charlie K                1897           1923
Syrjamaki, Gust A                   1873           1948     Father
Syrjamaki, John                     1903           1986
Syrjamaki, Sanna M                  1870           1949     Mother
Syrjamaki, Roy                      1940           1986
Rengo, Jacob                        1882           1945     Father
Rengo, Esther                       1892           1960     Mother
Thurston, Jack O                    1935
Thurston, Josephine E               1938           1998
Trondson, Unnamed                                           Baby
Tuorniemi, David                    1937           1994
Tuorniemi, Joan                     1942
Vaughn, Jay Bradley                 1968           1985
Waisanen, Chrissy            23 May 1962     7 May 2001
Waisanen, Walfred                   1919           1975     PFC US Army, WW II
Welch, Carrie L               7 Sep 1955     5 Jun 1997     Grandmother, sister
Wiencek, JoAnn                5 Oct 1970    14 Feb 1998     nee Evans, wed Dale 31 Aug 1991, mother of Joseph & Shyla
Willette, Dorothy J                 1932           1990
Willette, Robert N                  1930           1997
Willig, Aina                        1900           1947     Mother
Willig, Duane M                     1940           1986     "Gooie"
Willig, Helmi M                     1906           1991     Mother
Willig, Ina Marie                   1900           1947
Willig, John W                1 Sep 1934    13 Aug 1989     A1C US Air Force, Korea
Willig, Nick T                      1900           1979     Father
Willig, Ronald T             13 Dec 1939     6 Sep 1978
Willig, Waino M                     1898           1988     Father
Willing, Uno J                      1909           1936