May 8, 2021
NEGAUNEE, MI – Kay A. Mattson, age 88, longtime resident of 125 Mattson Road, Negaunee, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility, in Ishpeming, where she was currently residing.
Kay was born in Callaway, MN, on February 13, 1933, a daughter of the late Selma (Janson) and Chester Jacobson. Kay’s biological mother died when she was 4, and subsequently she was raised in faith by the Jalmer and Dagmar Janson family in Strawberry Lake, MN. Kay was a graduate of the Waubun High School, Class of 1953 and moved to Minneapolis where she worked as a secretary. In the summer of 1955, Kay married Lawrence “Fudd” Mattson in Negaunee and resided here since. Kay was first a homemaker, raising her three kids, but also worked at the family construction business, Lakeland Construction for 35 years.