ISHPEMING, MI— Longtime educator and Ishpeming City Council member Stuart ‘Stu’ Skauge has died.
The city announced the 73-year-old passed Friday. He had served three years of his second four-year term.
Skauge was a public school teacher for 33 years and a member of the Michigan Education Association. He also served as President and Chief Negotiator for his bargaining unit in the Marquette Area Public Schools for more than 25 years.
Skauge was a lifetime member and former commander of the Ishpeming VFW Post 4573.
During his time in Ishpeming, Skauge was part of the development panel for the construction and paving of Malton Road, and the construction of the Lake Bancroft Pavilion and Ishpeming Senior Center.
The city will now begin the process for filling the vacancy.
