Betty Lou Burke
Dec 18, 2017
Betty Lou Burke, 91 of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away on December 18th at Diamond Willow Assisted Living. Betty was born in Duluth to Laurence and Anna Champion on September 28, 1926. She attended Duluth Central High School. After high school she earned a license as a Beautician and ran a business with her first husband James Russell Atol. She then...
Ronald Dean Perkins
Dec 16, 2017
ALS took his life, but he lived to the end with the good humor you remember. Ronald Dean Perkins, 58, of Saginaw, MN, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at Essentia Health St. Mary's. Ron was born in Duluth to George & Violet Perkins on January 27, 1959. He grew up in Hermantown and loved playing hockey for the...
Richard Allen Walsh
Dec 14, 2017
Richard Allen Walsh, 72, of Duluth, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 14, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was born in Duluth on November 6, 1945, to Gerald & Elizabeth Walsh. Richard worked as a machinist at Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy Co., American Hoist and Derrick, and Clyde Iron Works. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a sports fan...
Chester "Chet" Hanson
Dec 11, 2017
Chester (Chet) Hanson, 83, of Saginaw, MN passed away peacefully on Monday, December 11, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital. Chet was born in Duluth, MN, on March 20, 1934, to Elmer and Kate Hanson. He married Gloria Kohs on Oct. 5, 1956 in Duluth. Chet served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958. He was self-employed as a mink...
Elsie A. Eells
Dec 9, 2017
Elsie A. Eells passed away on December 9, 2017 at the age of 87. She was born on November 2, 1930 in Duluth, Minnesota where she resided until moving to St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1974 and retired to Port Charlotte, Florida with her husband in 1982. Friends and family knew her to have a great sense of humor. She loved...
Dale Anthony Radtke
Dec 5, 2017
Dale A. Radtke, 65, of Saginaw, MN, passed away on December 5th, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital. Dale was born in Duluth, MN to Paul and Laura Radtke on November, 28th, 1952. He graduated from Proctor High School in 1972. He worked as an electrician for Brown & Root for several years in Texas. Dale enjoyed leather work and fishing....
Karen Elaine Schramek
Nov 24, 2017
Karen Elaine Schramek, 77, of Duluth, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017, at Primrose Retirement Communities. Karen was born on February 5, 1940, to Carey and Maxine Majors in Kansas City, Kansas. Karen married Milton Schramek Jr in 1961. She was a devoted military wife of 53 years. Karen worked at JCPenney before retiring. During her retirement years she...
Eric Robert Klang
Nov 22, 2017
Eric Robert Klang, 52, of Duluth, MN, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital after a valiant fight with mantle cell lymphoma. Eric was born in Pottstown, PA, to Robert and Dolores Klang on April 24, 1965. He went to high school at VL Reishus High School in Biwabik and graduated in 1983. He went on...
Grace Anne Bergh
Nov 14, 2017
Grace Anne Bergh, 89, peacefully passed into the arms of her heavenly Father on November 14, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. Grace was born on March 23, 1928, to Ida & Carl Landin in Duluth, Minnesota. Grace enjoyed many summers, some of her happiest childhood days, on her grandfather's farm in Mahtowa, Minnesota. She graduated from Denfeld High...
Bernice Viola Jewell
Nov 14, 2017
Bernice Viola Jewell, 94, of Duluth, MN, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2017 at Franciscan Health Center. Bernice was born on December 29, 1922 to Albert and Bertha Combrey in Thief River Falls, MN. She was married to Clifford E. Jewell on April 10, 1951. She worked as a waitress at the Highland Supper Club for 30 plus years....
Arthur "Art" Edwin Swanstrom
Nov 11, 2017
Art's life ended as he lived it, in his garage after a great day of running the Bobcat and staying busy outdoors. He lived well and loved well. Arthur "Art" Edwin Swanstrom, 89, of Hermantown, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017, in his garage. Art was born in Beaver Bay, MN on March 21, 1928. He was a...
Wesley Uno Saline
Nov 10, 2017
Wesley "Wes" Uno Saline, age 69, of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 10, 2017, at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth. Wes was born in Duluth in 1948 to Uno and Bernadine (Nelson) Saline. Wes is a 1966 graduate of Duluth East, was honorably discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1981 after 12 years of service, and...
Beverly Ann Walsh
Nov 7, 2017
Beverly Ann (Bev) Walsh (nee Haynes), age 86, of Duluth, Minnesota passed away on Tuesday, November, 7th 2017 at Northshore Estates in Duluth, Minnesota. Bev Walsh was born in Duluth, Minnesota on September 18th, 1931. She was married to Richard Walsh for 48 years. They had seven children. Bev was preceded in death by her parents John and Celeste, and...
Helen Helmi Niemi
Oct 31, 2017
Helen Helmi Niemi, 91, of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away on October 31, 2017. Helen was born in East Lake, Minnesota, to William and Rauha Randa on September 24, 1926. She graduated from McGregor High School, and worked as a bookkeeper for a number of firms, retiring from PPG Industries on Garfield Ave in Duluth. An excellent golfer and artist, Helen's...
Ellen Evangeline Heino
Oct 30, 2017
Ellen Heino, 91, passed away on Monday, October 30, 2017 after a short stay at North Shore Estates in Duluth, MN. Ellen Evangeline was born on January 6, 1926 in Virginia, MN to Victor and Anna (Hanson) Lundberg. The family lived on a small farm in Buyck, MN, where they raised chickens and Brown Swiss cattle. There they also raised...
John "Jack" Norman Johnston
Oct 25, 2017
John "Jack" N. Johnston, 83, of Duluth, died Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at Essentia Health. John was born April 25, 1934, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Stuart & Grace Johnston. The family moved to Floodwood, Minnesota in 1943. John graduated from Floodwood High School in 1952, and moved to Duluth, where he married Delores Guentzel on October 22, 1955....
Theresa Marie Jurek
Oct 24, 2017
Theresa Marie Jurek, 83, of Proctor, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at Solvay Hospice House. She was born to Charles & Mary Machacek on July 31, 1934. Theresa worked in food service at St. Mary's for 16 years. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. Theresa was preceded in death by her infant son, Tommy; and siblings, Lorraine...
Eugene "Gene" Frey
Oct 18, 2017
Eugene (Gene) Frey, age 75, of Hermantown, Minnesota passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth, Minnesota after a long battle with cancer and Parkinsons. Gene Frey was born in Walker, Minnesota on March 28, 1942 to Lloyd and Dorothy Frey. He was the third of four children. He grew up in Laporte and attended...
Leroy "Skip" Ernest Hendrickson
Oct 17, 2017
LeRoy "Skip" Hendrickson, 75, of Duluth, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. He was born in San Francisco, CA to Ernest and Lillian (Wiitala) Hendrickson. He was a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Virginia, MN, before continuing on to Virginia Jr. College, and earning a master's degree in Special Education at UMD...
Robert "Schammy" Schamberger
Oct 17, 2017
Robert "Schammy" Schamberger, 74, of Esko, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. He was born November 7, 1943, in Chicago, IL to John Schamberger and Augusta (Muehlefelder) Keirna. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1961 and was stationed in North Africa where he served in the Military Police Canine Unit. In 1963, he was relocated to Duluth,...
