Dorothy Dyer
Oct 16, 2013
Dorothy (Dotty) Dyer formerly of Des Moines Iowa died on Wed, Oct 16th at the age of 94 in Duluth, MN. Dorothy was adopted at 9 month's old from an orphanage in Kansas City, MO. on October 10th, 1919. Her actual birth place, to this date, is unknown.  During her adult life Dotty worked for The Iowa's Children's Home, providing...
Donna Riley
Oct 13, 2013
Donna A. Riley, 68, of Esko, died Sunday October 13, 2013 in St. Luke's Hospital. She was born in Duluth, MN on December 12, 1944 to Harold and Ruth Engblom. She graduated from Hermantown High School in 1962. Donna had worked for Lake City Towing in Canal Park, Starvin Marvins, and at the Base Exchange. She was a member of...
Robert J. Bock
Oct 11, 2013
Robert John Bock, 75, of Duluth, Minnesota, died and joyfully went home to Heaven on Friday, October 11th, 2013, after a brief battle with complications due to cancer -- a sinner saved by God's grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone.  Several years ago, Bob came to understand and believe the truth of John 3:16, "For God so...
Kay Williams
Oct 10, 2013
Kay F. (Stack) Williams, longtime resident of Hermantown, MN, died Thursday, October 10, 2013 at her residence. Â She was born January 3, 1939 in Superior to Henry and Frances (McNamara) Stack. Kay graduated from Superior Cathedral High School and attended local universities for nursing and teaching. She is survived by her brother David (Janice) Stack of Superior; nephews Todd (RaeAnn)...
Ron Wendt
Oct 9, 2013
Ron "Eric" Wendt left this life to be with the Lord on October 9, 2013. Ron was born to Raymond and Marie Wendt on December 26, 1938 in Milwaukee, WI. After high school Ron joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Germany as a mechanical supply aide, and later transferred to Duluth where he was united in marriage...
Elaine Tryon
Oct 7, 2013
Elaine M. Tryon, 92, of Duluth died Monday October 7, 2013 in Edgewood Vista. She was born in Duluth on March 14, 1921 to Gustov and Bertha Rydberg. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She had worked at St. Mary's Hospital in Housekeeping for many years. Elaine was an avid reader, and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles. She was...
Marjorie Lawrey
Oct 6, 2013
. Marjorie Alice Cooke Lawrey, 87 of Hermantown passed away Sunday October 6, 2013 in St. Mary's Essentia Health. She was born on August 8, 1926 to George Edsel and Alice (Bartlett) Cooke. She graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1944. She married Phillip Albert Lawrey in 1943 at The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Marjorie was a...
Orvin Hieb
Oct 4, 2013
Orvin Michael Hieb age 87, of Duluth passed away on October 4, 2013 in St. Luke's Hospice. He was born on February 13, 1926 to David and Ida Martel Hieb in Hosmer, South Dakota. In 1944, he graduated from Leola Senior High School in South Dakota. In 1947 Orv graduated from Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota majoring in...
Lillian Sobczyk
Oct 2, 2013
Lillian C. Sobczyk of Duluth passed away Wednesday October 2nd. Lilly, as dad called her, was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1921. She and Ed married June 1943 and celebrated fifty years together. Lilly was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church and retired after twenty nine years from Nopeming. She enjoyed spending time with her loving family and pets....
Hazel Hoglund
Sep 17, 2013
Hazel R. Hoglund, 95, of Duluth, died Tuesday September 17, 2013 in Solvay Hospice House. She was born in Poplar, WI to John and Anna Wainio on August 4, 1918. Hazel had attended Duluth Central High School, the Duluth Teachers College, and UMD. She began teaching in Maple Plain and Jordon, MN, and taught in the Duluth School District for...
Irene Mcdougall
Sep 15, 2013
IRENE A. MCDOUGALL, 83, Duluth, passed away peacefully to eternal life in her sleep the morning of Sunday, September, 15, 2013.  She was born on July 7, 1930, in Duluth, Minnesota, the second born child of Michael and Frances (LaBuda) Bussa. She graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1948. On October 20, 1962, she married the love of her...
Blanche Benson
Sep 12, 2013
Blanche Olson Benson, longtime Hermantown resident, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. Blanche was born only a few weeks after her parents and brother narrowly escaped the Great Cloquet Fire. The house that they had newly built, intending to move into with the new baby, burnt to the ground. She grew up in...
Kenneth Molitor
Sep 12, 2013
Kenneth W. Molitor, 85, of Duluth died Thursday September 12, 2013 in Essentia Health, St. Mary's Hospital. He is survived by daughters Joan (Len) Steltz, and Jody Molitor, brother Gerald (Eileen) Molitor, sister Lillian (Eric) Rosenholm, two grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Wednesday September 18, 2013 in Sunrise Funeral Home from Noon until the 1PM Funeral...
Virginia A. Jarvis
Sep 10, 2013
Virginia A. Jarvis, 93, of Superior, died Tuesday September 10, 2013 in her residence. She was born in Duluth on June 28, 1920 to John and Anna (Prohazka) Swenson. She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Twig, MN, and a member of the Women's VFW Axillary in Cloquet. Virginia loved baking, cooking, gardening and time spent at the...
Mairian Markkula
Sep 8, 2013
Because of her faith in Jesus Christ, Marian Markkula entered Heaven early Sunday morning. Marian was born July 1, 1923, in Billings, MT and grew up in Zion, IL. On December 7, 1941, she was engaged to Russell Markkula and they were married August 1, 1942 at Ft Benning, GA.                Russ and Marian forged an adventurous life, living in GA,...
Lillian Ulshafer
Sep 1, 2013
Lillian A. (Thompson) Ulshafer, 91, of Proctor, formerly of Hermantown for 43 years, died Sunday September 1, 2013 in St. Luke's Hospital. She was born in Twig, on June 19, 1922 to Henry and Helga Thompson. She grew up in Twig and graduated from Proctor High School in 1941. She married Robert J. Ulshafer in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1943. ...
Donald E. Wigington
Aug 31, 2013
Donald Eugene Wigington, 79, of Hermantown, died on Saturday August 31, 2013 in Edgewood. He was born in Chetek, WI on January 15, 1934 to Laura and Wesley Wigington. Don was a U.S. Army Veteran. He had worked at Lakehead Auto Imports. His interests included boating, dancing, and traveling with family and friends. The family wishes to thank Edgewood for...
Linda Kaufman
Aug 29, 2013
Linda L. Kaufman, 65, of Hermantown, died Thursday August 29, 2013 in Essentia Health, St. Mary's Hospital. She was born in Virginia, MN, to Roy and Ellen Schuman on March 7, 1948,. She grew up in Britt, MN, graduated from Roosevelt High School in Virginia and attended St. Scholastica College in Duluth.  Linda had owned and operated the El-Roy Bar...
Virginia Desanto
Aug 26, 2013
Virginia Mary DeSanto of West Duluth passed away at 4 a.m., August 26, 2013, at St. Eligius in West Duluth where she had lived for the past 12 years.  Virginia was born in West Duluth on Raleigh Street on August 1, 1924, to Anthony and Theresa DeSanto. She was one of the first handicapped students to graduate from Denfeld High...
Florence Taylor
Aug 25, 2013
Florence T. Taylor, 91, of Two Harbors, died on Sunday August 25, 2013 in St. Luke's Hospital. She was born in Duluth to Frank and Mary Marciniak on June 28, 1922. Florence graduated from Denfeld High School. She had worked as a Teacher's Aide with the Duluth Public Schools. Florence loved time spent with her children, and grandchildren. She was...
