Mary Ann Fitzsimmons
Dec 10, 2022
Mary Ann Fitzsimmons, age 86, of Duluth, passed away overnight Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Heritage Haven. She was born December 23, 1935, in Duluth, MN to George and Esther (Erickson) LaFlamme. Mary Ann was a 1953 Duluth Denfeld graduate. She married James Francis Fitzsimmons on June 4, 1955. She was a devoted mother who loved unconditionally. She has...
Mary Ann Kwapick
Dec 9, 2022
Mary Ann (Grigal) Kwapick of Lakewood Township, died suddenly Friday, December 9, 2022 at her residence with her loving husband at her side. She was born in Virginia, MN to Charles and Frances Grigal. Mary Ann was a graduate of St. Luke’s Nursing program and worked as a Registered Nurse at the St. Luke’s Dialysis Unit and also as...
Virginia "Ginny" Lee Marie Claveau
Dec 8, 2022
Virginia Lee Marie (Ginny) Claveau, 87, of Duluth passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at Franciscan Park Point Health Center. Ginny was born on June 7, 1935 to Beth Alpert in Lanesboro, Minnesota.
Ginny married her junior high school sweetheart, Jack Claveau on August 6, 1955 at Saint Jeans Baptist Catholic church. Ginny was a volunteer...
Doris E. Erickson
Dec 2, 2022
Doris E. “Gramma Dodo” Erickson, 97, of Duluth, died Friday, December 2, 2022 at Essentia Health surrounded by family following a brief illness. She was born October 2, 1925 in Superior, WI to George and Olive (Anderson) Donahue.
Doris graduated from Superior Central High School and worked for many years at the Western National Bank. Doris was a...
Delores Viola Johnson
Dec 2, 2022
Delores ‘Dee’ Viola (Doup) Johnson, 93, was granted her wish to join her husband in heaven on the evening of December 2, 2022. She passed away peacefully of natural causes while being visited and comforted by family members at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth MN.
Dee was born in Duluth on September 19, 1929, to Roy and Gladys (Christensen)...
Anna M. Jones
Dec 1, 2022
Anna M. Jones age 100 of Cape Coral, FL and formerly of Duluth died on December 1, 2022. She was born on July 7, 1922 to parents, Michael & Katherine (Glatt) Steffan in Devils Lake, ND. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert; daughter, Kathleen Lund; stepson, Robert Jones; and siblings, Marie, Paul, Michael, Lugarda, Peter, Thomas,...
Gwendolyn Jean Nelson "Gwen"
Nov 6, 2022
Gwendolyn Jean Nelson (“Gwen”), 91, of Duluth, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 6, 2022 with family at her side. Gwen was born on July 11, 1931 in Duluth, the only child of William and Gertrude (Langlee) Peterson. She graduated in 1948 at the age of 16 from Denfeld High School and was anxious to put her typing and...
Patricia A. Langenbrunner
Nov 3, 2022
Patricia Ann Langenbrunner, 92, was born on September 17, 1930 and passed away on November 3rd with family at her side.
She graduated from St Luke’s School of Nursing in 1951 and worked at St Mary’s Hospital and Miller Dawn Psych unit as head nurse, retiring in 1988 after 37 years. As a member of the MNA and many boards and...
Ronald D. Matuschak
Oct 24, 2022
Ronald D. Matuschak, 84, of Duluth, passed away suddenly on Monday, October 24, 2022. Ron was born on June 24, 1938, graduated from Denfeld (Class of 1957) and went on to join the Army until his honorable discharge in 1963, he later served in several roles with Duluth Public Schools for nearly 30 years until his retirement. On April...
Sharon E. Burke
Oct 24, 2022
Sharon E. Burke, 80, of Sturgeon Lake, MN formerly of Duluth, passed away on Monday October 24, 2022. She was born in Chicago, IN on April 12, 1942, to Clifford and Viola Sherer. Sharon married Byron Burke on January 11, 1964. She had worked as a cashier at Denfeld SuperValu, and with Senior Friends. Sharon was a former member...
Richard "Dick" Hurtig Heim
Oct 22, 2022
Richard “Dick” Hurtig Heim, age 93, from Duluth, MN passed away peacefully on October 22, 2022 surrounded by his loved ones. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1947 and then went to UMD for his undergraduate degree and began teaching at Ashland High School. Dick joined the US Marine Corps for 2 years where he was inspired to...
Carol A. Paulson
Oct 19, 2022
Carol A. Paulson, 82, of Duluth, passed away peacefully at home Wednesday morning, October 19, 2022, when she joined our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. A “new star” lights the night sky…and will shine forever. Carol was a graduate of Duluth Central and went on to work for the Duluth School District ISD #709, where she met the love...
Shirley Jean McKibbon
Oct 10, 2022
Passed away on October 10, 2022 at the age of 91 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN. She was born to Albert and Isabelle (Schaak) Wippler on October 12, 1930 in Superior, WI and grew up in Cass Lake and Kelly Lake, MN. She was a graduate of Assumption Hall, Hibbing High School and Bemidji State Teachers College. She...
Phyllis "Jean" Thorndike
Oct 5, 2022
Phyllis “Jean” Thorndike, 93, of Duluth, formerly of Bucksport, Maine and Sartell, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at the Ecumen Lakeshore Assisted Living Community. Jean was born in Burnham, PA on June 19, 1929 to Russell and Flo Billett. Her family moved to Portland, Maine when she was a teenager and she graduated from Portland High...
Sandra "Sandy" L. Olson
Sep 29, 2022
We are sad to announce that on September 29, 2022, at the age of 80, Sandy Olson (Mpls., Mn.) passed away. Sandy was born June 24, 1942 in Duluth, Mn. She enjoyed a long career, mainly working for Hennepin County Social Services. Sandy had a passion for traveling and gathering with her close friends to enjoy a good meal. One...
LeRoy "Skip" Hartranft
Sep 13, 2022
LeRoy “Skip” Hartranft, 76, passed from this earth on Tuesday September 13, 2022, with his cousin Linda present. Skip was born to Esther and Roy Hartranft on October 26, 1945, in Duluth, MN. He graduated from Denfeld High School and the Salter Trade School electrician program. Skip worked industrially as a master electrician in the Duluth and St. Paul...
Frederic Lyman Nylander
Sep 12, 2022
Our beloved father and husband, Frederic Lyman Nylander, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on September 12, 2022, surrounded by his family at his home in Stillwater, MN. Fred was born on July 4, 1936 in Duluth to Lyman and Alice Nylander. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1954, and then attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he...
Robert "Bob" Joseph Mrozik
Sep 11, 2022
Robert “Bob” Joseph Mrozik, 84, of Duluth, died Sunday, September 11, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital. Bob was born on May 11, 1938 in Duluth to Joseph and Vandelyn (Kujawa) Mrozik. He married Linda Paull on September 23, 1972 and they would have celebrated 50 years this month. Bob was a welder and worked for National Iron and retired...
Keith Gulbranson
Aug 20, 2022
Keith Gulbranson, 91, of Saginaw, died Saturday, August 20, 2022 at the Solvay Hospice House surrounded by his family. Keith was born on September 3, 1930 in Knife Falls, MN to Henning Gulbranson and Edna Beaudreau. Keith was a Marine Corp Veteran serving during World War II. He retired after 40 years from the DM & IR Railroad where...
Laura Ellen Condon
Aug 14, 2022
The passing of long time Proctor middle-school and high school teacher, Laura Condon, is heartfelt by her family, friends, colleagues, and many students. Laura was born November 4, 1949 to Karl and Margaret Condon and passed away August 14, 2022 with family by her side. She grew up in Proctor, Mn and attended Proctor High School. She graduated from...
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