Obituaries

Jan 13, 2013

Lorne McLean (Mac) Swanstrom, 73, a lifelong Duluthian, died Jan. 13, 2013, under care for ALS. He was born on Feb. 28, 1939, the son of Dwight and Anna Jean Swanstrom. Mac graduated from Denfeld High School with the class of 1957 and went on to secure a degree in economics from Whitworth College in Spokane, WA. In his...

Jan 11, 2013

Martha G. Winterstrom, 80, of Haines Rd, died Friday, January 11, 2013, in Essentia Health St. Mary's. She was born on November 25, 1932 to Steffen and Anna Kaarbo in Duluth. Martha was a graduate of Denfeld High School. She married William Winterstrom on October 24, 1953. Martha worked for the Target Store as a bookkeeper retiring in 1976....

Jan 6, 2013

Guy Perfetti, 94, Duluth, died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at his home. He was born in Hibbing, MN on July 13, 1918 to Carmine and Mary Perfetti. He attended Assumption Hall and graduated from Hibbing High School. He married Mary Alice Bolger on April 14 1943 at Briggs Field in El Paso, TX. Guy was an Army Air Forces...

Jan 5, 2013

Carl William "Bill" Ziegler, 87, Duluth, died January 5, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born in Massillon, Ohio, on May 21, 1925 to George and Grace Ziegler. He was an Army Air Forces Veteran of WWII and was also a member of the Naval Reserve. Bill had lived in Chicago for several years and moved to Duluth...

Jan 5, 2013

Lois M. (Lilleoien) Hanson, 89, of Duluth passed away Saturday night, January 5, 2013 at Solvay Hospice House. Lois was born April 9, 1923 to Joe and Bessie (Bunde) Lilleoien in rural McVille, North Dakota, the second of five children. She remained proud of her North Dakota farm roots and her Norwegian heritage all her life. Lois was a...

Jan 4, 2013

Joseph "Joe" Robert Brown, 55, of Pike Lake, passed away January 4, 2013 doing what he loved, riding his dirt bike. He was born in Duluth on August 20, 1957 to Thomas and Shirley Brown. Joe was a 1975 graduate of Proctor High School. He married Cindy Oakland in Duluth on February 9, 1980. Joe was founder/ co-owner and...

Jan 1, 2013

Magnhild "Munnie" Albertine Collander Skog, 91, died Jan. 1, 2013 in Faith Haven Nursing Home, Carlton.

She was born in Bayview Heights on Feb. 13, 1922.

She graduated from Proctor High School in 1939. She married Edgar Skog on June 20, 1942 and lived on the family farm in Munger for the next 60 some years. Besides...

Dec 30, 2012

Hilmer O. "Himmie" Hadselford, 92, Duluth, died December 30, 2012 at Chris Jensen Nursing Home. He was born in Bozeman, ND, on August 12, 1920 to Magnus and Thea Hadselford. Hilmer had attended Duluth Central High School. He was a Navy veteran of WWII, and was the last Duluth survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He had worked...

Dec 29, 2012

Wayne F. Jacobson, 83, of West Redwing St, died unexpectedly Saturday, December 29, 2012 in Essentia Health-St. Mary's surrounded by his family. Wayne was born July 25, 1929 in Minneapolis to Joseph and Sigrid Jacobson. He grew up in Duluth and spent his summers at his grandmother's farm in Fredric, WI. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1947...

Dec 28, 2012

Joseph Ambrose Rich, 87, of Wyoming St, lost his 28 year battle with Parkinson's disease on Friday, December 28, 2012 in the Minnesota Veterans Home in Silver Bay. He was born in Duluth on January 11, 1925 to John and Carmel (Scinocca) Rich. Joe graduated from Central High School and completed the Baking course at Duluth Vocational School. He...

Dec 21, 2012

Robert "Bob" John Howden, 67, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2012 while vacationing in Scottsdale, Arizona. Bob fought many battles with his health and did it with dignity and a very positive attitude. He never complained and was thankful for every day. Bob was born on June 11, 1945 to John and Helen (Lusk) Howden in Duluth. He...

Dec 20, 2012

Alice Josephine was born on November 16, 1940 in Chicago, IL to Thomas J. & Helen A. (Pawlak) Howard. She moved with her family to West Duluth in 1943. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church. She was a devotee at the Chapel of the Innocence since it started in 1995. She attended St. James School graduating...

Dec 14, 2012

Olaf A. Ness, 92, of Avondale St, died Friday, Dec 14, 2012. He was born in Norway on July 11, 1920 to Olaf J. and J. Matilda (Mellingen) Ness. Olaf worked in the CCC Camp 3709 at Seagull Lake on the Gunflint Trail. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and became a U. S. Citizen...

Dec 4, 2012

Leigh Ann Pristash, 62, Hermantown, passed away at home Tuesday, December 4, 2012 after a lengthy and courageous battle with chronic illness. She was born May 3, 1950, in Green Bay, WI to Donald and Gloria Landry. She was a graduate of St. Joseph's Academy, Green Bay and went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Oskosh with a...

Nov 27, 2012

Barbara "Barb" Pearson, 76, of Duluth, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 after surviving breast cancer for 17 years. Barb was born on June 14, 1936 to Dewey and Susan Pajunen in an unorganized township near Chisholm. She graduated from Hibbing High School before moving to Duluth where she met Wallace "Pete" Pearson and they married on October...

Nov 22, 2012

Rose Ann Johnson, 82, Duluth, died November 22, 2012 at Heritage Haven, Hermantown. She was born January 2, 1930 in Duluth to Michael and Esther Valentine. She married Stanley R. Johnson in Duluth on October 30, 1946. Rose Ann's career was in food service starting at the fountain at Snyder Drug Store for 14 years and continued at K-Mart,...

Nov 21, 2012

Kim M. Olthoff, 54, Hermantown, died November 21, 2012 at Solvay Hospice House surrounded by her family, after two and one half years of battling liver cancer. Kim was born in Duluth on March 4, 1958 to Earl and Ellen Olthoff and was a 1976 graduate of Hermantown High School. Kim had worked for many years as a CNA....

Nov 20, 2012

Beatrice M. "Bea" Berg Johnson, 77, Duluth, died November 20, 2012 at Viewcrest Health Center after a struggling 47 year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was born in Grand Forks, ND on October 24, 1935 to Leonard and Ellen Berg. Bea was a graduate of Bemidji State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education. She was...

Nov 19, 2012

Agnes Lorraine Miller, 94, Duluth, died November 19, 2012 at the Franciscan Health Center. She was born in McKinley, MN, on December 6, 1917 to John and Mary Mushinski. Agnes was a 1936 graduate of Gilbert High School and later attended Duluth Business College. She married Robert Miller in Duluth on September 17, 1949. She had worked as a...

Nov 8, 2012

Betty Lou Grams, 85, most recently of Viewcrest Health Center, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2012. Betty was born in Duluth on July 23, 1927 to Louis and Myrtle (Anderson) Fortin. She grew up in Duluth's West End, attending Bryant, Lincoln and Denfeld, graduating in 1944. Betty worked at the News Tribune until her marriage to Ernie Grams in...