Kenneth Johnson
Sep 14, 2012
Kenneth William"Knute"Johnson, passed away peacefully on September 14, 2012 after a courageous two and one half year battle with lung cancer. Ken was born on March 13, 1937 to William and Josephine (Hullin) Johnson. He was a lifelong resident of Duluth, graduating from Denfeld in 1955. He was also a member of the Air National Guard from 1954 to...
James Jentoft
Sep 13, 2012
James "Jim" L. Jentoft, 37, Duluth, died Thursday September 13, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital with his family by his side. Jim was born on October 4, 1974, in Duluth to Larry and Susan Jentoft. He graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1993, where he had been a member of the baseball, football and swim teams. He had...
Arnold Gustafson
Sep 8, 2012
Arnold V. Gustafson "Uncle Arnie", 82, Duluth, died September 8, 2012 at home with family. He was born in Puposky, which is near Bemidji, MN, on November 21, 1929 to Adolph and Violet Gustafson. Arnie was a 1948 graduate of Bemidji High School and moved to Duluth in 1955. He had worked as a sheet metal mechanic for A.W....
Lyle Carlson
Sep 7, 2012
Lyle Clarence Carlson, born August 27, 1931, to Arthur Clarence Carlson and Palma (Moen) Carlson, died September 7, 2012, on the Carlson property in Hermantown, MN. He graduated from Hermantown High School in 1949, where he played on the school's first hockey team. On October 17, 1959, he married Marion Berggren. He worked for the DM&IR until 1968, when...
David Olson
Sep 3, 2012
David Allen Olson, 76, passed from this life to his heavenly reward on Monday, Sept 3, 2012 with his family at his side, from complications of stroke and Chronic Kidney Disease. He was born in Duluth on January 20, 1936 to his parents, August and Mildred Olson. David was a graduate of Hermantown High School, Senior Class President and...
Bernice Haagensen
Aug 28, 2012
Bernice M. Haagensen, 74, of South 20th Ave East, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2012 in Bayshore Health Center. She was born in Saginaw, Minn on March 7, 1938 to Gerhardt and Dagmar Dallmann. Bernice retired from A T & T where she was a directory assistance operator for 20 years. She loved spending time with her family, enjoyed...
Marjorie Gresczyk
Aug 23, 2012
Marjorie Rose Gresczyk, 84, Duluth, died August 23, 2012 in St. Luke's Hospice. She was born in Floodwood on August 9, 1928 to Stanley and Antonia Schminski. Marjorie was a graduate of Floodwood High School and later married Raymond Gresczyk on November 14, 1953. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and it's Altar and Rosary Society...
Herman Schroeder
Aug 20, 2012
Herman R. Schroeder, 82, of North 64th Ave West, died Monday, August 20, 2012 in his home. He was born on July 23, 1930 in Douglas County, Minnesota to John and Johanna Schroeder. Herman graduated from high school in Morris, Minn and attended the University of Minnesota, Morris. In 1963, Herman started working for Duluth Avionics where he was...
Melissa Sundquist
Aug 19, 2012
Melissa M. "Missi" Sundquist, 32, died unexpectedly Sunday, August 19, 2012 in Duluth. She was born on August 6, 1980 in Duluth. She was a 1998 graduate of Denfeld High School and married Shane Sundquist on March 10, 2003 in Duluth. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Greenly; father, Gerry Gleason; paternal grandparents, Marion and Elmer Randa;...
Harriet Sobczak
Aug 17, 2012
Harriet B. Sobczak, 92, Duluth, died peacefully August 17, 2012. She was born in Crookston, MN, on July 3, 1920 to Albert and Clara LaPlante. Harriet had worked in food service at UMD. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and it's Altar and Rosary Society. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Margaret Rose...
Marilyn Bronikowski
Aug 16, 2012
Marilyn A. (Tafs) Bronikowski, 78, of Duluth went home to be with the Lord on August 16, 2012. She was born in Duluth on April 15, 1934 to Ernest and Jenny (Arnson) Tafs. She graduated in 1952 from Hermantown High School, married Robert Bronikowski in 1954 and they had three children together. She attended Duluth Business University and worked...
Lois Moe
Aug 15, 2012
Lois Jane Moe, 85, of Lennox Place Apartments, formerly of Robert Court, was called to be with our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospice. She was a lifelong Duluth resident and a graduate of Denfeld High School. Lois married Edward "Dutch" Moe on May 1, 1948 in Duluth. She worked as...
Mark Chumich
Aug 10, 2012
Mark E. Chumich, 62, of Duluth, died Friday, August 10, 2012 in the Solvay Hospice House surrounded by his family. Mark was born in Duluth on July 25, 1950 to George and Shirley Chumich. He was a 1968 graduate of Denfeld High School and received a degree in speech from UMD. Mark worked as a sheet metal worker and...
Antti Lepisto
Aug 10, 2012
Antti A. I. Lepisto died at his Duluth home on August 10, 2012, of pancreatic cancer. He was born August 31, 1932, in Moose Lake, MN, son of Pastor Antti and Sigrid (Hakola) Lepisto. He graduated from Denfeld High School, received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota Duluth, a Masters of Divinity from Northwestern Lutheran Theological...
Kenneth Watry
Aug 8, 2012
Kenneth J. "Ken" Watry, 80, of Lindahl Road, Hermantown, died peacefully in his sleep Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at home. He was born on September 9, 1931 in Grant County, Minn to Nicholas and Olivia Watry. Ken married Antoinette "Toni" Rutka at St. Rose Catholic Church on July 14, 1956. Ken served with the Minnesota Army National Guard, a...
Ronald Benson
Aug 2, 2012
Ronald Dean Benson, 77, Duluth, died August 2, 2012 at Essentia Hospice. He was born in Barronette, WI, on March 9, 1935 to Robert and Annie Benson. Ron was a 1953 graduate of Morgan Park High School. He married Donna Kervina in Duluth on May 18, 1957. Ron had retired from U S Steel after 40 years of service....
Agnes Vogel
Jul 26, 2012
Agnes E. Vogel, 84, of Barker Drive, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 26, 2012 in the Solvay Hospice House surrounded by her family. She was born in Duluth on December 24, 1927 to Charles and Victoria Busker. Agnes was a graduate of Denfeld High School, attended Duluth Business University and retired from St. Louis County Health Department where she...
Andrew Dunaisky
Jul 18, 2012
Andrew J. "Andy" Dunaisky, age 90, Hermantown, died July 18, 2012 at St. Lukes Hospice. He was born in Duluth on July 8, 1922 to Adrian and Victoria Dunaisky. He had attended St. James School, West Jr. and Denfeld High School. In his early years he worked with the CCC constructing the Gunflint Trail. Andy married Irene Klejeski in...
Charles Supplee
Jul 18, 2012
Charles J. "Chuck" Supplee, 71, of Duluth, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012 in his home surrounded by family. Chuck was born on August 11, 1940 in Minneapolis and attended schools in St. Cloud and Shattuck in Faribault, Minn. Upon graduation, he entered the U. S. Navy where he was on staff at Great Lakes, Ill and aboard the...
Vernon Verhel
Jul 17, 2012
Vernon R. Verhel, age 89, Duluth, died peacefully at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth on Tuesday July 17, 2012, surrounded by his family. Vern was born on December 8, 1922, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Emil and Marie Verhel. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1941, spent two years at Duluth Junior College before serving over three years in...
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