Obituaries

May 17, 2013

Dale J. Podemski, 70, of Duluth, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 in Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital. Dale was born in Duluth on November 1, 1942 to Clifford and Frances Podemski. Dale attended Duluth Public Schools, was a 1960 graduate of Denfeld High School and attended DBU. Dale married Charlene Crooks on December 10, 1966 at St. Lawrence...

May 11, 2013

Helen Jane Nelson, age 85, Duluth, died May 11, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospice. She was born in Duluth on March 29, 1928 to James and Mildred MacInnes. Helen was a 1947 graduate of Denfeld High School. She married Roger H. Nelson in Duluth on January 22, 1949. Helen had worked at Western Electric but also enjoyed being a...

May 10, 2013

Lois Lorraine Ettinger died peacefully on May 10th, 2013. She was born on August 9th, 1916 to Nels and Edith (Johnson) Linde in St. Paul, Minnesota. The family moved to Brainerd, where she graduated from high school. She married Omer M. Ettinger on April 4th, 1942. Lois enjoyed the many Shrine organization activities she and Omer were members of;...

May 7, 2013

Eva M. Russell, 95, Duluth, died May 7, 2013 at Edgewood Vista. She was born in Duluth on March 20, 1918, the first day of spring, to Joe and Mary Landry. The family included her older brother Joe and sister Cecelia "Honey". Eva attended school at Stanbrook Hall. She married Jack Russell in 1938. She was preceded in death...

May 6, 2013

Dale R. "Butch" Lian, 72, of North 14th Ave East went to be with his Lord, Jesus Christ, Monday, May 6, 2013 in the Franciscan Health Center. Butch was born on September 30, 1940 in Duluth to Lorraine and Arnie Lian. Butch served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam and married Maxine Corcoran on April 26, 1969 in Duluth....

May 6, 2013

Joyce Mohr Jezierski, 81 of Duluth & Wild Rice Lake passed away on May 6, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, MN.

Joyce was born in Superior, WI on November 13, 1931 to Floyd "Bud" and Stenette Mohr. She attended schools in Duluth and was a Duluth Denfeld graduate, Class of 1949.

Joyce married the love...

Apr 25, 2013

Pastor Ronald C. Horn, age 81, went home April 25, 2013 from Solvay Hospice House. He was born in Carson Lake, MN, on July 1, 1931 to Harold and Josephine Horn. Ron was an Army Veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific. He had served as a Pastor at Living Stones Fellowship for 32 years. He is preceded in...

Apr 21, 2013

On Sunday, April 21, 2013, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ called Dorothy A. Telega, 88, home to heaven and she quietly passed with family by her side. She was born on August 11, 1924 to Andrew and Marion Buczynski in Cloquet. She married Robert F. Telega on May 18, 1946 in Cloquet Minn. They lived in Cloquet, moved...

Apr 15, 2013

Jean Marie Charbonneau, 57, died peacefully with her family by her side on Monday, April 15, 2013 in her home after a brave 13 month battle with cancer. Jean was born February 7, 1956, in Duluth to Theodore and Beatrice Wotczak. She was a 1974 graduate of Duluth Denfeld High School and received her teaching degree from the College...

Apr 14, 2013

Vera H. Shisler, 98, Duluth, died April 14, 2013 at the Franciscan Health Center. She was born in Osborne, KA, July 5, 1914, to Clarence and Gladys Hill and lived in Kimberly, MN before moving to Duluth in 1926. She was a 1932 graduate of Central High School and a graduate of Duluth State Teachers College. Vera taught at...

Apr 13, 2013

Raymond Donald Zomerfelt, 90, peacefully passed away on Saturday, April 13, at home with his loving wife by his side. He was born Oct. 17, 1922 in Duluth, to John and Victoria Zomerfelt. He attended Denfeld High School and went on to CC Camp in Elgin Junction. Raymond served in the Army until 1945, attaining the rank of Sergeant...

Apr 12, 2013

Jeremy "Bear" Michael Bohlin, 36, of Duluth, died as the result of an accident April 12, 2013. He was born in Duluth on May 20, 1976, to Dennis and Pauline Bohlin. He had attended Denfeld High School. Bear was a carpenter in the construction business since high school. He worked with his father at Dennys Drywall, and mainly with...

Apr 8, 2013

Jack Loyd Scott, age 80, Duluth, was released from his battle with dementia on Monday, April 8, 2013 with his loving family at his side. He was born to John and Vautrice Scott on August 27, 1932 in Newtonia, MO. He grew up on a ranch in Oklahoma and served in the United States Air Force during the Korean...

Mar 28, 2013

Gerald J. Mrozik, 78, Duluth, died March 28, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born in Duluth on June 5, 1934. He had worked as a truck driver. Gerald was a member of the NRA and avid hunter and fisherman. He was a fantastic Grandfather. He is preceded in death by parents and sister Judy . Gerald is...

Mar 23, 2013

Theresse "Emerald" Kregness, 96, of Greysolon Plaza, our jewel of a mother, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Solvay Hospice House. She was born on May 19, 1916 in Fertile, Minn to Bert and Trine Davis. Emerald spent her childhood in Fertile and moved to Duluth in 1929, graduating from Duluth Central High School in 1935. She married Roger...

Mar 1, 2013

On March First, 2013, heaven gained another angel when Nancy Alice McRae(Weme)walked through God's front door. Nancy is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Steven McRae, daughter Robin McRae and her son Riley, son Scott McRae and his children Kaleb and Brichelle; and son Richard(Jennifer)McRae and their children Isaac, Max and Jasper. Nancy is also survived by...

Feb 28, 2013

Elsie Viola Berntsen of Hermantown, MN most recently of Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, died Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 97 years of age. She was born September 7, 1915 to Swedish immigrants Edward and Hilma Sundquist. She was raised in the West End and graduated from Denfeld High School in 1935. Elsie and Walter Martin Berntsen were united in...

Feb 21, 2013

June (Olson) Szymczak, 85, formerly of North 24th Ave West and Edgewood Vista, died Thursday, February 21, 2013 in Viewcrest Health Center. June was born on December 22, 1927 in Duluth to Frederic and Mary (Blackwood) Olson. She graduated from St Jean Baptist School in 1945. She married Gerald Szymczak in 1951 at St Jean Baptist Catholic Church and...

Feb 19, 2013

Betty L Bjorklund, 91, of Duluth passed away on February 19, 2013 at Edgewood Vista.

Betty was born on April 14, 1921 in Duluth to Florence and Arthur Manke. She was a 1939 graduate of Denfeld and married Walter R Bjorklund on August 31, 1940. They were married for over 58 years at the time of his death...

Feb 17, 2013

Philip Victor Sjoblom, 93, of Duluth, died Sunday, February 17, 2013 in Essentia Health-St. Mary's. Philip was born on August 9, 1919 in Two Harbors, MN to John and Sophia (Ostman) Sjoblom. Philip did charter fishing on Lake Superior, earning his captain's operating license from the Coast Guard in 1940. He married Ruth Carlson on October 10, 1941 in...