Bertha Gudvangen
Oct 11, 2012
Bertha Bolme Gudvangen, 94, formerly of Hillcrest Drive, Duluth, died Thursday, October 11, 2012 in the Golden living Center-Linden in Stillwater, Minn. Bertha was born on October 17, 1917 in Norway to Ola and Marit Bolme. She came to Minnesota with her family as a child and attended Ensign Elementary, Lincoln Junior High and graduated from Denfeld in 1937....
Betty Hanson
Oct 10, 2012
Betty L. Hanson, 88, Duluth, died October 10, 2012 at Viewcrest Health Center. She was born in Duluth on September 27, 1924 to Robert and Isabella Childs. Betty was a graduate of Duluth Central High School and the Young and Hursch Business School. She married Irvin E. Hanson in Duluth on June 2, 1945. Betty began her career with...
Martha Nelson
Oct 8, 2012
Martha M. Nelson, 92, Duluth, died October 8, 2012 at home with her family. She was born in Duluth on December 5, 1919 to Boye and Sophie Dahl. She was baptized in the Lutheran Church on January 15, 1920 and confirmed in the Lutheran Church on June 9, 1935. Martha was a graduate of Duluth Central High School and...
Brian Brackett
Sep 25, 2012
Brian B. Brackett, 76, Duluth died September 25, 2012 at home with his family. He was born in Pence, WI on April 5, 1936 to John and Alice Brackett. Brian attended Hermantown High School. He later joined the army and served in Korea and Germany. He was also a member of the Army Marksmanship Team. He worked as an...
Theresa Kroll
Sep 19, 2012
Theresa H. Kroll, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep with family by her side on September 19, 2012 at Golden Oaks located in Proctor. She was born in Royalton, MN, on October 15, 1918 to John Schaefer and Mary Cekalla. She lived in Wrenshall with her husband and four children before moving to Duluth, where she has resided...
Martin Erickson
Sep 18, 2012
Martin Eddy Erickson, 67, of Duluth, died Tuesday, September 18, 2012 in Solvay Hospice House with his wife, Marcia at his side. He was born in Duluth on February 24, 1945 to Carl and Sophie Erickson. He attended Central High School and earned his carpentry degree from Duluth Vo-Tech. Eddy served in the U. S. Navy aboard the USS...
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...
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...
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...