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Lucile Hammerstedt

Lucile Hammerstedt

Oct 24, 2012

Lucile Read Hammerstedt, age 98, Duluth, died October 24, 2012 at Edgewood Vista. She was born in Onamia, MN, on March 22, 1914 to Lucien and Alice Read. Lucile was a graduate of Morgan Park High School and the Duluth State Teachers College. She taught school in rural North Dakota, Holyoke, MN, Genesen, outside of Duluth and also substituted...

Marian Bostrom

Marian Bostrom

Oct 20, 2012

Marian Louise Bostrom 86, formerly of Pike Lake, died Saturday October 20, 2012 at Heritage Haven. She was born May 14, 1926 to Alvah and Ruth (Erickson) Schnuckle. Marian attended school at Ensign Elementary, Lincoln Jr. Middle and Denfeld High School, graduating in 1944. After graduation she enrolled in Business school. Upon completion she went to work for Bridgeman...

Marjorie Frolek

Marjorie Frolek

Oct 19, 2012

Marjorie Ann Frolek, 82, of Duluth, formerly of Two Harbors, died on Friday, October 19, 2012 at St. Eligius Health Center after a battle with cancer. Marge was born June 22, 1930 in Duluth to Edith (Johnson) and Bob Byce. She attended Two Harbors High School and graduated in 1948 with honors. Following graduation from high school, she was...

Florence Jeannette

Florence Jeannette

Oct 19, 2012

Florence Lucille Jeannette, 93, formerly of Hunters Park, died Friday, October 19, 2012 in Diamond Willow's-Arbor Rose. She was born in Duluth on December 3, 1918 to Andrew and Anna Olson. She was a 1936 graduate of Denfeld High School and attended the State Teacher's College. Florence was an Ad and Commercial Artist for department stores in Duluth and...

Patricia Sorenson

Patricia Sorenson

Oct 18, 2012

Patricia Jean Sorenson, 87, of Duluth, passed away peacefully Thursday, October 18, 2012 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Thief River Falls, MN on February 27, 1925 to Patrick and Mary Roark. Pat married Jack Sorenson on June 11, 1945 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Warren, MN. She was a member of...

Richard Herman

Richard Herman

Oct 18, 2012

Richard David Herman, 86, changed his residence from Sunny Lane to Paradise on October 18, 2012. He was born August 20, 1926 in Richfield, Minn, the son of Melvin and Lillian Herman. Richard graduated from Washburn High School in 1944. He continued his education at the University of Minnesota graduating in 1951 with a Bachelor's degree in science. He...

Patsy Barstad

Patsy Barstad

Oct 17, 2012

Patsy Jean Barstad, 70, of Hermantown, passed away peacefully at her home, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 with her loving husband by her side. She was born May 25, 1942 in Shooks, Minnesota to Earl and Josephine Spears. She married Vernon Barstad on July 8, 1961 in Littlefork, Minnesota. Together they raised two children. She loved spending time with her...

Jerry Davern

Jerry Davern

Oct 15, 2012

The life and times of Jerry J. Davern will be celebrated in a Mass of Christian Burial 11AM October 22, 2012 at Holy Family Catholic Church, Duluth. Jerry left this life and was reunited with Virginia, his wife of 65 years on October 15, 2012. He was born 6th of eight children to Benjamin and Clara Kippels Davern on...

Roberta Johnson

Roberta Johnson

Oct 15, 2012

Roberta Mae "Berta" Johnson, age 99, of Duluth, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2012. She was born on July 3, 1913 in Mountain Iron, Minnesota, the daughter of Roy M. and Jessie I. Baker. Roberta graduated from Chisholm High School and attended Hibbing Junior College. Roberta and Carl, her future husband, met while both worked for Marshall Wells...

Bertha Gudvangen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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