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Sharon Neufeld

Sharon Neufeld

Mar 3, 2012

Sharon Rae Neufeld, 71, of Cloquet, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Essentia Health St. Marys Medical Center with her family by her side.Sharon was a five-year survivor of lung cancer only to succumb to heart disease.She was born in Duluth to Lowell and Marian (Hellstrom) Hagberg Sept. 5, 1940. She was a graduate of Central High School. She...

Elizabeth Parks

Elizabeth Parks

Mar 2, 2012

Elizabeth Joy Parks, 77, of Duluth, died, Friday, March 2, 2012 in St. Lukes Hospital Hospice Unit. She was born on April 10, 1934 to Roger and Mary (Thompson) Parks in Duluth. Elizabeth was a lifelong Duluth resident. Following her formal education at St. Scholastica College, she was employed as an elementary teacher in the Duluth School District until...

Mary Higgins

Mary Higgins

Mar 1, 2012

Mary Butler Higgins died peacefully in her sleep March 1, 2012.She was 84 and a resident of Delray Beach, Fla.She was preceded in death by her husband, former Minnesota State Senator Raymond John Higgins.Mary?s sheer love of life, her enthusiasm, her eagerness to hear and to solicit the stories of all around her - and sometimes of complete strangers...

Joan Minor

Joan Minor

Mar 1, 2012

Joan M. Minor, 81, of Duluth, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Solvay Hospice House. Joan Elizabeth Mach was born June 24, 1930 in La Crosse, Wis., the daughter of John Ross and Carmen Mach. She made her home in several places throughout her life including Florida. She moved to St. Anns Residence in 2010. Joan was...

Patsy Chastain

Patsy Chastain

Feb 27, 2012

Patsy Glyn (Pat) Sheppard Chastain, age 78, Duluth passed away on Monday, February 27, 2012 at Franciscan Health Center on Park Point.Pat was born November 5, 1933 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, the daughter of Anderson Lee and Clarice Eve (Helf) Sheppard. Her father worked for Shell Oil Company and the family moved quite often. She attended and graduated from LaMar...

Judith LaTour

Judith LaTour

Feb 27, 2012

Judith Mary LaTour, 70, of Duluth, died on Monday Feb. 27, 2012 in Essentia Health St. Marys Hospice Unit with her family by her side. She was born on Jan. 10, 1942 in Duluth, to George and Helen (Klapich) Borowicz. Judy was employed in the registration office at St. Marys for many years. She was a member of St....

Seth Kaner

Seth Kaner

Feb 25, 2012

Seth Israel Kaner, 90, of Duluth, and a longtime Lakeside resident died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at Proctor Diamond Willow Assisted Living. He was born in Duluth on Oct. 8, 1921 to Samuel M. and Sarah (Kenner) Kaner. Seth was a 1939 graduate of Duluth Central High School. He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War ll....

Elizabeth Holmes

Elizabeth Holmes

Feb 23, 2012

Elizabeth Johanna Holmes, 92, of Duluth, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in Essentia Health?St. Mary?s Medical Center with her family by her side.She was born Sept. 4, 1919, in Virginia, to Edward J. Larsen (1877-1959) and Emily (Eggen) Larsen (1880-1962).Elizabeth graduated from Virginia schools and went on to graduate from Northwestern University in music. She taught string instruments for...

Robert Barrett

Robert Barrett

Feb 22, 2012

Robert B. Barrett, 88, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 in St. Lukes Hospital. Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in First Presbyterian Church, Duluth. Visitation: One hour prior to the service

Bruce Swenson

Bruce Swenson

Feb 22, 2012

Bruce Wayne Swenson, 62, Duluth, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at Bayshore Health Center. He was born in Duluth April 8, 1949 to Fredrick Peter and Lois (Gilbert) Swenson. Bruce was a Duluth Central High School graduate and a Vietnam Navy veteran. He married Barbara Pauline Anne Poulin on May 27, 1972 in Duluth. Bruce worked at Essentia Health...

Douglas Willis

Douglas Willis

Feb 18, 2012

Douglas Gene Willis, Jr., 47, of Superior, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 of natural causes at his home. Douglas G. Willis was born Sept. 24, 1964 in Endicott, New York, the son of Douglas and Margaret (Cary) Willis. He moved with his family to Duluth. He attended Cathedral and Central High Schools. He worked at London Road Car Wash...

George Swor

George Swor

Feb 18, 2012

George R. Swor, 88, of Central Entrance Dr. passed on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at St. Luke?s Hospice, surrounded by his family.Complete obituary will be in Wednesday?s Duluth News tribune.Visitation: Friday from 5-7 p.m. with Trisagion at 7 p.m. in the Dougherty Funeral Home. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Twelve Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church. Burial with...

Oscar Abrahamson

Oscar Abrahamson

Feb 18, 2012

Oscar J. (Joe) Abrahamson, 65 of Howard Gnesen Rd. died Saturday February 18, 2012 at St. Lukes Hospice surrounded by his family. Joe was born March 1, 1946 in Duluth to William and Frances Abrahamson. He married Carolyn Gilbertson on September 30, 1967. Joe was a welder, having started Joe?s Welding which is now called Northern Welding. He had...

William Martin

William Martin

Feb 17, 2012

William A. Martin, 75, of Golden Oaks, formerly of Lake Nichols and Hermantown, died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at home.Bill was born March 4, 1936, in Duluth, to Guy and Florence Martin. He was a graduate from Hermantown in 1954, where he met the love of his life, Dawn Ruse. They were married in June 1955. Bill worked at...

Anastasios Glitsos

Anastasios Glitsos

Feb 13, 2012

Anastasios (Tas) Glitsos, 61, of Duluth, passed away on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Anastasios Glitsos was born July 19, 1950 in Nea Karya, Greece, the son of Stavros and Susanna (Platis) Glitsos. He grew up in Greece, became a master carpenter and served in the Greek Military. He moved to Duluth,...

Hannah Chege

Hannah Chege

Feb 13, 2012

Hannah Njeri Chege, 68, of Duluth passed away on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at her home. Hannah Wanjema was born Sept. 6, 1943 in Kijabe, Kenya the daughter of Stanley and Miriam (Wambui) Wanjema. She grew up in Kenya and received secretarial training. She married Joshua Chege Kahihia on Aug. 5, 1967. She became a missionary for the First...

Suzanne Olsen

Suzanne Olsen

Feb 11, 2012

Suzanne Olsen, 47, of Duluth, Minnesota, died after five and a half years of beating breast cancer, on Feb. 11, 2012 at Solvay Hospice House. Suzanne was born on Feb. 16, 1964 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Jack and Jeanne Ball. She graduated from Duluth Cathedral High School in 1982. She attended UMD, Colorado State University and graduated from the...

Evelyn Lightfeather

Evelyn Lightfeather

Feb 9, 2012

Evelyn Lightfeather April 5, 1937 - Feb. 9, 2012 Evelyn Lightfeather, 74, of Duluth, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Essentia Health St. Mary?s Medical Center in Duluth.A traditional wake will start at 3 p.m. today, Feb. 12, in the Nett Lake Social Center and continue until the 10 a.m. service and burial Monday, Feb. 13.

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John Steines

John Steines

Feb 8, 2012

John Edward Steines, age 52, of Duluth, passed away on Feb. 8, 2012 at St. Luke?s Hospice after a four-year illness.John was born in Austin, Minn., on Aug. 9, 1959 to Alphonse and Ruth (Scharberg) Steines.He graduated Stewart?ville High School in 1977, and attended Vermillion community college in Ely, Minn., for two years. He served in the U.S. Army...

Robert Slotness

Robert Slotness

Feb 5, 2012

Robert L. Slotness, 73, Duluth, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 at his assisted living residence after a long illness. Born in Duluth, he was the son of the late Alfred and Kaspara Slotness. Bob was a 1956 graduate of Central High School and a veteran of the Navy, serving in the Mediterranean and Middle East on...

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