
Joseph R. Sr
May 18, 2012
Joseph R. Sramek, 81, passed away Friday, May 18, 2012 at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton. Memorial service: 1 p.m. Friday, May 25, 2012 in St. Josephs Historic Church, County Road 199 in Elmer, Minn. Gathering of family and friends: One hour prior to the service.
Donal Moe
May 15, 2012
Donal Moe, 78, of Duluth, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Diamond Willow Assisted Living with family by his side. He was born Jan. 2, 1934 in Tower City, N.D. to Harry and Irene Moe. He grew up in Fargo, N.D. He served in the U.S. Army in Washington state and Alaska and then was an officer in...
Alice Carlson
May 14, 2012
Alice (Peggy) Davenport Carlson, of Duluth passed peacefully with her family by her side into the arms of her Lord from Solvay Hospice House on May 14 , 2012 ? one week short of her 92nd birthday. Born in Duluth on May 20, 1920 to Ernest and Eithel (Bartlett) Davenport, she was raised in Oskaloosa, Kan., home of her...
Jean Ovind
May 13, 2012
Jean Betty Ovind, 86, of Duluth, died, Sunday, May 13, 2012 in Chris Jensen Nursing Home. She was born on April 19, 1926 in Proctor, Minn. She married John Ovind on April 5, 1975 in Duluth. Jean was employed as a bookkeeper/accountant with the Walsh Company in Duluth for many years until she retired in 1975. She and John...
Olga Stanley
May 13, 2012
Olga Mary Stanley, 93, of Duluth passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012, in the house where she lived for 70 years, with several family members present. Olga was born in Duluth to Fred and Teresa (Popovich) Tasky and was raised in Gary New Duluth. She had an older brother and five younger sisters. Olga attended Stowe School and graduated...
Rita Gray
May 11, 2012
Rita M. Gray, passed away May 11, 2012 from an unexpected, short, hard fought battle with leukemia. Rita was born March 30, 1947, grew up in Superior and graduated from Superior Cathedral High School. She received a degree in accounting from UW Superior. Tom and Rita met in 1963 and have been married for close to 44 years. She...

Richard Christie
May 11, 2012
Richard N. (Dick) Christie, 74, died at St. Lukes Hospital in Duluth, on Friday, May 11, 2012. Memorial Service: 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Lakeside Presbyterian Church, 4430 McCulloch St, Duluth, MN 55804. Visitation: One hour prior
Richard Mehrman
May 8, 2012
Richard C. (Dick) Mehrman, 77, Duluth, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at his home. Dick was born April 5, 1935 in Duluth, the son of Robert J. and Margit (Oustad) Mehrman. He grew up in Woodland and graduated from East High School. He then entered the Navy Reserves. Dick worked at the family business of RJ Mehrman...

Thomas Bennett
May 6, 2012
Thomas J. Bennett, 63, ofDuluth, passed away athome of natural causes on May 24, 2012.Tom was born July 22,1948 to Jack J. Bennett andAmelia (Peredney) Bennettin Detroit, Mich.He graduated from highschool in Detroit andearned Bachelor of Artsand Master of Arts degreesfrom Michigan State Universityin East Lansing intelecommunications. Tomwas drafted into the U.S.Army following college andhe served during the VietnamWar...
Henry Jeka
May 6, 2012
Henry (Mike) Jeka, 63, died unexpectedly at home on May 6, 2012.Born March 29, 1949, in St Louis, Mo., to Henry Andrew and Elizabeth Burns Jeka. Mike proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Wasp. On March 5, 1983, he married his lifelong partner, Brenda Jeka.Mike lived in Duluth and worked at the University of...
Ilene Levin
May 6, 2012
A Woman of Valor Ilene Frances Levin passed away last Sunday after a 25 year, incredibly courageous and inspirational battle against head and neck cancer. Ilene was born on April 29, 1955, in Racine, Wis. It can be said of Ilene that for her entire 57 years, she lived her life in such an exemplary manner that she truly...
Ardath Gibson
May 5, 2012
Ardath Pauline Gibson went to meet her Lord on May 5, 2012, at Benedictine Health Center.Ardath was born Sept. 28, 1915, in Bruce, Wis., Rusk County, to Myron and Lucy Cagley. She was raised in Bruce and graduated valedictorian of her class from Bruce High School in 1933. She went on to graduate from Minneapolis Business College working for...
Billy Dick
May 4, 2012
Billy Charles Dick, 90, formerly of Eden Prairie, Minn., died Friday May 4, 2012 at the Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Grand Rapids, Minn. where he has been a resident for the past four years. Billy was born to Frank and Madeline (Bailey) Dick in Parsons, Kansas. He graduated from high school in Kansas. He was a US Army...

Thomas Storms
May 4, 2012
Thomas Anthony Storms, 79, of Duluth, died Friday May 4, 2012, in Essentia Health St. Marys Medical Center in Duluth.He was born June 6, 1932, in Duluth. Tom was a graduate of Duluth Cathedral High School and later UMD.Tom was employed as a branch manager for Commercial Credit for over 40 years and was also a salesman at Kolar...
Elizabeth Busche
May 3, 2012
Elizabeth died at home on May 3, 2012 after a short battle with cancer. She was born on Sept. 12, 1992 at St. Marys Hospital, Duluth, Minn. She was a 2007 graduate of Holy Rosary School, 2011 graduate of the Marshall School, and was a freshman at North Dakota State University - Fargo. Elizabeth was the vice skip of...
Thomas Dodd
May 3, 2012
Thomas Richard Dodd, 87, Cloquet, formerly of Duluth, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at the Sunnyside Health Care Center in Cloquet.He was born June 2, 1924 in Duluth to Thomas J. and Stella (Houle) Dodd. Tom was a 1942 graduate of Duluth Central High School. He was a World War II Army Air Force veteran serving...
Shannon Carl
Apr 26, 2012
Shannon Marie Carl, 42, of Duluth, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Thursday, April 26, 2012.She was born in Duluth April 27, 1969, to Robert G. and Judith M. (Ludwig) Carl. Shannon was a 1987 graduate of Proctor High School and a 1992 graduate of the College of St. Scholastica. She worked for the Duluth Insurance Agency Inc.Shannon was...

Jovan Dragicevich
Apr 25, 2012
Jovan (Johnny) Dragicevich, 64, of Moose Lake, Minn., fell asleep in the Lord on April 25, 2012 at the VA Health Center in Minneapolis. John graduated from Morgan Park High in Duluth, then went on to UMD and the University of Minnesota Minneapolis/St. Paul Campus. A disabled Viet Nam Veteran, John served as a Military Police Officer for the...
Virginia Hoch
Apr 24, 2012
Virginia Elaine (Sandwick) Hoch, of Edina, Minn., passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Virginia was born in Duluth on May 31, 1921. Her parents were Andrew Sandwick and Emma (Enstrom) Sandwick. She graduated from Denfeld High in 1939. Virginia married Roland Joseph Hoch, Jr. on Oct. 26, 1939. The couple resided in Duluth until 1965, when they moved to...
Louise McAllister
Apr 22, 2012
Louise M. McAllister, 80, of Duluth, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at her home. Louise Marie Bjork was born Aug. 18, 1931, in Battle Lake, Minn., the daughter of Garfield and Ruth Marie (Murphy) Bjork. The family lived near Battle Lake until Louise was eight and then moved to Duluth. She attended Morgan Park High School graduating...