
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...

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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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
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
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
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...

Isabelle Bard
Jan 29, 2012
Isabelle Marie (Demers) Bard, 99, of Duluth, died Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Edgewood Vista surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Rice Lake, WI to Eugene and Eva (Robarge) Demers on Oct. 29, 1912.Isabelle married Albert Bard and they where married for 37 years until his death in 1972. She was employed as a St. Luke?s...
Lee Baker
Jan 29, 2012
Lee E. Baker, 76 of Island Lake formerly of Hermantown, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 in Essentia Health St. Marys, surrounded by his family. Lee was born Nov. 21, 1935 in Duluth to Joe and Bessie Baker. He graduated from Hermantown High School and attended Hibbing Community College. Lee married Patricia Modean in Duluth on June 11, 1954 and...
Thomas Slattery
Jan 28, 2012
Thomas A. Slattery, 89, formerly of Duluth, passed away in Clearwater, Fla., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, surrounded by his daughters and many of his grandchildren. He was born July 19, 1922 in Ely, Minn., the son of Thomas A. and Mary (Clothilde) Slattery. He moved to Duluth as a child and lived most of his life there in...
Frances Davis-Jones
Jan 27, 2012
Frances Emily Davis-Jones, 41, of Duluth passed away on Jan. 27, 2012. Fran was born Dec. 18, 1970 in Duluth. She had such a kind heart and outgoing personality. Her loving spirit impacted many lives during her time she shared with us. She was a dedicated bingo player. She loved putting a smile on her friends and familys face....
Edward Olson
Jan 24, 2012
Edward E. Olson, 62, of Duluth, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, in Duluth.Edward Everett Olson was born Nov. 10, 1949, in Duluth, the son of Ernest and Shirley (Ellquist) Olson. He grew up in Hovland and Grand Marais.He served in the United States Navy and later returned to Duluth. He worked for AT&T for many years and later...
Joseph Laughlin
Jan 24, 2012
Joseph P. Laughlin, 73, of Duluth, entered eternal life on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Banner Boswell Memorial Hospital, Sun City, Ariz., with his loving family at his side.Joseph Philip Laughlin was born Feb. 23, 1938, in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Edwin and Rosemary (Doherty) Laughlin and grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. On Dec. 27, 1958, he married...
Gertrude Peplinski
Jan 21, 2012
Gertrude (Trudy) Ann Peplinski, 87, of Duluth, died Jan. 21, 2012, in her home.Trudy was born Feb. 23, 1924, in Duluth, to Nicholas and Bertha (Giesen) Faustich. She graduated from Morgan Park High School in 1941 and also attended Duluth Business University. Trudy married the love of her life and best dance partner, Raymond Francis Peplinski, Jan. 19, 1946,...
Dianne Anderson
Jan 19, 2012
Dianne (Boots) Cloutier Anderson, our beloved Wife and Mother, passed into the loving arms of the Lord Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Boots was born to Arendt Jasper Cloutier and Alva Dugstad Caroline on March 27, 1935, in Rochester, Minn. She was a loving mother to four and Nana to five grandchildren. She was a drum majorette and soloist at...
Charles Pillsbury
Jan 12, 2012
Charles W. Pillsbury, 96, of Duluth, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at The Fountains at Lakeshore. Charles Walter Pillsbury was born Sept. 2, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Walter and Catherine (Vileyn) Pillsbury. He was a Duluth resident for over 90 years. He attended and graduated from Duluth Cathedral High School, where he was named...

Sharon Moe
Jan 10, 2012
Sharon Ann Moe, 74, of Duluth died peacefully on Tuesday,Jan. 10, 2012 at Solvay Hospice House surrounded byher family.She was born in Enderlin, N.D. on Oct. 8, 1937. Sharonwas a graduate of Shanley High School and St. JohnsHospital School of Nursing in Fargo. A Duluth residentsince 1980, she was a RN at St. Marys Medical Center,where she was the...