Obituaries

Jan 12, 1951

Passed away on May 25, 2022 at the age of 71. Full notice to follow.

Nov 21, 1943

James Joseph Hubert was born in Duluth to Mary Harriet (Arseneau) and Wallace Leon Hubert on August 12, 1921. He had a sister Elizabeth who was 4 years younger. James attended school in Duluth (St. Michaels Elementary and Denfeld HS) and worked a variety of jobs. James enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve in September 1938. He was...

Mar 11, 1931

James A. Schramek, 80, of Duluth, died Saturday, March 3, 2012. Jim was born on March 11, 1931, in Milwaukee, Wis., to John and Therese Schramek. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1951 to 1953. He married Ruth J. Wright on Oct. 27, 1956. Jim enjoyed a career in sales. He was a shoe buyer...

Apr 21, 1926

Janet (Engels) Wahlberg, age 88, of Duluth, MN, formerly of Rochester, MN and New Prague, MN died peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, August 8, 2014 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth, MN. She was born on April 21, 1926 in Montevideo, MN, the daughter of Alfred and Marian (Mann) Falkenhagen, the oldest of three children....

Apr 21, 1926

Janet (Engels) Wahlberg, age 88, of Duluth, MN, formerly of Rochester, MN and New Prague, MN died peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, August 8, 2014 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth, MN. She was born on April 21, 1926 in Montevideo, MN, the daughter of Alfred and Marian (Mann) Falkenhagen, the oldest of three children....

Jan 1, 1900

Barbara L. Johnson, 87, passed away in St. Lukes Hospice with her loving family at her side.Barbara was born Sept. 8, 1924, in Duluth, to Rick and Ruth Carlson. She married her sweetheart, Jim Johnson, on Sept. 18, 1943. Barbara was a 1942 Graduate of dear old Central High School, whose class still meets for reunions. She enjoyed many...

Jan 1, 1900

Joan A Lehmann Marshall passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in Solvay House with her family by her side. She was born in Duluth on May 10, 1936 to Wallace and Helen Lehmann. Joans legacy will be in the lives she touched with her kindness, generosity, and the gracious way she concerned herself with the needs of others....

Susan “Sue” M. Running, 73 of Duluth died Monday, Nov. 4 th at Essentia, St. Mary’s after a long battle with cancer with her family by her side.  Sue was born Dec. 18, 1945 in Duluth to Don and Eda Dahl.  She was a Denfeld graduate, earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from UMD and her Masters of Education...

John Smuk passed away April 2nd at the age of 89. He led a very full and adventurous life and he will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

John graduated from high school in Aurora, MN in 1950. He attended St. Thomas College in St. Paul for two years prior to transferring to Michigan College of Mining...

Patricia Berg, 91, of Duluth, passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2021.

Patricia was born in South Dakota in 1929. She grew up in Moorhead and attended the Moorhead Teachers College.

Patricia was married to husband Robert for 58 years. The family settled in Duluth in 1968. Patricia earned her Masters in Education from UMD, and...

Phyllis Ruth Sulklowski, 79, of Duluth, died Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center.  She was born in Duluth March 5, 1939 to Alvin Fleming and Ruth Eleanor (Shepard) Holmes.  Phyllis married Dale William Sulkowski on August 23, 1958 in Duluth.  She was a member of St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church.  Her...

Jay B. Gorsuch, age 74, of Swatara, MN passed away peacefully with “his girls” and Steve by his side Friday, May 24, 2019 at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth.  He was born March 9, 1945 in Grand Rapids, MN to Gail and Evelyn (Angermo) Gorsuch.  Jay was a 1963 graduate of Aitkin High School.  Jay married...

Jennifer Lynn Collins, 41, of Superior, traumatically passed away Tuesday Sept. 20th, 2016 on Pretty Molly Bay, Little Exuma, Bahamas.  She was born on June 9, 1975 to Linda Collins and Douglas Johnson in Superior, WI.  Frank Lynn Wolf had the pleasure and privilege of being wed to this beautiful person on April 18, 2010 on the beach of...

Family and friends are invited to attend a ceremony to celebrate the lives of Jim and Norma Postudensek. Interment of the urns will take place on Saturday, August 7, 11:00 am, at Calvary Cemetery in Virginia MN, with a lunch reception immediately afterward.

James Louis Postudensek was born July 10, 1939, in Eveleth MN, to Louis and...

He was born February 10, 1955 in Long Beach, California. Not long thereafter, his parents wisely got the hell out of California and moved to Duluth, Minnesota, his mother’s hometown.

Gary attended Sacred Heart Junior High and Duluth Cathedral High School, graduating in 1973. He always kept a warm spot in his heart for the nuns who...