Baby Hoyt Lee Heggedahl
Jan 15, 2023
Hoyt Lee Heggedahl was born at 3:40 pm on January 15, 2023 at the St. Luke's Birthing Center. Shortly after, Baby Hoyt passed away peacefully in the hands of his loving parents Jarred Heggedahl and Sarah Belanger, with his grandparents by his side. A beautiful baby boy who touched so many lives in such a brief time.Hoyt was greeted in...
Jeffrey Allen Gearou
Jan 14, 2023
Jeffrey Allen Gearou passed away on January 14, 2023. He was born in Robbinsdale, MN on July 15, 1975, to parents, David & Bonnie (nee: Hultgren) Gearou. Jeff is preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie. Shortly after graduating High School, Jeff enlisted in the United States Army. He was deployed overseas and fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jeff is...
Braden Thomas Morse
Jan 14, 2023
Braden Thomas Morse, 30, of Somerset, WI, died at Fairview Medical Center after suddenly collapsing at home, on Saturday, January 14, 2023. He was born in 1992 in Duluth to Tammy and Brian Morse.
Braden was employed at SMC, Ltd Medical Manufacturing in Somerset, as a Machine & Facility Preventative Maintenance Tech. It was a job that he was...
Patricia Elva Corbin
Jan 13, 2023
Age 99, passed away Friday, January 13, 2023 at Cloquet Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
Patricia was born on July 19, 1923 in Duluth, MN to Anton and Mary Tobey Wallin. She lived the majority of her young life in Duluth Heights near what is currently Tower Hill. Patricia graduated in 1941 from Duluth Cathedral High School, and...
James "Jim" Thomas Morris Prest
Jan 13, 2023
James Thomas Morris Prest, known as Jim to his friends and family, passed away, surrounded by loved ones, on January 13, 2023. He was 93 years old. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1929 to George Prest and Jane Wilder Prest. Jim graduated from Shattuck Military School where he won the "pluggers prize," and in 1952, he graduated...
Marie Evelyn Peterson
Jan 13, 2023
Marie Evelyn Peterson, 91, of Duluth, died Friday, January 13, 2023. She was born to Lillian and Harold Penkwitz on March 28, 1931 and grew up in Cedarburg Wisconsin where she was affectionately known as Pinky.
Marie retired from ISD709 after a career as a nurse’s aide working in many of the Duluth elementary schools. She enjoyed spending time...
Elmer Francis Kincheloe
Jan 11, 2023
Elmer Francis Kincheloe passed away peacefully on January 11, 2023 surrounded by his family. Elmer was born on May 28, 1931 to John Kincheloe and Lila Wright in Memphis MO and was raised in Missouri and Illinois. As a young man he enlisted in the Navy and served 20 years. Upon leaving the Navy he continued his career as a...
JoAnn Fairbanks
Jan 9, 2023
JoAnn Fairbanks, 86, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 at St. Luke’s hospital in Duluth. JoAnn was born on March 7, 1936 to Beatrice and Joseph Herring. In life, JoAnn was a remarkable business woman; after graduating from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a degree in accounting, JoAnn went on to own several local businesses across Duluth. She...
Anthnet "Tim" Fish
Jan 8, 2023
Anthnet “Tim” Fish, 88 passed away Sunday January 8, 2023, at Catholic ElderCare in Minneapolis with her daughter Penny at her side.
She was born in Cumberland Wisconsin to Giovanni “John” Zappa and Floriana Ranallo Zappa.
Timmy grew up on a dairy farm the youngest of 11 children. Tim moved to Minneapolis after high school working as a waitress...
John Wayne Loiselle
Jan 7, 2023
John Wayne Loiselle, age 82 died on January 7, 2023, surrounded by his family. John was a life-long resident of Duluth, graduating from Cathedral High School in 1959 where he was active in football and hockey. After graduation, he joined the United States Navy which gave him an opportunity to serve his country and explore many areas of the...
Helen Merrylee Wherley
Jan 5, 2023
Helen Merrylee Wherley (Olson) 88 passed away unexpectedly in her home 1/05/2023. Helen was born on her grandparent's farm in Swanville Minnesota 3/08/1934. When she was 7 years old her family moved to Duluth Minnesota. Helen married Robert Clifford Wherley on 4/15/1952 in Duluth MN. Bob and Helen lived most of their life in the Duluth Area with the exception...
Diane Marie Dallavia
Jan 5, 2023
Diane Marie Dallavia, 81, of Duluth, Minnesota, died January 5, 2023 at Essentia Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center Duluth, MN. She was born on July 7, 1941 in Duluth to Steve and Helen (Balcziak) Franckwicz.
Diane attended Grant, Ensign, and Lincoln Elementary and Lincoln Jr. High School. She graduated from Duluth Denfeld in 1959, earned a B.S. in Nursing...
Patricia L. Kobus
Jan 5, 2023
Patricia L. Kobus, 75, of Duluth, passed away peacefully with family by her side Thursday, January 5, 2023. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on February 3, 1947 to Richard and Irene Kohler.
She met and married John R. Kobus in 1968 in Omaha, Nebraska, and later moved to Duluth to start a family. Throughout her life, Pat enjoyed...
Kenneth Peter Musolf
Jan 3, 2023
Kenneth Peter Musolf “Moose” of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2023, at the age of 94. He was born on September 21, 1928, in Duluth, Minnesota, where he grew up. He graduated from Denfeld High School in 1946, and from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1950 with a bachelor’s degree in business and political science.
Ken...
Glenn Orville Geer
Jan 2, 2023
Glenn Orville Geer, 88, of Duluth, passed away peacefully at home on Monday January 2, 2023. He was born in Peoria, IL on October 3, 1934, to Birge and Mary Ida Geer. Glenn was a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He had worked on the construction of the High Bridge, at Diamond Tool & Horseshoe, and he spent the last 10 years...
Donald Roger Prahl
Dec 29, 2022
Donald Roger Prahl, age 76 of Silver Bay died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on December 29, 2022 in Tucson, AZ. He was born in Madison, WI to parents, Roger & Anne (nee; Bendrick) Prahl on July 20, 1946. He was raised in Baraboo, and earned an engineering degree from UW-Platteville. Thus began his illustrious 44-year career in mining....
Steve Homa
Dec 29, 2022
Steve Homa- Feb. 3, 1929 – Dec. 29, 2022. The last member of the Homa family of four brothers and three sisters from Hibbing, MN. After H.S., Steve joined the Army and served in the Korean War, a member of American Legion Post 413. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Bemidji State University and a Master Degree...
Samantha Ann Earls
Dec 26, 2022
Passed away at home on December 26, 2022 at the age of 31. She is preceded in death by her mother, Janice Hansen; step-father, Jeremy Hansen; grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is survived by her loving children, Ariah Earls and Mateo Morava; sisters, Teal (Kennedy) Harteau and Demi (Deg) Longtin; father, Robert Seebeck; brother, Marek Seebeck; sister, Olivia Seebeck; grandfather, Albert...
Gregory Winfield Brown
Dec 25, 2022
Gregory Winfield Brown
April 20, 1935 - December 25, 2022
Gregory Winfield Brown, 87, of Duluth, passed away peacefully on Dec. 25.
He was born in Des Moines, IA and attended Roosevelt high school in Des Moines, Kemper Military School, Iowa State University (B.S. Management) and Northwestern University (MBA). He was in ROTC and served in the U.S....
Sandra "Sandy" J. Watters
Dec 25, 2022
Sandra “Sandy” J. Watters, 74, of Duluth, died peacefully Sunday, Dec. 25th at Essentia St. Mary’s, with her family by her side. A two-time cancer survivor, Sandy was adamant that she would not die of cancer, and she was right (as she usually was) – ultimately her body was unable to beat Covid-19.
Sandy was born Nov. 17, 1948,...