Obituaries

Mar 27, 2019

Barbara Louise (Johnson) Tyacke, 91, of Duluth, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019.  She was born November 25, 1927, the daughter of Sally and Clarence Johnson. She attended Chester Park, East Junior and graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1945 and from the College of St. Scholastica in 1949 with a degree in health information management. She was a...

Mar 27, 2019

Cleone Gloria Perala, 93, passed away on March 27, 2019 in Duluth, MN.  Cleone was born on August 13, 1925 in Bear River, MN to Andrew and Agnes (Fosso) Johnsrud. Cleone married Toivo Perala in 1949, they moved to Shoreline, WA where they lived until returning to Minnesota in 2008. Cleone was a founding member of the Shoreline Unitarian...

Mar 26, 2019

James L. “Skip” Michael, 69 of Duluth died unexpectedly, Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in his home.  He was born January 12, 1950 in Rogers City, Michigan to James and Patricia Michael.  He moved to Duluth as a child and graduated from in 1968 from  Duluth Denfeld.  He went on to attend VoTec and UMD.

Skip served in...

Mar 20, 2019

Timothy Lee Nylen, 50, of St. Michael, MN passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday March 19, 2019.  He was born in Duluth on October 17, 1968 to Gary and Patricia Nylen.  He graduated from Two Harbors High School where he had played football.  He had served in the Navy Reserve.  Tim worked at Vision-ese as a Tech Manager. ...

Mar 18, 2019

Kristen J. “Kris” Hocevar Olson, 58, of Duluth, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 18, 2019 at the Solvay Hospice House surrounded by her family. Kris was born on June 14, 1960 in Minneapolis to Ronald and Judi Hocevar. The family moved to Virginia, MN in the early 1960’s. Kris graduated from Eveleth High School and attended the College...

Mar 18, 2019

Justine Ferkul Goritchan, 83, of Duluth, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center surrounded by her family and listening to her much loved Slovenian music.  She was born November 23, 1935 in Primca vas, Slovenia to John and Marie (Skufca) Ferkul.  Justine, along with her parents and brothers, came to the...

Mar 18, 2019

Kay Beatrice Peterson (Mullin), age 82 of St. Paul, Minnesota, formerly of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019.

Kay grew up in the Morgan Park neighborhood and often spoke of her wonderful childhood surrounded with family and friends.  After graduating high school Kay received training in radiology and was an x-ray technician at St Mary's...

Mar 14, 2019

Gretchen Ann Wild, 81, of Duluth, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019.

She was born in Duluth on February 20, 1938, to Alfred and Gertrude “Jan” Wild.

She graduated from Cathedral, and then St Mary’s and was an LPN at St Mary’s for 40 years, retiring in 2001.  She was also active member in St. Benedict's Catholic...

Mar 12, 2019

Kenneth T. Hopponen, 85 of Hermantown, died Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Edgewood Vista. Ken was born July 25, 1933 in Duluth to Theodore and Ina Hopponen.  He was a graduate of Duluth Central High School and DBU with a focus on business and accounting.    Ken served in the US Army in Germany during the Korean War. He was...

Mar 12, 2019

Thomas Hansen 86, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in St. Luke’s Hospice Care Center. Tom was a veteran and served in the United States Army. He retired from

Superwood as a laborer and was a member of the Twelve Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox church,  and was a member of the Order of AHEPA.

Mar 11, 2019

Phillip Sell, 52, of Duluth, passed away on March 11, 2019.  Phillip was born to Carl and Dorothy Sell, on November 5, 1966 in Duluth.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Phillip is survived by his siblings, Carl, Al, Kirk, Jason, and Heidi; and other family and friends.

Funeral service will...

Mar 11, 2019

Thomas W. Brayden, 89, born in Proctor, Minnesota to Esther and Walter Brayden died Monday, March 11, 2019 in St. Luke’s Hospital.  Tom moved to Two Harbors at an early age and was a student in the Two Harbors school system.  Sports became very important to him in his high school years.  Tom attended Gustavus Adolphus College and received...

Mar 10, 2019

Timothy David Bergman, 60, of Duluth died Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center surrounded by his family and friends. He was born December 14, 1958 in Duluth to Richard John and Donna Joan (Brouse) Bergman.  Tim was a lifelong resident of Duluth and attended Duluth East High School. Tim had a long career he...

Mar 10, 2019

James R. Dryke, 78, of Duluth passed away March 10, 2019.  Jim was born in Duluth to Roy and Herbena on May 25, 1940.

He enjoyed outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, and snowmobiling.  He enjoyed making items for others in his shop.  He especially enjoyed spending time with his family at their cabin.  In his youth he...

Mar 6, 2019

Marilyn Victoria (Lindgren) Werner, 90, of Duluth, passed away on Wednesday March 6, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital.  She was born on March 28, 1928 at Weber Hospital to Roy and Lily Victoria (Carlson) Lindgren in Duluth, MN.  Marilyn worked at all three hospitals in various departments, Jeno’s, and retired from Senior Friends as a caregiver.  She loved nature,...

Mar 6, 2019

Sister Petra Lenta, OSB, died March 6, 2019 at St. Scholastica Monastery.  She was in her 80th year of Monastic Profession. Mary Caroline Lenta was born to Louis and Louise (Somma) Lenta on April 25, 1920 in Duluth, Minnesota. Both parents were Italian immigrants and devout Catholics.  Sister Petra often reminisced about the Italian-American activities that were a part...

Mar 5, 2019

Bryan T. Flaherty, age 66, of Duluth passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at the University of Minnesota Hospital with his family by his side.  Throughout the past 5 years, he repeatedly defied the odds, having won the battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis through the miracle of a double lung transplant in 2016. Most recently he was faced with...

Mar 5, 2019

Richard “Dick” Thomas Hable, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital at the age of 76.  A lifelong Duluthian, he was born January 5, 1943 to Rudolph and Adeline (Eklund) Hable and was a graduate of Cathedral High School.

Dick had worked in the local grocery store business all of his life, including Piggly...

Mar 5, 2019

Josephine Snell-Lowry, 81, of Duluth died Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Chris Jensen Health Center, Duluth.

Services will be Monday, March 11, 2019 at 12 noon in the Dougherty Funeral Home, 600 E 2nd St. Duluth.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service/

Mar 2, 2019

Charlotte Leone Van Guilder, 91, of Duluth, died Saturday, March 2, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital.  She was born on May 10, 1927 in Duluth to Alwin and Amy Kuchta.  She graduated from Duluth Central High School where she was a band majorette.

On October 29, 1945 she married Gerald “Bud” Van Guilder, and they celebrated 73...