Obituaries

Oct 12, 2018

James Allen Claus, 84, a lifelong resident of Duluth Heights, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018 at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center.  Jim was born on October 31, 1933 in Duluth to Walter and Josephine “Tootsie” (Davidson) Claus.  He was a proud graduate of Duluth Central High School, class of 1951.  Jim enlisted in the Duluth Air National...

Oct 10, 2018

Gloria Joan Kleive Galeski, 85, a longtime Duluth resident died Wednesday October 10, 2018 in St. Michael’s Health & Rehabilitation Center.  She was born in Detroit, MI on January 13, 1933 to John and Mary Kleive.  Gloria was a member of St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Holy Rosary Parish, and a choir member at Church.

Oct 8, 2018

Elaine Blustin Berky passed away Monday, October 8 in Scottsdale AZ, with her family by her side, just 11 days shy of her 90th birthday.

Elaine was born October 19, 1928 to Dora and Louis Chares in Minneapolis, MN.

She graduated West High School in 1946 and attended the University of Minnesota.

In...

Oct 8, 2018

Bernice Laverne Geisert of Duluth MN, formerly of Esko, MN passed away on October 4, 2018 at age 83 at Essentia Health Medical Center. She is survived by her daughters Lynn Wirtz of Duluth MN, Michelle Geisert of Smyrna GA, Terri Micheau (Dan) of Duluth MN, Sharyl Geisert (Susan) of Tilton, NH, her brother, Alvin Wallin, her cherished grandchildren,...

Oct 7, 2018

Mary Jean (Shepard) Lemon passed away on Sunday October 7, 2018 on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary in her home with her family surrounding her. She was so strong in her fight against her diagnosis of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy but has now gone home to be with the Lord. Mary was born August 3, 1934 in...

Oct 4, 2018

Linda Ross Sellner, age 64, of Duluth died October 4, 2018 from complications of a brain tumor. Linda was born on Aug 7, 1954 to James and Margaret Ross. She attended Holy Rosary grade school and Duluth Cathedral High School, graduating in 1972. Linda was accepted into the Dental Hygiene program at the University of Minnesota Duluth and graduated...

Oct 4, 2018

Louis Larry Dallavia, 82, of Duluth, Minnesota, died October 4, 2018 at Viewcrest Health Center in St. Luke’s Hospice.  He was born December 28, 1935 in Duluth to Louis and Dolores (Wierzbicki) Dallavia.

Larry attended St. Clements grade school in Duluth.  He moved to Houston, Texas in 1947.  He attended St. Ann’s grade school, Lanier Jr. High,...

Sep 29, 2018

Patrick Henry Heaslip, a life-long resident of Duluth, passed away on September 29, 2018, at Edgewood Senior Living in Hermantown, Minnesota. He was 90 years old.

Pat was born in Duluth on August 18, 1928, the eighth of twelve children. He graduated from Duluth Cathedral High School in 1946 and joined the Marine Corps.  Returning to Duluth...

Sep 29, 2018

Mary Josephine Gould, of Duluth, died Saturday, September 29, 2018, three days prior to her 91st. birthday, surrounded by her family, at Solvay Hospice House.  She was born October 2, 1927 to Raymond and Viette Rouse.  Following attendance of Duluth Public schools and Stanbrook Hall, she went on to graduate from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.  It was there...

Sep 27, 2018

Thomas Patrick Tri, of Duluth, Minnesota, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully in his home on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at the age of 64.

Tom was born to parents Wilfred and Phyllis Tri on July 23, 1954 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He grew up as the eldest of four boys and attended Irondale High School and the...

Sep 21, 2018

Marcia Ann (Clemetsen) Nelson, 74, of Duluth, died Friday, September 21, 2018 at Mayo Clinic-Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN.  Marcia was born in Marquette, MI on March 4, 1944 to Marwood and Ruby Clemetsen.  She graduated from Central High School in 1962 where she made several life-long friends.

Marcia grew up and lived her entire life on...

Sep 20, 2018

John Davich, 75, of Duluth, passed away with family by his side, September 20, 2018.

He was born in Duluth to Tom and Dorothy, on April 27, 1943.

He was a retired truck driver and a member of Teamsters 346.  He also was a member of the Rice Lake Volunteer Fire Dept.; also enjoyed talking...

Sep 20, 2018

Edna M. Shoberg, 92 of Cloquet, passed away peacefully with family by her side Thursday, September 20, 2018.  She was born in Marcus, Iowa on August 9, 1926 to Raphael and Hattie Arnold.

Edna and Raymond made their home on the Iron Range and enjoyed their retirement on McCormack Lake for nearly 40 years.  Edna set an...

Sep 15, 2018

Virginia M. Turnbloom, 90, of Deephaven, Minn., formerly of Duluth, Minn. and Yuma, AZ., died Saturday, September 15, 2018 at Deephaven Woods Assisted Living in Deephaven.  She was born in Duluth on May 2, 1928 to Leonard and Aurore (LaBlanc) Drentlaw.  Virginia was a 1946 graduate of Duluth Cathedral High School.  In Duluth she was a member of St....

Sep 11, 2018

Rozalia Jurasek, age 83, of Duluth, died Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Franciscan Health Center. She was born May 27, 1935 in Celinovac, Bosnia to Barbara (Neuburger) Jaros and Mihal Jaros. Rozalia married Frank Jurasek in 1954. Rozalia and her family moved to Duluth from the former Yugoslavia on December 27th, 1966.

Rozalia worked many years in...

Sep 9, 2018

Roger W. Schaefer, 92 of Duluth died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospice.  Roger was born Sept. 20, 1925 in Winona, MN to George and Freida Schaefer.  He graduated from Winona High School and served in the Merchant Marines during WW II.  He met Florence Cozzi and they were married on March 10, 1945.  Roger worked for...

Sep 9, 2018

Ralph Joseph Mrak, age 87, of Duluth, died unexpectedly on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in Duluth. He was born in Duluth July 12, 1931 to Joseph Jacob and Ann (Janchar) Mrak. He married Elaine Bossert at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Drake, ND on August 13, 1960. Ralph graduated from Cathedral High School. He enlisted in the U.S....

Sep 5, 2018

JoAnn Yeazle, age 67, of Duluth, died Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at Bayshore Health Center.  She was born in Duluth January 16, 1951.  JoAnn enjoyed reading, copying recipes and doing crossword puzzles.  She was a very giving person.  She was straight forward and said what she thought.  She was preceded in death by her parents Henry and Irene Houle,...

Sep 1, 2018

Lester Davis, 92, of Duluth, died Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Chris Jensen Health and Rehabilitation Center.  He was born July 30, 1926 in Crookston, MN. to William and Lillian (Flewell) Davis.  Lester graduated from Crookston’s Agricultural High School in 1944.  Later he earned a degree in welding from a Duluth Vocational School.  A resident of Duluth since 1944,...

Sep 1, 2018

John A. (Koke) Stojevich, 86, of Duluth passed away peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital on Saturday September 1, 2018.  John, a second generation American, was born to Antone and Eva Stojevich on June 16, 1932 in Duluth, MN.  He was the youngest of 12 children.

John attended Morgan Park High School where he was active in many...