Obituaries

Jan 8, 2014

Soren Conrad Kasperson, (31) of Duluth, died January 8, 2014. Soren was born on April 2, 1982 in Rice Lake WI, to James and Jan Kasperson. He grew up in Washburn WI, and graduated from Washburn High School. He then went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Superior with a degree in Social Work. Soren was very...

Jan 7, 2014

Arthur "Babe" Cusick (90) died peacefully early Tuesday morning January 7, 2014. Art was born on January 11, 1923 to Arthur and Grace Cusick in Grand Rapids, MN. Art went to school at Duluth Central, where he joined the Navy in 1941 and fought during WWII until 1945. After WWII he met the love of his life Joyce (White)...

Jan 5, 2014

Joseph Gage McNamara Sr., 87, of Duluth passed away Sunday, January 5th surrounded by his loving family. He was a happy life-long resident of Duluth, born November 18, 1926 to Alice and John McNamara. He graduated from Denfeld High School early and joined the Army Air Corp to serve in World War II as an air force mechanic based...

Jan 3, 2014

Barbara Porter, 86, of Duluth died Friday, January 3rd 2014 at St. Luke's after a short illness. She was born October 15, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska. The only child of Horace Boies and Ida (Dusatko) Turk. She was educated in Omaha and graduated from Omaha Central High School in 1945. She continued her studies at the University of Nebraska,...

Dec 26, 2013

Karl Miketin, 87, of Duluth died, Thursday December 26, 2013 in his daughter's home with his family by his side. He was born in Bosnia to Ivan and Margaret (Paluh) Miketin on June 22, 1926. In August of 1970 he came to the United States with his wife and children to create a better life.

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Dec 24, 2013

Madonna Marie "Non" Bergman, 82, Duluth, died on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 after a courageous struggle with a rare immune blood disorder. She was born in Austin, Minn. January 24, 1931 to Irving H. and Dorcas G. (Newling) Weber and grew up in Lyle, Minn. Non was a graduate of Saint Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, Minn. She...

Dec 17, 2013

Patricia Ann (Stearns) Millier, 82, of Marietta, Ga., died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 in Marietta. She was bom in Duluth April 21, 1931 to William T. and Florence E. (Harvey) Stearns. She attended Lab School and was a 1949 graduate of Stanbrook Hall. She married David P. Millier Sept. 3, 1955 in Duluth. They lived in Calif., until moving...

Dec 17, 2013

Ruby Delores Krmpotich, 88, of Duluth Heights passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, in St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. Ruby (known as Delores for many years) was born on March 4, 1925, in Virginia, Minnesota, to Ole and Christine Nyborg. The family moved to Canyon, Minnesota, where Ruby spent the rest of her childhood. She chose a...

Dec 16, 2013

Jane Evelyn Jepson Bruen, 100, died peacefully on Sunday, February 16th at St Luke’s Hospice after a brief illness. She lived a very rich and full life. Jane was born in 1913 in the small mining village of Marting, West Virginia. She grew up in nearby Ashland, Kentucky where she met and married the love of her life, John...

Dec 15, 2013

Doris Marie Tarnowski,(Bushi), wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend; 84 of Duluth, passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at her home, in the Lighthouse of Superior. She was born on Feb. 9, 1929 in Duluth, MN to William and Myrtle (Doyle) John. Doris was a Denfeld High School graduate and then was employed as a teller at...

Dec 13, 2013

Marie E. Paler

Former Educator

Marie Paler age 79 died on December 13, 2013 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth MN after a long battle with breast and bone cancer. Marie was born November 29, 1934 on a farm in rural Otter Tail County Minnesota. She graduated from Perham Minnesota High School in...

Dec 13, 2013

Marie E. Paler Former Educator Marie Paler age 79 died on December 13, 2013 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth MN after a long battle with breast and bone cancer. Marie was born November 29, 1934 on a farm in rural Otter Tail County Minnesota. She graduated from Perham Minnesota High School in 1952. She attended college at Moorhead...

Dec 12, 2013

Vivian Higgins, 95 formally of Duluth, MN, Born February 22, 1918 to Rocco and Christine Caputo.

Loving Mother And Grandmother died peacefully December 12, 2013 in Casa Grande, Arizona.

She was preceded in death by Husband, Elven Higgins of Duluth, daughter Christine Keller of Duluth and son Stanly Ericksen...

Dec 11, 2013

John Edward Letourneau 80, of Duluth passed away on Wednesday December 11, 2013, 40 years to the day after his beloved wife Diane. John was born on June 26, 1933 in Duluth to Arthur and Alice Letourneau, the fifth of nine children. On October 1st 1955 John married Diane Rosemary Tarnowski, the love of his life, in Duluth. They...

Dec 9, 2013

Matthew Charles Frantz, 42, of Rice Lake Township, passed away unexpectedly while at work on Dec. 9, 2013, in Duluth. He was born June 8, 1971, in St. Paul and grew up in the Woodland neighborhood. Matt graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1989 and from Lake Superior College in Duluth in 1996 with a degree in fire...

Dec 7, 2013

Cynthia "Cyndy" Anne Castro, Iron River, WI, at the all too young age of 57, on Saturday, December 7, 2013 fell asleep to this existence. She awoke shining and whole in the light of her Redeemer, a day she has lived for since her conversion to Catholicism in 1973. Her character will long be remembered as one of quiet...

Dec 2, 2013

Fayth Glass, of Occidental Blvd. died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 at Solvay Hospice House, with her family by her side after a three year battle with ovarian cancer. Fayth was born in Duluth to Kenneth and Violet Carlson. She graduated from Duluth Central High School and trained as a dental assistant. She had worked as a purchasing Agent for...

Dec 2, 2013

Richard Alan Johnson, 79 of Duluth, loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 2, 2013 of natural causes. Dick was born October 4, 1934, to Russell and Lulu (Loney) Johnson. Dick grew up in Chester Park and graduated from Duluth Central High school in 1954. He served in the Air Force right out...

Dec 1, 2013

Robert K. Prescott, St. Simons Island, GA, formerly of Duluth passed away on December 1st, 2013. For many years until the time of his death, he maintained a summer residence on the Pike Chain of Lakes in Iron River, Wisconsin. Robert was born on November 13th, 1919, to Anna and George Prescott of Duluth. In March, 1942, Robert entered...

Nov 30, 2013

DOUGHERTY FUNERAL HOME 600 East 2nd Street phone (218) 727-3555 Duluth, Minnesota 55805 Fax (218) 727-7514 Bolf God called Marjorie T. Bolf, 98, on November 30, 2013. She was born on July 11, 1915 in Carlton, MN to Otis and Theressie (Peacha) Mclntire, the oldest of their ten children. Marge moved to Duluth, lived at the YWCA and attended...