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Dorothy Ostrander

Dorothy Ostrander

Oct 7, 2013

Dorothy Patricia Ostrander, 93, of Duluth, died peacefully early evening Monday, October 7th 2013. Dorothy was born in Mankato, MN, on September 29, 1920, to Ben and Hattie Lyons. Dorothy attended Mankato High school and in 1940 moved to Duluth where she met the love of her life Carl, they were married November 20, 1940. While living in Duluth...

Dolores Krebs

Dolores Krebs

Oct 4, 2013

Dolores F. Krebs, age 93, of Duluth, passed away from natural causes on Friday, October 4, 2013 at the Ecumen Lakeshore, Shores Memory Care facility. Dolores Flora Krebs was born February 22, 1920 in Duluth, the daughter of Ralph and Florence Snider. She was united in marriage to two wonderful men. Dolores traveled to California during World War II...

Moya Kolar

Moya Kolar

Oct 2, 2013

Moya Joan Woods Kolar, 88, of Duluth, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital Hospice. She was born March 12, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to James Joseph and Janette Margaret (Jacobsen) Woods. Joan was a 1947 graduate of St. Cloud Teachers College. Following her graduation, she married Frank Rudolph Kolar in Omaha on June 28, 1947. They...

Charlotte Nemmers

Charlotte Nemmers

Oct 2, 2013

Charlotte "Char" Jean McMahon Nemmers, age 94, of Duluth, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center. She was born in Duluth February 15, 1919 to Axel E. and Arvida C. (Carlson) Anderson. Char was a 1937 graduate of Duluth Central High School. She retired from St. Louis County Federal Savings and Loan Association in...

John Morgan

John Morgan

Sep 30, 2013

John Morgan, 69, of Meadowlands, formerly of NE Mpls, died Monday, September 30, 2013 at home surrounded by his family. John was born November 20, 1943 in Mpls to James and Teresa (Korogi) Morgan. He graduated from Vocational High School. He met and married Kathleen Bienias on June 13, 1964. He lived in NE Mpls while working as an...

Dale Erickson

Dale Erickson

Sep 29, 2013

Dale Erickson passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born in Cloquet, Mn on January 24, 1938 to Glen and Alice (Phipps) Erickson. He grew up and attended schools in Cloquet and joined the U. S. Army in 1955, was honorably discharged in 1957, and retired after 20...

Ryan Ewald

Ryan Ewald

Sep 28, 2013

Ryan Gregory Ewald, 37, passed away Saturday, September 28th as a result of an ATV accident near Aurora, Minn. He was born on July, 25th 1976 in Hibbing, Minn. to Greg and Linda Ewald. Ryan graduated from Duluth East High School in 1995 and received a Business degree from Concordia College. He joined the Air National Guard in 1998...

Joseph Belcastro

Joseph Belcastro

Sep 25, 2013

Joseph Belcastro died peacefully on Wednesday. Born December 16, 1920 in Eveleth, he was the 1939 High School basketball free-throw champ, and studied pre-law at Eveleth Jr. College. In 1943, he joined the US Airforce after designing a self-lubricating pneumatic drill at Lockheed, which expedited production of WWII aircraft. He married Senia Neuha in 1945. He had a successful...

Chris Markes

Chris Markes

Sep 25, 2013

Chris H. Markes, age 76, of Duluth, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center. He was born March 18, 1937 in Eratini Doridos Fokida, Greece to Mike and Marie Markou, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 13 to live with his uncle and aunt, and his adoptive parents, Gus and...

Michael Colby

Michael Colby

Sep 25, 2013

Colby Michael L. Colby, 61 of Duluth died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospice after a long battle with MS. Mike was born in southern Minnesota on March 15, 1952. He lived on a hobby farm in Aitkin, MN where he also sold insurance and he moved to Duluth in 2006. Mike loved classical music, his dogs,...

Gregory Nugent

Gregory Nugent

Sep 24, 2013

Gregory Asher Nugent, 15, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013. He was born in Duluth to Michael and Janette Nugent and was a student at East High School. Gregg loved the outdoors and loved cars. He was preceded in death by his grandfather Lloyd Skafte. Survivors include his parents, siblings David (Kara) Everett, Heather (Tim) Pierce, Kristin (Cody) Trosin, Victoria...

Letitia Hedin

Letitia Hedin

Sep 20, 2013

Letitia "Letty" May Hedin died Friday, September 20, 2013 at Golden Oaks Assisted Living. She was born November 3, 1926 to Leon and Edna Older. She married Eugene L. (Gene) Hedin September 20, 1947. Letty was a member of First Lutheran Church and its Quilting Group. She was preceded in death by her parents and step-mother Florence Older; husband...

Marilyn Durand

Marilyn Durand

Sep 19, 2013

MARILYN JEAN (JACQUES) DURAND, of Duluth. In the early evening of September 19, 2013, Marilyn Jean Durand passed on to be with our Lord at the age of 85 years. Marilyn was a loving mother who devoted her life to her two sons and to all her extended family and friends. Marilyn was known for her positive outlook, wit,...

Betty Datka

Betty Datka

Sep 19, 2013

Betty Jane (Phillips) Datka, 96, died Thursday, September 19, at Ladysmith Care and Rehab, Ladysmith, WI. She was born September 18, 1917 in Duluth, to the late Thomas and Agnes (Marshall) Phillips also of Duluth. Betty was a 1935 graduate of Duluth Central High School. She married Walter John Datka, on January 11, 1939. She worked as a Buyer...

Tina Tjaden

Tina Tjaden

Sep 18, 2013

Tina Marie Tjaden, age 47, of Duluth, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at home. She was born August 27, 1966 in Des Moines, IA to Raymond Audrey and Sherry Lee (Elliot) Wright. Tina married Glenn Allen Tjaden, Sr. on July 1, 1983 in Superior, Wisconsin She enjoyed doing cross-stitching. Her life was her kids and being a "nana" to...

Louis Sega

Louis Sega

Sep 13, 2013

Louis William "Bill" Sega, 76, of Duluth died September 13, 2013, surrounded by his wife and four children after a short illness with gall bladder cancer. He was born March 31, 1937 in Chisholm, MN to Louis F. Sega and Mary (Govednik) Sega. Bill grew up in Chisholm, MN, played athletics, and graduated from Chisholm High School. He attended...

jon DDS

jon DDS

Sep 12, 2013

Jon Redmond Barrett, DDS, 75, of Duluth, died Thursday, September 12, 2013 at Solvay Hospice House. He was born in Hibbing, Minn. January 10, 1938 to Fred C. and Katherine L. (Murray) Barrett. Jon married Joan M. Hackner on August 9, 1985 in Duluth. He practiced dentistry at Hibbing Dental Service for 30 years, and for the last nine...

Dr. Jon D.D.S.

Dr. Jon D.D.S.

Sep 12, 2013

Jon Redmond Barrett, DDS, 75, of Duluth, died Thursday, September 12, 2013 at Solvay Hospice House. He was born in Hibbing, Minn. January 10, 1938 to Fred C. and Katherine L. (Murray) Barrett. Jon married Joan M. Hackner on August 9, 1985 in Duluth. He practiced dentistry at Hibbing Dental Service for 30 years, and for eight years he...

Jackson Huntley

Jackson Huntley

Sep 11, 2013

Jackson Huntley died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, of acute leukemia. He is saying a momentary goodbye to the core of his life, his Anam Cara, his wife, Jeanette Benson Huntley; to his cherished grandsons, Tyler and Steven and their dear parents, Colleen and Eric Magnuson; to his precious daughter and son-in-law, Lisa Jeanette Huntley and Scott Holgate; and to...

Patricia Streitz

Patricia Streitz

Sep 7, 2013

Patricia Ryan Streitz died on Saturday, September 7, 2013. She was born February 14, 1929, to Maurice and Cecelia Ryan. She attended St. Paul public school and graduated from high school at the Convent of the Visitation in St. Paul, MN. Patricia received her BA and teaching degree from the University of Minnesota in 1951. She married John M...

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