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Anastasios Glitsos

Anastasios Glitsos

Feb 13, 2012

Anastasios (Tas) Glitsos, 61, of Duluth, passed away on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Anastasios Glitsos was born July 19, 1950 in Nea Karya, Greece, the son of Stavros and Susanna (Platis) Glitsos. He grew up in Greece, became a master carpenter and served in the Greek Military. He moved to Duluth,...

Hannah Chege

Hannah Chege

Feb 13, 2012

Hannah Njeri Chege, 68, of Duluth passed away on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at her home. Hannah Wanjema was born Sept. 6, 1943 in Kijabe, Kenya the daughter of Stanley and Miriam (Wambui) Wanjema. She grew up in Kenya and received secretarial training. She married Joshua Chege Kahihia on Aug. 5, 1967. She became a missionary for the First...

Suzanne Olsen

Suzanne Olsen

Feb 11, 2012

Suzanne Olsen, 47, of Duluth, Minnesota, died after five and a half years of beating breast cancer, on Feb. 11, 2012 at Solvay Hospice House. Suzanne was born on Feb. 16, 1964 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Jack and Jeanne Ball. She graduated from Duluth Cathedral High School in 1982. She attended UMD, Colorado State University and graduated from the...

Evelyn Lightfeather

Evelyn Lightfeather

Feb 9, 2012

Evelyn Lightfeather April 5, 1937 - Feb. 9, 2012 Evelyn Lightfeather, 74, of Duluth, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Essentia Health St. Mary?s Medical Center in Duluth.A traditional wake will start at 3 p.m. today, Feb. 12, in the Nett Lake Social Center and continue until the 10 a.m. service and burial Monday, Feb. 13.

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John Steines

John Steines

Feb 8, 2012

John Edward Steines, age 52, of Duluth, passed away on Feb. 8, 2012 at St. Luke?s Hospice after a four-year illness.John was born in Austin, Minn., on Aug. 9, 1959 to Alphonse and Ruth (Scharberg) Steines.He graduated Stewart?ville High School in 1977, and attended Vermillion community college in Ely, Minn., for two years. He served in the U.S. Army...

Robert Slotness

Robert Slotness

Feb 5, 2012

Robert L. Slotness, 73, Duluth, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 at his assisted living residence after a long illness. Born in Duluth, he was the son of the late Alfred and Kaspara Slotness. Bob was a 1956 graduate of Central High School and a veteran of the Navy, serving in the Mediterranean and Middle East on...

Isabelle Bard

Isabelle Bard

Jan 29, 2012

Isabelle Marie (Demers) Bard, 99, of Duluth, died Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Edgewood Vista surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Rice Lake, WI to Eugene and Eva (Robarge) Demers on Oct. 29, 1912.Isabelle married Albert Bard and they where married for 37 years until his death in 1972. She was employed as a St. Luke?s...

Lee Baker

Lee Baker

Jan 29, 2012

Lee E. Baker, 76 of Island Lake formerly of Hermantown, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 in Essentia Health St. Marys, surrounded by his family. Lee was born Nov. 21, 1935 in Duluth to Joe and Bessie Baker. He graduated from Hermantown High School and attended Hibbing Community College. Lee married Patricia Modean in Duluth on June 11, 1954 and...

Thomas Slattery

Thomas Slattery

Jan 28, 2012

Thomas A. Slattery, 89, formerly of Duluth, passed away in Clearwater, Fla., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, surrounded by his daughters and many of his grandchildren. He was born July 19, 1922 in Ely, Minn., the son of Thomas A. and Mary (Clothilde) Slattery. He moved to Duluth as a child and lived most of his life there in...

Frances Davis-Jones

Frances Davis-Jones

Jan 27, 2012

Frances Emily Davis-Jones, 41, of Duluth passed away on Jan. 27, 2012. Fran was born Dec. 18, 1970 in Duluth. She had such a kind heart and outgoing personality. Her loving spirit impacted many lives during her time she shared with us. She was a dedicated bingo player. She loved putting a smile on her friends and familys face....

Joseph Laughlin

Joseph Laughlin

Jan 24, 2012

Joseph P. Laughlin, 73, of Duluth, entered eternal life on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Banner Boswell Memorial Hospital, Sun City, Ariz., with his loving family at his side.Joseph Philip Laughlin was born Feb. 23, 1938, in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Edwin and Rosemary (Doherty) Laughlin and grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. On Dec. 27, 1958, he married...

Edward Olson

Edward Olson

Jan 24, 2012

Edward E. Olson, 62, of Duluth, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, in Duluth.Edward Everett Olson was born Nov. 10, 1949, in Duluth, the son of Ernest and Shirley (Ellquist) Olson. He grew up in Hovland and Grand Marais.He served in the United States Navy and later returned to Duluth. He worked for AT&T for many years and later...

Gertrude Peplinski

Gertrude Peplinski

Jan 21, 2012

Gertrude (Trudy) Ann Peplinski, 87, of Duluth, died Jan. 21, 2012, in her home.Trudy was born Feb. 23, 1924, in Duluth, to Nicholas and Bertha (Giesen) Faustich. She graduated from Morgan Park High School in 1941 and also attended Duluth Business University. Trudy married the love of her life and best dance partner, Raymond Francis Peplinski, Jan. 19, 1946,...

Dianne Anderson

Dianne Anderson

Jan 19, 2012

Dianne (Boots) Cloutier Anderson, our beloved Wife and Mother, passed into the loving arms of the Lord Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Boots was born to Arendt Jasper Cloutier and Alva Dugstad Caroline on March 27, 1935, in Rochester, Minn. She was a loving mother to four and Nana to five grandchildren. She was a drum majorette and soloist at...

Charles Pillsbury

Charles Pillsbury

Jan 12, 2012

Charles W. Pillsbury, 96, of Duluth, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at The Fountains at Lakeshore. Charles Walter Pillsbury was born Sept. 2, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Walter and Catherine (Vileyn) Pillsbury. He was a Duluth resident for over 90 years. He attended and graduated from Duluth Cathedral High School, where he was named...

Janice Willman

Janice Willman

Jan 10, 2012

Janice A. Willman, 82, of Duluth passed away on Jan. 10, 2012 at Ecumen Bayshore Health Center. Janice Ann Polski was born Nov. 22, 1929 in Duluth the daughter of William and Josephine Polski, Sr. She grew up in Duluth and graduated from Central High School. She worked for a time for Oliver Mining Company in Duluth. She married...

Sharon Moe

Sharon Moe

Jan 10, 2012

Sharon Ann Moe, 74, of Duluth died peacefully on Tuesday,Jan. 10, 2012 at Solvay Hospice House surrounded byher family.She was born in Enderlin, N.D. on Oct. 8, 1937. Sharonwas a graduate of Shanley High School and St. JohnsHospital School of Nursing in Fargo. A Duluth residentsince 1980, she was a RN at St. Marys Medical Center,where she was the...

Alice Cossalter

Alice Cossalter

Jan 9, 2012

Alice Julia Cossalter, 85, went to rest on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 peacefully surrounded by family and friends in Essential Health St. Marys in Duluth. She was born on March 22, 1926 in Eveleth, Minn., to William and Anna Sainio. She was a graduate of Eveleth High School and the Duluth Business School. She married the love of her...

Marcella Beaupre

Marcella Beaupre

Jan 7, 2012

Marcella Beaupre, 95, of Duluth, passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at Benedictine Health Center.Marcella Caskey was born March 17, 1916, in Duluth, the daughter of Steven and Stella (Miller) Caskey. She grew up and attended school in Duluth. She was employed by St. Mary?s Hospital, where she met her husband, Paul William Beaupre. They were married for 63...

Patrick Plys

Patrick Plys

Jan 6, 2012

On Friday Jan. 6, Patrick Plys, 48, of Duluth met Jesus after a 17 year battle with brain cancer. He lived a beautiful story. Full of bravery, adventure, zeal, compassion, generosity, and love. His love for Jesus radiated hope and an abundance of joy to those lucky enough to know him. The passion Patrick had for life was contagious-...

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