Obituaries

Mar 15, 2022

Peggy Jane Anderson (Bellefeuille) passed away peacefully at home on March 15, 2022 at the age of 71, after a 20 year battle with Parkinson's disease.  Her loving family was by her side.

Peggy was born in 1951 and she lived most of her life in Duluth and Lakewood Township.  She graduated in 1968 from Central High...

Mar 15, 2022

Bruce John Yankowiak, 73, of Duluth, passed away on Tuesday March 15, 2022.  He was born in Mora, MN on April 6, 1948, to Roland and Adeline Yankowiak.  Bruce married Maggie Olson on August 21, 1981, in Fridley, MN.  He retired from MnDOT as a Senior Land Surveyor.  Bruce was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Gnesen, and...

Mar 12, 2022

Romayne Marie Thompson, 73, died Saturday, March 12th, 2022, at Essentia Health. She was born January 3, 1949, to Kathryn M. Begich and Laurence G. Thompson in Duluth, Minnesota.   Romayne was a 1967 graduate of the former Duluth Cathedral High School. She attended UMD with a focus on Criminology. She worked at Northern Photo on 4th Street until they...

Mar 12, 2022

Jean P. Patrick 91, peacefully passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022at Marywood Benedictine in Duluth, MN. In her early years Jean enjoyed playing softball and was an avid golfer and bowler. She was loved by all! Jean is preceded in death by her niece, Jacqueline (Lee) Johnson. She is survived by her niece Barbara Carlson; nephew, Richard (Sue) Fabini;...

Mar 11, 2022

Barbara Thayer Butler, 89, of Duluth died peacefully Friday, March 11, 2022.  Barbara was born in Duluth to Verna Thayer (Drenning) and Jorice Edward Brown. She was a graduate of Duluth Central High School and went on to receive a degree in Government and International Relations from Carleton College. Barbara worked for US Steel as a French Translator, where...

Mar 11, 2022

Rudolph James Hable Jr. passed away Friday, March 11, 2022 in Cloquet.  He was born in Duluth on January 29, 1934 and was the 2nd of 4 children born to Adeline and Rudolph Hable Sr. He grew up in Woodland where he learned to love the outdoors in between attending daily mass with his father at Holy Rosary Church and...

Mar 11, 2022

Russell Eugene Torgeson, 88, of Gnesen Township, passed away unexpectedly on Friday March 11, 2022, in St. Luke’s Hospital.  He was born in Clover Valley, MN on August 10, 1933, to Thomas and Pauline Torgeson.  Russ graduated from Clover Valley High School and was a U.S. Army Veteran.  He worked as a Carmen for 42 years with the D.M....

Mar 11, 2022

Katherine Van Vleck Field died peacefully in Duluth Minnesota on March 11,2022 of natural causes. Katherine was born April 26, 1936 to Katherine Van Vleck Field and Thorold Farrah Field. Katherine spent most of her childhood in Superior Wisconsin and Duluth. She and her family did join her father, a mining engineer, as he pursued his career in Little...

Mar 10, 2022

Mark Joseph LaCore died on March 10, 2022 surrounded by his wife and four children. He was  born to Lyle (Pete) and Carol LaCore on February 27th, 1956 in St. Paul, MN. He grew up as the oldest child of six. Big brother to four sisters and one brother.

He attended high school at Kellogg High School...

Mar 7, 2022

Bruce Andrew Jackson, 72, went to be with his heavenly father on Monday, March 7, 2022.

He was born in Duluth, MN on May 24, 1949, to Benjamin and Florence Jackson and was a lifelong resident. In 1969, he joined the Navy Reserve’s – Construction Battalion – better known as the Seabees and served 23 years.

Mar 6, 2022

Georgina H. Wagar-Patterson of Duluth, died on March 6, 2022 at the age of 84. She was born on January 22, 1938, to Malferd G. and Hilda J. (Johnson) Tronnes, on Park Point, Duluth where she lived most of her life. She graduated from Central High in 1956. Married Edward B. Wagar, October 18th 1957. Married second husband, Earling...

Mar 4, 2022

Donald H. Prettyman, 88, of Duluth, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022. Don was born December 17, 1933, in Indiana, to Merl and Alma Prettyman.

Don married Mary Ann Gay in Ashland, WI, September 15, 1959.

Don worked as a Soil Scientist for the US Forest Service, the University of Minnesota, and after retirement he...

Mar 3, 2022

James S. Conroy, age 87, of Duluth, died Thursday, March 3, 2022 at St. Luke's Hospital.

Mar 3, 2022

Age 81, of Duluth, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022. She was born in Duluth on September 1, 1940, to Donald and Katherine (Swor) Dinehart. Barbara was known for her culinary presence in Duluth. She and her mother were instrumental in the operations of the Radisson kitchen. Barbara started her career at the 5th Av Hotel and Woolworth’s,...

Mar 3, 2022

James Supple Conroy was born in Duluth on September 21, 1934 and died at St. Luke’s Hospital on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at the age of 87. Jim was the only child of George C. and Mary Elizabeth (Dolly) McKeever Conroy.  Jim’s father was administrator, controller of Nopeming Sanatorium.  Dolly was George’s secretary.  They were married fifteen years before...

Mar 2, 2022

Anne (Katherine Sterbenz-Duus) passed on March 2, 2022 following a fierce fight with pancreatic cancer that began in 2018.  All who observed or who were part of that fight openly admired her.  She engaged that fight with quietness and rationality by doing what was in front of her that needed to be done, one thing at a time.  Anne...

Mar 2, 2022

Hannah Shalom Simiyu

September 12,1990-March 2, 2022

Hannah Shalom Simiyu, 31, passed away from heart failure on Wednesday March 2,2022 at St Luke’s Hospital with her mother Theresa, brother Garrett, and niece Hope by her side.

Hannah was born to Gideon Wanjala Simiyu and Theresa Ellen Simiyu on September 12, 1990. Hannah will...

Mar 1, 2022

Donald Stevens, 78, Duluth Regional Care Center Piedmont, Minn., died Tuesday, March 1, in Essentia St. Mary’s Hospital.

Donnie attended Pinewood from September 1993 - September 2021.

He will be remembered for his love of coffee, magazines, mechanical fans, and music up close; he would sit right next to the speakers at special events at...

Feb 28, 2022

Passed away on February 28, 2022 at the age of 87. Preceded in death by her husband, William; parents, John and Ingrid; siblings, Edward (Betty Lou), Sydney (Patricia), Donald (Mary Ann) and John. Survived by brother, Lynn (Sharon), and many loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. Mavis worked at Essentia Saint Mary’s (formerly Duluth Clinic) from...

Feb 26, 2022

Kevin Randolph Sleen Jr., 51, died unexpectedly on February 26, 2022. He was born on December 9, 1970 to Kevin Sleen Sr. and Patricia (Blakely) Stengel in Shirley, Massachusetts while they were stationed there with the United States Army.

He grew up on the Iron Range in Minnesota as the oldest of six kids. While in high...