Obituaries

Oct 12, 2022

Olive Marie Morrison, 104, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at the Virginia Care Center, Hospice. She was born on Feb. 4, 1918 to Arthur and Anna Bliese in Long Prairie, Mn. She married Alvin Morrison on November 17, 1937 in Chisholm, Mn.

Olive loved to crochet lacey doilies and garden: pansies and strawberries...

Oct 11, 2022

Shelly Lynn Gerulli, age 51, died unexpectedly October 11, 2022 at Essentia Health, St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, MN. She was born March 15, 1972, in Virginia, MN. Loved and raised by here parents Sonny and Robin (Haavisto) Gerulli, and baptized in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Virginia, MN. Shelly attended K -2 grade at the Washington School in...

Oct 10, 2022

Jane Gagne, age 94, a lifelong Virginia area resident died Monday, October 10, 2022 in Edgewood Memory care in Virginia. She was born February 28, 1928 in Virginia, the daughter of Llewlyn and Viola (Trescott) Hawkins and was a graduate of Virginia High School and the Virginia Junior College.  Jane married Eugene Gagne on August 20, 1947...

Oct 7, 2022

Christa Lee Williams, age 78 was born in Duluth, MN on November 1, 1943 the daughter of Louis and Mildred Beckman. She grew up in Hermantown, MN and graduated from Hermantown High School in 1961. She attended UMD where she met the love of her life Jack Warren Williams. They had three children. Chris and Jack spent...

Oct 7, 2022

Phyllis C. Johnson, age 74, longtime resident of Virginia, MN, died Friday, October 7, 2022, peacefully in her home.  She was born Sept. 29, 1948 in Virginia, the daughter of Philip and Katherine (Hall) Petersen.  She was a graduate of Virginia High School.  Phyllis was united in marriage to Kent A. Johnson on May 30, 1970, in...

Sep 30, 2022

Zeb David Pickar, age 43, longtime resident of Eveleth, MN died Friday, September 30, 2022, in his home.  He was born March 20, 1979, in Virginia, MN, the son of David and Dayle (Olin) Pickar.

Zeb had worked as a car detailer at Forest Lake Ford.  He enjoyed working with wood and building things, tinkering...

Sep 26, 2022

Larry A. Lund, age 74, of Chisholm, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2022, at The Waterview Woods in Eveleth.  He was born April 22, 1948, in Nimrod, MN, the son of Francis Lund and Dolores (Harris) Dickson.  He grew up in Chisholm and graduated from Chisholm High School.  He worked at MN Twist Drill until his...

Sep 24, 2022

Ralph F. Christopherson, Jr., age 82, lifelong resident of Virginia and Lake Vermilion, died Saturday, September 24, 2022, at Edgewood Vista Memory Care in Virginia.  He was born January 16, 1940, in Virginia the son of Ralph Sr. and Bernice (Tilman) Christopherson.  He was a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Virginia.  He served in The Army...

Sep 23, 2022

Raymond "Press" Geshick (Gayno Giizhii Geb), age 87 of Tower died Friday, September 23, 2022 in the Cook Hospital. He was born February 20, 1935 in Cloquet the son of Andrew Day and Cecelia Geshick. Ray lived in Cloquet, Nett Lake, and Minneapolis prior to returning to Northern Minnesota about 11 years ago. He was a man...

Sep 22, 2022

Kirsten Naomi Huseby was born in Cook, Mn on July 30, 1947, the daughter of Oliver and Fannie Huseby. She grew up in rural Cook, attended and graduated from Cook High School in 1965. She attended Virginia Junior College, held secretarial and bookkeeping Positions with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. And Gunderson Insurance Agency. She married Dean...

Sep 10, 2022

Glen Albert Johnson passed away peacefully on September 10th, 2022. Glen was born April 8, 1928 to Alton and Lavada Johnson in Grand Junction, Iowa. He graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1945. Glen attended Simpson College (Indianola, IA) for one year before enlisting in the Air Force. Three years later he returned to Simpson and...

Sep 7, 2022

Shirley Ellen Latimer, 83, of Buhl went to be with her Lord on Sept. 7, 2022.

Shirley was born Sept. 5, 1939, in Duluth to Richard and Allie (Nissila) Isaacson. She attended a few different schools and was a graduate from Cotton High School in 1957, valedictorian of her class. She attended a technical school...

Sep 6, 2022

Simon Olaf "Si" Jensrud, age 89 of Midway died Tuesday, September 6, 2022 in Essentia Health – Virginia. He was born February 5, 1933 in Crookston, MN the son of Simon and Minnie (Cook) Jensrud, Sr.. Simon was the youngest of 8 children and grew up in Hibbing.  He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1952 and served...

Sep 2, 2022

In Loving Memory of

Joyce Ellen Gazelka

Joyce Ellen Gazelka (93) died peacefully in the presence of family at her lake home outside of Ely, MN on September 2nd, 2022.

There are no adequate words to give tribute to...

Aug 28, 2022

Shirley J. Wellman, age 83 of Virginia died Sunday, August 28, 2022 in her home. She was born November 19, 1938 in St. James, Mn the daughter of Hans and Nina Berge. Shirley married Kenneth Wellman in 1957 in Iowa; and they enjoyed 66 years of marriage. Ken's ministry brought them to several places in...

Aug 28, 2022

Loving husband, father, and coolest dude, Edward Francis Klimek, was set free from this world on August 28, 2022 at his home in Mountain Iron, Minn., surrounded by his wife and daughters.  Ed was born on July 16, 1952 to Elwin and Marvel (Patzoldt) Klimek in Hibbing, Minn. He was born the third of four children. He...

Aug 22, 2022

Roger G. Dall, age 85, longtime resident of Parkville, MN, died Monday, August 22, 2022, at The Waterview Woods in Eveleth.  He was born January 20, 1937, in Silverdale, MN, the son of George and Ruth (Peterson) Dall.  A Veteran of the US Air Force, Roger served from 1957-1960 and was stationed in Japan.

Roger...

Aug 20, 2022

Linda (Carpenter) Vine, age 74, of Hibbing, died Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Essentia Health - St. Mary's Hospital, in Duluth.  She was born in Hibbing on April 22, 1948, the daughter of Clifford and Anna (Mattson) Carpenter.  She was a 1966 graduate of Hibbing High School, attended Hibbing Community College, and married Alan Vine on January...

Aug 10, 2022

Dorothy Jean (Hallin) Jalonen

August 15, 1938 – August 10, 2022

Dorothy Jean Jalonen, age 83 of Virginia and formerly of Mt. Iron died Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at the Edgewood Vista Senior Living Center in Virginia, MN due to complications of dementia.

She was born August 15, 1938, the daughter...

Aug 7, 2022

Keith Joseph Vagle, age 73 of Tower, formerly of Biwabik died Sunday, August 7, 2022 at the Solvay Hospice House in Duluth after a courageous fight with cancer.  He was born April 26, 1949 in Hallock, MN, the son of Arnold and Nina (Crow) Vagle.  He was a graduate of the Biwabik High School and attended the...