Obituaries

May 1, 2022

Kenneth Dale "Ems" Norlander, age 81 of Cloquet died Sunday, May 1, 2022 in St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. He was born May 6, 1940 in Virginia the son of Everett and Arline (Westby) Norlander and was a graduate of Virginia Roosevelt High School. Ken grew up in the Virginia area and has lived in Cloquet the...

May 1, 2022

Eric Joseph Oakman, age 58 of Lake Vermilion – Cook died Sunday, May 1, 2022 in his home with family by his side. He was born November 15, 1963 in Virginia, the son of Richard and Audrey (Peterson) Oakman, was a graduate of Virginia High school and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business from St. Scholastica. Eric...

Apr 28, 2022

Over a year ago one of the nurses at the St. Cloud Veterans Medical Center, saw Ed sitting alone and talking. She asked who he was talking to and he told her he was talking to God. He said he asked God when he could come home. The nurse asked what God said and Ed replied, He...

Apr 28, 2022

Over a year ago one of the nurses at the St. Cloud Veterans Medical Center, saw Ed sitting alone and talking. She asked who he was talking to and he told her he was talking to God. He said he asked God when he could come home. The nurse asked what God said and Ed replied, He...

Apr 19, 2022

Patricia Lynn Trout, 64, went home to heaven on April 19, 2022. Born in Hammond, Indiana, Patricia spent much of her childhood in the Chicago suburb of Highland, Indiana, where she made many friends and happy memories. She later moved with her family to Black River Falls, Wisconsin. She remained a lifelong Chicago Bears fan.

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Apr 15, 2022

Jack LeRoy Guy, age 89, of Gilbert, MN and formerly of Aurora, MN, died Friday, April 15, 2022, at Edgewood Vista in Virginia, MN.  He was born April 29, 1932 in Superior, WI, the son of Paul and Lulu (Rothenbueler) Guy.  He was a graduate of Ashland High School.  He was a member of the Wisconsin National Guard from...

Apr 15, 2022

Ira G. "Mike" White (Menoominikeijin), age 83 of Embarrass died Friday, April 15, 2022 in his home of natural causes. He was born September 5, 1938 in Hayward, WI the son of Ira O. and Evelyn (Morgan) White; and graduated from Orr High School. He married Janet Marie Rasula on November 10, 1956. They made their home...

Apr 10, 2022

Barbara Jean Conder, age 69, longtime Ely resident, died Sunday, April 10, 2022 at Edgewood Senior Living in Virginia. She was born June 23, 1952 in Marinette, WI the daughter of TJ and Betty (Boren) Bergan. Barbara was a graduate of Catholic Central High School in Marinette, received her Bachelor of Arts form Concordia, and earned her Master of...

Apr 10, 2022

Ciara Dawn Sellman, age 34, of Duluth and formerly of Hibbing and Cass Lake, died Sunday, April 10, 2022, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's in Duluth.  She was born March 9, 1988, in Bemidji, MN, the daughter of Earl Day, III and Chanann Combs.

Ciara worked as a waitress at the Sawmill in Virginia and Zimmy's...

Mar 26, 2022

Rita Pineo, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away peacefully and fittingly, during her much-adored Easter season, on March 26, 2022, surrounded by her family.

Rita was born on October 14, 1930, the daughter of Italian immigrants, Giovanni and Della Trenti.  Fondly, Rita recalled growing up in the Leonidas location before moving to the...

Mar 26, 2022

Steven Victor "Steve" Peterson, age 69 of Virginia and Lake Vermilion Tower died Saturday, March 26, 2022 in his home with family at his side. He was born June 2, 1952 in Virginia the son of H. Victor and Mary (Lucarelli) Peterson, was a graduate of Virginia Roosevelt High School and married Christine Weiss on October 25,...

Mar 24, 2022

Joyce Irene Carlson, age 98, longtime resident of Hibbing passed away Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Cornerstone Villa in Buhl.  She was born March 24, 1924, in Cando, ND, the daughter of Earl and Ethel (Arion) Hawn.  She was united in marriage to Floyd Carlson on November 24, 1941, in Flaxville, MT.  Together they moved to Hibbing...

Mar 15, 2022

Phyllis Ferne Burgess, lifelong resident of Tower-Soudan

On July 25, 1925 God sent an angel to earth in Soudan, Minnesota. On March 15, 2022 God called her back to be with Him. Phyllis was the daughter of Michael and Ferne (Williams) Driscoll. She graduated from Tower-Soudan High School in 1943 and...

Mar 13, 2022

Agnes Mesojedec, 98, a lifelong resident of Soudan, died March 13, 2022 with family by her side.  She passed at Edgewood in Hermantown where she lived since June, 2021.

Ag was born on December 11, 1923, to Helen (Verbon) and Victor Chiabotti.  She attended the Tower-Soudan schools and married the love of her life, Herman...

Mar 7, 2022

Gary Lee Maki, age 66, longtime resident of Cherry, MN, died Monday, March 7, 2022, in his home with family at his side.  He was born July 14, 1955, in Eveleth, MN, the son of Rudolph and Kathryn (Squillace) Maki.  He was united in marriage to Debra Johnson on August 8, 1986, at the First Assembly of...

Mar 3, 2022

Anthony John "Tony" Pecha, age 70 of Tower died Thursday, March 3, 2022 of natural causes while snowmobiling.  He was born April 4, 1951 in Soudan, the son of and Anthony and Rose Marie (Kalsich). Tony grew up in Soudan and was a graduate of Tower-Soudan High School; where he was the school's leading basketball scorer, scoring...

Mar 2, 2022

Daniel Harlan Broten, age 56 of Tower died unexpectedly march 2, 2022. He was born March 6, 1965 in Virginia, the son of Harlan and Adeline (Gust) Broten; was a graduate of Tower-Soudan High School, Vermilion Community College and Eveleth Vocational Technical College. Dan married his soulmate on July 6, 1991 in Tower.  He was...

Feb 28, 2022

Joshua Benjamin Stewart, age 33 of Detroit, died Monday, February 28, 2022 in Michigan. He was born September 20, 1988 in Virginia, Mn the son of Joseph and Diana (Dickson) Stewart. He was a graduate of Eveleth-Gilbert High School, attended Michigan Tech. and was a graduate of the University of North Dakota.

Josh worked as...

Feb 26, 2022

James Allan Hill, Sr. age 90, a lifelong resident of Soudan died Saturday, February 26, 2022 at the Essentia Health – Virginia Hospital. He was born November 30, 1931 in Soudan, the son of James A and Esther (Mackie) Hill.  He was a graduate of the Tower-Soudan High School and was an honorably discharged veteran of the...

Feb 26, 2022

Betty Lou Lubovich (née Betty Kozlik, 1931), age 90, passed away on February 26, 2022 in Hibbing, Minnesota. Betty was predeceased by her husband Lawrence Lubovich (1929–2007), her father Edward Kozlik(1895–1976) and her brother Donald Kozlik (1932–1952).

She is survived by her three children: Larry Lubovich of Mt. Iron, MN (Debbie Meyer, Becky Stajer); Corey...