Obituaries
Darlene F. Bergman
Jun 4, 2025
Darlene F. Bergman, 63, died peacefully surrounded by her family and loving fiancé, Ron Fransen on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at Aspirus-St. Luke’s Hospital.
Darlene’s family would like to express a heartfelt thank you to the staff of St. Luke’s Hospital for the compassion and loving care they provided to our dear sister. She would always say “they are all my...
Cleo Fay Minke
May 31, 2025
Cleo Fay Minke passed away peacefully on May 31, 2025, at St. Mary’s / Essentia Health Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. She was 89 years old.
Cleo was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Ueckert and Fontella (Uhley) Sperber. She is survived by her brother, Kenneth Sperber (Shirley); her son, Herbert Minke III (Terri); and her daughter, Barbara Fang Babcock (Jim). Her grandchildren...
Irene Anna Peterson
May 28, 2025
Irene Anna (Allen) Peterson passed away peacefully at the age of 104 on Wednesday May 28, 2025, at North Shore Living.
Irene was born on a cold January 22, 1921, to Ole and Anna (Swenson) Allen. As the youngest of seven children, she was cared for by her siblings. As an adult Irene then became a loving caregiver for many of...
Helen S. Hendrickson
May 27, 2025
Helen S. Hendrickson, 98, of French River, passed away May 27, 2025 at her home of over 75 years. She was born October 27, 1926 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, MN to John and Aili Silander, and she shared the hospital nursery with her future husband Ken Hendrickson, who was born four days later. Helen grew up in the...
Janis B. Jenkins
May 27, 2025
Janis Beverly Jenkins, 81, Two Harbors, died Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at Lake View Hospital.
Janis was born May 14, 1944 to Richard and Lily (Flaaten) Saker in Fargo, North Dakota. In June 1963 she married her beloved husband, Frank Jenkins.
Janis was an active member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and it’s various organizations.
She enjoyed camping, going to garage sales, crafting and...
Allen E. Krause
May 20, 2025
Allen E. Krause, 96, of Two Harbors, died May 20, 2025 with his loving wife of 74 years by his side.
He was born on March 17, 1929 to Herbert and Alma (Ruschmeyer) Krause in Duluth. Allen grew up and attended schools in Duluth, spending his summers on his grandparents’ farm in Aitkin. He went on to graduate from Central High...
Herbert George Lattin
May 19, 2025
Herbert George Lattin of Silver Bay, MN, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away unexpectedly on May 19th, 2025. He was 64 years old.
Herb was born on July 5th, 1960 in San Francisco, California to Margery (McMurray) and Glenn Lattin. He moved to Connecticut with his parents when he was five. He graduated in 1978 from Stratford High School...
Donald James Olson
May 12, 2025
Donald J. Olson, 101, formerly of Two Harbors, died Monday May 12, 2025, in Hillsboro, Oregon where he had moved to be closer to family.
Don was born January 18, 1924, to Henry and Clara (Kroberger) Olson in Two Harbors, Minnesota, where he grew up and attended school. He graduated from high school in 1942. He was a football player and...
Michael D Osmundson
May 10, 2025
Michael D. Osmundson of Silver Bay, Minnesota passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Mike was born on August 8, 1952 in Moorhead, Minnesota to Omar and Mavis Osmundson. He grew up in Averill, Minnesota. He attended elementary school in Averill, in their small school. In 7th grade, he went to Glyndon, Minnesota for the remainder of his schooling and graduated...
Ruth L. Koepke
May 3, 2025
Ruth Koepke, 92, of Silver Bay, died Saturday, May 3, 2025.
Ruth was born August 30, 1932 to Donald and Viola (Epple) Prestidge in Buffalo and grew up there and in Braham, where she graduated from high school. In 1950, she moved to the North Shore and as a young lady, worked at Cross River Cafe in Schroeder, then Lorntson’s Cafe...
Edgar Johnson
May 1, 2025
Edgar “Ed” Johnson, 81, of Two Harbors died Thursday, May 1, 2025 at home.
He was born March 9, 1944 to Edgar W. and Lollie (Yancey) Johnson and graduated from Two Harbors High School in 1962. Ed served in the Army during the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion.
He was employed at Campbells, North Shore Steel, and...
Noreen Jackson
Apr 29, 2025
Noreen Patricia Jackson, 93, of Two Harbors, died peacefully on April 29, 2025 at Beehive Homes, Duluth.
Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 5, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 227 Third Street, Two Harbors, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Holy Spirit.
She was born in Ashland, WI, to James L. and Mary (Weiss)...
Beau D Buckwalter
Apr 28, 2025
Beau D. Buckwalter, 44, Two Harbors, died surrounded by his loving family at home on Monday, April 28, 2025, after a courageous five-year battle with metastatic colon cancer.
Beau was born December 9, 1980, to Danny and Patti (Goette) Buckwalter in Duluth and grew up in Two Harbors, graduating from Two Harbors High School in 1999. After completing his Associate’s Degree...
Penny Lee Winter
Apr 26, 2025
Penny Winter, 63, Two Harbors, died Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Aspirus-St.Luke’s Hospital after a long battle with leukemia.
Penny was born September 14, 1961 and grew up and attended school in Two Harbors. After living in Cloquet for several years, she returned to Two Harbors in 1995. She was employed at various restaurants in the area and also worked in...
Nancy Diane Kemp
Apr 26, 2025
Nancy Kemp, 87 of Duluth, formerly of Hovland and Edina, died peacefully in her sleep Saturday, April 26, 2025.
Nancy was born to Vilhelm Holand and Yerdis (Dalsveen) Holand on December 6, 1937. She graduated from St. Louis Park High School and Abbot Northwestern Hospital School of Nursing. Her first job as a nurse was in Virginia where she met her...
Barbara E Sterett
Apr 13, 2025
Barbara E. Sterett, 79, of Silver Bay, has sadly passed away at home on Sunday, April 13, 2025. She was born on June 7, 1945 to John & Margaret Hudyma in Two Harbors, MN.
Barbara served two terms as Mayor of Beaver Bay, MN. She was proud to serve her community, and in the accomplishments that were made for the betterment...
Carol L. Lenzen
Mar 27, 2025
Carol L. Lenzen, 84, Grand Marais, died peacefully at her home on Thursday, March 27, 2025.
Carol was born May 19, 1940, to Carl and Margaret (Fogelberg) Berg in Eveleth, MN where she grew up and attended Eveleth High School. After completing nursing school, she was employed as a registered nurse and Director of Waterview Woods Nursing Home in Eveleth. Carol...
Donald R Sunde
Mar 23, 2025
Donald Sunde, 77, of Two Harbors died Sunday, March 23, 2025 at his daughter’s home in St. Paul.
Don was born December 23, 1947 to Alfred and Ruth (White) Sunde in Duluth and grew up in Knife River and rural Duluth. After high school he served in the U S Navy for six years aboard a nuclear submarine. Returning to Minnesota...
Robert Henry Pelto
Mar 21, 2025
Robert Henry Pelto of Two Harbors, age 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Bayshore Healthcare in Duluth on Friday, March 21, 2025.
He was born September 24, 1940 to Ida Salo and Henry Pelto of Two Harbors, MN. Robert attended schools in Two Harbors, graduating from THHS in 1958.
Robert served in the Army during 1963-1965. He worked steaming ore...
Beverly Lois Miller
Mar 21, 2025
Beverly Miller, 91, of Brimson, died on Friday, March 21, 2025 at Heritage Haven in Duluth.
She was born on May 31, 1933 to William and Hilja (Hiltunen) Wartianen in Duluth. Beverly grew up in rural Duluth, graduated from Clover Valley High School and later Duluth State Teacher’s College. She taught school for two years in Hinckley before marrying Wayne Miller...
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