Obituaries

James Johnson

Jan 21, 2013

James T. Johnson, age 68, died Monday January 21st, 2013 from pancreatic cancer.

He was born October 18th, 1944 to Hannah and Ted Johnson of Grand Marais. He graduated from Cook County High School and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN where he graduated in 1966 with a B.A. in Biology. After graduation he attended Northwestern...

William Koski

Jan 15, 2013

William E. "Bill" Koski, 90, of Two Harbors died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at home.

He was born on February 7, 1922 to Hjalmer and Rosa (Silander) Koski in Kinney, Minnesota. Bill graduated from Buhl High School and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He married Mildred Garson in 1948 and worked as an aircraft...

Ardell Granlund

Jan 11, 2013

Ardell Granlund, 86, Silver Bay, died Friday January 11, 2013 at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center of heart failure.

He was born February 26, 1926 to Arthur and Kate (Smith) on a farm near Milnor, North Dakota, graduated from Milnor High School, then served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. After the war...

Melissa Mcgregor-Voltz

Jan 1, 2013

Melissa "Missy" McGregor-Voltz, 39, Two Harbors, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday January 1, 2013 surrounded by her loving family, after a long battle with cancer.

Melissa was born June 12, 1973 to Daniel and Bonnie McGregor in Two Harbors, where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1991. She continued her education at...

Lois Miller

Dec 31, 2012

Lois A. Miller, 78, formerly of Two Harbors, died Monday December 31, 2012 in Glenwood, Iowa.

She was born August 13, 1934 to Ernst and Marjorie Pontow in Hastings, Iowa. She moved to Two Harbors with her family when she was 14, graduated from Two Harbors High School in 1952 and married Robert D. Miller June 12,...

Lawrence Ableman

Dec 15, 2012

Larry Ableman, 86, of Hovland, died December 15, 2012 at the Cook County North Shore Care Center.

He was born on September 5, 1926 to Ray and Olga Ableman in Greany, Minnesota. He grew up and attended schools in Greany. Larry served in the Army during WWII. After his service in the military, Larry worked as a...

Gladys Lorntson

Dec 15, 2012

Gladys Lorntson, 77, Silver Bay, died Saturday December 15, 2012 at Ecumen Scenic Shores in Two Harbors.

Gladys was born March 24, 1935 to Frederick and Alma (Gossell) Holm in Englewood, Colorado. At the age of three, they moved to Bartil Township, Minnesota, and then to Aldrich, Minn., where she attended school through the sixth grade. She...

Francis Ebert

Dec 14, 2012

Francis E. Ebert, 89, of Two Harbors, died Friday, December 14, 2012 at Ecumen Care Center in Two Harbors.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Noreen Ege

Dec 10, 2012

Noreen Ege, 74, formerly of Little Marais, died Monday, December 10, 2012 in Diamond Willow Lester Park Assisted Living in Duluth.

She was born July 5, 1938 to John and Clara (Venberg) Fenstad in Duluth and was a life-long resident of the North Shore at Little Marais. She was employed in the administrative offices of Reserve Mining...

Annette Bolen

Dec 4, 2012

Annette Bolen, 72, Two Harbors, died Tuesday December 4, 2012 in St Luke's Hospital, surrounded by her entire loving famliy.

Annette was born March 6, 1940 to Ernest and Elvina (Wedlund) Lassonde in Two Harbors, where she was a life-long resident. She graduated from Two Harbors High School in 1958 and married William Bolen on May 15,...

Doris Samuelson

Dec 4, 2012

Doris H. Samuelson, 94, Two Harbors, died Tuesday, December 4, 2012 in Lake View Memorial Hospital.

She was born October 10, 1918 to Daniel and Lena (Kracht) Woods in Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota. Doris grew up in Winthrop and graduated from high school there in 1936. She married Darwin Samuelson in 1938 at the Methodist Church...

James Drouillard

Dec 3, 2012

James Drouillard, 86, died Monday, December 3, 2012 at home.

Jim grew up in Hovland, where he attended elementary school. Graduating from Cook Co. High School in 1941, he joined the U.S. Navy at age 17. He served from 1943-1947 in Asia and the Philippines on a Landing Ship Tank Carrier. Jim was employed by Yellow Freight...

Deborah Nelson

Dec 1, 2012

Deborah Nelson, 61, Silver Bay died unexpectedly on Saturday December 1, 2012 at her home.

She was born May 4, 1951 to Donald and "Babe" Monson in Quantico, Virginia, and moved to Beaver Bay at the age of 4. After graduating from Kelley High School in Silver Bay in 1969, she moved to Duluth and was employed...

Bonnie Johnson

Nov 30, 2012

Bonnie Gene (Sawyer) Johnson died Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Barross Cottage in Two Harbors, MN.

She was born at home in Two Harbors, October 29, 1919 to Leslie and Marion (McIllroy) Sawyer. She graduated from Two Harbors High School in 1937.

Bonnie married Vernon G. Johnson on July 31, 1940. She worked as a...

Wallace Tikkanen

Nov 27, 2012

Wallace W. Tikkanen, 74, of Finland, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at his home.

He was born on January 18, 1938 to Wayne and Arlene (Nikolai) Tikkanen in Two Harbors. Wally was an entrepreneur, starting in his younger years having a riding stable, gravel hauling, logging, and trapping businesses. He worked 30 years for Erie Mining...

Iza Hedin

Nov 25, 2012

Iza D. Hedin, 88, of Two Harbors, died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital.

She was born July 8, 1924 to Bror and Ida (Gullickson) Carlson in Pine City, where she grew up and attended schools until moving to Two Harbors for her last year of high school. She was employed at the Scandinavian Mercantile...

Marie Koshier

Nov 21, 2012

Marie R. Koshier, 99, Two Harbors, died Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Ecumen Scenic Shores.

She was born May 23, 1913 to Roscoe and Georgianna (Babin) Asher in Two Harbors. Marie grew up in Two Harbors and was employed as a housekeeper and cook for 17 years for Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Two Harbors and as...

Sheldon Preston

Nov 16, 2012

Sheldon Preston, 97, died Friday November 16, 2012 at Elim Care Center in Milaca, MN where he had resided since August 2012.

He was born January 14, 1915 in Minneapolis. After graduating from South High School, he attended Dunwoody Institute and was employed by Minneapolis Moline. He was united in marriage to Pearl (Christopher) on November 25,...

Ethel Talbott

Nov 13, 2012

Ethel Talbott, 90, Two Harbors, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012 in the Lake View Memorial Hospital.

She was born July 19, 1922 to Ernest and Hilma (Finnila) Kleimo in Palo, where she grew up, graduating from Aurora High School. She married Robert Talbott on May 19, 1942, and they moved to Two Harbors in 1949. Ethel was...

Bernard Zupancich

Nov 8, 2012

Bernard John Zupancich, 71, died Thursday, Nov. 8th, 2012, at the Essentia St. Mary's (Hospice) Medical Center in Duluth.

He was born June 14th, 1941, in Ely, MN, the son of Edward and Molly (Merhar) Zupancich, graduated from high school in Ely in 1959 and attended Jr. College also in Ely for a short time.

Bernard...