Obituaries

Lorna M. Ohlgren

Lorna M. Ohlgren

Dec 6, 2016

Lorna M. Ohlgren, 92, of Moose Lake, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake.  She was born June 8, 1924 in Moose Lake Township to Swan and Hannah (Borg) Paulson.  Lorna attended Mud Creek School and later Moose Lake High School, graduating in 1941.  She went on to attend Duluth Business College....

Gayl Ellis Skelton

Gayl Ellis Skelton

Dec 4, 2016

Gayl Ellis Skelton, 89, of Moose Lake, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake.  She was born March 7, 1927 in Moose Lake to Levi and Elizabeth (Grace) Ellis.  Gayl graduated from Moose Lake High School in 1945.  She then went on to beauty school, attending Wanners Beauty School of Duluth.  Gayl...

Donald L. Bean

Donald L. Bean

Dec 1, 2016

Donald L. Bean, 90, of Sturgeon Lake, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at his home.  He was born January 31, 1926 in Duluth to Leonard and Lottie (Young) Bean.  Donald was united in marriage to Lorna Rude on July 9, 1947 in Mahtowa.  Don and Lorna enjoyed hunting and fishing together and especially enjoyed time with family.  Don...

Donald Martin Negaard

Donald Martin Negaard

Nov 27, 2016

Donald Martin Negaard, 90, of Blackhoof Township, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care, Moose Lake.  Donald was born August 5, 1926 in Duluth to Ole and Olga Negaard.  Donald proudly served in The United States Navy during WWII.  Donald was an electrician and also owned a well drilling business, drilling hundreds of wells around...

Michael "Midnight Mike" White

Michael "Midnight Mike" White

Nov 14, 2016

Michael "Midnight Mike" White

Michael "Midnight Mike" White, 64, Moose Lake, formerly of Duluth, died Monday, November 14, 2016.  He was born on August 2, 1952 in Bethel, Alaska.

Mike's father was an ace pilot in WWII and later became a bush pilot in Alaska. Mike moved to Duluth at a young age with his...

Debra E. Zimmer

Debra E. Zimmer

Nov 11, 2016

Debra E. (Ruotsalainen) Zimmer, 62, of Sturgeon Lake, passed away on November 11, 2016. Debra was born July 16, 1954 to Raymond and Shirley (Leppioja) Routsalainen.  Debra was a graduate of Moose Lake High School.  Debra was united in marriage to Daniel Zimmer on November 4, 1972 in Moose Lake. Together they settled in Sturgeon Lake where they had...

Rhonda Kay Skelton

Rhonda Kay Skelton

Nov 3, 2016

Rhonda Kay Skelton

Rhonda Kay Skelton was born on March 26, 1966 to Ronald and Milly Peterson in Escondido, California.  At the age of 2, Rhonda moved with her family to Moose Lake where she grew up and attended Moose Lake High School graduating in 1984.  It was at school that Doug met Rhonda...

Frank R. Zebott

Frank R. Zebott

Oct 28, 2016

Frank R Zebott, 66, of Askov, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, October 28, 2016. Frank grew up in Hermantown. He then served our country in the United States Army in Vietnam during the Agent Orange era. He was post commander at the VFW Post #137 in West Duluth and was also commander of the Jens H Jensen...

Jesse James Peterson

Jesse James Peterson

Oct 20, 2016

Jesse James Peterson

Jesse James Peterson, 38, Moose Lake, died Thursday, October 20, 2016 in Coshocton, OH.

He was born in Moose Lake on May 9, 1978 to James and Mary Peterson.  Jesse grew up west of Moose Lake on a portion of the original Peterson farmstead.  While younger, Jesse began a lifelong passion of...

Carole Jean Hansen

Carole Jean Hansen

Oct 16, 2016

Carole Jean Hansen

Carole Jean Hansen, 76, Duluth, formerly of Silver Bay and Moose Lake, died peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, October 16, 2016 in St. Luke's Hospital, Duluth.

Carole was born on April 24, 1940 in Aitkin, MN to Mac and Nora Sarff.  She grew up in the Aitkin area...

Alvin John Heittola

Alvin John Heittola

Oct 14, 2016

Alvin John Heittola, 78, of Brainerd, formerly of Cromwell, passed away Friday, October 14, 2016 in St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud.  He was born July 14, 1938 in Moose Lake to Emil and Lydia (Lundin) Heittola.  Alvin was a member of the United States Army National Guard.  Alvin was united in marriage to Catherine Carlson on February 6, 1959...

Joan E. Strandlie

Joan E. Strandlie

Oct 4, 2016

Joan E. Strandlie

Joan Esko Strandlie, 77, Sturgeon Lake, formerly of Duluth, died Tuesday, October 4, 2016 in Mercy Hospital, Moose Lake.

She was born on May 29, 1939 in Cloquet to Howard and Marion Esko.  She grew up in the Scanlon and Jay Cooke Park areas until moving to West Duluth where she attended...

Valerie Em Johnson

Valerie Em Johnson

Sep 29, 2016

Valerie Em (Bauer) Johnson, 65, of Sturgeon Lake, formerly of Bartow, FL, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 29, 2016. She was born September 21, 1951 to Marvin and Joanna (Ferber) Bauer in St Paul. Valerie grew up in the St Paul Park/ Newport area and was a graduate of Park HI. After graduating from high school, she attended Winona...

Helen Elizabeth Krajewski

Helen Elizabeth Krajewski

Sep 4, 2016

Helen Elizabeth Krajewski, 94, of Moose Lake, formerly of Sturgeon Lake, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake. She was born December 5, 1921 in Delano to Peter and Mary (Lake) Klick. Helen attended Sturgeon Lake and Willow River Schools. She was united in marriage to Walter Krajewski on May 27, 1939 in...

Ilene Evenell Staberg

Ilene Evenell Staberg

Aug 21, 2016

Ilene Evenell Staberg, 85, of Moose Lake, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake. She was born November 11, 1930 in Duluth to Pete C. and Emma R. (Ekwall) Pederson. She grew up in Duluth and graduated from Central High School. The family moved to Moose Lake after having purchased a dairy farm....

Theodore 'Ted' Pihlman

Theodore 'Ted' Pihlman

Aug 19, 2016

Theodore "Ted" Pihlman Theodore L. Pihlman, 75, of Moose Lake passed away peacefully on August 19th after fighting cancer for over 3 years. Ted was born in Duluth, MN to Dewey A. and Marian (Brown) Pihlman. In 1952, the family moved to Silver Twp. in Barnum, followed by moving to Moose Lake in 1959. Ted's early years of auto body...

Harry John Berube

Harry John Berube

Aug 18, 2016

Harry John Berube, 81, of Finlayson, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake. He was born January 26, 1935 in Limestone, ME to Thomas and Ida (Fontaine) Berube. Harry is a veteran of The United States Air Force, serving in both the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. During this time, Harry earned the...

Hazel Molis

Hazel Molis

Aug 16, 2016

Hazel Molis Hazel Molis, 98, Birch Creek Twp., entered eternal rest peacefully on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake, with her family by her side. She was born on October 13, 1917 to Arvid and Amanda Nelson in Birch Creek Twp. Hazel was baptized and confirmed in the Swede Park Lutheran Church in Denham....

Harold Kloehn Ebel

Harold Kloehn Ebel

Aug 4, 2016

Harold Kloehn Ebel, 94, of Moose Lake, MN died Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake following a stroke suffered on August 1 while playing golf at Moose Lake Country Club. Harold was born in Lidgerwood, ND on September 22, 1921, the second of six children born to Paul and Ella (Kloehn) Ebel. In 1923, his family...

Frank Danelski, Jr.

Frank Danelski, Jr.

Aug 1, 2016

Frank Danelski, Jr. Frank Danelski, Jr., 58, Willow River, died Monday, August 1, 2016 in Duluth. He was born on June 8, 1958 in Sandstone to Jean and Frank Danelski, Sr. Frank graduated from Albany High School where he was very involved in wrestling. Frank lived in Avon, Mountain Iron, Sauk Rapids, Albany and later Willow River. He loved his...