Walter Erkkila
Dec 1, 2009
Walter A. Erkkila, 92, of the Town of Lakeside, WI, died peacefully at his home on December 1, 2009. He was born on September 5, 1917 in Oulu, WI to Aina (Rantala) and John Erkkila, the tenth of twelve children. On October 24, 1941 in Wyandotte, MI, Walter married Violet Nelson of Maple, WI. Walter spent forty-five years on...
Major (Ret) Jan Christenson
Nov 29, 2009
Major (Ret) Jan Christenson USAF, 55, of Bonners Ferry, ID, passed away on Sunday November 29, 2009 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Jan was born on December 19, 1953 in Quonset Point, Rhode Island to Eric and Betty Christenson. He grew up and attended schools in Sunnyvale, CA and graduated high school in Bonners Ferry, ID. He graduated with a...
Edna Frostman
Nov 27, 2009
Edna E. Frostman, 86, Oulu, WI, died Friday, November 27, 2009 in the Middle River Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on December 22, 1922 in Superior to Guy and Florence Dodge. She graduated from the former East High School and went on to attend Business College. She had been employed as head cashier at the Superior National...
Ronald Reijo
Nov 24, 2009
Ronald E. Reijo, 83, Superior, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 in St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth. He was born in Gwen, Michigan on November 13, 1926 to Matthew and Ethel Reijo and he grew up in Oulu, WI. He had been a Superior resident for sixty years. He started his career in construction as an estimator for Kileen and...
Bernard Parzych
Nov 22, 2009
Bernard "Barney" Parzych, 81, Superior, died Sunday, November 22, 2009 in the Golden Living Center of Superior. He was born on October 8, 1928 in Superior to Joseph and Mary Parzych. He served his country in the United States Army. Barney married Mary Anne Deiser in Superior on March 4, 1957 and celebrated fifty-two years of marriage. He was...
Phillip Ketola
Nov 20, 2009
Phillip R. "Phil" Ketola, 73, longtime Maple resident, died Friday, November 20, 2009 in the Solvay Hospice House, Duluth. He was born on August 25, 1936 in Maple to Harry and Martha (Anttila) Ketola. He served in the United States Army, enlisting when he was seventeen years old. Phil had sailed on the Great Lakes on many vessels for...
Henry "Tiger" Nelson
Nov 20, 2009
Henry L. "Tiger" Nelson, 66, Poplar, died Friday, November 20, 2009, unexpectedly in his home. He was born on August 14, 1943 in Superior to Levi and Madeline (Nollet) Nelson. He graduated from Northwestern High School. Tiger married Donna Peterson on September 30, 1961 in Superior and celebrated forty-eight years of marriage. He was employed as an operator for...
Robert L. Hanson
Nov 19, 2009
Robert L. Hanson, 64, Superior, died Thursday, November 19, 2009 in St. Mary's Medical Center following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on June 26, 1945 in Ashland to William and Dorothy (Touve) Hanson, and was raised in Iron River, WI. He served in the United States Army where he received a Good Conduct Medal, National Defense...
Denise Dahlen
Nov 14, 2009
Denise Dahlen, 49, Mountain Iron, MN, died Saturday, November 14, 2009 in the Minneapolis area while recovering from an earlier surgery. She was born on May 22, 1960 in Superior to Arnie and Karin (Lundberg) Colby. She graduated from Northwestern High School in 1978. She was a homemaker and a Health Unit Coordinator at various care facilities on the...
June Plachta
Nov 12, 2009
June E. Plachta, 88, lifelong Superior resident, died Thursday, November 12, 2009 in the Middle River Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on June 18, 1921 in Superior to Jesse and Hilda Barker. She was a former member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church. June enjoyed fishing, occasional trips to the casino, gardening, country life and she loved life...
Mable Gunski
Nov 12, 2009
Mable Gunski, 90, lifelong Superior resident, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in the Golden Living Center, Superior. She was born on December 13, 1918 to Valentine and Fannie (Munch) Van Holbeck. Mable was a lifelong member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church and its Altar Society, St. Anthony's Rug Ladies, President of the East End Senior Citizens Center and the...
Howard O. Geving
Nov 7, 2009
Howard O. Geving, 91, Ashland, WI and formerly of Superior, WI, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Ashland Health and Rehabilitation Center in Ashland, WI. Howard was born on June 13, 1918 in rural Trego, WI, the son of the late Ole and Hazel Geving. Howard worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC’s) in the 1930’s, the...
Richard L. Skudstad
Nov 6, 2009
Richard L. Skudstad, 77, of Hastings, MN and formerly of Superior, WI, died Friday, November 6, 2009 in Veteran’s Memorial Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Richard was born on August 30, 1932 in Superior, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents, Iver and Magda Skudstad. Richard is survived by his brother, Ronald Skudstad, Edina, MN. Private graveside services...
Lucille G. Lagesse
Nov 3, 2009
Lucille G. LaGesse, 81, lifelong Superior resident, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. She was born to Jacob and Theresa Gross on March 11, 1928 in Superior, WI. She graduated with honors from Cathedral High School in 1946 and attended UW-Superior. Lucille married Robert C. LaGesse on September 26, 1949 and recently celebrated sixty...
Dennis Godfrey
Oct 30, 2009
Dennis J. Godfrey, 56, longtime Town of Superior resident, died unexpectedly Friday, October 30, 2009 as a result of a coronary condition of which Dennis was unaware. Consequently, the automobile Dennis was driving crossed the center line and collided with a dump truck on Wisconsin Highway 35 in the Town of Superior. He was born on October 27, 1953...
Carol Wittke
Oct 27, 2009
Carol J. Wittke, 77, longtime Superior resident, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 in St. Luke's Hospice Unit, Duluth, MN. She was born on May 6, 1932 in Milwaukee, WI to Walter and Irma (Reibe) Ladwig. She graduated of Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee. She married Sherwin Wittke on May 2, 1953 in Milwaukee and recently celebrated fifty-six years...
Esther E. Yaworski
Oct 26, 2009
Esther E. Yaworski, 95, longtime Lake Nebagamon, WI resident, died Monday, October 26, 2009 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth, MN. She was born on February 4, 1914 in Superior, WI to Nels Herman and Carolina (Larson) Anderson. She graduated from the former Central High School and the St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing in 1935. She married Tony...
Elaine I. Mencel
Oct 22, 2009
Elaine I. Mencel, 85, formerly of Weeks Avenue, Superior, died Thursday, October 22, 2009 at St. Francis Home in the Park. She was born on September 11, 1924 in Minong, WI to Frank and Mary (Braun) Chapman. Elaine was a 1942 graduate of the former Cathedral High School. In 1947, she married her husband, Peter J. Mencel, Sr. and...
Cecile Helsel
Oct 16, 2009
Cecile E. Helsel, 92, longtime Superior resident, died Friday, October 16, 2009 in the Golden Living Center of Superior. She was born on June 16, 1917 in North Hudson, WI to Benjamin Franklin and Edith (Chambers) Helsel. She graduated in 1935 from high school in St. James, MN. Upon moving to Superior, Cecile attended the Bartley Business College. She...
William "Bill" Glonek
Oct 14, 2009
William “Bill” Glonek William Raymond Glonek, Sr., 79, a lifelong Superior resident, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at St. Mary’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit in Duluth after a long and courageous battle with many health issues. He was born on November 4, 1929 in Superior, WI to George and Margaret (Liska) Glonek. After graduating from high school,...
