Patrick "Pat" Bouchard
December 14, 2009
Patrick T. "Pat" Bouchard, 49, Wascott, WI, former Central Park, Superior resident, died unexpectedly from head injuries, on Monday December 14, 2009 in St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth. He was born on January 29, 1960 in Ashland, WI to Jerome T. and Kay A. (Gregg) Bouchard. Pat graduated in 1979 from Superior Senior High School. He was the founding...
Robert Bernard Anderson
December 13, 2009
Robert Bernard Anderson, 85 was born on April 29, 1924 in Superior to Alma (Bergesen) and Adolph Anderson. He died peacefully on December 13, 2009. Bob attended Erickson Elementary School and Central High School. He worked for Butler Shipyards prior to serving his country in the U.S. Navy aboard the LST 325 during World War II. On August 21,...
Grant Johnson
December 5, 2009
Grant L. Johnson, 63, Poplar, died unexpectedly in his home on Saturday, December 5, 2009. He was born on February 13, 1946 in Superior to Lester and Elizabeth (Carter) Johnson. He served his country in the United States Army during the Viet Nam Conflict. He was employed as an operator for Enbridge for many years. Grant was a member...
George "Big George" Sletten, Sr.
December 2, 2009
George O. "Big George" Sletten, Sr., 83, passed away peacefully at Golden Living Center on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 with his family at his side. He was born in Superior on September 21, 1926 to Dora and Oren Sletten and had been a lifelong resident. He retired from the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1986 where he had been employed...
Walter Erkkila
December 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
October 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
October 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...
