Ruth L. Hannula
October 13, 2017
Ruth L. Hannula, 88, Poplar, WI resident, died Friday, October 13, 2017 at Middle River Health & Rehabilitation Center in South Range, WI. She was born on September 11, 1929 in Mohawk, MI to William and Mae (Aho) Wuolukka.
Ruth graduated in 1946 from Calumet High School in Michigan. She worked as an executive secretary for the...
Michael J. Brown
October 4, 2017
Michael J. Brown, 62, South Range, WI resident, died Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at Middle River Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on December 15, 1954 in Superior, WI to Charles and Nellie (Calendar) Brown. Michael was a logger for several logging companies for many years. He loved hunting and was an avid Green Bay Packers fan. He...
Fredrick "Fred" L. Luostari
October 3, 2017
Fredrick "Fred" L. Luostari, 52, Maple, WI resident, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017 in the Town of Cloverland, WI. He was born on November 25, 1964 in Superior, WI to Marvin and Rose (Morrisette) Luostari. Fred worked for Hood Equipment as a heavy machinery mechanic in Iron River, WI for over twenty years and previously for Superior Truck and...
Ernest L. Pittsley
September 25, 2017
Ernest L. Pittsley, 65, Iron River, WI resident, died Monday, September 25, 2017 at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, following a thirteen year heroic battle with multiple myeloma. He was born on October 3, 1951 in Superior, WI to Ralph and Gladys (Springer) Pittsley. Ernest graduated from Superior Senior High School in 1970. He served his country...
Amey Marie Kennedy
September 23, 2017
Amey Marie Kennedy, 68, longtime area resident died Saturday, September 23, 2017 in Superior, WI. She was born April 11, 1949 in Duluth, MN, the daughter of Carl Vernon and Edith (Gelling) Stenson. Amey worked for Community Care Connections providing personal care and homemaking for persons with disabilities. She is survived by her husband, Gene Kennedy, Superior, WI; sons,...
Joyce I. Drinkwine
September 22, 2017
Joyce I. Drinkwine, 83, longtime Superior resident, died Friday, September 22, 2017 at Encompass Assisted Living in Superior. She was born May 28, 1934 in Duluth, MN, the daughter of Bernard and Josephine (Watczak) Polson. She married Andre “Andy” Drinkwine on January 12, 1952 at St. James Catholic Church in Duluth, and they celebrated sixty-five years of marriage before...
Jeffrey Leonard Sherlock
September 19, 2017
Jeffrey Leonard Sherlock, 57, currently of Arizona, formerly of the Superior area, died Tuesday, September 19, 2017 in Arizona following a lengthy illness. He was born September 27, 1959 in Downey, CA, the son of Leonard G. and Shirley (Simons) Sherlock. He was a graduate of the Superior Senior High School, class of 1977, and remained a Superior resident...
Lori Beth Laible Coulson
September 15, 2017
Lori Beth Laible Coulson of Superior passed away suddenly on Friday, September 15, 2017 at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis while waiting for a lung transplant due to complications related to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Lori was born in Duluth, Minnesota on October 17, 1959 to parents, Charles and Eleanor Laible. Lori was raised and attended...
Shirley Ann (Tapani) Johnson
September 13, 2017
Shirley Ann (Tapani) Johnson, 79, Oulu, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully, with her children by her side on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 in St. Luke’s Hospice, losing the battle of seven months, but winning the fight. She was born on March 13, 1938 in Chicago, IL to Emil and Ailie (Aho) Tapani. Shirley married Oliver “Clayton” Johnson...
Brian J. Cobb
September 12, 2017
Brian James Cobb passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at the age of 72 with family by his side, following a courageous eleven year bout of cancer. He was born in Virginia, MN on January 30, 1945. The family moved to Duluth, MN in 1955. He attended Duluth Central High School where he excelled in basketball and his...
Duane Elmer Tapani
September 11, 2017
Duane Elmer Tapani, 78, lifelong Brule, WI resident, died on Monday, September 11, 2017 at Middle River Health and Rehabilitation Center in South Range, WI. He was born on April 3, 1939 in Chicago, IL to Elmer and Viola (Granlund) Tapani. Duane was a 1958 graduate of Northwestern High School. He went on to serve his country in the...
Rosemary "Rose" Marceski
September 6, 2017
Rosemary “Rose” Marceski, 88, longtime area resident died Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at Superior Rehabilitation Center. She was born October 13, 1928 in Birch Creek, MI, the daughter of Jacob and Leocadia (Siemenski) Bayerl. Rose married Thomas Marceski August 12, 1950 and they celebrated thirty-nine years of marriage before his passing. Together, they enjoyed their time as snowbirds in...
Elsie I. (Lintula) Kiiski
September 5, 2017
Elsie Irene (Lintula) Kiiski, 94, lifelong area resident, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017 with her loving family by her side. She was born on February 24, 1923 in the Town of Lakeside, WI to John and Olga Lintula. She lived on a farm and went to North Middle River School, a one room school house. She walked a...
Marla A. Brabander
September 4, 2017
Marla A. Brabander, 74, Iron River, WI resident and formerly of Superior, died on Monday, September 4, 2017 at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, MN. She was born on November 10, 1942 in Superior, WI to Ellard and Mildred (Hanley) Rydberg. She was a graduate of the former Central High School in Superior and she received her...
Trevor D. Wahner
September 2, 2017
Trevor Dane Wahner, 26, Superior, WI, died on Saturday, September 2, 2017 in Hennepin County, MN. He was born on October 18, 1990 in Superior, WI to Erin Wahner and Gary Beeksma.
He was a graduate of Northwoods High School.Trevor had a wonderful smile, big heart and great sense of humor and loved to make people smile....
Ronald I. Brown
September 1, 2017
Ronald I. Brown, 72, Solon Springs, WI resident, died Friday, September 1, 2017 at Villa Marina Health and Rehabilitation Center in Superior. He was on born July 31, 1945 in Superior, WI to Horace and Betty (Peterson) Brown. He graduated from Central High School and went on to receive his degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Ronald...
Sharon Lee Hasse
August 28, 2017
Sharon Lee Hasse, 67, of Gordon, WI, died tragically in an automobile accident Monday, August 28, 2017 in Casper, WY. She was born September 20, 1949, in Superior, WI, the daughter of Eugene and Helen (Johnson) Soyring. Sharon was a graduate of the Superior Senior High School, class of 1967. She married Robert “Bob” Hasse on July 22, 2000...
Marilyn Faye "Molly" Hoag
August 28, 2017
Marilyn Faye “Molly” Hoag, 85, lifelong area resident died Monday, August 28, 2017 at Encompass Health and Assisted Living in Superior, WI. Molly was born September 9, 1931 in Bennett, WI, the daughter of Albert and Mildred (Thorssen) Bruland. Molly married Russell R. Hoag November 25, 1950 and they celebrated 51 years of marriage before his passing in 2002....
Toivo I. Rinnet
August 28, 2017
Toivo I. Rinnet, 99, lifelong Poplar, Maple and Superior area resident, died Monday, August 28, 2017 at Twin Ports Health Services, Superior, WI. He was born January 22, 1918 in Oulu, WI, the son of Edward and Hilda Rinnet. Toivo was a member of the LaVampa Finnish Singers in Duluth, MN. He married Julia Burke on September 2, 1945...
Roberta "Birdie" Papineau
August 26, 2017
Roberta “Birdie” Papineau, 99, resident of Superior, died Saturday, August 26, 2017 in Superior, WI. She was born April 7, 1918 in Frogner, MN, the daughter of Alfred and Marie (Claude) Hilpipre. She was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Superior and their choir, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Superior and their Altar Society and the Christian Women’s...
