Jean Sallila

Jean Marie Sallila

Jean Marie Sallila, age 83, died October 17, 2016, at St. Raphael’s Health Center in Eveleth, MN.

She was born May 13, 1933, in Duluth, MN.  Jean grew up in Togo and graduated from Alango High School in 1952.  She was united in marriage to Ronald “Bud” Sallila on March 15, 1956.  Jean had worked for Woolworth’s Department Store and later as an aide at Leisure Hills Nursing Home, retiring in 1988.  Her family fondly remembers how she loved to share stories of growing up on the farm. One of her greatest pleasures was listening to classic country music. Every spring, Jean looked forward to getting out and working in her flower gardens - one of her very favorite pastimes.  Her other creative passions included sewing, scrapbooking, watching cooking shows on television and cooking. Jean was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend as well as a beautiful human being who will be sincerely missed by all of those whose lives she touched.  Her biggest joy was spending time with her grandchildren who will miss her very much.

She is survived by three children:  Greg Sallila of Hibbing, Linda (Brian) Dahl of Hibbing, and Nancie (Al) Bush of Little Canada, MN; by nine grandchildren:  Brandy (Jason Senogles) Sallila, Matt Sallila, Aaron Dahl, Adam (Alana) Dahl, Alison (Jason) Stanaway, Ashley (Peyton Servaty) Dahl, Dylan Bush, Dallas Bush, and Kaley Bush; by eight great-grandchildren: Alyssa, Matthew, Brody, and Braiden Sallila, and Isabelle and Landon Dahl, Olivia Senogles, and Nora Jean Stanaway; by four siblings:  Kay Lind of Babbitt, Rose (Tom) Schwinn of Brook Park, MN, Jim Bunich of Coon Rapids, MN, and John Seline of Ham Lake, MN; and by many special cousins, nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Bud, in 2002; her mother, Julia Thomsen; her grandparents, Eva and Andrew Kutchen; a brother, Stanley Bunich; and a daughter-in-law, Christine Sallila.

Visitation will be Saturday, November 5, 2016, at Dougherty Funeral Home, Hibbing, from 10 AM until the 11 AM funeral service.  Interment will be made privately in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hibbing.  To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.doughertyofhibbing.com .