Pauline M. Cullen

Pauline Marie Cullen, age 85 of Nashwauk, MN, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Guardian Angels Health & Rehabilitation Center in Hibbing, MN.

Pauline was born on May 13, 1939, in Buck Lake, north of Nashwauk, MN, to Max and Irene (Huovila) Inkman. She grew up in Cloverdale on her family's farm and graduated from Greenway High School in Coleraine. Pauline traveled to Chicago, IL, to get her associate’s degree and met Les while working for the Bell Telephone Company. Pauline and Les got married on March 3, 1962, and have been together for 64 years, living in Illinois, Arizona, California, and finally back to the farmhouse she grew up in Minnesota. She was an incredible and talented artist and went to art school in Sedona, AZ, and started her crafting days oil painting, using watercolors, and chalk art. Pauline loved to be outdoors, whether it was four wheeling, camping, being on the pontoon on O’Leary Lake, or most importantly, spending time with her family.

Pauline is survived by her husband, Leslie “Les” Cullen; children, Harold Cullen, Donna (Jerry) Holmquist; 6 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; brother, Dick (Joyce) Inkman; sister-in-law, Mary Inkman; daughter-in-law, Wanda Cullen; many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents; son, David Cullen; brothers, Harold and Muttie Inkman; and grandsons, Jacob and Joseph.

There will be no services at this time.