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Alice Quirk
Mar 24, 2013
Alice Elvi (Alto) Quirk Alice Elvi (Alto) Quirk, 70, Hibbing, died peacefully, after a fierce three month struggle with injuries sustained in a house fire, Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Essentia Miller Dwan Medical Center in Duluth. She was born in Chisholm to Allan and Elvi (Puukila) Alto on August 28, 1942. Alice graduated from Bemidji State with a degree in teaching. She...
Joseph Clement
Mar 24, 2013
Joseph S. “Joey” Clement Joseph S. “Joey” Clement, 55, Iron, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, in his home. He was born on February 27, 1958, to David C. and Ann R. Clement. Joey graduated from Cherry High School and had worked as a crusher operator, Local 49, for Premier Aggregate in Virginia. He loved hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, four-wheeling, farming, and tinkering with his...
Louise Blazina
Mar 23, 2013
Louise A. Blazina Louise A. Blazina, 95, Hibbing, died Saturday March 23, 2013, at Guardian Angels Health Care Center, Hibbing. She was born on May 10, 1917, in Wilpen near Hibbing, to Louis and Katherine Zeni. Louise graduated from Hibbing High School and had worked as a secretary at Ryan Brothers Transfer for over 50 years. She was a member of the Elks...
Pauline Collyard
Mar 20, 2013
Pauline Collyard Pauline Collyard, 97, Hibbing, died Wed. March 20, 2013 in the Guardian Angels Health Care Center, Hibbing. She was born March 27, 1915 in Hibbing to Louis and Grace Collyard. She was employed at the Hibbing General Hospital. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the National Catholic Society of Foresters, the Sacred Heart Circle and the...
Ralph Argir Jr.
Mar 16, 2013
Ralph Argir Jr. Ralph Argir Jr., 84, Keewatin, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Cornerstone Villa in Buhl. He was born in Hibbing to Ralph and Rosaria Argir on April 11, 1928, graduated from Hibbing High School, and married Josephine “Josie” Kukich in St. Mary’s Catholic Church on April 15, 1950. Ralph was a Marine Corps. veteran serving in both WW II...
Henry Wiiliainen
Mar 16, 2013
Henry D. "Hank" Wiiliainen Henry D. "Hank" Wiiliainen, 87, lifelong Hibbing resident, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at Guardian Angels in Hibbing. He was born in Hibbing to Henry and Hilja Wiiliainen, on September 17, 1925 and was raised in Carson Lake Location. Hank started Hank’s Woodworks in 1953 and retired in 2008 at age 82. He was a member...
Raymond Anick
Mar 14, 2013
Raymond Anick Raymond Anick, 88, Buhl, former longtime Pengilly resident died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Cornerstone Villa in Buhl. He was born in Ashland, Wis. to Thomas and Anna Anick on October 4, 1924. Ray married Deloris Christian on October 20, 1945. He had been employed with Hanna Mining Co. retiring as Assistant Maintenance Superintendant. Raymond was a member of the Pengilly United...
Michael Mcbride
Mar 11, 2013
Michael T. McBride Michael T. McBride, 61, Bethel, Minn., died Monday, March 11, 2013 at his home. He was born in Hibbing on November 1, 1951 to Fred and Myrtle McBride and graduated from Keewatin High School. He loved fishing, camping, and hunting. Michael is survived by his wife, Delrae; his son, Robert (Emma Ferguson) McBride, and their child, Brooklynn McBride,...
Rose Gilbert
Mar 10, 2013
Rose Mary Gilbert Rose M. Gilbert, 80, Hibbing died Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Heritage Manor in Chisholm. She was born on September 30, 1932, to Steve and Nellie (Hebert) Skalsky in Hibbing. She entered the Sacrament of Marriage with Donald W. Gilbert on June 17, 1950, in Hibbing at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Rose was employed at the Kahler as an evening...
John Furin
Mar 8, 2013
John Steven Furin of Hibbing, MN, passed away on Friday March 8, 2013 in Duluth, MN. He was 70. John was born April 16, 1942 in Hibbing to John and Jeanne Furin. He attended the Hibbing High School where he played varsity hockey. He graduated in 1960. John then worked in the meat cutting industry for over 30 years. John was an avid hunter,...
John Sapan
Mar 4, 2013
John Frank Sapan John F. Sapan, 97, lifelong resident of Keewatin died Monday, March 4, 2013 at the Guardian Angels Health and Rehabilitation Center of Hibbing. John was born on January 26, 1916 to John and Katherine (Lubonovich) Sapan in Keewatin, MN. After high school John proudly served his country with the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, John entered...
Iva Nelson
Mar 4, 2013
Iva M. Nelson Iva M. Nelson, 98, Angora, MN, died Monday, March 4, 2013 in Hibbing. She was born July 8, 1914in Duxby, MN to George and Essie Hamm. She grew up in Sandstone, MN. On Aug. 24, 1932 she married Emil Nelson in Mora, MN at the county fair in front of 3000 people. She and Emil moved to Kelly Lake in 1937...
Dorothy Pickera
Mar 4, 2013
Dorothy Elizabeth Pickera Dorothy E. Pickera, 106, Hibbing died Monday, March 4, 2013 at the Guardian Angels Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hibbing. She was born on March 28, 1906 to Herman and Anna (Lehner) Vorgert in Albany, MN. She was the second of their twelve children. Dorothy entered the Sacrament of Marriage with Andrew Stuntebeck of Freeport, MN in 1925. They moved to...
Rose Mahon
Mar 2, 2013
Rose Ann Dougherty Mahon Died unexpectedly but peacefully after a brief illness on Sat., March 2, in Hastings, MN. Rose Ann was born Dec. 7, 1920 to Josephine and Thomas Dougherty in Hibbing, MN. She was the 4th of 8 children. Rose Ann will be remembered for her love of her family and the game of golf. She could never resist a good...
Ramon Bugliosi
Mar 2, 2013
Ramon Lindo Bugliosi died at Fairview University Medical Center Mesabi on Saturday, March 2, 2013 surrounded by his wife and three daughters. He was born on January 27, 1930 in Hibbing, the son of Frank and Mary (Passeri) Bugliosi, immigrants from Costaciarro, Italy. He was the fourth of five children and grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Hibbing. As a child he...
Thomas Mastell
Feb 28, 2013
Thomas D. Mastell Thomas D. Mastell, 76, Hibbing, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 in Chisholm, MN. He was born March 16, 1936 in Hibbing to Joseph and Agnes Mastell. Thomas had been an Air Force veteran for 10 years working as a jet mechanic during the Vietnam War. He had worked in Anchorage, AK for the RCA Corporation and then moved back to...
Mark Zaitz
Feb 27, 2013
Mark S. Zaitz Freed from all his pain and suffering here on earth, Mark S. Zaitz, 52, Hibbing, was welcomed home to the loving arms of Jesus on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul. He was born in Hibbing on January 5, 1961, to Alfred and Anna Mae (Dowzicky) Zaitz. Mark attended Assumption School, where he served...
Jeanette Kleffman
Feb 26, 2013
Jeanette Vivian Kleffman Jeanette V. Kleffman, 80, Hibbing died Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi in Hibbing. She was born on April 7, 1932, to Manley and Inez (Andrews) Hubbard in Cohasset, MN. She was a graduate of Hibbing High School, class of 1950, of which she remained very active. She was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in...
Harley Getting
Feb 25, 2013
Harley D. Getting Harley D. Getting, 67, Janet Lake, died Monday, February 25, 2013, at Fairview University Medical Center—Mesabi, Hibbing. He was born on January 10, 1946, in Eldora, IA to Clarence and Lamka Getting. Harley had a love of animals and the outdoors that began when he was a boy and continued throughout his life. He was united in marriage to Jeri...
Roland Wivoda
Feb 19, 2013
Roland Thomas Wivoda Roland Thomas Wivoda, 88, of Hibbing, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, during a brief stay at Heritage Manor in Chisholm. Roland was born September 14, 1924, in Goodland to Thomas and Mary (Calgaro) Wivoda. He spent his childhood and formative years on the family farm in Goodland, eventually moving to a farm in Bengal/Silica. He was drafted into the...
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