George "Big George" Sletten, Sr.
Dec 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...
Dorothy Mae Lee
Dec 2, 2009
Dorothy Mae Lee, 85, of Superior, Wis., a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away to a better place on Wed., Dec. 2, 2009 while residing at the Middle River Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Superior on July 25, 1924 to Rudy and Gladys Johnson. She married her husband, Herbert W. Lee on June 4, 1942 and...
Walter Erkkila
Dec 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
Nov 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
Nov 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
Nov 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
Nov 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...
Philip A. Gustafson
Nov 22, 2009
SUPERIOR Philip A. Gustafson, 79, of Superior, formerly of Poplar, died Sunday, November 22, 2009 at St. Francis in the Park Health and Rehabilitation Center, Superior. He was born January 31, 1930 in Poplar, son of Beda (Faugerstrom) and Carl Gustafson. Phil was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. For many years he worked as a self-employed electrician...
Phillip Ketola
Nov 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
Nov 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
Nov 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...
Hazel E. Schlais
Nov 19, 2009
SUPERIOR Hazel E. Schlais, 85, of Salem, Illinois, formerly of Superior, died Thursday, November 19, 2009 in Salem. Hazel was born November 28, 1923 in Chicago, daughter of Gertrude (DeVries) and John Eastman. During WWII she served in the U.S. Army. On July 22, 1946, Hazel Eastman and Marshall Schlais were united in marriage. Hazel was a retired school teacher...
Edward L. Cich, Sr.
Nov 18, 2009
Edward L. Cich, Sr., 68, of Superior, Wis., died Wed., Nov. 18, 2009 at his residence. Edward was born in Willow River, Minn. on May 4, 1941, the son of Agnes (Chmielewski) and Frank Cich. He was a construction laborer and retired from Lakehead Construction. Edward enjoyed playing slots, going to garage sales, and spending time in his garage. He...
Norman "Punky" A. Anderson, Sr.
Nov 17, 2009
SUPERIOR Norman A. "Punky" Anderson, Sr., 62, of Foxboro, Wis., died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at St. Luke's Hospital, Duluth, following a five week battle with cancer. He was born June 2, 1947 in Superior, son of Bertha (Johnson) and Andrew Anderson. From 1964 to 1968 he served in the U.S. Navy. Punky's work history included Greenwood Cemetery, Burlington Northern...
James W. Hanson
Nov 15, 2009
James W. Hanson, 63, of 1518 John Ave., Superior, Wis. died Sun., Nov. 15, 2009 in St. Luke's Hospital, Duluth, Minn. Jim was born in Superior on May 31, 1946 and had been a resident for most of his life. Jim was a graduate of Superior Central High School in 1964 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 1999....
Denise Dahlen
Nov 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...
Alice Koehler
Nov 13, 2009
Alice Koehler, 97, a resident of Superior, Wis. since 1986, died Fri., Nov. 13, 2009 at St. Francis in the Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Alice was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. on Dec. 4, 1912, the daughter of Anna (Anderson) and Olaf Olson. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Joseph Adamski; her second husband,...
June Plachta
Nov 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
Nov 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...
James Doan Bartley
Nov 9, 2009
SUPERIOR James D. Bartley, 73, of Superior, died Monday, November 9, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital, Duluth. He was born August 19, 1936 in Superior, son of Beatrice E. (Larsen) and Robert J. Bartley. Jim served in the U.S. Air National Guard, and while stationed in Amarillo Texas, he scored the highest jet mechanic test score ever recorded at that...
