All Obituaries

Joan Marie (Hackner) Barrett, 74, of Duluth died Sunday, January 2, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin September 10, 1947 to John W. Hackner Jr. and Verneda E (Larsen) Hackner. Joan married Dr. Jon R Barrett on August 9, 1985, in Duluth. Joan was a social worker for St. Louis County for over 30 years before her retirement. She was a member of St. Joseph and St. Lawrence Catholic Churches and served on both Parish Councils for many years. She was also a...

Age 62 of West Duluth, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was born December 12, 1959 to Richard and Mercedes Siddall in Duluth. Elaine graduated from Denfeld High School in 1978 and worked her entire life at various jobs including Mr. Donut, The Danish Bakery, K-Mart and CSL Plasma. Elaine was a member of St. James Catholic Church, and the Proctor Moose Lodge #1302 and WOTM Chapter #585 where she attained the highest degree given to women members, The...

Marjorie Marie Lofdahl (née Miovac)--Mom, Grandma, Great-Grandma, Sister, Auntie, friend, our MORNING STAR– passed away peacefully January 17, 2022 in Duluth, MN, at the age of 90. Marjorie was born February 19, 1931, in Roseau, MN to John and Teckla (Brunell) Miovac. After high school Marjorie and her best friend moved to Duluth, MN, set for an adventure with visions of becoming a nurse. In 1950, Marjorie married the love of her life, Laverne “Vern” Lofdahl. They...

Ruth Lillian Pehl, 93, formerly of Hermantown, Minnesota went home to Jesus Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at Aftenro Home, Duluth, Minnesota. Ruth was born on January 24, 1928 in Duluth to Axel Peterson and Albertina Johnson.  She was the oldest of 3 children.   She moved to Hermantown at age 4 and lived there for 85 years until she moved to Aftenro Home in 2017.   She was so thankful for the entire staff and the friendships she made. She sang in the Aftenro choir,...

Charles John Drexler, MD The world has lost a bit of sunshine! Charles John Drexler, born April 5th, 1932, age 89, passed peacefully, surrounded by his family, on January 18th, 2022.  During his long and well lived life, his favorite song, of which he only knew one verse, was “You Are My Sunshine”! Whether it be during the car rides to St. Cloud to visit his parents (Joseph and Josephine Drexler) and his wife’s family (Stadthers), cross country road trips with a...

Patrick Joseph Schnobrich, age 67, died on December 29, 2021 after a hard-fought battle with metastatic bone cancer. Born in New Ulm, MN on February 13, 1954 to Erwin and Margaret Schnobrich, he graduated from New Ulm Cathedral in 1972 and attended Mankato State University. He started his career with MN Power at the Clay Boswell Plant in Cohasset in 1978, transferred to the Duluth area in 1988, and retired after 40 years of service in 2018.  On September 19, 1992, he married his best...

Frank Webb age 60 passed away unexpectedly at work on December 26, 2021. He was born on September 8, 1961 on a US Military Base in Munich, Germany. He is preceded in death by his parents, Denver and Anna Webb; and sister, Cynthia Dupuis. Frank was a 1979 graduate of Hermantown High School. He enlisted in the United States Navy where he studied electronics. After the Navy, Frank worked in insurance for many years. But the knowledge he gained from the Navy proved useful in his...

Age 92 of East First Street, Duluth, MN died Friday, January 14, 2022 in the Essentia Miller Dwan Hospice Unit. She was born to Lawrence and Inga (Hagen) Kuss in Chippewa Falls, WI on October 20, 1929. She moved to Duluth after graduation and worked at the Miller Dwan hospital. She was united in marriage with James C. Baird February 6th 1950.  She was a stay at home mom did work part time at the Duluth Glass Block Store, J.C. Penney’s and had a house cleaning business for many...

 Sarah J Segal.   We lost a wonderful sister, daughter, aunt and friend as Sarah passed away on January 4, 2022. She was such an incredible person in life. After graduating from East High School she moved to Minneapolis for college. Having an opportunity to move to San Francisco she ended up working with a person who taught her the in’s and out’s of the publishing business. At W.H. Freeman she fine tuned her skills and became a production coordinator in their...

  Dale E. Grahn, age 90, of Duluth, died Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at his residence, Ecumen Lakeshore.  He was preceded in death by his wife Joyce Louise on Nov.26, 2020.  Dale is survived by his son and daughter-in-law David (Jill Nusbaum) of Arlington, VA; his grandson Daniel of Arlington, VA; and his sister-in-law Carol Cline-Hedblom of Wayzeta, MN.  Memorial services will be held in Dawson, MN. at a later date.  Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, Duluth,...