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Edward Jurvelin, 91,
Edward C. Jurvelin, 91, 214 16th Ave. E., Ashland, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center, Ashland. He was born Aug. 27, 1911, in Oulu, the son of Matt and Sandra Jurvelin.
Arrangements are pending at the Frost Home for Funerals, Ashland.
Ryan Ovaska, 57,
Ryan Ovaska, 57, Rt. 1, Marengo, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, at his home.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Mountain Funeral Home, Ashland.
Violet Murphy Calcaterra, 88,
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Violet Murphy Calcaterra, 88, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2002. She was born March 15, 1914, in Ashland, the daughter of Frederick and Amelia (Ludwig) Bennett.
Her early life and schooling were in Ashland. She was an avid ballroom dancer and very active in local church affairs.
She is survived by her husband, Paul Calcaterra, Coconut Creek; step-daughter, Paula Calcaterra and step-grandchildren Christopher and Kimberly Rigoli, all of Arizona; brother, Irvin (Elsie) Bennett and family Linda Hudson, Merrilee (Jerry) Carlson of Ashland, and Larry (Connie) Bennett of Center City, Minn.; Jeanne Bennett of Almena; numerous nieces and nephews; and close family friend Shirley Berrisford of Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband John Murphy, son Kenneth Murphy, and brothers Joseph, Albert, and Wilbert Bennett.
A funeral mass was held Tuesday, October 1, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Coconut Creek.
Entombment in Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
Arrangements under direction of Kraaer Funeral Home, Margate, Fla.
Maxine Bratland, 81,
SUPERIOR —Maxine Faith Bratland, 81, Port Wing, died Saturday, September 21, 2002, in the Chris Jensen Nursing Home in Duluth, Minn. She was born June 5, 1921, in Port Wing to George Theodore and Catherine (Ober) Froney.
She graduated from high school in Washburn and she went on to earn her Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Northwestern University in Chicago. Maxine completed her Master's level coursework in Special Elementary Education at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Fosston, Minn.; St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Duluth; attended St. Michael's Catholic Church in Iron River, and was the past president of the Minnesota Education Association.
She began her teaching career in San Diego, California and went on to spend the rest of her career teaching in Biwabik, Minnesota where she was very active with the Minnesota Education Association. She retired from teaching in 1978. During the same year, she married Melvin Jerome Bratland from Fosston, Minnesota, where they lived until he died in 1990. While there, she wrote and illustrated educational children's books as a hobby, gardened, wrote diabetic cooking recipes and began the Melvin Bratland Asbestos Foundation. Maxine moved to Duluth in 1994 and continued to be an avid reader of history, the arts, politics, current events and a contributor and advocate for animal rights and Pet Therapy.
Maxine was a lifelong champion for the recognition, respect and preservation of our fundamental human and civil rights. She understood this dignity as intrinsic to the founding origins of our American Constitution and the beginning of a great Democracy forged from a struggling nation that shaped itself form this vision.
As an individual person and as an American citizen, she so believed in her First Amendment rights that for many years in her teaching career, she courageously held her own counsel and stood her ground by choosing not to join the Minnesota Teacher's Union. She firmly exercised her right to choose "the terrible pearl of great price of such freedoms" and did not back down in the face of personal ridicule and professional alienation. Maxine Faith Bratland would now want us to remember her and our own lives by: The Beatitudes, the St. Francis Prayer of Peace and the Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Maxine is survived by one sister, Catherine M. Carey, St. Paul, Minn.; four nieces, Catherine (Kalman) Zsamboky, Rochester, N.Y.; Mary Loretta Carey, Lakeland, Florida; Martha Maxine Carey, Golden Valley, Minn.; Anne Therese (Kris) Burk, Crossville, Tenn.; three great-nieces, Catherine Elizabeth Evans, Rochester, N.Y.; Mary Martha Zsamboky, Rochester, N.Y.; Erin Marie Burk, Crossville, Tenn.; two great-nephews, Kal William Zsamboky, Rochester, N.Y.; John William Burk, Cross ville, Tenn. and great-grand nephew Rheis Christopher Evans, of Rochester, N.Y.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Jerome Bratland; her parents and a brother, George Claude Froney, Jr.
Visitation will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday until the 11:30 a.m. Memorial Mass in St. Michael's Catholic Church in Iron River. The Rev. Fr. Joseph Hagen of Bayfield will be celebrant.
Inurnment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Port Wing.
The Lenroot-Maetzold Funeral Home, Superior, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Ryan Ovaska, 57,
Ryan G. Ovaska, age 57, or Route 1, Marengo, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, at his residence.
Ryan was born March 24, 1945, in Ashland, the son of Toivo J. and Irene M. (Anderson) Ovaska. On Oct. 26, 1956, he was united in marriage to Angie L. Henri at Ashland. He owned and operated his own construction business for many years. He was an avid bowler, deer hunter and outdoorsman.
Survivors included his mother, Irene of Marengo; sons, Scott (Vicki) of Marengo and Gary (Mindy) of Ashland; daughter, Nichol (Todd) Cabe of Ashland; six grandchildren; three brothers, Ronald (Mary) of Homestead, Fla., Allan of Gurnee, Ill., and Randy (Paula) of Eau Claire; one sister, Karen Ovaska of Ashland; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Toivo.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church, rural Marengo, with William Jouppi officiating.
Interment will take place in the Maple Grove Cemetery, rural Marengo.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, at the Mountain Funeral Home, Ashland, and continue from 10 a.m. until the hour of service at the church in Marengo on Saturday.
The Mountain Funeral Home, Ashland and Mellen, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Edward Jurvelin, 91,
Edward C. Jurvelin, age 91, of 214 16th Ave. East, Ashland, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, at the Memorial Medical Center in Ashland. He was born Aug. 27, 1911, in Oulu, the son of Matt and Sandra Jurvelin.
He married Dorothy Warbalow on Jan. 12, 1942, in Cloquet, Minn. Edward was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He worked for the Great Northern Railroad and also as a farmer. He later worked as a carpenter and had a great love for woodworking. He was an avid fisherman.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dorothy of Ashland; two sons, Edward V. Jurvelin, Maple, and Clifford (Mary) Jurvelin, Markesan; seven grandchildren, Leslie (Kevin), Jeremy, Nathan, Matthew (Jacie), Thomas (Josie), Kim and Michelle Jurvelin, 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ruth Laakso, Poplar; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Frost Home for Funerals in Ashland with William Jouppi officiating. Visitation will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Iron River Cemetery. The Iron River VFW Honor Guard Post #10197 will conduct a veterans service at the graveside.
William Berweger, 62,
GRAFTON — William J. Berweger, age 62, passed away Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, at a hospital in Grafton.
He was born in Ashland on Oct. 17, 1939, the son of John and Irene Berweger.
He is survived by his wife Virginia (Marshall); four daughters, Susie (Randy) Staron, Jody (Mark) Carson, Barbara Jane (Gary) Pfannerstill, and Sandy (Ted) Tetzlass; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Jack (Cathy), and Dick (Donna); and five sisters, Janice (Evan) Goldsmith, Betty Schroeder, Sandy (Tom) Barkei, Nancy (Don) Salawater, and Irene (Davis) Oliphant.
Memorial services will be held at 6:30 p.m. today, Thursday, Oct. 3, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Grafton.
The family will receive friends today at the church from 4:30 p.m. until the time of service.
Memorials of one’s choice are appreciated.
The Mueller Funeral Home of Grafton is in charge of arrangements.
