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Lucy K. Smolke
Lucy K. Smolke, 88, of Grand Rapids died Sunday, July 8, 2001, in the Itasca Medical Center, Grand Rapids.
She was born in Eveleth on June 14, 1913, where she grew up and attended school, graduating in 1930. She moved to Grand Rapids in 1941 and was a homemaker. She also worked as a clerk at Globe Drug for several years.
She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and St. Ann's Circle. She was an avid seamstress and loved to crochet and play bridge.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Mary Schutte; her husband, Frank in 1960; two sisters; three brothers; and a great-grandson.
Survivors include sons Frank (Stephanie) Smolke of Grand Rapids, Edward (Nancy) Smolke of Brainerd, Joseph (Darlene) Smolke of St. Joseph, Mo., and John (Vicki) Smolke of Seattle; a sister, Rose Andreachi of Eveleth; 16 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial: 11 a.m. today in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, the Rev. Father Thomas Radaich officiating. Burial in Itasca-Calvary cemetery, Grand Rapids. Arrangements by Rowe Funeral Home, Grand Rapids.
Benedict Michael Trettel Sr.
Benedict Michael Trettel Sr., 82, of Cloquet died Monday, July 9, 2001, in Cloquet Community Memorial Nursing Home.
He was born Nov. 27, 1918, in North Prairie, Minn., and moved to Cloquet at age 14. Ben married
Anna Bahen on June 24, 1939, in Cloquet. He was an Army veteran, serving during World War II in the Pacific Theater and in Japan during the occupation. Ben worked as a pipefitter for Wood Conversion and Conwed for 43 years, retiring in 1982.
He was a life member of Hebert-Kennedy VFW 3979, Local Union 158 and Moose Lodge 1274 in Cloquet. Ben enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, playing his harmonica and bowling on many local leagues.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Benedict Trettel Jr., on Feb. 2, 1998; and brothers Edward Trettel and Paul Trettel Jr.
Ben is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Anna of Cloquet; a daughter, Darlene (Darrel) Burkstrand of Crystal, Minn.; a brother, Cyril (Charlene) Trettel of Cloquet; sisters Bernice (Ray) Olson of Cloquet and Elizabeth Beck of Carlton; grandchildren Orion Trettel of Cambridge, Minn., Timothy Burkstrand of Crystal and Terri (Brent) Simmerman of Omaha, Neb.; a great-granddaughter, Samantha Simmerman; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Thursday with 7 p.m. rosary in Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th St., Cloquet. Visitation continues from 10 until the 11 a.m. Mass of Christian burial Friday in Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Cloquet. Interment in New Calvary cemetery with military honors provided by the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard. (To sign the guest book online, see www.legacy.com)
Evelyn Gertrude Healy
Evelyn Gertrude Healy, 89, of Holyoke died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, in the hospice unit of St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth.
She was born Dec. 30, 1911, in Minneapolis to Robert and Anna (Buck) Frazier. She was united in marriage to Martin Healy on Aug. 11, 1940, in Iowa, and they moved to Holyoke shortly after.
Evelyn loved gardening, dogs, cooking and canning. She also enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, caring for her son, Billy, and the Holyoke Birthday Club.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Martin; an infant daughter, Alice; brothers Louie and Robert Frazier; and sisters Lottie Anderson and Ruthie Jack.
Evelyn is survived by her daughter, Evelyn (Theodore) Breu of Duluth; a son, William "Billy" of Duluth; grandchildren Sandra (Paul) Kennedy, Steve Carlson, Scott (M.J.) Carlson, Shawn (Jenny) Carlson and Juan Cocco; and great-grandchildren Ryan, Jordan, Morgan, Mariah, Tiegen and Rachel.
Funeral services are pending with Nelson Funeral Care of Cloquet.
Bernice Marie Hammerel
Bernice Marie Hammerel, 75, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Remer, died Monday, July 9, 2001, in Leisure Hills Care Center, Grand Rapids.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Murrer; a son, James "Jim" Helmuth; a brother, Napoleon "Nap" Dupre; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Visitation: 10 until the 11 a.m. service Friday in Rowe Funeral Home, Grand Rapids. Burial in Fairview cemetery, Remer.
Robert L. LeeJoice
Robert L. LeeJoice, 82, of Cloquet passed away Monday, July 9, 2001, in the Cloquet Hospital.
He was born in Cloquet on Jan. 6, 1919, to Frank and Sylvia (Fortine) LeeJoice. He was a member of the Cloquet American Legion, Potlatch Quarter Century Club and Zion Lutheran Church. Bob loved playing tuba in the Cloquet City Band and fishing. He also loved being outdoors doing activities such as walking.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Joyce Skare; and an infant sister.
Bob is survived by his wife, Margaret; a son, Randy (Lynne) of Temucula, Calif.; a grandson, Robert of Korea; a brother, William (Lillian) of Scanlon; a brother-in-law, Ted Skare; and nieces and nephews.
Visitation: 10 until the 11 a.m. service Thursday in Zion Lutheran Church, 1000 Washington Ave., Cloquet. Interment in Maple Grove cemetery. Full military honors accorded by the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard. Arrangements by Barr Brothers-Handevidt Funeral Home, Cloquet, (218) 879-4636.
Lempi Wilhelmina Wicklund
Lempi Wilhelmina Wicklund, 90, of Cloquet died Friday, May 25, 2001, in Community Memorial Hospital, Cloquet.
She was born Sept. 11, 1910, in Sawyer to Kalle and Alma (Fabrin) Mannila. She married
Victor Wicklund on Oct. 9, 1930, and they made their home in Sawyer. Lempi attended St. Paul's Lutheran Church, was a volunteer singer and coffee server at area nursing homes and had served on the Sawyer cemetery Board. She moved to Larson Commons in 1987.
Lempi was preceded in death by her husband; an infant daughter, Helen; brothers George and Hugo Mannila; sisters Senia Wilson and Tyyne Metso; grandsons Thomas and Dennis Wright.
She is survived by daughters Audrey Wright of Duluth, Gloria (Robert) Manninen, Sally (Harlan) Switzer and Wilma (Gerald) Heikkila, all of Cromwell; 16 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday and from 10 until the 11 a.m. service Tuesday, all in Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th St., Cloquet. Burial in Sawyer cemetery. Pallbearers will be Lempi's grandsons.
Arrangements entrusted to Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet. (To sign the guest book online, see www.legacy.com)
Alexandra Gray Smith
Alexandra Smith, 41, died April 12, 2001, in Mauritania, West Africa, while on a desert trip.
She lived in Haslemere, Surrey, England, with her much loved husband, David Furlow.
Alexandra attended schools in Canton, Conn., and graduated from the Ethel Walker School and Williams College. After college she worked as a VISTA volunteer with the Penobscot Indians in Old Town, Maine. Later Alexandra was the teacher at the Toddy Pond School, a one-room schoolhouse in Swanville, Maine. She moved to Mexico City, where she studied and worked as a designer with the international recording company WEA International. After moving to Chicago, she completed an apprenticeship with typographers at the Salsedo Press and went on to work with the first generation of desktop publishing tools as a graphic designer with Videopool. She was an active volunteer with CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the people of El Salvador. In her west side Chicago neighborhood she ran a reading program for elementary school children.
Alexandra's central project for the past 10 years was creating Brainbox Digital Archives using multimedia to communicate powerful stories and important history, which found her spending much of her time on reservations and reserves in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Manitoba. In 1998, she authored, produced and published a CD-ROM called "Maawanji'iding -- Gathering Together: Ojibwe Histories and Narratives from Wisconsin." In the course of making "Maawanji'iding" Alexandra worked in collaboration with members of the six Ojibwe Tribes in Wisconsin, among whom she made many friends. After this CD-ROM archive was published she continued to work in Wisconsin and Minnesota with tribal and public school teachers to create a curriculum guide and a Web site, Brain-Box.com, for school use. "Maawanji'iding" is used in tribal and public schools, universities, libraries and homes. Alexandra's great respect for native people of the Great Lakes region and her commitment to native and non-native community-building also included a walk in 1998 from Red Cliff in northern Wisconsin to Madison, Wis., to present an amendment, The Common Property Amendment, to the legislature that calls for the consideration of people seven generations in the future in regard to the exploitation of the air, sunlight and water. Alex was also a key supporter of the Walk to Remember, which made its way around Lake Superior in 2000.
When Alexandra and David moved to Paris to live she studied at the Atelier ADAC on the Rue des Arquebusiers where she designed, illustrated and printed a book of her great-great-grandmother's childhood stories. For the past ten years she and David lived in Haslemere Surrey in England, where her volunteer efforts to raise people's awareness included work with two London-based organizations, Minewatch and Partizans. She worked with Philips Media Systems creating electronic digital typography. She and David created two companies, Hup! Multimedia Inc. and Empowering the Future Ltd. For the past four years they had been visiting lecturers at Oxford-Brooks in England and Williams College.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ramon Smith, four years ago.
She is profoundly appreciated and deeply missed by her husband, David; her mother, Suzi Smith of Canton; her brother, Andrew Smith of Washington, DC; and her sister, Ashley Mikell of Burlington, Vt.; two nephews in Burlington; and two nieces in Washington.
Alexandra guided her family and friends around the world with happiness, strength and wisdom. To honor her life and perpetuate her lifetime of work to promote respect for the earth and for the rights of indigenous people everywhere, her family and friends have created the Alexandra Smith Endowment Fund. They request that contributions be sent to the endowment at the Seattle Foundation, 425 Pike Street, Suite 510, Seattle, WA 98101-2334.
Gatherings to honor her life: 11 a.m. today in Roaring Brook Nature Center, 70 Gracey Road Canton, Conn., and 11 a.m. Saturday, June 2, 2001, at the Red Cliff Pow Wow Grounds, Red Cliff Reservation. Alexandra's mother, husband and other family members will greet her friends at both gatherings.
Marian A. Benson
Marian A. Benson, 94, of Virginia died Friday, May 25, 2001, in Virginia Convalescent Care Center.
Survivors include a stepson, Gerald (Doris) Benson; a stepdaughter, Barbara (William Fleming) Benson; sons Richard (Louise) Benson and John (Linda Lou Isham) Benson; a sister, Bernice Benkusky; nieces and nephews.
Visitation: 10 until the 11 a.m. service Tuesday in Bauman-Cron Funeral Home Chapel. Interment in Calvary cemetery.
Donald James Johnston
Donald James Johnston, 74, of Floodwood died Friday, May 25, 2001, in St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth.
He was born May 16, 1927, in Flandreau, S.D., to Stuart and Grace (Taylor) Johnston. He grew up in Flandreau and attended a country school through the eighth grade. He moved to Floodwood, where he graduated from Floodwood High School in 1945. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He married
Joyce Autio April 28, 1951, in Carlton. They lived in Scanlon and Donald worked at Conwed. In 1960, they moved to Floodwood where they began farming. Donald worked in logging during the 1950s. He farmed from 1960 until 1979 and while doing that he worked at Conwed from 1950 until 1986. He was a member of the Floodwood VFW and the Brookston American Legion. He enjoyed going to auctions, training horses, restoring leather harnesses and hunting. He was a talented woodcarver and photographer.
He loved and respected the outdoors and had a great sense of humor. Don's grandchildren and great-grandchildren were his pride and joy.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Joyce; sons Robert (Sue), Tim, Steve (Carol) and Scott all, of Floodwood; daughters, Terri (Bob) Wittwer of Floodwood and Trudy (Gordon) Flesner of Milesville, S.D.,; brothers George (Lesley) of Floodwood, John (Delores) and James (Lucy), both of Duluth; a sister, Peg (David) Koland of Sandstone; 19 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.
Visitation: Noon until the 1 p.m. service Wednesday in Assemblies of God Church, Floodwood, Pastor Robert Scharnberg officiating. Burial in Forest Hill cemetery, Van Buren Township.
Military Honors accorded by the Cloquet Combined Honor Guard. Arrangements entrusted to Northland Funeral Home in Cloquet. (To sign the guest book online, see www.legacy.com)
