Obituaries

Roger L. Stordahl

Roger L. Stordahl

Jun 11, 2025

Funeral service for Roger Lyle Stordahl, 66, of Hoyt Lakes, will be 11:00am Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at First Baptist Church in Aurora with Pastor John Jacquart officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:00-7:00pm at Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Aurora and will continue for one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at church. Burial will be at a later...

Merna R. Pullar

Merna R. Pullar

Jun 9, 2025

Merna Ruth Smeland Pullar of Hoyt Lakes, died at the Essentia Health Northern Pines Nursing Home in Aurora, MN. She was born in Duluth, MN on December 7, 1933. She grew up in Nopeming. She graduated from Proctor High School in 1952. Merna married Leo George Pullar on September 6, 1952.

Merna and Leo first lived in a very small trailer...

Alice M. LeMoine

Alice M. LeMoine

Jun 9, 2025

Memorial Service for Alice Marie LeMoine, 88, of Aurora, will be 11am Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at United Methodist Church in Aurora with Pastor Barbara Hegfors officiating. Friends may gather one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Aurora.

Alice died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Essentia Health – Northern Pines...

Dorothy D. Lakela

Dorothy D. Lakela

Jun 4, 2025

Memorial service for Dorothy Darlene Lakela, 88, lifelong resident of Palo, will be 11am Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Palo with Pastor Jeanne Madsen officiating. Friends may gather one hour prior at the church. Burial will be 9:30am in the Rauha Cemetery. Arrangements by Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Aurora.

Dorothy died Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at...

Grace M. Heitzman

Grace M. Heitzman

May 31, 2025

Funeral Mass for Grace Muriel Heitzman, 93, of Virginia, formerly of Hutter, will be at 11am Friday, June 6, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Gilbert with Fr. David Forsman as celebrant. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-6pm at Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Gilbert and will continue for one hour prior to the mass at church on Friday. Burial...

Margaret G. Jussila

Margaret G. Jussila

May 30, 2025

Memorial service for Margaret G. Jussila, 86, of Hoyt Lakes, will be 1:00pm Monday, June 23, 2025 at United Methodist Church in Aurora. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Private burial will take place at a later date. Arrangements by Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home.

Margaret passed away Friday, May 30, 2025 at Essentia Health – Virginia,...

Wilma L. Anwiler

Wilma L. Anwiler

May 27, 2025

Graveside service for Wilma Louise Anwiler, 81, of Virginia will be 10am Monday, June 9, 2025 in the Eveleth Cemetery with Deacon Mark Skala officiating.  

Wilma died Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at Carefree Living in Virginia, Minnesota.

Derek Andrew Church

Derek Andrew Church

May 26, 2025

Derek Andrew Church, 34, of Hoyt Lakes died tragically in a motorcycle accident over Memorial Day Weekend.

He was born on March 11, 1991, to Tammy Trast and Jeffrey Church in Duluth, MN. He grew up on the Iron Range with his mother and sister.

Derek was a provider, working for several years as a trucker and most recently as an equipment...

Mary Beth Shepard

Mary Beth Shepard

May 15, 2025

Mary Beth Klobuchar Shepard, 74, of Ely, died on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at her home. A celebration of life will be held from 1-4 p.m Saturday, May 31 at the Grand Ely Lodge. Arrangements are with Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home of Gilbert.

Born in Biwabik on Nov. 27, 1950, she was the middle child of three children. Mary Beth graduated from...

Clifford Solberg

Clifford Solberg

May 12, 2025

A private family funeral was held. Interment was in the Biwabik Township Cemetery. Arrangements by the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Gilbert.

Clifford Edward Solberg, 76, of rural Gilbert died Monday, May 12, 2025 at his home surrounded by family.

He was born on May 21, 1948 to Milton and Wanda (Drawz) Solberg in Grand Rapids, MN. He grew up and attended school...

Richard Harju

Richard Harju

May 10, 2025

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at the Biwabik Covenant Church with Rick Heitke officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are by the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Aurora.

Richard “Dick” Harju, 82, a longtime resident of the Lakeland area passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at Essentia Health...

Mildred Hiti

Mildred Hiti

May 8, 2025

Millie Hiti died early Thursday morning, May 8, 2025, at Essentia Duluth Palliative Care, following a fall on May 5 at her apartment at Edgewood Vista, where she had resided the past five years. The fall resulted in a brain hemorrhage from which she never recovered.

Millie was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 11, 1929, to Emil and Lydia...

John Paul Isakson

John Paul Isakson

May 7, 2025

Graveside Military Honors for John Paul Isakson, 83, of Hoyt Lakes, will be 10am Thursday, June 12, 2025 in the Hoyt Lakes Memorial Cemetery.

John died May 7, 2025 at Northcrest Specialty Care in Waterloo, Iowa.

Frank Altmann

Frank Altmann

May 6, 2025

Memorial service for Frank Henry Altmann, 76, of Hoyt Lakes will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 16, 2025 at Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Aurora with Pastor Charles Barnes officiating. Friends may gather one hour prior to the service. Inurnment will be in the Hoyt Lakes Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to a charity of your...

Robert E. Oelrich

Robert E. Oelrich

May 5, 2025

Robert Ernest Oelrich, aged 98, of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota went home surrounded by love the morning of May 5, 2025.

Born in his grandmother’s home in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he grew up working on his parents’ farm in Guthrie, Minnesota. He often loved to tell about farm life, including learning to milk cows at the age of 6. Always a hard...

Larry Lauseng

Larry Lauseng

Apr 27, 2025

Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2025 at the First Baptist Church in Aurora with Pastor John Jacquart officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Rauha Cemetery in Palo. Arrangements are by Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Aurora.

Larry Nicklous Lauseng, 82, of Palo died Sunday, April 27,...

Jeremy David Liimatta

Jeremy David Liimatta

Apr 22, 2025

Visitation for Jeremy David Liimatta, 47, of Gilbert, will be held from 3:00pm-6:00pm Sunday, April 27, 2025 at Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Gilbert. A graveside service will be held at 1:30pm Monday April 28, 2025 in the Gilbert Cemetery with Deacon Mark Skala officiating.

Jeremy died Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at Essentia Health – Virginia after a courageous battle with pancreatic...

Melinda June Boerger

Melinda June Boerger

Apr 18, 2025

Melinda June Boerger, age 84, passed away peacefully on April 18, 2025, surrounded by loved ones at her son David’s home in Miami, Florida. 

She was born on April 24, 1940, to Ida Marie Johnson and Emmett O’Neal Johnson. She graduated from Autauga County High School in Prattville, Alabama in 1958, and then attended Massey-Draughon Business College in Montgomery, Alabama. While...

Donald "Donny" Lee Randall Jr.

Donald "Donny" Lee Randall Jr.

Apr 16, 2025

Donald “Donny” Lee Randall Jr., 67, of Aurora, passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Donny was born to Donald and Shirley (Rauch) Randall on May 10, 1957, in Fort Carson, Colorado. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to the Iron Range, where Donny grew up with his two sisters, Kenne and Toni. After graduating from Aurora High...

Walter Curtiss Brinkman

Walter Curtiss Brinkman

Apr 14, 2025

Walter Curtiss Brinkman, 96, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025 at Carefree Living in Cook, MN.

Walter was born on January 1, 1929 in Eveleth to Christian and Hilda (Melbo) Brinkman. He attended school in Iowa before moving to Littlefork, MN, where he worked at the papermill. He married Dona Snodie in 1948, and they had three children together: Linda,...