Obituaries

Sep 7, 2022

Elsie Vienna Tapio, age 82, of Aurora, passed away on September 7, 2022, at Essentia Health – St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth. Graveside Service will be held on Monday, September 19, 2022 , at 2 PM, at Brimson Cemetery in Fairbanks Twp., with Pastor Belle Westman officiating. A gathering will be held at Petrell Hall after the service Elsie was...

Sep 5, 2022

Cynthia Ann Eliason, age 67, of Gilbert, passed away on September 5, 2022, at Essentia Health – Virginia, with her family by her side. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, September 16, 2022, at 12 Noon, at Ziemer-Moeglein-Shavata Funeral Home in Gilbert, with Ft. Justin Fish officiating. Interment will be at Gilbert Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at...

Sep 4, 2022

Funeral Mass for Joyce Geraldine Polansky, 82, of Aurora will be 11 am Friday, September 9, 2022 at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Aurora with Fr. Kristoffer McKusky as Celebrant.  A visitation will be one hour prior to Mass at the church.  Interment will be in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Aurora.  Arrangements are by the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home...

Sep 1, 2022

Memorial service for Wallace “Wally” LeRoy Johnson, 88, of Biwabik will be 10 a.m. Saturday, September 10, 2022 at the Community United in Christ Church in Biwabik with Pastor John Szarke officiating.   A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.   Arrangements are by the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Gilbert.

Wally died Thursday, September 1, 2022...

Aug 30, 2022

Funeral service for John Ludwig Nelson, 72, of Hoyt Lakes will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Faith Lutheran Church in Hoyt Lakes with Pastor Charles Barnes officiating. Friends and family may gather one hour prior to the service at the church. Military honors will be accorded by the Aurora-Hoyt Lakes Color Guard. Inurnment will be in...

Aug 29, 2022

Judith Ann Nesselroad, 80, of Makinen died Monday, August 29, 2022 at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s in Duluth.

Judith Ann Merk was born November 4, 1941 to David L. and Anna L. Merk, in St. Joseph, MO. She attended Convent of the Sacred Heart, where she graduated in 1959.  While vacationing with her family in northern Minnesota, she met Jim Nesselroad....

Aug 25, 2022

Funeral Mass will be 11 am Thursday, September 1, 2022, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Biwabik with Fr. Kristoffer McKusky celebrating. A visitation will be held one hour before the Mass. Interment will be at Lakeside Cemetery in Biwabik. Arrangements are by the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home of Gilbert. Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers. Robert William Ribich, age...

Aug 25, 2022

Charles Gorden Williams, age 73, of Gilbert, passed away August 25, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth. A Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at the Gilbert VFW from 1 to 4 PM. The Honor Guard will be present at 1 PM. Arrangements are entrusted to Ziemer-Moeglein-Shavata Funeral Home in Gilbert. Charles was born...

Aug 24, 2022

Funeral services for Pauline Kay Wiirre, 63, of Zimmerman will be 1 pm Monday, August 29, 2022 at the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Gilbert with Fr. Brandon Moravitz officiating.  A visitation will be one hour prior to the service.   Interment will be in the Gilbert Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the International Diabetes Center in St....

Aug 18, 2022

Funeral service for Verna Ellen Gulbranson Ranta, 93, of Gilbert will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church of Woodland Park in Duluth (3730 Martin Road) with Pastors William Simmonson and Daryl Bruckelmeyer officiating.    A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Monday at the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Gilbert and will continue from...

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Aug 5, 2022

Helen Rose Settimi of Hoyt Lakes, died August 5, 2022, with her family by her side.

Helen was born on 11/3/1931 to Anthony and Anna Kastelic in Eveleth, Minnesota. She married Francis Settimi on October 4, 1952. They lived in Chisholm, prior to starting their life in Hoyt Lakes in 1958.

Helen’s Catholic faith was very important to her, she...

Aug 2, 2022

Memorial service for Rodney “Rod” Hansen,74, of Aurora, will be 11am Friday, August 19, 2022 at Rockwell Church, 93 Midway Drive, Virginia with Pastor Chris Teien officiating.  Military honors will be accorded by the Virginia Serviceman’s Club Color Guard.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.  Burial will be at a later date in Rosehill...

Jul 22, 2022

Jul 22, 2022

Marvin Johnson, age 86, of Hoyt Lakes, passed away on July 22, 2022, at his residence after a long illness.

At the request of the family, services will be private.    

He was born to Kenneth and Blanche (Blackburn) Johnson July 9, 1936, in Weyerheuser, Wisconsin. He worked as a miner at Erie Mining for most of his life.                                                                           

He is...

Jul 20, 2022

A sharing of memories service for Robert “Bob” Gerald Skerbitz, 85, of Zim will be at Noon Monday, August 8, 2022 at the Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Aurora.  Friends and family may gather one hour prior.  Inurnment will be in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Aurora at a later date.  Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers.

Bob died Wednesday,...