Obituaries

Francis "Duke" Bernier

Francis "Duke" Bernier

Jun 11, 2020

Francis “Duke” Bernier, of White Bear Lake passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at Regions Hospital, in St. Paul, MN. He was born on June 13, 1927 in Centerville MN. Duke attended Morton High School. Duke served in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged. Duke’s professional career was spent with Control Data, as...

Joan A. Bierwerth (Bzdok)

Joan A. Bierwerth (Bzdok)

Jun 10, 2020

Joan A. Bierwerth (nee Bzdok) Age 90 Of East St. Paul Joan passed away only 1 week after her husband of 64 years, Albert. Joan is survived by her children, Marla (Jeff) Eberhardt, Lynn (Jason) Quam, Gary (Dawn); 9 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sister, Rita Zwak. Private Mass of Christian Burial with burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials preferred to...

Delores Pariana

Delores Pariana

Jun 9, 2020

Pariana Delores (nee Germain) Age 97 of St. Paul Passed away on June 9, 2020. Preceded in death by husband Joseph; son-in-law Lyle Arends; parents Fred and Josephine Germain and many sisters & brothers. Loving mom of Julie Arends, Jan Pariana (Kim); Denise Kloes (Tom) & Mark Pariana(Pam). Cherished grandma of Amy (Bradley), Mark, Nick, Tommy, Sara (Matt), Sam (Lisa), Abbie(Mike) & Kelsie...

Alfred Mickelson

Alfred Mickelson

Jun 9, 2020

Al “Mickey” Mickelson Age 82 Of White Bear Lake Preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Judy. Mickey is survived by his children, Barry (Diane), Drew and Denise; his grandchildren, Sara, Joshua and Andrew; his great-grandchildren, Henry, Roy, Roper, Olivia, Reese, Fredrik and Lucy; his siblings, Ellen White and William. Due to the limitations of Covid-19, the family...

Veronica Schober

Veronica Schober

Jun 7, 2020

Veronica M Schober Beloved Mother, Wife, Sister, Aunt and Grandmother, Age 97 Died peacefully on June 7, 2020. Preceded in death by parents, William and Teresa, husband Bernard and brothers Clem, John, Jerome and Ralph Schammel. Mother of Terry Hawkins (Steve), Pat Schober-Branigan (Patrick), Rose Latawiec (Chet) and Doug Schober (fiancée Maria). Sister of Madaline Burzinski and brothers Joe (Irene),...

Michael Hall

Michael Hall

Jun 6, 2020

Michael C. Hall, Age 62, of White Bear Lake, MN, passed away peacefully at home on June 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was deeply loved and will forever be missed by his beloved wife, Jan, adored children Dave and Lindsay, mother Donna, siblings Shar (Bill) and Bill (Jody), uncle Marv, and many more family and friends. He...

José Corral

José Corral

Jun 5, 2020

José de la Luz Corral, 68, of Saint Paul passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, June 5, 2020. He was born on May 29, 1952 in Chihuahua, Mexico. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesús and Maria; and brother, Tomás. He is survived by children; José Fabian, Steve, Sarah, Maria, Visente, and Reba; grandchildren, Kaliah, Selena,...

Albert Bierwerth

Albert Bierwerth

Jun 3, 2020

Albert H. Bierwerth Age 94 Of East St. Paul Albert is survived by his wife of 64 years, Joan; his children, Marla (Jeff) Eberhardt, Lynn (Jason) Quam, Gary (Dawn); 9 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sisters, Kathy and Elizabeth. Private Mass of Christian Burial with burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

John Temperante

John Temperante

Jun 3, 2020

John Andrew Temperante, age 69, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Preceded in death by parents John Temperante, Jenny Curto Temperante, and step-father Michael LaPorte. Loving husband to Christina and proud father of Tony (Klara), Anika, and Andrew. Best Grandpa ever to Theodore, Matteo, and Arthur. Brother of Michael LaPorte (Lisa) and nieces Amanda and Bridget. John was...

Theodore Schroepfer

Theodore Schroepfer

Jun 2, 2020

Schroepfer, Theodore "Ted" Died June 2nd at the age of 97 of Woodbury, formerly of the East Side. Preceded in death by his wife Mary Jane. Survived by his daughter Connie and her husband Phil Paquette of Woodbury and son Matt and his wife Carrie of Denmark Township. He has 4 loving grandchildren; Tony and wife Amber & Christina and...

Dennis Rogers

Dennis Rogers

May 31, 2020

Dennis F. Rogers Dennis passed away at age 69, on May 31, 2020, after a long battle with a Progressive Lung Disease. He is preceded in death by parents Reinhardt and Mary Therese. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Janell; his 2 brothers Michael (Mary) Rogers, and Daniel (Teresa) Rogers; and his 2 nieces and 2 nephews:...

Catherine Oknick

Catherine Oknick

May 30, 2020

Oknick Catherine M. "Kay" Age 93 of Vadnais Heights Peacefully passed away, surrounded by her family, on May 30, 2020. Preceded in death by her husband Ronald and daughter Marjorie. Survived by children Ronald Oknick, Barbara Tuszynski, Christine Finlay and Timothy Oknick; 10 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. She was a longtime member of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic...

Helen Closmore

Helen Closmore

May 28, 2020

Helen M. Closmore, age 79 of St. Paul, Minnesota passed away on May 28, 2020. She is preceded in death by her parents, John & Martha Bussjaeger, Brother John and Husband Gary. Helen will be deeply missed by her Children Steven Bussjaeger (Rose) and Barbara White, Step Children Sheri Dotas (Kent), Cassandra Koza (Gary), Grandchildren; Jackie, Steven, Sami and Great...

Richard Gillitzer

Richard Gillitzer

May 24, 2020

RICK GILLITZER - FUNERAL SERVICE AND CELEBRATION OF LIFE Saturday, July 25, 2020 Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club 2920 East 220th Street Prior Lake, MN 3:00pm - 10:00pm 3:00pm: Funeral Service lead by pastor Greg Grimstad from Eagle Brook Church Reception following the service 6:00pm: Celebration of Life music provided by Vinyl Recliner We will follow the covid social gathering...

Kristine Sauer

Kristine Sauer

May 23, 2020

Kristine "Kris" Anne Sauer (nee Johnson) Age 51 of White Bear Lake Passed Away on May 23, 2020 Kris is survived by her children, Samantha, Nicholas, Tommy and Joey; her parents, Lonnie and Pat; her siblings, Dan (Karina), Lori (Mike) Cocchiarella and Bill (Kristy); many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and other family members and friends. In lieu of flowers,...

Virginia Zimmel

Virginia Zimmel

May 19, 2020

Zimmel Virginia Age 91 of St. Paul Passed away on May 19, 2020 Preceded in death by husband Michael. Survived by children Rebecca Johnson, Dave Zimmel (Kathleen McCarthy) and Barbara Zimmel; grandchildren Jared, Lauren, Brendan, Ryan & Nolan and great grandson Easton. Family service and burial at Union Cemetery, Maplewood.

Ashley Way

Ashley Way

May 16, 2020

Ashley Lynn Way Soukup, 37, died at home on 5/16/20 in White Bear Lake. Born a Buckeye, Ashley didn’t know what she was getting into when she fell in love and followed her husband and heart: first to Buffalo, NY, and eventually settling in Minnesota. She always said that the leap was one of the best decisions she ever made....

Dennis Ruettimann

Dennis Ruettimann

May 15, 2020

Dennis P Ruettimann, 68, of St. Paul, was taken due to complications of Covid- 19 on Friday, May 15, 2020. He was a 39 year dedicated employee of ISD833. Preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Helen; siblings, Louis “Buz”, Jerry, Rita, and Joan. Survived by his children, Dennis (Bonnie) and Jason; siblings, Mary Lou (Jerry) and John (Cris)....

James Stronge

James Stronge

May 14, 2020

Stronge, James Jonathan Passed away on 5/14/2020 at the age of 88 Preceded in death by parents, Florence and Sidney Stronge; first wife, Jennifer; and sister, Sidney Taylor. Survived by wife, Marlene; his children, Bill (Linda), Elizabeth (Glen), and Laura (Roger); grandchildren, Aaron, Devin, Nicholas, Ashley, and Jenna; Marlene’s children, John (Annissa), Mary Jo, Jim (Cherri), Tom (Cindy), Gary (Monica),...

Harvey Griffith

Harvey Griffith

May 14, 2020

Harvey John Griffith “Harv” An Honorable Man 90, passed away peacefully at Minnesota Veterans Home, Minneapolis, on May 14, 2020. He was raised on the East Side of St. Paul, graduating from Harding High School. Harvey was a Korean War Veteran. Harvey and Deloris Merzenich were married in 1949. They had three children, Steven (Danette) Griffith of White Bear Lake,...