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Published March 20, 2013, 12:00 AM

Roger E. Abrahamson

Roger Ernest Abrahamson, 80, of Cloquet, Minn., passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Sunnyside Health Care Center in Cloquet. He was born Feb. 20, 1933, in Cloquet to Edwin and Hilda (Fredrickson) Abrahamson and graduated from Cloquet High School in 1952. Roger served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He worked at Potlatch Corporation, the Duluth News Tribune and as a mental health director for the Onamia Indian Reservation.

Roger Ernest Abrahamson, 80, of Cloquet, Minn., passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Sunnyside Health Care Center in Cloquet. He was born Feb. 20, 1933, in Cloquet to Edwin and Hilda (Fredrickson) Abrahamson and graduated from Cloquet High School in 1952. Roger served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He worked at Potlatch Corporation, the Duluth News Tribune and as a mental health director for the Onamia Indian Reservation.

Roger was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Betty (Fran) Esson; one half-brother, Archie Fredrickson; and a son-in-law, Ronald Johnson.

He is survived by one son, Jim (Carol DeVoll) Abrahamson of Cloquet; one daughter, Paula (Doug Dianoski) Johnson of Cloquet; his former wife, Lillian Abrahamson of Cloquet; one brother, Robert "Bob" Abrahamson of Minneapolis; five grandchildren, Chad, Eric, Tayler, Trent and Ryan; and several nieces and nephews.

A spring graveside service will be held at a later date.

Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Care of Cloquet. See the family online guest book at www.nelsonfuneralcare.net.

March 21, 2013 ~ Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn.

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