Vera Eugenia Suhonen

Vera Eugenia Suhonen, 87, of Wright, Minn., died Thursday, March 22, 2012, in Cardinal Courts in Cromwell, Minn. She was born Feb. 11, 1925, in Cloquet, Minn., to Carl and Germina Bogenholm. Vera grew up in Wright and graduated from Cromwell High School in 1943. After high school she moved to Chicago and worked at Zenith Radio for one year. She moved back to Duluth, Minn., and worked as a telephone operator until she married Niilo Suhonen on Jan. 4, 1949. They made their home in Wright and together raised nine children.