Hugh Erwin Fairbairn

Hugh E. Fairbairn, 96, of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and formerly of Cloquet, Minn., passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn. He was born May 16, 1916, in Jeffers, Minn., to Leonard and Lucille (Hosmer) Fairbairn. After his mother died when he was 2, Hugh and his brother, Bryce, were raised in Jeffers by an extended family of his father, aunts Mabel and Helen and uncle Dave. The extended family briefly relocated to Corning, Calif., in 1928 before returning to the family homestead in 1932.