OBITUARIES

Loren G. Myhre, Ph.D.

February 03, 2012

Alvin Richard Aho

Alvin Richard Aho, 79, of Moose Lake, Minn., died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Augustana Care Center in Moose Lake. Alvin was born on Oct. 3, 1932, in Cromwell, Minn., the only child of Albert and Mary (Sippola) Aho. He graduated from Cromwell High School in 1951. After graduation he attended Dunwoody in Minneapolis, Minn., and then in 1953 he joined the United States Army. He spent 23 months at Fort Riley in Kansas. After completing his service in the army, Alvin worked in Cloquet, Minn., for Hallbak. Then he entered Duluth Business University under the VA program. Alvin married Kathy Pettit on Aug. 23, 1958. Alvin and Kathy both started working for H&R Block Income Tax in Duluth. In 1965 they moved south with Alvin as a district manager for H&R Block. They spent one and a half years in Anniston and Gadsden, Ala., then on to Jacksonville, Fla., where he was district manager for 30 years. Alvin taught an income tax course at Jacksonville Junior College for two years and later at Tallahassee Community College. Alvin purchased four H&R Block franchises, one in Chattahoochee, Fla., and three in Georgia - Thomasville, Bainbridge and Donalsonville, which he ran for 10 years. Due to health problems, Alvin sold all the franchises, but they continued to live in Georgia and spend summers in Minnesota until his health grounded them in cold Minnesota for the last three years.

February 03, 2012

Marilyn Lucille Carpenter

CLOQUET - Marilyn Lucille Carpenter, 67, of Cloquet, Minn., died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Duluth.

February 01, 2012

Arline J. Juusola

CARLTON - Arline Jane Juusola, 82, of Carlton, Minn., died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton.

January 31, 2012

Steven Paul Dietz

CLOQUET - Steven Paul Dietz, 52, of Cloquet, Minn., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in his home.

January 28, 2012

Eunice Rosalind Donnelly Kolodge

MOOSE LAKE - Eunice Rosalind Donnelly Kolodge, 75, of Moose Lake, Minn., died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in her home.

January 27, 2012

Louise Leppioja

ESKO - Louise F. Leppioja, 86, of Esko, Minn., died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Sunnyside Health Care Center in Cloquet, Minn.

January 27, 2012

Leo John Loisel

CLOQUET - Leo John Loisel, 85, of Cloquet, Minn., passed away Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Inter-Faith Care in Carlton, Minn.

January 27, 2012

Keith A. Lind Sr.

CLOQUET - Keith Allen Lind Sr., 58, of Cloquet, Minn., died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at his home.

January 27, 2012

Mabel Delores (Davidson) Cardinal

Mabel Delores (Davidson) Cardinal, 90, died peacefully Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Pittsburgh, Penn., surrounded by family. Mabel and her husband, Larry, raised their family in Cloquet, Minn., and then retired in Phoenix, Ariz. Two years ago, they moved to Pittsburgh to be closer to their family. The gifts Mabel gave so generously were love and family devotion; also many hours volunteering at her community hospital and church.

January 27, 2012

Myrtle Cornelia Abrahamson

January 26, 2012

Keith Allen Lind Sr.

January 26, 2012

Wayne Elmer Wolter

Wayne Elmer Wolter, 65, of Ava, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.

January 25, 2012

Betty O. (Lund) Swanson

Betty O. (Lund) Swanson, 99, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at the Royal Manor Nursing Home in Royal Palm Beach, Fla. She was born Jan. 11, 1913, in Perch Lake Township, Minn.

January 24, 2012

Helen Louise Kzaley

January 19, 2012