Joan Marie Lampi

Joan Marie Lampi, 65, of Cloquet, Minn., died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in her home with her loving family by her side. She was born May 30, 1944, in Cloquet to Wesley “Barry” and Luella “Betty” Morrisette. Joan graduated from Cloquet High School in 1962. She worked at Northwest Paper Company until her marriage to Dennis Lampi on Nov. 21, 1964. They moved to St. Paul where Joan worked for an insurance adjuster and was employed by a St. Paul bank. In 1969 they returned to Cloquet. Joan was a stay at home mom until 1985 when she went to work at Bergquist Imports until retiring in 2004. Joan was a volunteer at the Community Memorial Hospital gift shop, had her own home day care for several years and was a mentor to kids. She enjoyed crafts and cooking. She put together two cookbooks containing recipes of her own and those of other family and friends.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband, Dennis; daughter, Amy Jackson of Cloquet; son, Chad of Esko; sister, Judy (Tom) Nuebel of Island Park, Idaho; mother-in-law, Lillian Ganter of Carlton; sister-in-law, Jeanne (Ed) Szumowski of Cloquet; two grandchildren, Courtney and Preston Jackson; and several nieces and nephews and their families.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 5-7 in Atkins-Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th St., Cloquet. Visitation will continue Thursday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service, also in the funeral home. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cloquet. A time of lunch and fellowship will be provided by the ENP program at the Fond du Lac Tribal Center following the service.

To sign the guest book and offer an online tribute, see www.atkinsnorthlandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to Atkins-Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet, 218-879-7184.

November 19, 2009 ~ Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn.

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