Myrtle E. Blair Maki
Myrtle Elizabeth Blair Maki, 91, of Cromwell, Minn., died Tuesday, Jan., 26, 2010, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, Minn.
Myrtle Elizabeth Blair Maki, 91, of Cromwell, Minn., died Tuesday, Jan., 26, 2010, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, Minn. She was born in 1918 in Kaukauna, Wis., to Joseph and Marvel Blair. She was raised and attended school in Cloquet. Myrtle married Arthur Maki on Jan. 21, 1939, in Cloquet. Myrtle and Arthur farmed the “Sunnyside Dairy” in Cloquet until moving to Cromwell in 1955. There she worked at the Trolley Cafe and later in Villa Vista Nursing Home. Myrtle loved cooking, gardening and birds. She loved to watch her grandchildren play basketball.
Myrtle was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur; infant daughter, Harriet; and brothers, Joseph Blair and Chester Blair.
She is survived by her son, Richard Maki of Barnum, Minn.; daughters, Rita (Don) Clark and Judy (Don) Line, both of Cromwell, and Jeanne (Claude) Woodward of Cloquet, Minn.; sister, Dolores Johnson of Little Chute, Wis.; sister-in-law, Helen Maki of Carlton, Minn.; grandchildren, Beth, Theresa (Travis), Keith, Heidi (Mick), Aaron and Corbin; and three great-grandchildren, Clark, Cameron and Cooper.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of ninth floor west in St. Mary’s Hospital for their special care of Myrtle.
Visitation will be held Saturday, Jan. 30, from 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. funeral service in Atkins-Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th St., Cloquet, with a lunch following in the Fireside Room of the funeral home. Spring burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery in Cromwell.
Arrangements entrusted to Atkins-Northland Funeral Home, 218-879-7184. To sign the guest book and offer an online tribute, see www.atkinsnorthlandfuneralhome.com.
February 4, 2010 ~ Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn.
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