Violet Wilson
Violet Wilson, 89, of Cloquet, Minn., died Monday, July 12, 2010, in Solvay Hospice House in Duluth, Minn.
Violet Wilson, 89, of Cloquet, Minn., died Monday, July 12, 2010, in Solvay Hospice House in Duluth, Minn. She was born in 1921 in Cloquet to Joseph and Jensena Weckert. She graduated from Cloquet High School in 1939. Violet married Arvo Wilson in Hattisburg, Miss., on Aug. 8, 1942. She was employed at Berst Forester Dixfield, and the Cloquet Creamery until 1943 and at Community Memorial Hospital as a nurse's aid in the nursing home until 1977. She was a lifelong member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Cloquet.
Violet was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arvo, in 1977; daughter Sandra Keogh in 2005; sisters, Evelyn Landro and Rose Pressley; brother, Raymond Weckert; and beloved grandson, Dan Keogh.
She is survived by her children, Susan (Curt) Lein of Stone Lake, Wis., and Kathy (Mike) Obeidzinski of Eveleth, Minn.; sisters, Elizabeth Landro and Patricia Johnson, both of Cloquet; grandchildren, Cyndi (Dave) Kuhnert, Stephanie (Damian) Duncan, Matt, Becky and Brian Lein, Eric Obeidzinski and Stacy (Kent) Cunningham; and great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Katie, Amanda, Joe, Mason, Alyssa, Anissa and Adrian.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 15, in Atkins-Northland Funeral Home, 801 14th St., Cloquet, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue Friday, July 16, from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 102 Fourth St., Cloquet. Burial will be in New Calvary Cemetery in Cloquet.
Arrangements entrusted to Atkins-Northland Funeral Home, Cloquet, 218-879-7184.
To sign the guest book and leave an online tribute, see www.atkinsnorthlandfuneralhome.com.
July 22, 2010 ~ Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn.
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