All Obituaries

Peterson Funeral Chapel of Coleraine
| 422 Roosevelt Street
P.O. Box 185
| Coleraine, MN 55722-0185
| Tel: 1-218-245-1441

Marilyn Serich Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Marilyn T. Serich, 76, Grand Rapids, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Duluth. Born March 19, 1943, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of Joseph A. and Mary M. (Rukavina) Serich. Marilyn grew up in Calumet and lived most of her life in Itasca County.. Her parents, Joseph and Mary Serich and a brother-in-law, Jerry Mackey...

Marilyn T. Serich, 76, Grand Rapids, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Duluth. Born March...

Peter Simonson Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Peter J. Simonson, 80 of Grand Rapids, MN, died on Monday, August 26, 2019 in his home in Grand Rapids. Born on October 18, 1938 in Virginia, MN, he was the son of Leonard and Anna (Delich) Simonson. He graduated from Greenway High School in 1956, was a Paratrooper in the U.S. Army, and was area manager working for the Honeywell Corporation for 33 years. He married...

Peter J. Simonson, 80 of Grand Rapids, MN, died on Monday, August 26, 2019 in his home in Grand...

Glen Howe Chisholom, Minnesota

Glen L. Howe, 67, lifelong Iron Range resident, died Friday, August 16, 2019 in the Heritage Manor, Chisholm. Born May 29, 1952 in Grand Rapids, he was the son of Harry M. and Arleen J. Howe. Glen was a 1970 graduate of Grand Rapids high school, was a member of the Nashwauk Lutheran Church, and retired from EVTAC with 37 years of service. Glen and Jane (Fuller) were married on February 14, 1997 at midnight in Las...

Glen L. Howe, 67, lifelong Iron Range resident, died Friday, August 16, 2019 in the Heritage Manor, Chisholm. Born May 29, 1952 in Grand Rapids,...

Shirley Marshall Pengilly, Minnesota

Shirley M. Marshall, 96, longtime Pengilly resident, died Thursday, August 15, 2019 in the Grand Village, Grand Rapids. Born February 24, 1923 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, she was the daughter of Olive Simpson Blaine and raised by her grandparents, Ed and Floss Simpson. She was a 1941 Greenway High School graduate and a Pengilly resident for over 85 years. Shirley and F. Vern Marshall were married on August 6, 1944 in...

Shirley M. Marshall, 96, longtime Pengilly resident, died Thursday, August 15, 2019 in the Grand Village, Grand Rapids. Born February 24, 1923 in...

Violet Dukich Pengilly, Minnesota

Violet A. Dukich, 95, longtime Pengilly / Swan Lake area resident died Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in the Grand Village, Grand Rapids. Born September 25, 1923 in Nashwauk, she was the daughter of Marko and Slava (Plese) Katalinich. Vi grew up in Nashwauk, was a Nashwauk high school graduate, a member of the catholic church, and had been a Pengilly area resident since 1944. Vi and Daniel Dukich were married on November 5, 1944 in Chisholm....

Violet A. Dukich, 95, longtime Pengilly / Swan Lake area resident died Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in the Grand Village, Grand Rapids. Born September 25,...

Gary Rahier, Jr. Marble, Minnesota

Gary L. Rahier, Jr, 55, Marble, died Saturday, July 27, 2019 in Coleraine. Born April 28, 1964 in Grand Rapids, he was the son of Gary L. Rahier, Sr. and Katherine L. Noland. Gary was a 1983 graduate of Greenway High School and attended culinary school at the Job Corps in St. Paul. He had been a baker for the Janicke Bakery for 17 years and a delivery driver for...

Gary L. Rahier, Jr, 55, Marble, died Saturday, July 27, 2019 in Coleraine. Born...

Margaret "Marge" Predovich Coleraine, Minnesota

Margaret “Marge” J. Predovich, 95, longtime Coleraine resident, died Friday, July 19, 2019 in Diamond Willow Assisted Living, Grand Rapids. Born June 12, 1924 in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of Eugene and Estelle (Fitzgerald) Murphy. Marge was a graduate of Grand Rapids High School, was married to George “Judo” Predovich on September 7, 1941 in...

Margaret “Marge” J. Predovich, 95, longtime Coleraine resident, died Friday, July 19, 2019 in Diamond Willow Assisted Living,...

Agnes Hromyak Coleraine

Agnes T. Hromyak, 92, longtime Coleraine resident, died on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at her home, Garden Court Chateau, Grand Rapids, MN. Born on September 11, 1926 in Grand Rapids, MN, she was the daughter of Frank and Esther (Ames) Nix. Agnes lived her childhood years through high school in Bovey and at the Danube...

Agnes T. Hromyak, 92, longtime Coleraine resident, died on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at her home, Garden Court Chateau, Grand Rapids,...

Claudette Bluntach Bovey

Claudette M. Bluntach, 68 of Balsam Township, died Wednesday, July 17, 2019 in her home, with family by her side, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 28, 1950 in Marshalltown, IA, the daughter of Claude and Margaret (Behrens) Baker, Jr. She grew up in rural Iowa, moving to Minnesota in 1993. She married Neal Bluntach on April 14, 1995. She was a homemaker and took care of everyone she could, including her...

Claudette M. Bluntach, 68 of Balsam Township, died Wednesday, July 17, 2019 in her home, with family by her side, after a courageous battle with...

Florence Soderberg Coleraine

Florence “Sodie” E. Soderberg January 5, 1923 - July 12, 2019 Florence Soderberg, age 96-1/2, passed away peacefully in her home in Coleraine, Minn., on July 12, 2019, with family by her side. She was born January 5, 1923, in Frederic, Wisc, where she grew up on the family farm and attended school. After high school graduation, Florence went on to college at the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout) in Menomonie, earning a degree in home...

Florence “Sodie” E. Soderberg January 5, 1923 - July 12, 2019 Florence Soderberg, age 96-1/2, passed away peacefully in her home in Coleraine, Minn., on July 12, 2019, with...