January 2024

Meredith Eliot

Meredith Eliot died on SunMeredith Eliot died on Sunday, January 7th, from breast cancer. She faced her cancer diagnosis and death with what Graydon Carter, writing about Christopher Hitchens, termed a “saucy fearlessness.” She was 42 years old and wryly entertained by the idea that her age was 'the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything,' to quote The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

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Jon Wayne Warren

Jon Wayne Warren, age 62, of Waseca, died, Saturday, January 6, 2024, at his home in Waseca. Born on August 10, 1961, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of Jack and Judy (Lushenko) Warren.

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Karen Lashinski

Karen Lashinski, 81, loving wife and mother, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, January 6, 2024. She had been battling pancreatic cancer.

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Byron Arthur Moren

In Loving Memory of Byron Arthur Moren November 18, 1927 December 20, 2023 Byron Arthur Moren, age 96, of Ely, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at home on December 20, 2023. A life well lived, he will be deeply missed by family and friends. Byron was born in Biwabik, MN, to Arthur and Jennie Moren on November 18, 1927. At the age of 7, after the loss of his father, his family relocated to Virginia, MN, where he attended school with his younger brother and sister, Thomas and Margaret.

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Patricia Brandt

5/26/37 – 1/3/24 Patricia (Pat) Brandt, age 86, formerly of Grand Marais, Minnesota, retired her weary worn-out body. Her beautiful soul left this world to be with Jesus on January 3, 2024, at 11:55 am in Galena, Ohio, surrounded by her loving

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