Obituaries

Anthony “Shooter” Scalise

Anthony “Shooter” Scalise (Knill) left his physical form on Saturday, July 1st and began making his way to the Spirit World. He was born April 25, 1964. He grew up…

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Elaine Marie Rabold

Elaine Marie Rabold, 79, of Grand Marais, passed away on Sunday, July 16th, 9 years to the day after her own mother, at North Shore Health in Grand Marias, MN…

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Doris Elaine Croft

Doris Elaine Croft, age 91, passed away November 2, 2022, at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais unexpectedly but peacefully with family near. She was born on July 14,…

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Duncan Black McDonald

(1933-2023) With the passing of Duncan McDonald Cook County has lost the University of Michigan quarterback who inspired a generation of college football players, an insurance executive who was prominent in bringing the industry into the 21st century, a boyfriend and husband of 75 years to wife Evelyn, father to his wonderful daughter Deborah, an engaged kind and understanding grandfather and great-grandfather, and good friend to many.
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Betty Jane (Keapproth) Base

Betty Jane (Keapproth) Base passed away peacefully on July 1, 2023, at Benedictine Living Community in Duluth, Minnesota, where she had resided since 2014. Betty was born on February 20, 1930, to Herman and Grace (Purvis) Keapproth in Bancroft, Iowa, the last of nine children.
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Betty Jane (Keapproth) Base

Betty Jane (Keapproth) Base passed away peacefully on July 1, 2023, at Benedictine Living Community in Duluth, Minnesota, where she had resided since 2014. Betty was born on February 20,…

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Duncan Black McDonald

With the passing of Duncan McDonald Cook County has lost the University of Michigan quarterback who inspired a generation of college football players, an insurance executive who was prominent in…

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Roger Allen MacDonald

Roger Allen MacDonald passed away at the age of 99 at the Care Center in Grand Marais, Minnesota on June 21, 2023. He lived a full life serving as a family physician in Koochiching County, Minnesota from 1948-1962 and in Cook County, Minnesota from 1962-1978, as well as a brief stint in St. Peter, Minnesota with his brother- in-law, Dr. Robert
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Roger Warren Strand

Dr. Roger Warren Strand passed away peacefully, on Tuesday June 6th, at Bethesda North Pointe, New London, Minnesota. Roger was born in St. Paul, Minnesota March 23rd, 1936, and raised in Minneapolis. He spent summers at(in) Green Lake in Kandiyohi County. Roger graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1953 and was inducted into the Roosevelt Alumni Hall of Fame in 2022. He graduated from Macalester College in 1957, and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Citation. After graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School with an MD, he served his compulsory military service on the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana as a medical doctor with the US Army. He continued his medical education at the University of Minnesota, becoming a surgeon, and later at Kleiner Kutz Hand Care Center in Louisville, Kentucky, receiving specialized training in hand surgery. Roger had a reputation
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Terry L. Cave

Terry L. Cave, age 74, went home peacefully to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 25th, 2023 surrounded by his loving family.
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