In Memorium

Friday evening, August 1, 2003, in the Ballroom of the Holiday Inn, downtown Duluth, as part of A Night to Remember, a Memorial Tribute was held to honor our classmates who have died. Classmates, The Rev. Roger Dahlin and The Rev. Clyde Rogers, led a dedication that included the ceremonial lighting of a candle for each classmate who has passed by a special friend. Eli Miletich rang a ceremonial bell as each name was called. The Reunion Choir sang Amazing Grace. Roger Morris, Denfeld Class of 1951 and member of the Aad Shrine Pipe Band was the piper.

The name given in parentheses following the name of a deceased is the classmate who honored their friend by lighting their candle. Each of our deceased classmates had friends who represented them during the Memorial Tribute. Thanks everyone. It was a very special event and will live on in our memory.

• Abrahamson, Clyde I. (Eli Miletich)
• Alvord, Gordon (Milt Hill)
• Antilla MacDonald, Marilyn G. (Deceased 12/09/2006)
• Anderson, Albert J. "Buck" (John Hill)
• Anderson Selenski, Eleanor (Deceased 1/27/2009)
• Anderson Chase, June (Deceased 9/30/2007)
• Anderson Pichelman, Lois (Deceased 2/8/2008)
• Anseth, Dale D. (Ken Erickson)
• Bartl Beckman, Marlene (Deceased 5/17/2009)
• Baumgartner, Ronald R. (Deceased 4/15/04)
• Berg Olson, Eloise M. (Elizabeth "Bizz" Boyd Nelson)
• Blasack, John J. (Deceased 5/8/2008)
• Burke, Lyle (Roger Anderson)
• Busse, Lowell C. (Roger Anderson)
• Buus Decora, Virginia J. (Deceased 10/25/2003)
• Carey, Richard (Eli Miletich)
• Carlson Jones, Donna M. (Enid Baldwin Coning)
• Carlson, Edward J. (Joanne Cameron Robson)
• Carlson Nelson, Marilyn M. (Claude Lutzka)
• Carr Jasperson, Patricia A. (Deceased 05/03/04)
• Center, Ernest A. (Caroline Johnson, Bill Hussey, Dale Asperheim)
• Clancey, Roy (Deceased 10/08/2004)
• Coning Davis, Marilyn (Deloris Solberg Heikkila)
• Dincau McNeil, Louise (Deceased 3/11/2008)
• Donahue, Ronald H. (Deceased 10/16/2003)
• Dzuck, Walter H. (Deceased 12/03/2006)
• Engdahl, Raymond O. (Howie Larson)
• Eliason Bos, Eleanor (Deceased 2005)
• Erickson, Charles R. (Karen Young Musgrave, Roger Anderson)
• Erickson Hunn, Forence I. (Shirley Smith Kilgore, Karen Johnson Somrock)
• Grover, Jack B. (Deceased 10/17/05)
• Hage, Theodore R. (Jerry Fitzpatrick)
• Hamilton Swanson, Carolyn (Joyce Ekstrom Fairbrother)
• Hanson, Joanne C. (Yvonne Lafontaine Patterson)
• Hussey, William R. (Deceased 10/21/2009)
• Isaacson Bryant, Darlene B. (Marilynn Hauer Kessler)
• Jago, James (Deceased 8/14/03)
• Johnson Center, Caroline (Deceased 2/28/2007)
• Johnson Torresani, Corrine (Deceased 1/18/2009)
• Johnson Nelson, Gayle A. (Gayle P. Johnson)
• Johnson, George A. (Jerry Fitzpatrick)
• Johnson, Richard W. (Bruce A. McDonald)
• Johnson Nylund, Sandra (Deceased 7/13/2008)
• LaFave, Rodney J. (Yvonne Lafontaine Patterson)
• Lauer Exe, Marlene (Deceased 5/20/2006)
• Lent, James E. (Loren Milner)
• Lindstrom, Paul E. (Jack McKillop)
• Lindstrom, Phillip N. (Bill Hussey)
• Loukes, Roger E. (Dean Fermenick)
• Lueck, Ronald D. (Roger Dahlin)
• Lund Klopich, Ruth (Deceased 11/10/2006)
• Main, Kenneth (Roger Anderson)
• Maurine, Ronald J. (Milt Hill)
• McCauley, Denis C. (Deceased 8/27/2006)
• Miletich Lindsey, Goldie (Deceased 6/3/2006)
• Mokros, Laurel V. (Alex Sisto)
• Niemi, Roger D. (Darlene Nelson Hove/Bruce Nelson)
• Nyquist, Kenneth W. (Gus Pearson)
• O'Connor Bibeau, Maureen M. (Joan Haddad Huston)
• Peterson, Lawrence "Ozzie" (Ken Erickson)
• Psick, Lyle L. (Claude Lutzka)
• Rapp, Douglas E. (Barbara Humphrey)
• Rassmusen, Don A. (Larry Johnson/Dorisemae Drill)
• Ridgewell Barber, Irene (Claudia Christianson Nimrichter, Joan Mitchell Asperheim)
• Ross, Ronald D. (Gus Pearson)
• Rowe, Richard G. (Larry DeSanto, Clyde Rogers)
• Schnuckle, Rodney W. (Ron Day)
• Sisto Thibault, Shirley (Deceased September 2006)
• Sjolund Hansen, Lois (Deceased January 5, 2007)
• Skarman, Robert L. (Faye Bjork Heitela)
• Spence, Gail. M. (Deceased 3/17/2006)
• Stauty, Jack L. (Deceased 12/1/2005)
• Stevens Beaupre, Beverly (Joanne Smith Hertzog)
• Talafous Tracey, Denise D. (Elizabeth "Bizz" Boyd Nelson)
• Ultican, James D. (David Karpeles)
• Thoresen Pfuhl, Maren (Deceased 10/05/2006)
• Wark, Calvin R. (Jim Sykes)
• Wing, Erwin K. (Deceased 3/9/04)
• Youngren Schafer, Diane W. (Dianne Cloutier "Boots" Anderson)
• Zbaracki Colling, Patricia J. (Dianne "Boots" Cloutier Anderson)

Since the close of our 50th reunion on August 3, 2003, thirty of our classmates have died. The sincere condolences of the Denfeld class of 1953 goes out to their families and friends.

Last updated: December 15, 2009