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Betty Ann (Myhrman) Lahti, 88, of Toivola, died on November 8, 2023, surrounded by her family. Betty was born to Olaf and Myrtle (Ringquist) Myhrman on October 5, 1935. She grew up in West Duluth and graduated from Denfeld High School in 1953. After graduation, she attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth. While on a UMD ski trip to Lutsen in 1956, Betty was introduced to her friend Joyce’s brother, Floyd Lahti. They dated briefly but Floyd enlisted in the U.S. Army (serving in Germany) and Betty moved to Miami to work and spend time with her aunts. She kept thinking about him and in 1958...

Julie Kaipainen, age 96, died unexpectedly at Fairview ICU on Friday, August 18, 2023. She was born on November 23, 1926 at her parents farm near Barnum, MN. She graduated from Barnum High School at age seventeen and moved to the big city (Duluth) where she completed Cosmetology School. Julie and Elmer married on October 17, 1945 and they shared 52 years together until his death in April 1997. In 1961 they left the city for a more rural life on the outskirts of Proctor, MN, until 1983 when they moved to Hibbing, MN, to be closer to family and then moved to Balsam in 1990 and back to Hibbing in...