Arthur W. Karppi, age 80 years, of Coleraine, MN died Thursday, April 6, 1989 in Itasca Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids, MN. Arthur was born in Bovey and was a lifelong area resident. He had worked as a shovel runner, retiring in 1973 after 30 years with Cleveland-Cliffs Mining Co. in Taconite, MN.
Surviving him are his wife, Ella; two sons, William of Coleraine and Willis "Bud" of Grand Rapids; a daughter, Vicki Granby of Champlin, MN; a brother, Arnold of Bovey; two sisters, Lily Kennedy of Bovey and Violet Perala of Swan River, MN; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held from 6 to 8 pm. Friday, April 7, in Petersons' Funeral Chapel, Coleraine where funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery at Coleraine.
(obituary from Scenic Range News, Bovey, MN dated 13 April 1989)
Surviving him are his wife, Ella; two sons, William of Coleraine and Willis "Bud" of Grand Rapids; a daughter, Vicki Granby of Champlin, MN; a brother, Arnold of Bovey; two sisters, Lily Kennedy of Bovey and Violet Perala of Swan River, MN; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held from 6 to 8 pm. Friday, April 7, in Petersons' Funeral Chapel, Coleraine where funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery at Coleraine.
(obituary from Scenic Range News, Bovey, MN dated 13 April 1989)
Arthur W. Karppi, age 80 years, of Coleraine, MN died Thursday, April 6, 1989 in Itasca Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids, MN. Arthur was born in Bovey and was a lifelong area resident. He had worked as a shovel runner, retiring in 1973 after 30 years with Cleveland-Cliffs Mining Co. in Taconite, MN.
Surviving him are his wife, Ella; two sons, William of Coleraine and Willis "Bud" of Grand Rapids; a daughter, Vicki Granby of Champlin, MN; a brother, Arnold of Bovey; two sisters, Lily Kennedy of Bovey and Violet Perala of Swan River, MN; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held from 6 to 8 pm. Friday, April 7, in Petersons' Funeral Chapel, Coleraine where funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery at Coleraine.
(obituary from Scenic Range News, Bovey, MN dated 13 April 1989)
Surviving him are his wife, Ella; two sons, William of Coleraine and Willis "Bud" of Grand Rapids; a daughter, Vicki Granby of Champlin, MN; a brother, Arnold of Bovey; two sisters, Lily Kennedy of Bovey and Violet Perala of Swan River, MN; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held from 6 to 8 pm. Friday, April 7, in Petersons' Funeral Chapel, Coleraine where funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery at Coleraine.
(obituary from Scenic Range News, Bovey, MN dated 13 April 1989)
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