Gerald C. (Jake) Jacobson, 79, passed away on October 17, 2021 after a battle with cancer.  Jake was born in Franklin, MN to Carl and Sylvia (Harder) Jacobson on May 9, 1942. He attended school in Sleepy Eye, MN, graduating in 1960.  Jake joined the Air Force after graduation, being stationed in Duluth, MN and then Hurlburt Field/Eglin AFB, FL. He married Susanne Kauppi in 1964 and they had three children. After retiring from the Air Force, they came to Ely, MN, Sue’s...

Gerald C. (Jake) Jacobson, 79, passed away on October 17, 2021 after a battle with cancer.  Jake was born in Franklin, MN to Carl and Sylvia (Harder) Jacobson on May 9, 1942. He attended school in Sleepy Eye, MN, graduating in 1960.  Jake joined the Air Force after graduation, being stationed in Duluth, MN and then Hurlburt Field/Eglin AFB, FL. He married Susanne Kauppi in 1964 and they had three children. After retiring from the Air Force, they came to Ely, MN, Sue’s...

Donald F. Beland, 88, of Ely, a proud U.S. Veteran, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021 at the Ely Bloomenson Community Hospital. The family requests that no flowers be sent. Family arrangements have been entrusted to Kerntz Funeral Home of Ely. 

James V. Pinckney, 85, of Ely, a U.S. Veteran, passed away at his residence on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Family arrangements have been entrusted to Kerntz Funeral Home of Ely.

Andrea R. Bailey, 73, of Ely, passed away at the Vermillion Senior Living Center in Tower. Per Andrea's request there'll be no services. Family arrangements have been entrusted to Kerntz Funeral Home of Ely.

Cortney Rae Pryatel, 31, of Virginia, formerly of Ely, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021 in Virginia. Family arrangements have been entrusted to Kerntz Funeral Home of Ely.

Thomas “Tom” P. Bialke of Babbitt passed away peacefully at the Carefree Living of Babbitt, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. He was 98 years young. Tom was born in Alberta Township, Minn., in Benton County on Jan. 24, 1923, to Anton and Ottilia (Detloff) Bialke on their family farm. Tom is the last survivor of the couple’s 14 children, five girls and nine boys. Tom worked the farm with his dad until he married Eleanor Albright in 1945. They later moved to Babbitt in 1956,...

Juanita L. Constant, 91, of Babbitt, passed on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Miller-Dwan Hospital in Duluth.  She was born December 5, 1929, in Jefferson City, MO. She married Willard Constant on  August 3, 1948 in Jefferson City. The couple moved to Minnesota in the early 1950s then to Babbitt in 1956. where they raised five children.  Juanita loved gardening and grew beautiful flowers. She also enjoyed cooking and baking. She was an excellent mother and grandmother, her...

Tammy Lee Mikolich, 53, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Ely, passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 in Grand Rapids. Family arrangements have been entrusted to Kerntz Funeral Home of Ely.