Dr. Maris Freiman, of Hayward, passed away February 14, 2024, at Tamarack Health Medical Center in Hayward, following a lengthy battle with esophageal and other kinds of cancer. He was born September 13, 1939, in Riga, Latvia, the son of Edvins and Lily Freimanis. At the onset of World War 2, he and his mother were able to escape the terror of the Russians by escaping to Germany. While there, his mother studied veterinary science while Maris attended school in Giesendorf. In 1949, with the help of Lutheran Social Services and sponsors in the United States, they were able to emigrate to America where he always boasted that he spent his tenth birthday crossing the English Channel and was a legal immigrant to their new home. In 1951, they relocated to Evanston, Illinois, where his mother became the first licensed female veterinarian in Illinois. He graduated from Evanston High School, Loyola University and the Loyal University School of Dentistry. He married Rita Smelte in 1961 and then w
Daniel John Krautbauer, 37, of Duluth, Minn. passed away on October 18th, 2023, at Sarah Cannon Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn. after bravely battling Pancreatic Cancer for over 3 years. Dan was born in Duluth, Minn. on January 28th, 1986, and grew up in the Lakeside neighborhood. Growing up he attended Lester Park and Ordean schools and was involved in various sports at Portman Community Center and was a Boy Scout. At a young age Dan developed a strong passion for film-making using any means available to tell stories through Legos, student projects and technology available at the time. Any time a video was an option for a school project he was all in on writing, producing, filming, and editing. He was fascinated by computers and would rebuild, collect, and repurpose them to learn as much as he could about how they worked.
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