Dawn Cher (Poehls) Maunu of Esko, Minnesota passed away peacefully on January 1, 2023, in Proctor, Minnesota at the age of 48. Dawn was born on March 23rd, 1974, in Mitchell, South Dakota. Adopted at the age of two with her siblings, she was the youngest of Art and Siri Poehls’ four children. Dawn graduated from Cloquet High School in 1992. A lifelong resident of Northern Minnesota, Dawn worked for many years at State Farm Insurance and RAM Mutual Insurance while earning her degree in Organizational Leadership and Psychology with honors from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. Dawn later attended Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College earning a certificate in Chemical Dependency Counseling and worked at The Haven in Cloquet.