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Arthur Wirtanen

94, peacefully passed away on October 6, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth, MN. He was born in Stoney Brook Township, just outside of Cloquet, MN on May 1, 1928, to John and Tyyne Wirtanen. Art was educated in the St. Louis County school district and graduated from Brookston High School in 1946. During high school he worked at the Potlatch paper mill in Cloquet, followed by a brief stint with the merchant marine on the Great Lakes after high school graduation. While working at the Wood Conversion mill in Cloquet, he was drafted into the Korean War by the US Army and spent two years in France. He was a proud veteran throughout his life. After the war, he returned to his job in Cloquet and purchased his parent’s homestead farm. He met Myrtle Maki in 1955. They began building a home in 1959 and were married on September 10, 1960. They had three children, Gail in 1961, Judy in 1963, and Dean in 1966. Art worked as an instrumentation mechanic at the Wood Conversion mill, later Conwe ....

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