Publish an obituary in Hometown Focus

WHAT IS PUBLISHED FOR FREE:

  • HTF will publish a full obituary and a photo (if desired) on our website free of charge.
  • HTF will publish an abbreviated obituary (no photos) in the print edition of the newspaper free of charge.

HOW TO PAY FOR A FULL OBITURARY:

  • A full obituary and a photo (if desired) published in the print edition of the newspaper is charged by the column inch.
  • Once HTF receives the obituary, photo and your request for a full obituary, we will provide you with the cost prior to publication.
  • Payment is due prior to publication and can be handled by phone if paying with a credit card.

The deadline for submission of the print edition obituaries (both full and abbreviated) is first thing Thursday morning, although sooner is always better.

Please email: editor@htfnews.us

Arlene Carrie Eddy



Arlene Carrie Eddy, 74, Chisholm passed away on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at Guardian Angels Health & Rehabilitation Center in Hibbing.Arlene was born on July 5, 1940 in Hibbing, the daughter of Marie (Persson) and Harry Scofield.   After her mother died in 1943, Harry married Elva Fuller, who Arlene considered her mother. She grew up in Togo and graduated from […]

William Henry “Bill” Beste



William Henry “Bill” Beste, age 92 of Fayal Township and Virginia died Saturday, February 28, 2015 in the care of the Essentia St. Mary’s East Range Hospice Team. He was born March 10, 1922 in Virginia, the son of August and Nettie (Little) Beste and was a graduate of Virginia Roosevelt High School. Bill married Mary Jane Tregenza on December […]

Clifford L. Schulze



Clifford L. Schulze, 85, Linden Grove Township near Cook, passed away at the Cook Community Nursing Home on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.He was born Clifford Leroy Schulze on March 8, 1929 at Owen, Wisconsin, the son of Elroy and Freada (Hofmann) Schulze.  He moved as a teen to Linden Grove with his family. He served Honorably in the U.S. Army […]

Jay H. Puska



Jay H. Puska, 61, of Virginia, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015. Funeral Services will be held Friday, March 6, 2015 at Range Funeral Home at 11:00 AM with visitation one hour prior. Arrangements are with Range Funeral Home in Virginia. To sign the online guest book or to send condolences, please visit www.rangefuneralhomes.com.Jay was born in Ohio but grew […]

William J. Emery



William J. Emery, 78, of Fayal Township, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth.He was born on July 2, 1936 in Eveleth to Leslie and Elizabeth (Hackey) Emery and grew up at Ely Lake and had been a St. Mary’s Lake resident for many years.  Bill was a graduate of the Eveleth […]

Iron Mining Association donates $2,000 to local food shelves during MN FoodShare month



IRON RANGE – Members of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA) have donated $2,000 to local food shelves. The IMA, a trade association representing Minnesota’s iron mines and businesses that supply goods and services to the iron mines, sent $1,000 checks to both the Virginia and Hibbing Salvation Armies’ food shelves this week following a fundraiser at its annual […]

ONCE COMMON, NOW RARE: AMERICAN GINSENG WAS SAVIOR FOR MINNESOTA’S PIONEERS




My curiosity about ginseng was piqued by the reality TV shows Appalachian Outlaws (History channel) and Smokey Mountain Money (National Geographic channel). These shows dramatize the harvesting of this dwindling native plant by rogue collectors, and the illegalities that surround it, to the point of ludicrousness. I could write 5,000 (scathing) words about reality TV, but that would be an […]

I’m in the movies!

Film “extras” learn to dance, sort of



Last Thursday we got a call from our daughter-in-law asking if we’d like to be extras in a movie. Her dad’s name came up and since her dad’s job is to find entertainment for the Superior Elks’ Club, we assumed the film was something to do with that. Our first inclination was to refuse, but upon consideration, we decided we […]

Christopher Lloyd on the Iron Range to film movie



VIRGINIA – A casting call went out in February for a feature film based on Dan Wells’ award winning novel, I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER. The movie of the same name was looking for both principal actors and extras to work on the project in or around Virginia at the end of February. “I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER […]

Christopher Allen Lloyd



(born October 22, 1938) is an American actor best-known for his roles as Emmett “Doc” Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values, and Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Lloyd has won three Primetime Emmy Awards and an Independent […]