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  • 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

Mark Leonard Timothy Salo



Mark Leonard Timothy Salo, 44, of Virginia died at Essentia Health in Duluth, MN, following complications from a heart surgery. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 1 P.M. at the Evangelical Free Church in Embarrass, MN. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service.  Pastor Marlin Bjornrud will officiate. Arrangements are with Range Funeral […]

Helmi E. Rekonen



Helmi E. Rekonen, 92, of Virginia passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at St. Michaels Health and Rehabilitation Center in Virginia.  She was born on April 4, 1921 in Britt to Henry and Evelina (Haveri) Jutila and had lived in Britt until moving to Virginia in 1986. On August 15, 1940 Helmi married Leo E. Rekonen. She was a homemaker.Survivors […]

John Francis Spollar



John Francis Spollar, age 76,  of Virginia, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul surrounded by loving family. He was born, September 9, 1936 in Soudan, Minnesota, the only child of John and Sophie Spollar.  John graduated from Tower-Soudan High School in 1954, served as a sergeant in the army in Korea, and worked as […]

Robert Arthur Lassila



Robert Arthur Lassila, 86, of Hibbing, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013 at Aspen Grove Assisted Living in Chisholm.  Funeral services will be held Friday, May 31st at Grace Lutheran Church in Hibbing at 11:00 a.m. with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service.  Rev. Timothy Yearyean will officiate. Burial will be at Maple Hill Cemetery.  Arrangements are with […]

Paula L. Tamte (Erickson)



Paula L. Tamte (Erickson) Age 60 of Blaine, MN passed away peacefully Tuesday May 28, 2013 in the presence of family. She was born April 28th, 1953 to Paul and Marjorie Erickson in Virginia, MN. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Timothy, sons Erik (Trisha) and Ryan, sister Linda Erickson, brother in laws Tom (Lisa), Scott (Tammy), […]

Janet Lanari



Janet was born in Virginia, MN as a New Year’s baby in 1942. She was a daughter of Adolph and Evelyn Lanari. Janet had an older sister, Arleen, and a younger brother, Randy. After graduating from Virginia HS, she worked as a seamstress at the Arrow Factory in Virginia and later advanced to Key Punch Operator in Minneapolis with Arrow. […]

Sharon Lee Cuoco



Sharon Lee Cuoco, 72, Virginia, died on May 24, 2013 after a long battle with cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Range Funeral Home in Virginia, visitation will be one hour prior to service. Pastor Bob Simensen will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. To sign the online guest […]

Janet Lanari



Janet Lanari, 71, of Virginia, died May 25, 2013 at Essentia Health in Virginia. A Memorial Mass will be held Monday, June 3, 2013 at 11:00 A. M. at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church with visitation one hour prior. Rev. Fr. John O’Donnell will be officiating. Inurnment will be in Calvary Cemetery in Virginia. Janet was born in Virginia, MN […]

Harry Hanson: A racing giant

Decades of dirt track racing on the Range


WISSOTA late model racer Harry Hanson of Eveleth casts a long shadow in his sport of stock car racing. For over four decades he has fueled his passion for dirt track racing on Iron Range racetracks and beyond. This fanfriendly driver is in his 41st year of climbing into his #7 late model stock car most every weekend (weather permitting) […]

#8 Gregg Hill:

Racing for the fun of the sport


Gregg Hill, owner and CEO of Northern Belt & Conveyor (NBC) of Eveleth, is another long-term late model race car driver. He first raced back in 1978 – 1981 while in his early twenties, but after he wrecked a new car, he couldn’t afford to continue racing. The desire to race again, however, was always there. The years came and […]