Obituaries: December 13, 2024

Carol A. Lassey
Carol Ann Lassey, 95, of Ely, passed away on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. A short memorial service is tentatively planned for Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, following the regular church service at First Presbyterian Church of Ely. A private inurnment will be held in the spring. Arrangements are with Landmark Funeral Home of Virginia.
Carol was born in Ely on Nov. 5, 1929, to Charles and Violet Maki Lassey.
She graduated from high school and junior college in Ely and attended Duluth Business University. Following that she moved to Moline, Ill., where she was employed in the Moline Public Hospital and for John Deere and Co. In 1970, she returned to Ely to help with her aging parents and was also employed by Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital in the dietary department.
Carol loved sports, especially basketball. She was an avid fan of Vermilion Community College teams. In Illinois she was much taken with roller skating. She was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church of Ely and had sung in the choir.
Carol is survived by her cousins, David, Donald, Paul and Peter Kess of Ely; and a niece in North Carolina.
She was predeceased by her sister, Gloria Starkman; an infant brother; and two nephews.

Roland E. Fowler Jr.
Roland Eugene Fowler Jr., 62, of Embarrass, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, doing what he loved to do, deer hunting in Embarrass. A celebration of life was held on Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Embarrass Town Hall. Arrangements were with Range Funeral Home in Virginia.
He is survived by his daughter, Amber Luck (Duart); son, Roland Fowler III; grandchildren, Troy, Beau and Gema Luck, and Huntin Al and Howie Fowler Dalebout; father, Roland Fowler Sr.; sister, Michelle Fowler (Daryl Benson); brother, Randy Fowler; aunts and uncles, Robert and Cathy Fowler, R’milla and Dan Meyer; and numerous cousins.

William M. Isham
William M. Isham, 78, passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth. Visitation was on Sunday, Dec. 1 and the traditional service was on Monday, Dec. 2, both at the Bois Forte Government Center in Nett Lake. The pallbearers were Tyler Isham, Nicolis Buchholz, Jake Isham, Alex Isham, Ernie Landgren and Luke Landgren. Honorary pallbearers were William G. Isham, Shullon Isham, Kevin Strong, Jim Prepodnik, John Prepodnik, Henry Thompson, Elius Strong and Pablo Gonzales. Arrangements were with Range Funeral Home in Virginia.
He is survived by his son, William G. Isham (Jannan Isham); daughters, Louise Elizabeth Isham and Jennifer Lorraine Isham; grandchildren, Tyler Isham (Crystal Isham), Nicolis Buchholz (Racheal Howe), Shullon Isham (Kevin Strong), Jake Isham and Alexander Isham; great-grandchildren, Grace Isham, Alyssa Isham, Graham Isham, Jazmin Buchholz, Gabryl Buchholz, Neko Buchholz, Elius Strong, Hazel Strong and William Isham.

Leola C. Vezina
Leola Crisman Vezina, 80, of Bigfork, passed away on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at Mlaker Funeral Home in Cook. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Gary V. Burow
Gary Vaughn Burow, 71, of Makinen, proud owner of Junction Properties in Babbitt, passed away unexpectedly at his lake home on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21 at Faith Lutheran Church in Hoyt Lakes. Visitation will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. Family services are provided by Bauman-Cron, a Bauman Family Funeral Home in Virginia.
He is survived by his best friends, Missy Carlson of Babbitt, Ryan and Landyn Nephew of Ely, Jennifer Borden of Virginia and Don Maxson of Babbitt; nephews, Troy and Trent; and other dear family and friends.

Tanner L. Aho
Tanner Lee Aho, 17, of Babbitt, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. A funeral service will be held this summer. Family services have been entrusted to Kerntz Funeral Home of Ely.