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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS

DISTRICT COURT
SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Court File No. 69VI-PR-22-178

In Re: Estate of
Julia Marie Mavetz,
a/k/a Julia M. Mavetz
a/k/a Julia Mavetz
Decedent

NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF DESCENT

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: January 23, 2009

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $50,000.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Sharon L. Lenka, a unmarried person

MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Recorded on February 13, 2009 as Document Number 01100993 in the Office of the County Recorder of St. Louis County, Minnesota.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: None.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Real Property in St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows: Lot Fourteen (14), Rearrangement of Block Two (2), Third Addition to the City of Gilbert.

STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 105 FLORIDA AVE W, GILBERT, MN 55741

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: March 16, 2005

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $55,000.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Arnold W. Leskey, an unmarried person

MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Recorded on April 20, 2005 and memorialized upon Certificate of Title No. 294278 as Document Number 796630.0 in the Office of the County Registrar of Titles of St. Louis County, Minnesota.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: None.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Easterly 30 feet of Lot 2, Block 16, Norton`s Division of Duluth and Easterly 30 feet of Lot 99, Block 123, Duluth Proper, Third Division

Nancy A. Rodich passed away peacefully on October 6, 2022 at Boundary Waters Care Center with her daughter by her side.

Nancy was born on August 7,1942 in Ely to Sulo and Sara Erikkila.

She was preceded in death by her husband Richard M. Rodich and survived by her son Richard D. Rodich (Sandy) and two grand-daughters, her daughter Deborah A. Rodich, and sister Cheryl J. Debeltz.

Nancy was a very loving wife and mother. She had a gift for helping people.

She loved to go for walks and was often seen with her dog, Bo. Nancy will be truly missed.

William Alexander Mackie passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday, October 2, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas.

He was born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 26, 1934 and spent his early years in Ely, Minnesota where he graduated from Ely Memorial High School in 1952 and Ely Junior College in 1954. He earned a degree in art from University of Minnesota in Duluth in 1956. After serving a brief apprenticeship at a commercial art studio in Duluth he was drafted into the U.S. Army and stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio as a military artist. Shortly after his honorable discharge from the army in 1959, Bill, as he was known, began a free-lance commercial art business in San Antonio until he retired 36 years later in 1995.

Bill Mackie was preceded in death by his mother Irene on December 10, 1949 and his father William, also affectionately known as Bill, on February 7, 1981.

Jan Eleanor (Johnson) Lekatz, was born March 26, 1945 in Cook, MN to Janice and Arnold Johnson.
She passed away October 8, 2022 at the Boundary Waters Care Center from complications from hip survery.
Jan graduated from Cook High School in 1963, attended Eveleth Junior College and graduated from Bemidji State University with a degree in Elementary Education. She spent her career teaching third grade at Washington Elementary in Ely, MN.
United in marriage to Frank Lekatz on August 11, 1972 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Ely, MN. They lived in Ely all their lives.
Survived by husband Frank Lekatz, sisters Diane Treno and Wendy (Russ) Meyer, sister-in-law Louise (Andy) Kainz and brother-in-law John (Mary Ann) Lekatz and numerous nephews and nieces.
Preceded in death by parents Arnold and Janice Johnson, in-laws Frances and John Lekatz, brother Arley Johnson, and beloved dogs.
No service per Jan’s request.

Leo “Cubby” Andrew Kainz, Jr., 66, died on October 5, 2022 at his home in Ely, unexpectedly. Cubby was born to Lenore “Skipper” (Moen) Kainz and Leo A. Kainz, Sr. on December 29, 1955 in Ely, MN. He spent his first few years of life at Sawbill Landing near Isabella before moving to “Kainzville” outside of Ely in 1960.

Cubby attended school in Ely and graduated from Ely Memorial High School in 1974. Cubby attended St. Cloud State for a year, but came back to Ely to work for the family business, Kainz Lumber Company, that was owned by his father and uncles. Cubby spent many years working in the woods as a logger with the Kainz crew. Cubby later went on to work as a cook at the Ely Bloomenson Community Hospital and Nursing Home for many years.

Nancy A. Rodich, 80, of Ely, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2022 at the Boundary Waters Care Center. Family arrangements have been entrusted to Kerntz Funeral Home of Ely.

Ely’s school board candidates are set to take part in a public forum this week.
The event is set for Tuesday, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the theater at Vermilion Community College.
Eight of the nine candidates in the Nov. 8 election for four school board seats are set to participate.
Longtime board chairman Ray Marsnik is squaring off against Anthony Bermel for a two-year position on the board, and both are slated to take part in the forum.
The forum will also include six of the seven participants in a contest for three four-year terms on the board, including incumbents Tony Colarich, Chad Davis and Rochelle Sjoberg, and challengers Jeremy Engen, Mike Scherbing and Jennifer Westlund.
The seventh candidate, Claire High, is not able to attend.
The event is hosted by the Ely Branch of the American Association of University Women along with the Ely Rotary Club.

by Tom Coombe
Ely’s fastest six hours was done loudly, and proudly, yet again.
Near perfect weather meant “an almost perfect day for a car show,” Al Forsman said this week, in the aftermath of the event he started in memory of his late son.
The Jake Forsman Memorial Car Show and Burnout Competition attracted well over a dozen “burnout” competitors, 107 car show entries and hundreds of spectators on a gorgeous, sunny late-fall afternoon.
For much of Saturday, the area around City Hall was transformed, with several blocks closed off for both the car show and the competition.
“I couldn’t be more happy with the turnout we had,” said Al Forsman. “There were tons of people milling about, just relaxing, being neighborly. It was great to see.”
Two burnout competitions took place with a morning session followed by an afternoon show.