Lorraine Mertens

Lorraine B. Mertens, 94, longtime resident of Hibbing died July 15, 2023, at New Perspective Senior Living in Cloquet. She had moved to Cloquet in assisted living to be closer to her family.

Funeral services were held July 21 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Hibbing with the Rev. Fr. Daniel Weiske celebrating the Mass of Christian Burial.  The Rev. Fr. Charles Flynn was con-celebrate.  

Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery of Hibbing.    

Lorraine was born May 27, 1929 to Henry and Alice (Haugen) Hall in Staples.  She entered into the Sacrament of Marriage with Lloyd Mertens on December 29, 1949, in Staples. A homemaker by trade, Lorraine was very active in her church. She was a member of St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Hibbing and often volunteer at the church. She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary. Lorraine enjoyed puzzles, sewing, oil painting and was known as the Chinese Checkers Master at her assisted living facility in Cloquet - no one could defeat her. Lorraine’s favorite pastime was decorating her doors and windows.  Each and every holiday, you would find that theme littered throughout her space.  She enjoyed it very much.  

Lorraine is survived by five children, Diane (Art Gibbs) Peterson, Green Valley, AZ, Alice (Arnold) Workman, Kelly Lake, Debbie (Milan) Bigo, Ashland, WI, Douglas (MarySue) Mertens, Eveleth and Christine (Timothy) O’Hara, Cloquet; two sisters, Norma Minor, Hibbing and Lois Mertens, Staples; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by one son, Stanley Mertens; husband, Lloyd Mertens in 1999; parents; one granddaughter, Shana Pfeilstickler; three brothers, Leonard, Lloyd and Lawrence Hall and one sister, Lavina Hitzmann.

To leave an online message of condolence, please visit us at: www.doughertyofhibbing.com.

Arrangements were with the Dougherty Funeral Home of Hibbing.

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