Obit for LEKATZ, Angela Bernice (b.1921 d.2004), St. Louis Co., MN
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Angela Bernice Lekatz passed away Saturday, March 27, 2004, at the Ely 
Bloomenson Community Hospital, surrounded by her family and ending her 
long and valiant battle with end stage COPD. 
She was born July 16, 1921, to Frank and Johanna (Mihelich) Koshier in 
Section 30. At age 4, she was placed in St. James Orphange in Duluth, 
where she stayed until she was 15. She returned to Ely, where she 
worked at Agnew’s Variety Store, the Winton Hospital, and after her 
children were grown, the Ely Miner. She married Steve Lekatz on Aug. 
31, 1952, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. 
She was a homemaker who loved the woods, flowers, animals and most of 
all her family. She also liked to indulge in an “occasional game of 
chance” and was a die-hard Minnesota Twins fan. She taught her 
daughters the love of reading and word games. 
What Angela lacked in size she made up for with incredible courage,
calm dignity and undefeatable strength and determination. She will 
be missed. 
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Steve “Rooster;” 
daughters, Gayle Carlson of Ely, and Lori (Dave) Aldrich of St. 
Paul and Ely, and Dave’s daughters, Devon and Andrea Aldrich. 
She would never forget to mention her grand-critters L.E., Sammy 
and Shrimp who were important in her life. She is also survived by 
son-in-law, Robert Carlson of Ely and very special family friend, 
Jane Hall, who knew her as “Grandma;” her extended family of John 
and Frances Lekatz, Katy Beaty, Ann Royal, Mike Lekatz, Jr., Joyce 
Lekatz, Rosemary “Tootsie” Lekatz, all of Ely; and many nieces and 
nephews. 
She was preceded in death by infant twins, Mark Steven and Stephanie 
Mary in 1962; her parents; sisters, Mary Koshier, Joanne Sorrell, 
Rose Carlson; and brothers, Frank and Joe Koshier. 
Angela had requested that her services be a private ceremony with 
only her immediate family present. Family services provided by Kerntz
Brothers, a Bauman Family Funeral Home in Ely.