Obit for PETE, James W "Jimmy" (b.1921 d.2004), St Louis Co., MN
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James W. “Jimmy” Pete, 82, of Ely, died Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at his 
home.

He was born Nov. 16, 1921, in Ely to Jacob L. and Selma A. (Wilman) Pete. He 
was a graduate of Ely Memorial High School. During World War II he served 
with the Army Air Corps. He married Helen Martin on Sept. 2, 1941, in Sioux 
Falls, S.D. He spent his entire life in the Ely area. He managed the logging 
camp and sawmill business for his father and was in partnership with his 
father, Jake, in “Pete’s Cabin Boats” on Basswood Lake. He owned Pete’s 
Wilderness Trails on Jackfish Bay, Basswood.

Survivors include his wife, Helen; son, Leonard C. Pete; daughter, Gail 
(Thomas) Carlson, both of Ely; grandchildren, Adena (David) Stone of 
Virginia and Pete Carlson of Embarrass; sister: Gloria M. Campbell of 
Edwards, WA.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Leonard G. Pete; a 
nephew, Russell Hayes.

Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Family 
services provided by Kerntz Brothers, a Bauman Family Funeral Home in Ely.