Cora Katzele

Cora Katzele, 86, passed away peacefully April 3, 2011, in Two Harbors.

Cora Williams Katzele was born in Redwood Falls Jan. 12, 1925, to Cora and Howard Williams.

Cora married Ed Katzele in 1945. Cora and Ed raised her three younger siblings, Pat, Daizy, and Dorie, upon the death of their mother.

In 1963, after the death of her husband, she took a trip to Denver and fell in love with the area. She moved there permanently in 1965. Cora owned two beauty salons in her 37 years out there.

Due to health issues, she moved close to family in Two Harbors in 2002.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ed; two brothers, Pat and Ed Williams; sister, Opal Pentilla; and brother-in-law, David Carlson.

She is survived by her sisters, Daizy (Norm) Litman of Duluth, and Dorie (Dave) Carlson of Two Harbors; special niece, Christie Higgins of Two Harbors; and several other nieces and nephews in Minnesota.

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