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Published June 17, 2010, 08:25 AM

A life remembered: Joe Zastera

A blessing for Two Harbors started with a World War II soldier’s bout with malaria. Harold Koop was told he would need to find a cooler climate than the one in his home state of Nebraska. A relative visiting from the North Shore heard Koop tell his mother this and suggested Two Harbors. And that’s how Joe Zastera ended up here, leaving a personal and civic legacy many fondly recalled last week with the news he had passed away Thursday at age 83.

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