Raymond Melvin Tarvas passed away peacefully on July 5, 2026. Ray was born in Cherry on Jan. 29, 1932 to Katherine and Ole Tarvas. He spent many of his younger years living and working on family farm. His parents owned two grocery stores in Duluth. Before Ray was old enough to work in the stores, he spent summers on the Maki farm, where he learned to speak Finnish, because his grandmother did not...
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