Cook County News Herald

Barbara Jean (Hart) Hatanpaa


 

 

Barbara Jean (Hart) Hatanpaa, 83, passed from this life on March 6th, 2023, at The Waterview Shores in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

She was born on January 3rd, 1940, to Bert & Kathryn (Hagemeister) Hart in Minneapolis.

Barbara was raised on her parent’s farm near Grand Marais, Minnesota and attended Cook County High School until her marriage to Jacob V Hatanpaa on January 4th, 1958. To this union were born eight children.

“Gramma Barb” lived most of her life in Schroeder, where she became known for her good cooking, fresh-baked bread and warm hospitality.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Bert & Kathryn; her brother, Raymond; her daughters-in-law Brenda and Kathy, and her oldest daughter Rose Marie Giddings. She is survived by her spouse and her remaining children: Raymond Hatanpaa, son-in-law Michael Giddings, Richard Hatanpaa, Edward (Tina) Hatanpaa, Jeanne (Jeremy) Conaway, Sarah (Robert) Smith, Esther (Willard Jr) Hedquist, Abraham (Salina) Hatanpaa, twenty-seven grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Barbara’s burial was at Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, Minnesota.

Psalm 103.

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