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• Gregory Ferrey flew high and far with steady optimism
  The printer, pilot and 40-year Shoreview resident always saw a bright future. He served on the City Council with a concern "to do the right thing."
  
• Norman Garmezy, resilience theory pioneer
  The renowned clinical psychologist was an award-winning researcher in the area of schizophrenia, and he studied how adversity in life affects mental illness.
  
• Psychoanalyst and teacher Willem Dieperink
  The well-regarded instructor at the University of Minnesota had a gift for helping patients with depression and for teaching others how to treat it.
  
• Ex-firefighter Ramon Hain loved being a dad
  He required a heart transplant 11 years ago after becoming ill in the line of duty as a St. Paul firefighter.
  
• LaVonne Jacobsen, Excelsior's 'dynamo'
  A lifelong volunteer and organizer, she earned her family's loving nickname, "grandma on wheels."
  
• Women's judo pioneer Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi dies
  Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74.
  
• 'Coach' was tough, but the kids loved him
  Mike Kissell taught for 34 years at St. Paul's Harding High, where he was "all business" with a soft side.
  
• Adrian Marsden: His word was his bond
  From the back of his station wagon, he started a janitorial service that eventually employed 4,000 people.
  
• Rev. Herbranson always sang unto the Lord
  The Rev. Thomas Herbranson, who had a passion for music, often delivered his sermons through song
  
• Suzanne Bangert, dedicated to the community she loved
  "She had an incredible love for Wayzata" and earlier this year was named the city's Citizen of the Year. She served as a City Council member and as a counselor to prisoners.
  
• Artist Jeanne-Claude dies; co-created 'The Gates'
  Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74.
  
• Russell Zakariasen loved parks and recreation
  The retired golf course designer was on the original board of the Hennepin County Park Reserve District, the forerunner of the county's Three Rivers Park District.
  
• 'Remote Control' gameshow host Ken Ober dies at 52
  Ken Ober, who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" and helped produce the shows "Mind of Mencia" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," has died. He was 52.
  
• He was beloved by Bloomington hockey fans
  Jefferson janitor Dale Bishop announced Jaguars' and Eagles' games and sometimes brought the house down.
  
• Robert Boller, dentist, father of 7, priest
  After the death of his wife, the Minneapolis man entered the seminary and served two Catholic parishes.
  
• A wild escape led to a full life in Minnesota
  Jerry Vnoucek, a tailor at Dayton's for 34 years, came here after fleeing from Communist Czechoslovakia.
  
• Murray Olyphant's life was one vast canvas
  3M scientist also taught at Princeton, painted portraits, created wildlife preserve -- all with a sense of humor.
  
• Herb Brokering, church's poet laureate
  "A bridge-builder and a peacemaker," he shared his faith in person and through his writing.
  
• Leo Hodroff was active in business, arts communities
  He was state's first licensed Jewish funeral home director and an avid collector of Chinese porcelain.
  
• Charlotte Menzel, Mahtomedi's own angel
  Those who knew Charlotte Menzel claim they had an angel in their midst.
  
• Richard Rudeen, dedicated to lifetime of service
  The longtime Golden Valley activist started the city's hockey association, established U program for older adults.
  
• Mackbee dies 10 days after wish fulfilled
  Former Vikings defensive back Earsell Mackbee died Monday morning, 10 days after donors made it possible to charter a specially equipped plane and fulfill his dying wish to return to Vallejo, Calif., where he grew up.
  
• Deaths elsewhere
  Herbert J. (Jack) Miller Jr., 85, who led the Justice Department's war on organized crime in the 1960s and later brokered the pardon of former President Richard Nixon and prevented the release of Nixon's White House tapes, died Nov. 14 in Rockville, Md., of renal failure after being treated for influenza.
  
• Deaths elsewhere
  Ken Ober, 52, a comedian and actor who as host of MTV's "Remote Control" in the 1980s guided the raucous question-and-answer trivia contests on the irreverent cable TV game show, died Sunday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. Friends said Ober had flu-like symptoms. Autopsy results have not been released.
  
• Deaths elsewhere
  James Armstrong, 86, a civil rights foot soldier and Birmingham, Ala., barber, died Wednesday.
  

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