I just received a phone call from Butch Ukura that Josephine Blanich died just after midnight this morning. Jo -- as she was known to birders statewide -- was a long-time and very active member of the MOU since the 1970s. Along with her husband Steve, Terry Savaloja, and Warren Nelson, all of whom have now passed away, Jo was a birding institution in Aitkin and Crow Wing counties, sharing in the discoveries of nesting Yellow Rails, Great Gray Owls, and other sought-after species in that part of the state. Funeral arrangements and memorial services are pending and will be announced on this listserve and elsewhere later. -Kim Eckert, Duluth
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