A life remembered: Joe Zastera
June 17, 2010 at 1:25 am in Lake County News-Chronicle
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.Continue Reading
Joe was one of my favorite Two Harbors–and one of the first to make a special to say “welcome” when he discovered I was a newcomer. I interviewed him for many a story, and always counted him among the backbone members of the community. I’m really sorry he’s gone.
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