Delores Lorraine Sikich

Delores Lorraine Sikich

Delores L. Sikich, 93, lifelong resident of Hibbing, passed away peacefully

surrounded by family on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Emerald Crest in

Burnsville, MN. She was born at home on April 26, 1932, to Oscar and

Mae (Gustafson) Johnson in Kerr Location, near Hibbing. She attended

and graduated from Hibbing schools and completed a secretarial program

at Duluth Business University after high school. A homemaker by trade,

Delores married Michael J. Sikich on September 10, 1955, at the First

Lutheran Church in Hibbing. They were together until his passing in 1999.

Delores held a few jobs throughout her lifetime. Before starting a family,

she worked as a secretary for Oliver Mining Co., and later was employed

with Manney’s Shopper for many years. She was very active in her church.

Delores was a part of various church guilds at the First Lutheran Church in

Hibbing, always willing to volunteer her time as needed. She took great

pride in preparing family meals, and her baked goods (especially apple

strudel, apple squares, and potica) were out of this world! She loved

gardening, walking with friends, knitting, and crocheting, as some of her

favorite pastimes. Delores also loved to bowl and, over the years, has

belonged to various women’s bowling leagues. But above all else, Delores

enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-

grandchildren. Family was the center of her life and heart.

She is survived by two children, Michelle (Robert) Haugan, Eagan, MN,

and Jeffrey (Lisa) Sikich, White Bear Lake, MN, six grandchildren, Grace

(Paul) Zens, Moorhead, MN, Michael (Kelsey) Haugan, St. Louis Park, MN,

Jillian (John) Fitzgerald, Richfield, MN, Brooke Sikich, Carmen Sikich, and

Nicholas Sikich, all of White Bear Lake, MN, three great-grandchildren, Ivy

Haugan, Blakely Haugan, and Jack Fitzgerald, along with special sister-in-

laws Donna Johnson, Ann Basarich, brother-in-law Louie Sikich and many

nieces and nephews.

Delores was preceded in death by her husband, Michael J. Sikich, in 1999,

her parents, Oscar and Mae, along with four brothers, Alvin, Gordon,

Kenneth, and Karl Johnson.

Funeral services for Delores will be at noon, Monday, May 12, 2025, at the

First Lutheran Church in Hibbing. The Rev. John Dietz will officiate.

Visitation will start at 11:00, one hour before the noon service. Interment

will be in Maple Hill Cemetery of Hibbing. In lieu of flowers, the family

requests that you donate to your chosen charity. Arrangements are

entrusted to the Dougherty Funeral Home of Hibbing. To leave an online

condolence message, please visit us at www.doughertyofhibbing.com.