Shelly Rae Chezick, 43, of Pequaywan Lakes died embraced by the love of her family on Friday, May 12, in Duluth, Minnesota. She came into the world on June 26, 1962 in Roseau, Minnesota to Katherine Sluka and the late Gary Fichter. Shelly graduated from Rosemont High School in 1980 and received her Associate Degree in Accounting and Business Management from Dakota County Technical College. She worked in Hastings where she met and married Steven Chezick. She gave birth to her first daughter in 1983 and had a second in 1986. She later moved to Duluth where she started over and became engaged to her current fianc¨ Michael 'Mickey' Cooke. The two of them went on to own and operate Pequaywan Inn Resort. Shelly was best known for her involvement in the community, her generously loving heart and amazing sense of humor. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, playing practical jokes, spending time with her family and friends and taking trips to the Cooke family hunting shack. Shelly was preceded in death by her Great-grandmother Lislegard, Grandma and Grandpa Fichter and father, Gary Fichter. She is survived by her beloved daughters, Ashley and Brett "A and B" Chezick, fianc¨, Mickey Cooke, his three daughters, Kassie, Kristie and Kattie Cooke and her loyal dog Sandy. She is also survived by parents, Katherine and Ronald Sluka, grandparents, Stanley and Mable Soltau, Grandma Sluka, six sisters, one brother and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and close friends. FUNERAL SERVICE:11 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at Hermantown Community Church, 4880 Maple Grove Rd. with Pastor Lynn Kern officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, May 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at First Memorial Funeral Chapel, 4100 Grand Ave. Services entrusted to the Cremation Society of Minnesota, 218-624-5200.
This obituary was originally published in the Duluth News Tribune.
