Joseph Angelo Legueri

Joseph Angelo Legueri peacefully left this world on October 9, 2025, after living his 81 years of life on this earth to the fullest. Through his Alzheimer's journey, he never lost his sense of humor or love for Vi's Pizza and a good ice cream cone.

Joe touched many lives through his work. He started his teaching career at Duluth Cathedral in 1967 and retired after a memorable teaching career at Biwabik and Mesabi East in 2001. If you sometimes find yourself saying, "The heck you say," then you had Joe as a teacher!

In 1962, Joe charmed a beautiful and lovely woman from Calumet while driving the after-school activity bus. Shirley and Joe were married 58 years. During this time, they built a house in the woods and had many adventures with their two children, Tony and Gina Haggard.

Joe spent many an hour helping his grandchildren, Thomas, Cooper, and Kelsie, know the proper way to be silly and know they were loved.

Joe was the only son of Dorothy and Angelo Legueri of Nashwauk. He had a knack for aggravating and loving his four sisters: Patti Williams, Jeannie Sunnarborg, Margie Legueri, and Marianne Cable. He was a man of many talents: he built the home he raised his family in, tinkered with many autos-his pride being a 1948 Studebaker-and was a prolific writer.

There will be no somber service, no flowery speeches, and no organ music. Instead, the family invites friends to raise a glass, tell a story that may or may not be true, and laugh a little too loudly-because that's exactly how Joe lived.