Gordon Michael Fillipi, BSMT ‘62, MS Micro ‘70, PhD Micro ‘73
Dr. Fillipi, 69, Grand Forks, N. Dak., passed away on December 23, 2009. 

He was born in Warren, Minn., on October 17, 1940, to Henry and Grace (Osvak) Fillipi, and he was the older of two boys. He was raised on a farm near Tabor, Minn., and then moved to Grand Forks to attend college at the University of North Dakota. He served as laboratory supervisor of the sanatorium at Nopeming, Minn., near Duluth and later continued his education and graduated with a PhD from the University of North Dakota. He worked as a microbiologist in the hospital laboratories of St. Michael’s Hospital, United Hospital, and Altru Hospital, where he retired in 1997 as director of the pathology lab.

Survivors include his sons, Greg (Bita) of Moses Lake, Wash., Steve (Shelly) of Aurora, Colo., Tom (Patty) of Farmington, Minn., Jim (Lori) of Bemidji, Minn.; daughter, Suzanne (Brad) Berry, Grand Forks; grandchildren, Nicole, Austin, Sydney, Ashley, Preston, Brianna, Brooke, Bauer, Chase, and Aiden; great-granddaughter, Christine; brother, Scott (Lorna) of Warren, Minn. and many in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins.  

He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley, an infant son, his parents, and in-laws, Johannes and Amy Hedlund.