Obituaries

Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County

Janice Kay Cavallin

Janice Kay Cavallin

May 5, 2025

Janice Cavallin passed away Monday, May 5, 2025 at her home in Pine City at the age of 73.

Janice Kay Schrul was born February 15, 1952 to Jerome and Lorraine (Kluender) Schrul in St. Paul. She attended Central High School in St. Paul and graduated in 1970. During her senior year of high school and following graduation, she was employed...

DeLayne "DeDe" Sharon Swanson

DeLayne "DeDe" Sharon Swanson

May 4, 2025

DeLayne "DeDe" Swanson of Rush City passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer, on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at the age of 75.

DeLayne Sharon Carlson was born April 6, 1950 in Rush City, Minnesota to Alrik and Lucille Carlson. She was the fourth of five children. She attended Rush City Schools and...

Maxine Marie Dailey

Maxine Marie Dailey

Apr 27, 2025

Maxine Marie Dailey passed away peacefully Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the Brooklyn Park Senior Living Facility at the age of 87.

Maxine’s parents LeRoy & Margaret Braasch owned and operated the Topic Ballroom, a Furniture store, a bowling alley and later the Montgomery Wards Store all in Pine City. Growing up Max and her sister Joanne "Jo" could be found...

Mary M. Forcier

Mary M. Forcier

Apr 21, 2025

Mary Forcier of Rush City passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025 at her home at the age of 81.

Mary Melvina (Williams) Hanson was born July 16, 1943 to Floyd Williams and Rosella (Lindbo) Williams in Bagley, MN. She was the youngest of four children.

Rosella and her husband Floyd parted ways and Rosella moved the family to Douglas, ND in...

Donna Adelaide Olson

Donna Adelaide Olson

May 3, 2025

Donna Olson passed away Saturday, May 3, 2025 at United Hospital in St. Paul at the age of 88.

Donna Adelaide Yost was born to Harold "Bob" and Neva (Schultz) Yost December 27, 1936 in Pine City, Minnesota. She attended Pine City High School and went on to earn degree in nursing and worked many years as a Registered Nurse and...

Roger Plessel

Roger Plessel

Apr 29, 2025

Roger Plessel passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at his home in Pine City, Minnesota at the age of 85 after a courageous 15-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Joseph Roger Plessel was born July 31, 1939, in Pine City to Joseph and Marie (Schmidt) Plessel. He graduated from Pine City High School in 1957, where he was active in the...

Helen Marie Hooper

Helen Marie Hooper

Apr 26, 2025

Helen Rigsby Hooper of Brook Park, MN went home to Heaven, April 26, 2025 at 9:27 pm CST.

She was born February 21, 1939 to Earl and Mary (Teas) Rigsby in Chattanooga, TN. She grew up in Chattanooga and later her family moved to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. She was a graduate of Lakeview High School and attended Dalton Vocational School to...

Matthew Albert Carlson

Matthew Albert Carlson

Apr 10, 2025

Matthew A. Carlson, age 61, of Harris, passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2025, after a lengthy illness.

Matt was born May 20, 1963 in Rush City, the third child (and the baby) to Dale and Joyce (Olson) Carlson. Matt was raised in North Branch and attended North Branch Schools, graduating in 1981. After high school Matt attended Anoka Technical Vocational...

Timothy Fairclough

Timothy Fairclough

Apr 3, 2025

Timothy Allen Fairclough, 67, passed peacefully with family by his side on April 3, 2025. His determination, spirit of volunteerism and love of the outdoors will be fondly remembered by his family and friends.

Tim was the youngest child of Thomas and Alice (Erickson) Fairclough. He married Kari (Hansen) on September 6, 1978, in Rochester, MN, which is where they lived...

Floyd Coral Gray

Floyd Coral Gray

Mar 30, 2025

Floyd Coral Gray was born December 19, 1936, in the Hustletown Community, Chengwatana Township to Floyd and Ethel (Lindahl) Gray. From there they moved to Cloverdale where his father worked at the Cloverdale Creamery. When Coral was about 5 years old, the family rented a farm just east of Hinckley and later purchased the home farm on the Grindstone River.

As...

Buddy Andrew Rydberg

Buddy Andrew Rydberg

Mar 28, 2025

Buddy Andrew Rydberg of Pine City, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at Welia, in Mora, on Friday, March 28, 2025, at the age of 90.

Buddy was born June 5, 1934 in Minneapolis, MN to Bertha Emma Heinlein and Paul Walter Rydberg. He grew up in Minneapolis, Danforth Township, and Pine City.

Buddy married Jeannie Marie Olson in 1953 and had...

John Louis Roubinek

John Louis Roubinek

Mar 27, 2025

John "Jack" Roubinek, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 27, 2025, at the Estates at Rush City at the age of 86.

John Louis Roubinek was born January 6, 1939, the cherished son of Louis and Mary (Smetana) Roubinek in Pine City, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Pine City...

Shaun Anthony Stumne

Shaun Anthony Stumne

Mar 21, 2025

Shaun "Oaf" Stumne passed away Friday, March 21, 2025 at the University of Minnesota Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis at the age 45. He left us to join his heavenly family - Grandpa Alve, Uncle Ron, Great Uncle Gary, and so many, many more.

Shaun Anthony Stumne was born June 2, 1979 to Bonnie Stumne in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. He graduated from Cooper...

Paul Marlin Johnson

Paul Marlin Johnson

Mar 18, 2025

Paul Marlin Johnson passed away peacefully in his home with his family by his side on March 18, 2025 at the age of 89. Through his life, love, and example, he was a blessing to all his family and friends.

Paul was born on January 8, 1936 to Eugene and Neva (Parker) Johnson in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, and in his early childhood...

Carol Clifforane Tiffany

Carol Clifforane Tiffany

Mar 17, 2025

Carol Tiffany passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025, at her home in Grasston at the age of 88.

Carol Clifforane Purdy was born April 22, 1936, to Carl and Leoline (Curtis) Purdy in Chengwatana Township, Pine County, Minnesota. She was a prolific reader and a skilled equestrian showing her Arabian horses winning many ribbons and awards. She loved to travel...

John Edward Havel

John Edward Havel

Mar 16, 2025

John Havel of Rush City passed away Sunday, March 16, 2025 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis at the age of 80.

John Edward Havel was born April 28, 1944 to Edward and Marcella (Kubesh) Havel in Pine City, Minnesota.

John grew up in Beroun alongside his two siblings, sister Helen and brother Joel, and where he attended grade school. He graduated...

Myron Oliver Twingstrom

Myron Oliver Twingstrom

Mar 16, 2025

Myron Twingstrom of Rush City passed away Sunday, March 16, 2025 at The Estates in Rush City after a short time on hospice care at the age of 86.

Myron O. Twingstrom was born in Spring Lake, Minnesota September 28, 1938 to Oliver and Selma (Erickson) Twingstrom. He attended Pine Lake country school and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1956.

Myron...

Evelyn Ann Simonson

Evelyn Ann Simonson

Mar 9, 2025

Evie Simonson passed away peacefully Sunday, March 9, 2025, with daughters Connie, Christie, and loving staff by her side at Northern Pines Assisted Living in Pine City at the age 89.

Evelyn Ann Klar was born December 29, 1935 to Anthony “Tony” and Annie (Osladil) Klar in Finlayson, Minnesota. Evie and Luverne “Bud” Simonson were united in marriage June 26, 1954...

Joseph James Moore

Joseph James Moore

Mar 9, 2025

Joseph "Joe" Moore of Stanchfield passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at his home, at the age of 92.

Joseph James Moore was born on April 6, 1932 to Joseph and Florence (Bibeau) Moore in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Joe met the love of his life, Elsie, and they were married in 1958. They were blessed with eight children. The two were...

Jon Ryan Slama

Jon Ryan Slama

Feb 27, 2025

Jonathan Ryan Slama made the Lambeau Leap into heaven after losing his battle with colorectal cancer on February 27, 2025, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Pine City at the age of 41.

Jon was born on March 21, 1983 to Leonard and Theresa (Moncrief) Slama in Mora, Minnesota. He grew up in Pine City. He had many...