Obituaries

Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County

Thomas "Tom" Peter Schneider

Thomas "Tom" Peter Schneider

May 22, 2025

Thomas Peter Schneider (1945-2025) beloved father and grandfather; gone fishing, no longer bound by earthly shore, now he’s casting his line to something more…

Thomas “Tuly” Peter Schneider, age 79, of Rush City passed away peacefully at Birchwood Medical Center in Forest Lake on May 22nd, 2025.

Tuly was born in Rush City, Minnesota, July 14, 1945, to Henry and Mary (Ordner)...

Elizabeth "Betty" May Revier

Elizabeth "Betty" May Revier

Jan 23, 2025

Betty Revier passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at Elim Meadows Health Care Center in Milaca, at the age of 87.

Elizabeth May Brown was born August 24, 1937 to George and Lois Brown at Ancker Hospital in South St. Paul, Minnesota. She graduated from Howard Lake High School in 1955. After high school Betty worked for a production...

Barbara "Barb" A. Hartman

Barbara "Barb" A. Hartman

May 9, 2025

Barbara Ann (Heath) Hartman of White Bear Township, formerly of Rush City, passed away unexpectedly at her home Friday, May 9, 2025 at the age of 39.

She was born November 4, 1985 to Mark and JoEllen (Lind) Heath in Cambridge, Minnesota and grew up in Rush City.

Barb attended the Rush City schools graduating in 2004. She was never interested in...

Laura LaVonne Chalupsky

Laura LaVonne Chalupsky

Apr 18, 2025

Laura LaVonne (Grover) Chalupsky of Pine City passed away peacefully Friday, April 18, 2025, at the age of 88.

Laura was born March 4, 1937, to John and Anna (Miller) Grover in Pine City, Minnesota. She was the eighth of nine children. She graduated from Pine City High School in 1955 and moved to the Twin Cities area, where she lived...

Lorraine Francine Holcomb

Lorraine Francine Holcomb

May 19, 2025

Lorraine Holcomb passed away peacefully Monday, May 19, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family at the age of 77.

Lorraine Francine Vondrasek was born July 21, 1947 alongside her beloved twin sister (wombmate) Laverne to Frank & Philothea Mae (Von Horn) Vondrasek in Pine City. She brought light and laughter into the world from the very beginning.

Always the heart...

Donald Paul Stoffel

Donald Paul Stoffel

May 14, 2025

Don Stoffel passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at his home in Pine City at the age of 80.

Donald Paul Stoffel was born on September 14, 1944 to Nicholas and Caroline (Kick) Stoffel in Pine City Township, Minnesota. He attended Rock Lake Country School until the seventh grade. In 1962, Don graduated from Pine City High School and attended the...

David "Davey" Robert Huston

David "Davey" Robert Huston

May 10, 2025

David Huston of Monticello, formerly of Rush City, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at St. Cloud Centra Care Hospital in St. Cloud at the age of 43.

David Robert Huston was born August 22, 1981 to Carl and Brenda (Orvis) Huston in Chisago City, Minnesota. He attended Rush City Schools and over the years made great friends. David and...

Ronald Edwin Sellers

Ronald Edwin Sellers

May 7, 2025

Ron Sellers of Rush City passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 peacefully after a long battle with cancer at the age of 65. In the days preceding his passing Ron was surrounded by his immediate family. He made jokes up until his death. He loved his cat Scout who misses him deeply.

Ronald Edwin Sellers was born June 6, 1959...

Mary Jo Mills

Mary Jo Mills

May 7, 2025

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It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Mary Jo Mills, who left us peacefully on May 7th, 2025 at the age of 64. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, friend and will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Mary Jo Pollard was born March...

Jeffrey Girgen

Jeffrey Girgen

May 6, 2025

Jeffrey Girgen, renowned worldwide as the world's greatest husband and most incredible guy ever, passed away from cardiac arrest Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the University of Minnesota Health Fairview Medical Center in Minneapolis at the age of 67.

Jeffrey Anthony Girgen was born July 11, 1957 to Phillip and Clarine (Ostertag) Girgen in Hastings, Minnesota.  He was the second child...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...