Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
Carole Jean Pederson
Dec 9, 2023
Carole Pederson of Pine City passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale at the age of 79.
Carole Jean LaShomb was born January 28, 1944 to James and Dorothy (Sours) LaShomb in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 1962, she graduated with Honor Society honors from Alexander Ramsey High School in Roseville, Minnesota. Carole attended Mankato State...
Norma Joyce Senske
Dec 2, 2023
Norma Senske passed away Saturday, December 2, 2023 at the Carefree Assisted Living in Ely, Minnesota at the age of 96.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the: Funeral and Cremation Service of Pine City, Swanson Chapel.www.FuneralAndCremationService.com
Pamela Rae Malchow
Dec 2, 2023
Pam Malchow of Rush City passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2023 at her home at the age of 72.
Pamela Rae Falk was born April 17, 1951 to Lawrence and Grace (Jordahl) Falk at the Lutheran Deaconess Hospital in Hennepin County. In 1961, when Pam was in the sixth grade the family moved from Richfield to Colombia Heights. During...
Lawrence "Larry" Eldon Hemmer
Dec 1, 2023
Larry Hemmer, 84, of Rush City, Minnesota was called home on Friday, December 1, 2023. He was bornDecember 12, 1938, to Francis and Evelyn (Scofield) Hemmer in Pine County. He lived most of his life in Rush City.
Larry met the love of his life, Margaret Resch, and they were married on October 4, 1958. They were blessed with six daughters.
Margaret and...
Nancy Kaye Satak LaFontaine
Nov 30, 2023
Nancy Satak LaFontaine passed away Thursday, November 30, 2023 at the age of 73.
She was born Nancy Kaye Satak on November 28, 1950 to Charles and Marion (Bradshaw) Satak in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Nancy began as a beautician. She retired from working on the line at the Ford plant.
She loved children, and everybody called her "Auntie Sugar."
Nancy...
William John Norman
Nov 28, 2023
William Norman of Pokegama Township passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at his home at the age of 78.
William John Norman was born March 2, 1945 to Axel and Helen (Schwartz) Norman in Pine City. He grew up on a dairy farm west of Pine City and attended the Jarvis Bay Country School. In 1963, he graduated from the Pine...
John Gilbert Becvar
Nov 27, 2023
John Becvar passed away Monday, November 27, 2023 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale at the age of 87.
John Gilbert Becvar was born April 4, 1936 to Charles and Pauline (Kubat) Becvar in Pine City, Minnesota.
John grew up on his parents farm "The Becvar Homestead" on Cedar Creek Road in Chengwanta Township, with his brother Fredrick Becvar and...
Dixie Lee Logue
Nov 21, 2023
Dixie Lee Logue, age 81, of Harris, Minnesota passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, November 21, 2023.
She fought many health issues. However, it would be wrong to say she lost her battle to lung cancer. She fought it on her own terms and never surrendered. She remained strong and defiant to the very end. And she was...
Gordon "Gordy" John Pavek
Nov 20, 2023
Gordon "Gordy" Pavek of Pine City passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023, at St. Clare Living Community in Mora, Minnesota, at the age of 93. He was born March 7th, 1930 in Rush City, Minnesota, to Frank and Helen (Skalicky) Pavek. He was the second of three sons. He grew up on the family farm east of Beroun. He attended...
Jay Mitchell Mitthun
Nov 19, 2023
Jay Mitchell Mitthun of Rush City, Minnesota was born August 20, 1969 at Forest Lake Hospital to Dennis and Valerie (Thunstrom) Mitthun. He passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, November 19, 2023, at the age of 54.
He was a quiet, trusting, soul who saw the best in everyone. He was gentle-hearted and never had a bad word...
Anthony "Tony" Thomas Defilippo
Nov 19, 2023
Tony Defilippo of Stanchfield passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at the age of 42.
Anthony Thomas Defilippo was born December 23, 1980 to Thomas and Niki (DiPaiolo) Defilippo in Bronx, New York.
Tony is survived by his children Alexa Defilippo and her mother Jessica Palmer of Stanchfield, A.J. Defilippo, Dominic Defilippo, Brooke Defilippo, Maximus Defilippo all of Minnesota;...
Arthur "Art" Joseph Pangerl
Nov 17, 2023
Arthur "Art" Pangerl passed away at his home in Pine City on Friday, November 17, 2023, at the age of 91.
Art was born July 18, 1932, to Joseph and Emma (Youngbauer) Pangerl at their home on the farm in Royalton Township, Minnesota.
Art spent many years farming and working as an engineer on the steam engine at the...
Kevin Michael Thompson
Nov 8, 2023
Kevin Michael Thompson (aka "Q") was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 7, 1993. He was the son of Beverly Merrick and Cedric Thompson.
Q went to Roosevelt High School, finishing online. Q's teachers were amazed with his intelligence when it came to math.
He enjoyed playing football in school, but his favorite past time was going to the...
Donald "Benny" Allan Bendickson
Nov 2, 2023
Donald "Benny" Bendickson of Columbia Heights; formerly of north Minneapolis, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2023 at the age of 65.
Donald was a free spirit, living life on his own terms and following his own unique path.
He was born August 11, 1958 in Minneapolis; the third child born to Kermit and Marian (Larson) Bendickson. He spent his early...
Virginia "Ginny" Elizabeth Schuler
Nov 1, 2023
Virginia Elizabeth (Dwyer) Schuler, age 82, of Pine City passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at Ecumen in North Branch.
“Ginny” was born on November 28, 1940 to John and Marion (Longmuir) Dwyer in Bismarck, North Dakota.
She graduated from Bismarck High School in 1958 where she enjoyed playing volleyball. She and Earl developed a close relationship through their...
Marc Andrew Schoning
Oct 29, 2023
Marc Andrew Schoning, age 52, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at his home in Coon Rapids.
Marc was born September 4, 1971 to Roger and Donna (Ubl) Schoning in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
When he was young, Marc acted in the Children's Theater and sang in the Angelica Contanti Boys Choir. He went on to graduate from Saint Louis Park...
Barb Zabilka
Oct 25, 2023
Barbara Olson Zabilka passed away on October 25,2023, in Cambridge, at the age of 86.
Barbara Jeanne Dahl was born April 16, 1937, to Christian and Gudrun (Bolme) Dahl in Duluth, Minnesota.
Barbara enjoyed camping trips with her husband Ed and their son Rick. These trips often included good friends the Marnich family, as well as the "Pine City Camping Crew". In...
Susan "Sue" Stroeing Wiley
Oct 16, 2023
Susan (Sue) Stroeing Wiley, 66, of Pine City passed away peacefully at home on Monday, October 16, 2023 with her loving husband by her side. Sue was born on August 17, 1957 in St. Paul, MN, to John and Bernice (Borgerding) Stroeing. Sue grew up on the east side of St. Paul and met the love of her life, Kevin, in elementary school....
Rhonda Jo Briski
Oct 11, 2023
Rhonda Jo Briski passed away, surrounded in love by her son Chad, grandchildren Rory and Quinn, special friends Heidi and Mike Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at United Hospital in St. Paul at the age 68.
Rhonda Jo Bjorklund was born August 22, 1955 to Richard and Joann (Tracy) Bjorklund in Fairmont, Minnesota.
Rhonda is survived by her son Chad (Jessica)...
Leland "Lee" Myron Olson
Oct 11, 2023
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Lee Olson of New Hope passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at Good Samaritan Ambassador in New Hope at the age of 77.
Leland Myron Olson was born August 9, 1946 to Myron and Audrey (Mell) Olson in Rush City, Minnesota.
Lee’s motto in life has been “Live, Love and Laugh”! Drawn to...
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