Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
Melanie Kay Piha
Nov 10, 2021
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Melanie Piha of Maplewood passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at M Health Fairview-St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood at the age of 58 following the diagnosis of a serious illness.
Melanie Kay Mills was born on October 2, 1963 to Lawrence and MaryAnn (Miller) Mills in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Melanie lived...
Martin "Marty" Kurtiss Rike
Nov 9, 2021
Martin Rike passed away at his home surrounded by family and friends on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at the age of 53.
Martin Kurtiss Rike was born January 28, 1968 to Kurtiss and Sharon (Althoff) Rike in Rush City, Minnesota
After graduation from Pine City High School in 1986 he worked many local jobs some of which included Product Fab...
Donald Drew Jensen
Nov 5, 2021
Donald Jensen of Pine City passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis at the age of 77.
Donald Drew Jensen was born March 27, 1944 to Edward Sr. and Lavera Jensen in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Donald is survived by his wife Anna Jensen of Pine City; children: Wayne (Nicole) Jensen of Washington, Doreen (Kenny) Potter...
David Garrit Bennett
Nov 4, 2021
Dave Bennett of Grand Rapids, formerly of Sunrise, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 at his home at the age of 33.
David Garrit Bennett was born October 22, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
Dave loved all sports and was a good athlete. During his school years he participated in baseball, football and cross country. Basketball became his sport of...
Jeffrey Dan Nelson
Nov 4, 2021
Jeff's funeral service will be live streamed at: www.rushcityfirstlutheran.org Click on Worship on Line.
Jeff Nelson of Rush City passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 at M Health Fairview-Southdale in Edina at the age of 67.
Jeffrey Dan Nelson was born December 3, 1953 to Clayton and Norma (Powell) Nelson in Rush City, Minnesota.
Jeff was raised and educated...
Clifford Gunnard Shoberg
Nov 1, 2021
Clifford Gunnard Shoberg, age 97, passed away on Monday, November 1, 2021 at Ecumen in North Branch.
Clifford was born to Gunnard and Mabel (Johnson) Shoberg on July 16, 1924 in Rock Creek Township, Pine County, MN in “Little Sweden”, a community of Swedish settlers approximately two miles south of Rock Creek. Cliff was the second of four children.
At...
Janice Carol Liescke
Oct 30, 2021
Janice Liescke passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, October 30, 2021 at Golden Horizons in Sandstone at the age of 84. Janice Carol Quickstad was born April 26, 1937 to Arthur and Myrtle (Tollefson) Quickstad in Waseca, Minnesota. She lived in Seattle until settling in North Branch in 1985. Jan was a woman of many talents; a wife, mother,...
Jennifer Kathleen Karas
Oct 29, 2021
Jennifer "Jenny" Kathleen Karas went home to Jesus on October 29, 2021 at the young age of 67.
She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 23, 1954 to Junior and Theresa Rehbine. Jenny is preceded in death by her father Junior Rehbine and grandson Mackenzie Simmons.
She is survived by her loving husband Steve Karas; her mother Theresa...
Thomas Alan Swanson
Oct 27, 2021
Tom Swanson of Rush City passed away Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at his home at the age of 66.
Thomas Alan Swanson was born November 20, 1954 to Delbert and Florence (Hathaway) Swanson in Rush City, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rush City and graduated from Rush City High School, where he was...
Dean George Yorston
Oct 26, 2021
Dean Yorston of Pine City passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at his home at the age of 79.
Dean George Yorston was born August 4, 1942 to George and Beatrice (Oxberry) Yorston in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a teen he was a member of the Arcana DeMolay and graduated from Edison High School in the Class of 1960. At a...
Matthew Duane Cochran
Oct 21, 2021
Matthew Cochran passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021 at the age of 58.
Matthew Duane Cochran was born August 9, 1963 to Gibson and Darlene (Meyer) Cochran in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the fourth child of five. The family moved to Hugo in 1971 and he loved country life. When he was a teenager they moved again to White...
Michelle Ann Stenger
Oct 20, 2021
Michelle "Shell" Ann Stenger was born on March 22, 1991, the fourth child to Mark and Mary Stenger in Maplewood, MN. She was welcomed into the world by grandparents Dick and Ann Gibson and George and Carole Stenger. Michelle joined her grandparents Dick and Ann Gibson, uncles Joe Gibson and George Stenger Jr., aunt Shellie Fisk, great-uncle Pat and great-aunt...
Eric Bradley Somora
Oct 19, 2021
Eric Somora, age 44, passed away on Oct 19, 2021. Eric graduated from Hiawatha High School, then joined the Army. In the Army Eric was a “gunner” on M1A2 Abrams Tank, “roof gunner” while in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he searched people and vehicles at check points, organized training and maintained computers. He received a Battalion Coin for excellence in first...
Gene Alan Johnson
Oct 19, 2021
Gene Johnson passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids at the age of 67.
Gene Alan Johnson was born June 16, 1954 to Glenn and Joyce (Kalsbeck) Johnson in Mora, Minnesota.
Gene was the youngest of 6 children; he had 4 brothers and 1 sister. The family lived in Hinckley until 1965 when they moved...
Clifford Frank Ramberg
Oct 16, 2021
Clifford Frank Ramberg was born on the family farm in Harris, MN on September 26, 1930 to Frank and Anna Ramberg. He passed away on October 16, 2021 at the age of 91 years. He was the fifth of nine children. He attended the Willow Grove School in Harris. In his younger years he worked on a local turkey farm...
Jason Michael Sundin
Oct 14, 2021
Jason Sundin passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at his Rush City home at the age of 44.
Jason is survived by his wife Annie; children: Shayla, Joshua, Chase, Alexander, Chloe, and Dominic; mother Marcia Sundin; brother James (Kristine) Ladwig; many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father Robert Sundin Jr.; grandparents: LaVonne Dale, Robert...
Karen Marie Petschke
Oct 8, 2021
Karen Petschke of Pine City passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis at the age of 64.
Karen Marie Johnson was born August 23, 1957 to Joseph and Katherine (Ferguson) Johnson in Sioux City, Iowa.
Karen made her way to Pine City to call home. As she settled in she worked at the Pizza Pub,...
Ferne Delores Hunter
Oct 6, 2021
Ferne Hunter of Arlington, Tennessee passed away peacefully on October 6, 2021 in her home after a long illness.
Ferne Delores (Hultgren) Hunter was born in Midale, Saskatchewan, Canada on October 1, 1933 to Florence and Hjalmer Anderson.
After graduating from nursing school in Regina, Saskatchewan, Ferne continued her nursing career in Anchorage, Alaska where she met her husband of...
James Donald Hoffman
Oct 1, 2021
James Donald Hoffman was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 16, 1960 to Donna Rediske and Robert Hoffman. He passed away at the age of 60 at the Fairview Medical Center in Wyoming, Minnesota on October 1, 2021 after a short battle with Covid-19.
Jim is survived by his mother Donna Rediske; children: James Hoffman Jr., Aaron Hoffman and Kayla...
Michael John Skalsky
Sep 29, 2021
Mick Skalsky of Rush City, Minnesota passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 29, 2021at his home surrounded by his loving family at the age of 75.
Michael John Skalsky was born on October 7, 1946 to Walter and Margaret Skalsky in Hibbing, Minnesota. Nicknamed “Mick” he was the second of five children; he had three brothers Andy, Chuck, Jerry and a...
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