Obituaries

Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County

Jacqueline "Jackie" Ann McCarron

Jacqueline "Jackie" Ann McCarron

Jun 15, 2020

Jackie McCarron of Pine City died Monday, June 15, 2020 at her home at the age of 78.

Jacqueline Ann King was born January 5, 1942 to Everette and Winifred (Brown) King in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jackie is survived by her daughters Kim Wolf of Brooklyn Park, Chris Wolf of Hopkins; step-children Kathy Howe of Forest Lake, Terri (Scott) Berg of...

Maudine Pauline Lauseng

Maudine Pauline Lauseng

Jun 14, 2020

Maudine Lauseng passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 in Custer, South Dakota.

Maudine Pauline Roberts was born April 5, 1929 to Edward and Mae (Hebbert) Roberts in Dawes County, Chadron, Nebraska. She was the first of eight children. She attended various country schools and two in the city of Chadron. Midway through the 4th grade, she came with her family...

Phyllis May Borgstrom

Phyllis May Borgstrom

Jun 11, 2020

Phyllis Borgstrom of Rush City passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020 at Ecumen in North Branch at the age 94.

Phyllis May Bahneman was born May 6, 1926 to Arthur and Rubie (Larson) Bahneman in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Phyllis grew up on a farm in Afton township with her parents and sister Muriel. She attended and graduated from Stillwater High...

Wayne Cecil Baker

Wayne Cecil Baker

Jun 11, 2020

Wayne Baker passed away peacefully at his home in Sun City, Arizona on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at the age of 89.

Wayne Cecil Baker was born February 1, 1931 to Fred and Anna (Thompson) Baker in Fairfax, South Dakota.

Wayne met his wife of 69 years, Diane, in Pickstown, South Dakota.  Together they raised their family in the Black...

Diane Marie Cook

Diane Marie Cook

Jun 9, 2020

Diane Cook of Pine City passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Little Canada at the age of 76.

Diane Marie Blazek was born November 17, 1943 to Edward and Lucille (Pangerl) Blazek in Pine City, Minnesota.  She was the oldest of 4 children and grew up on the family farm.  After graduating from Pine City...

Don "Tom" Thomas Garnett

Don "Tom" Thomas Garnett

Jun 1, 2020

Don “Tom” Garnett of Pine City passed away peacefully on Monday, June 1, 2020 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale the age of 57.

Don Thomas Garnett was born August 23, 1962 to Don and Winnifred (Mason) Garnett in Rockford, Illinois.

Tom is survived by his wife Tammy Garnett of Pine City; daughter Ashlee Garnett of Madison, WI; sisters Tammy...

Richard "Dick" Joseph Anthony Jacobson

Richard "Dick" Joseph Anthony Jacobson

May 27, 2020

Richard “Dick” Jacobson of Pine City passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at the Centra Care St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 87.

Richard Joseph Jacobson was born November 12, 1932 to Arthur and Leona (Pangerl) Jacobson on a farm southwest of Pine City on the Brunswick Road in Royalton Township, Pine County, Minnesota.

Dick was baptized, made...

Shanae Ann Zillmer

Shanae Ann Zillmer

May 27, 2020

Shanae Ann Zillmer born June 21, 1981, passed away at the age of 38 on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 7:30 PM.

Shay is survived by her husband Wayne Zillmer; two children Olivia and Vincent Carchedi; two step-children Shelby and Wyatt Zillmer; mother Sally Stiele; grandmother Donna Stiele; many cousins, aunts and uncles.

Shay loved boating, kayaking and living at...

Rita Mae Catherine Breckon

Rita Mae Catherine Breckon

May 26, 2020

Rita Breckon of West St. Paul died Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul at the age of 82.

Rita Mae Catherine Breckon was born August 30, 1937 to Ralph and Delores (Seiberlich) Breckon in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Rita is survived by her niece Darlene (Roy) Stromath of St. Paul; nephews Bill (Linnette) Breckon of St. Paul...

James "Jim" Joseph McNamara

James "Jim" Joseph McNamara

May 24, 2020

James “Jim” McNamara of Pine City passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at his home on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at the age of 80.

James Joseph McNamara was born October 7, 1939 to Melvin and Helen (Kammerer) McNamara in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Jim grew up in St. Paul and graduated from St. Agnes High School in 1958 where he...

Joan Carol Kubesh

Joan Carol Kubesh

May 23, 2020

Joan Kubesh of Pine City passed away May 23, 2020 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale at the age of 75.

Joan Carol Bergwick was born January 1, 1945 to Christ and Louise (Van Horn) Bergwick at Lakeside Hospital in Pine City, Minnesota.  Joan and her twin brother John were the first babies born in the New Year.  She attended...

Kenneth Evertte Wicklund

Kenneth Evertte Wicklund

May 20, 2020

Kenneth Wicklund of Golden Valley passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at Covenant Manor in Golden Valley at the age of 96.

Kenneth Evertte Wicklund was born February 10, 1924 to Richard and Ruth (Newquist) Wicklund in Junction City, Wisconsin.

Ken is survived by his son Nathan Wicklund of Brooklyn Center; daughter Lisa (Lynel) Stubbs of Spring Lake Park.

Funeral...

Kenneth Junior Hawkinson

Kenneth Junior Hawkinson

May 17, 2020

Kenneth Hawkinson of Pine City passed away Sunday May 17, 2020 at Lakeside Health and Rehab in Pine City at the age of 92.

Kenneth Junior Hawkinson was born June 5, 1927 to Ned and Anna (Carlson) Hawkinson in Brook Park, Minnesota.

Ken is survived by his wife Marjorie Hawkinson of Pine City; son Cory Hawkinson of New Brighton; daughter...

Ronald "Ron" Oscar Haavisto

Ronald "Ron" Oscar Haavisto

May 14, 2020

Ron Haavisto passed away peacefully at his home in Brook Park on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the age of 83.

Ronald Oscar Haavisto was born August 1, 1936 to Oscar and Sidora (Sizer) Haavisto in Pine County, Minnesota.

Ron attended Pine City High School and graduated in 1954. Directly after high school, he moved to the Twin Cities. While...

Peggy Lee Wasson

Peggy Lee Wasson

May 13, 2020

Peggy Wasson of Pine City died at home surrounded by fami­ly on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. She was 64 years old.

Peggy Lee Hill was born April 16, 1956 to Calvin and Mary (Peterson) Hill in Heron Lake, Minnesota. In 1962, the family moved to Pine City.  In 1974, Peggy graduated from Pine City High School.  On May 26, 1978,...

Robin Lynn Root

Robin Lynn Root

May 11, 2020

Robin Root of Pine City passed away Monday, May 11, 2020 at the age of 59. She lost her six-year battle with Alzheimer's disease and passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones.

Robin Lynn Schmidt was born on November 20, 1960 to Albert and Jewell (Mammenga) Schmidt in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Growing up in St. Paul with her four...

Linda Sue Kloes

Linda Sue Kloes

Apr 30, 2020

Linda Kloes of Rapid City, South Dakota (formerly of St. Paul) passed away Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota at the age of 71.

Linda Sue Rebischke was born April 12, 1949 to Roy and Irene Rebischke in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was a longtime employee of the Minnesota Department of Transportation in...

Phyllis June Walther

Phyllis June Walther

Apr 30, 2020

Phyllis Walther passed away Thursday, April 30, 2020 at her home in Pine City at the age of 89.

Phyllis June Pierson was born July 30, 1930 to Earl and Katherine Pierson in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Phyllis is survived by her sons Dan Sack, Mike Osterman and daughter Nancy Osterman.

She was preceded in death by her parents Earl and...

Robert "Bob" Frank Toman

Robert "Bob" Frank Toman

Apr 28, 2020

Robert “Bob” Toman of Brook Park passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at his home at the age of 69.

Robert Frank Toman was born January 1, 1951 to Jacob “Jack” and Agnes (Cabak) Toman in Rush City, Minnesota.  Bob grew up on his family farm enjoying farm life.  He met Sharon (Valvoda) riding the bus to school and married...

Marcella Mae Staples

Marcella Mae Staples

Apr 24, 2020

Marcella Staples passed away Friday, April 24, 2020 at Sophie's Manor in Pine City at the age of 94.

Marcella Mae DeRusha was born February 27, 1926 to Earl and Martha (Chapeline) DeRusha in Cloquet, Minnesota.

Marcella is survived by her grandchildren Patrick (Michele) Staples of Adams, Amy (Jason) Hall of Farmington; great-grandchildren Kjerstin, Korin and Erik Hall, William and...