Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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 seventh of nine children. She graduated from Pine City High School in 1955 and moved to the Twin Cities area, where she lived...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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