Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
Brandon Jay Joki
Jan 25, 2025
Brandon Joki passed away Saturday, January 25, 2025 at his home in Pine City at the age of 49.
Brandon Jay Joki was born on May 1, 1975 to John and Patricia (Knotz) Joki in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Brandon is survived by his daughter Isabel Joki; parents John and Trish Joki; sister Tricia (Tom) Nellis all of Pine City; niece Laycee Bell; nephew...
Willis Henry Hippen
Jan 23, 2025
Willis Hippen passed away Thursday, January 23, 2025 at his home in Brook Park at the age of 91.
Willis Henry Hippen was born on June 2, 1933 to Henry and Irma (Binnebose) Hippen near Hinckley, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm in Brook Park with his two brothers, Leroy and Arden, and sister Marlys Ann.
Willis attended high school in...
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...
Vivian "Vi" Lorraine Belland
Jan 22, 2025
Vivian "Vi" Belland of Rush City passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis at the age of 75.
Vivian Lorraine Bitney was born June 16, 1949 to Robert and Audrey (Linden) Bitney in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Vi graduated from Johnson High School in 1967. In 1973, she married Don and moved to Hugo. They then moved...
Barbara "Barb" Lynn Kirk
Jan 22, 2025
Barbara "Barb" Kirk of Rush City passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at Rushseba Station in Rush City at the age of 95.
Barbara Lynn Overmann was born on January 5, 1930 to Alfred and Mary (Squires) Overmann in Rush City, Minnesota. She graduated from Rush City High School in 1948.
Following graduation, Barb was employed for a time in Minneapolis...
Karen Mae Fletcher
Jan 20, 2025
Karen Mae (Swanson) Fletcher, 85, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2025.
Born prematurely on September 20, 1939 at St. Anthony Hospital in Minneapolis to Ralph and Elsie (Goldbloom) Swanson, Karen's fighting and persistent spirit was evident from the start. She came home two months after her birth, tiny enough to fit in a shoebox and wrapped in blue.
She met the...
Gary Leslie Carlson
Jan 18, 2025
Gary Leslie Carlson, Pine City, MN, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at the age of 79. Born on September 27, 1945, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, to Sharratt and Mary (Burckhardt) Carlson. Gary lived a life marked by hard work, resilience, and love for his family.
Gary dedicated much of his career to the trucking industry....
William "Bill" James Miller
Jan 18, 2025
William "Bill" Miller passed away January 18, 2025, at his home in Beroun at the age of 71.
William James Miller was born on November 28, 1953, to Leonard and Adeline (Kryzer) Miller in Rush City, Minnesota. He was the youngest of four children. From the time he could walk he was outside, where he was the happiest. Didn't matter to...
Elizabeth Louise Hermes Pitzen
Jan 16, 2025
Betty Pitzen passed away Thursday, January 16, 2025 at her home on Lake Pokegama at the age of 91.
Elizabeth Louise Hermes was born September 22, 1933 to Robert and Clara (Eicher) Hermes. She was raised in the Roseville area. She was the daughter of florists and a big sister to three.
Betty was raised a devout Catholic, attending church every Sunday...
Fred Allen Clark
Jan 16, 2025
Fred Clark of Harris passed away at his home on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at the age of 88.
Fred Allen Clark was born December 13, 1936 to Harry and Josephine (Vigracz) Clark in Bravo, Michigan.
Fred is survived by his children Daniel (Jill) Clark of Harris, Kimberly (Mike) Anderson of Rush City; significant other Nancy Bengtson of Harris; 6 grandchildren; 13...
John Raymond Fuller, Sr.
Jan 15, 2025
John Fuller, Sr. of Rush City passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at Elderwood in Hinckley at the age of 81.
John Raymond Fuller, Sr. was born September 4, 1943 to Clyde Sr. and Eva (Gleason) Fuller in Chicago, Illinois.
John is survived by wife Kim Fuller of Rush City; children Ryan (Kathy) Larson of Waukee, Iowa, Rocky (Angie) Larson of...
Myles Stanton Stockdill
Jan 13, 2025
Myles Stockdill passed away Monday, January 13, 2025, at Ecumen North Branch Senior Living in North Branch at the age of 99 years, 7 months and 8 days.
Myles Stanton Stockdill was born on June 5, 1925, to George H. and Alma (Johnson) Stockdill in his family home in Swift County, Minnesota near De Graff. He graduated from Maynard High School...
Eleanor Anne Flathman
Jan 12, 2025
Eleanor Anne Jungck Hansen Flathman, aged 95, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at her home in Pine City, Minnesota.
She was born July 8th, 1929, to Virla (Bare) and Louis C. Jungck in rural Rushville, Nebraska, where she spent her childhood on the family farm. She attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Eleanor was the firstborn of seven...
Wallace "Wally" Darrel Linnell
Jan 11, 2025
Wally Linnell of Pine City Township passed away at Welia Health in Mora Saturday, January 11, 2025 at the age of 80.
Wallace Darrel Linnell was born February 26, 1944 to Wallace and Ruth (Peterson) Linnell in Rush City, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm east of Pine City, attended country school through the eighth grade. In 1961, he...
Margaret Mary Roubinek
Jan 9, 2025
Margaret Roubinek passed away Thursday, January 9, 2025 at Northern Pines Assisted Living in Pine City at the age of 83.
Margaret Mary Roubinek was born September 20, 1941 to Carl and Elizabeth (Schumacher) Kubesh on the family farm in Beroun, Minnesota. She married John "Jack" Roubinek on March 20, 1965; they resided on a farm outside of Pine City for most...
Clayton "Clay" Richard Olson
Jan 7, 2025
On January 7th, 2025, the world lost a true original. Clayton Richard Olson, 50, of North Branch; formerly of Wyoming, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous 14-month battle with cancer.
Clay had a gift for knowing how to do just about anything—and if he didn’t, he’d figure it out and gladly teach someone else along...
Tim Pixley
Jan 3, 2025
Timothy J. Pixley passed away Friday, January 3, 2025, very suddenly from health complications at his home in Rock Creek at the age of 61. Tim was born March 21, 1963, to Vincent and Dorothy (Stoffel) Pixley. He was their sixth child of their eight children.
Tim grew up with three brothers, Dave, Doug, and Brad together they entertained each other...
James Warren Norman
Dec 28, 2024
Jim Norman of Grasston passed away peacefully Saturday, December 28, 2024, at the age of 94.
James Warren Norman was born April 28, 1930, to Axel and Helen (Schwartz) Norman on a farm in Nessel Township, Chisago County, west of Rush Point. When Jim was two years old his family moved to a farm west of Lake Pokegama in Pine County;...
Roger Kirk Gilquist
Dec 27, 2024
Roger "Kirk" Gilquist, formerly of Stark, passed away December 27, 2024 in Victoria, Texas at the age of 68.
Roger "Kirk" Gilquist was born to Roger and Doris (Holm) Gilquist at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. He grew up living by Fish Lake near Stark, Minnesota and attended and graduated from the North Branch Schools.
In his early days he worked...
Eugene Aurthur LaMotte
Dec 26, 2024
Gene LaMotte passed away peacefully Thursday, December 26, 2024, at his home in Pine City at the age of 75.
Eugene Arthur LaMotte was born August 23, 1949, to Clifton and Jacqueline (LaVaque) LaMotte in St. Paul, he was the first of three sons.
Gene had many interests and hobbies including fishing, playing pool, working on cars in his body shop, and...
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