Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
Marjorie Ruth Odendahl
Sep 18, 2024
Margie Odendahl passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at her home in Pine City at the age of 63.
Marjorie Ruth Hanson was born August 7, 1961 to Rudy and Eleanor (Elfstrum) Hanson in Mora, Minnesota. The youngest of ten children, she was often found climbing trees and playing with the pigs. She started school in Brook Park, eventually attending Pine...
Anne Marie Reiser
Sep 14, 2024
Anne Marie Reiser of Beroun passed away Saturday, September 14, 2024, at the age of 64 after a battle with cancer.
Anne Marie was born on October 15, 1959, to Roy and Adeline (Soukup) Reiser in Rush City, Minnesota. She was the youngest of five siblings and grew up on the family farm just outside of Beroun. In 1977, she graduated...
Jerry Peterson
Sep 9, 2024
Jerry Peterson, age 77, departed this life on September 9, 2024 from Rushseba Station, Rush City.
Jerry Lee Peterson was born March 26, 1947 to Carlton and Lucille (Mattson) Peterson in Waterloo, Iowa.
Jerry graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1965. He married Dee Slawson, his darling companion, on June 22, 1971 and together they built a life they loved: raising...
Ruby Agnes Erickson
Sep 8, 2024
Ruby Erickson of Rush City passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2024, surrounded by family and in the thoughts and prayers of friends and family, at the age of 92.
Ruby Agnes Hertenstein was born on August 16, 1932 to Joseph and Mary (Smiley) Hertenstein on a farm in Rush City, Minnesota. She was the fourth daughter of six children.
Ruby attended...
Susan Jean Geisler
Sep 7, 2024
Susan "Sue" Geisler of Pine City passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital at the age of 69.
Susan Jean Erhart was born on March 9, 1955 to Edward and Olive (Janiskela) Erhart in Rush City, Minnesota. Sue went to Pine City High School where she met her husband, Ken Geisler.
She spent her early years working as...
Ronald Lee Hartse
Sep 6, 2024
Ronald "Ron" Hartse of Grasston, formerly of Columbia Heights, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2024, at his home at the age of 77.
Ronald Lee Hartse was born on February 16, 1947 to Axel and Florence (Ellingsen) Hartse in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ron Hartse was a kind and gentle man known for his quiet nature and subtle humor. He was married...
Donald "Don" Lee Kennen
Aug 28, 2024
Donald Lee Kennen, age 76, of Silverthorne, CO, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on August 28, 2024, in his recliner facing the mountains.
He was born in Rush City, Minnesota on September 23, 1948, the son of Willard and Lucille (Kaste) Kennen.
Don was a graduate of Rush City High School and attended the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus, studying...
Herbert Paul Kent
Aug 28, 2024
Herbert Kent passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota at the age of 80.
Herbert Paul Kent was born on December 31, 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the second child of Herbert and Alice (Cort) Kent, with his older brother Gary, younger brother Doug and his sisters Judy and Linda.
Herb lived the majority...
Jerome Carl Nordrum
Aug 28, 2024
Jerome Nordrum passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at Essentia Health in Duluth at the age of 61.
Jerome Carl Nordrum was born July 18, 1963 to Norman and Janice (Tracy) Nordrum. He attended Pine City Schools, graduating in 1982. It was during his senior year skip day he met Dawn Nybeck (yes, Dawn was in 10th grade, and she...
William "Bill" John Huggins
Aug 26, 2024
Bill Huggins of Rush City passed away on Monday, August 26, 2024 at Rushseba Station in Rush City at the age of 79.
William John Huggins was born February 9, 1945 to James and Gretchen (Haas) Huggins in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Bill was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Despite his long journey with Parkinson’s and other health issues, he never lost his...
Inez Linnea Engler
Aug 23, 2024
Inez Engler (Mrs. Fred) of Rush City passed away peacefully on Friday, August 23, 2024, just shy of her 95th birthday, at Rushseba Station in Rush City.
Inez was born Inez Linnea Christenson on August 28, 1929 in the Rush City Hospital, Rush City, Minnesota, to Gustaf and Edith (Widstrand) Christenson.
She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great- grandmother, and friend,...
Joyce Kathleen Lindquist
Aug 20, 2024
Joyce Kathleen Lindquist, age 98, passed away peacefully in the company of family on August 20, 2024, in her apartment at Northern Pines Assisted Living in Pine City.
Joyce was born on November 17, 1925, in her parents' home in Hinckley, to Charles and Kathleen (Keen) Spry. She was baptized in Grindstone Lake at age 11. She graduated from Hinckley High...
Lyle Roland Nelson
Aug 20, 2024
Lyle Roland Nelson, 89; of San Tan Valley, Arizona, formerly of Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 11:06 a.m. Born June 3, 1935, to Freeman and Florence Nelson, Lyle was the youngest of five siblings. Despite a challenging childhood marked by polio, he overcame the illness and lived his life with unwavering determination and resilience.
Lyle attended school...
Jon Allen Maack
Aug 16, 2024
Jon Maack of Moose Lake passed away on Friday, August 16, 2024 at Essentia Health in Moose Lake at the age of 61.
Jon Allen Maack was born December 2, 1962 to Robert and Carolyn (Nelson) Maack in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Jon is survived by his wife Heather Maack of Moose Lake; children Brittani (Theran) Hedtke of Superior, WI, Jedidiah Maack of...
LeRoy Curtis Nystrom
Aug 13, 2024
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LeRoy Curtis Nystrom passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Northern Pines Assisted Living in Pine City, MN at the age of 88.
LeRoy was born near Milwaukee, WI on April 6, 1936, to Oscar A. Nystrom and Magna (Amanda) Eckre. The family moved to Minnesota in the early 1940’s.
He was known as a...
Duane Joseph Peters
Aug 13, 2024
Duane Peters passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at the Burnett Health Care Center at the age of 85.
Duane Joseph Peters was born on December 15, 1938 to Stanley and Clara (Goldfuss) Peters in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He was the last of eight children to be born and the last of the eight to pass on.
Duane graduated high school from St....
Tom Blumhoefer
Aug 10, 2024
Thomas George Blumhoefer was born February 18, 1941, in Braham, Minnesota to George and Genevieve Blumhoefer. He was the second youngest of five siblings. He spent his childhood and teenage years developing a reputation as an epic prankster. Infamous episodes include (but are not limited to) attaching a chain to a police vehicle so that when it sped away the...
Margaret Pauline Plasek
Aug 9, 2024
Margaret Plasek passed away Friday, August 9, 2024 at Sandstone Health Care in Sandstone at the age of 88.
Margaret Pauline (Fix) Plasek was born September 8, 1935 to John and Dorothy (Schnetter) Fix in Hinckley, Minnesota. She was the third youngest of 10 children.
She attended Hinckley schools through the eighth grade and then worked at a grocery store in Hinckley.
Margaret...
Iver Bert Peterson
Aug 8, 2024
Iver Peterson passed away Thursday, August 8, 2024 after a long, courageous battle with cancer, at his home in Pine City at the age of 88.
Iver Bert Peterson was born December 16, 1935 to Amos and Bertha (Stumne) Peterson in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota.
He enlisted in the United States Air Force on January 18, 1955, completing basic training in...
Laure Ann Tauer
Aug 4, 2024
Laure Tauer passed away Sunday, August 4, 2024 at her home in Grasston at the age of 66.
Laure Ann Richter was born on January 12, 1958 in New Ulm, Minnesota, the oldest child of Craig and Denise Richter, followed by Colleen, Julie, and Keith.
She held different jobs over the years including detasseling corn, working in a butter factory, and working...
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