Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
Marian S. Lones
Jul 2, 2014
Marian Lones, age 89 of Pine City, long time educator of the Pine City Schools died early Wednesday morning at Ecumen in North Branch, Minnesota where she had been living for a number of months. Marian Shirley Lones was born on November 15, 1924 to Earnulf and Florence (Rust) Andersen in St. Paul, Minnesota. She lived her early life in...
Kenneth Joseph Houle
Jun 27, 2014
Kenneth Joseph Houle was born August 10, 1940 to Aloysius and Lillian Houle in Bottineau, ND, where he was raised and later graduated from high school. He joined the United States Navy in 1960 at the age of 20 and served until he was honorably discharged on May 27, 1964. He then went on to school to become a boilermaker...
Duane James Granger II
Jun 27, 2014
Duane James Granger Jr., 91, of Pine City, MN, died Friday, June 27, 2014 at Lakeside Medical Center in Pine City, MN. Duane was born on February 21, 1923 to Duane James and Elvera (Carlson) Granger in Minneapolis, MN. He married Patricia Mary Callahan on October 21, 1940 at The Little Brown Church in the Vale, in Nashua, Iowa. Together...
Kenneth Frederick Wiedemann
Jun 24, 2014
Kenneth Wiedemann, 92, of Pine City, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 surrounded by his family, after a brief stay at Lakeside Assisted Living. He was born August 24, 1921, to Otto and Augusta Wiedemann at the family farm six miles east of Pine City. Kenneth attended primary school at the Milburn Country School, a mile or so from...
Renee Kelly Smith
Jun 19, 2014
Renee Kelly Smith was born on December 10, 1958 at home in Coon Rapids, MN to Ronald & Mavis Smith. Renee was the second of eight children born to Ron & Mavis, there would be 5 girls & 3 boys. In the fall of 1968, the family moved to the farm near Rush City where they remain today. Renee attended...
Stephen Anthony Erhart
Jun 14, 2014
Steve Erhart, age 60 of Pine City died Saturday, June 14th at his home. He is survived by his brother John Erhart and his wife Debra of Minneapolis, nieces Laura and Jenna Erhart, many other relatives and friends. Monsignor Aleksander Suchan will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2nd at Immaculate Conception Church of...
Allan C. Johnson
Jun 12, 2014
Allan C. Johnson was born on August 11, 1923 in East Rock Creek, MN to Carl A. and Anna V. (Tornquist) Johnson. He attended school through the 8th grade at District 13 School. Following school, Allan drove milk truck for Alfred Nelson every Sunday headed for the Rock Creek Creamery and later worked at Swift’s Packing Plant and at a...
Ramona Ann Lange
Jun 11, 2014
Ramona passed away on Wednesday morning June 11th at the Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg, Wisconsin.Ramona is from Grasston, Minnesota and recently from the Three Seasons Adult Foster Care in rural Pine City.Ramona is survived by her husband Myron and son Bradley, both of Grasston, a grandson Trenton Downs of Alaska, and seventeen brothers and sisters.A visitation and reviewal will...
Marlys I. Opheim
May 29, 2014
Marlys passed away suddenly Thursday evening, May 29th at her home in Pine City. Marlys Irene was born in Dalton, Minnesota to Mentor and Irene (Rovang) Bothum. As a young girl she moved with her family to Starbuck, Minnesota where she attended school and graduated from their local high school. After high school she attended a year of beauty school...
James William Bohaty
May 28, 2014
James William (Jim) Bohaty, 82, died peacefully on May 28, 2014 at the Ecumen Villages in North Branch, MN. Jim was born on June 25, 1931 in Willow River, Minnesota to Edward and Victoria Bohaty. He graduated from Willow River High School where he was active in basketball, football, and baseball. He served in the US Air Force from 1951...
LaVonne Eunice Tracy
May 18, 2014
LaVonne Tracy, age 78 of pine City, died Sunday, May 18th at Grace Pointe Crossings, Gables East in Cambridge, Minnesota. Lavonne was born at home in Brook Park, Minnesota on January 25, 1936. She attended school at Sunnyside near Browns Corner and then Pine City Schools. She married Don Tracy on June 8, 1952. They moved around in their earlier...
Elsie Katherine Cummings
May 17, 2014
Elsie Katherine was born at home to Jonas and Martha (Johnson) Holmstrom on January 13, 1917 in Comfort Township, Minnesota (just east of Mora). She was the oldest of ten children and attended District 13 grade school. She lived with Ruth Anderson in Mora while she attended high school. Elsie met her husband of 53 years at a dance and...
Marilee Marie Norris
May 15, 2014
Marilee Marie Norris of St. Anthony, formerly of Rush City, with family at her side passed away peacefully and entered into heaven on Thursday, May 15th while at the J.A. Wedum Residential Hospice in Brooklyn Park at the age of 55. Marilee was born September 23, 1958 in Rush City to James and Marie Norris. She graduated from Rush City...
George Edmund Drimel
May 14, 2014
George E. Drimel passed away peacefully at the age of 85, in Sarasota Florida on May 14. He was born in Pine City and lived for many years in Duluth, Minnesota before moving to Florida. George is survived by his children: Lorraine Victor of St. Paul, William (Patricia) Drimel of Hartford, WI, George G. (Terri) Drimel of Center City; grandchildren:...
James Andrew Ward
May 12, 2014
James (Jim) Andrew Ward passed away peacefully on Monday, May 12, 2014 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital at the age of 84. Jim was born in Columbia Heights on June 6, 1929 to Leighton Royal and Margaret Mary Ward. He was the oldest of five children and attended Columbia Heights High School. He then attended two years at St. Thomas College...
Bruce Craig Walters
May 11, 2014
Bruce C. Walters of North Branch, formerly of Woodbine, Iowa, passed away suddenly at his home on May 11, 2014 at the age of 64. Bruce was born April 20, 1950, in Des Moines, Iowa. He grew up in Guthrie Center, Iowa and graduated from high school there in 1968. He attended college at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa....
Betty Ann Holmer
May 10, 2014
Betty Ann Holmer of the Grasston area entered the heavenly band with her steel guitar when Jesus took her home on Saturday, May 10th at Cambridge Medical Center. Betty was born on May 23, 1934, to Richard and Eleanor (Dalluge) Kottke in Osseo, MN. She was the youngest of five children. At the young age of 9, Betty and her...
Thelma Ann Swenson
May 7, 2014
Thelma Ann Swenson of Coon Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at the age of 89 at the Park River estates in Coon Rapids. The daughter of Hazel (Hagen) & Michael Clark, Thelma grew up in Frazee, MN and graduated from Frazee High School. She moved to Minneapolis during WWII while she waited for her husband, Emil Swenson...
Keith Benjamin Shaw
Apr 30, 2014
Keith Shaw of Pine City and St. Paul Park, MN passed away peacefully April 30, 2014 at age 96, joining his beloved wife Clara. Keith was born on March 23, 1918 at the family farm in Indian Creek Township near Hastings, Iowa. Though originally named Benjamin Keith, he went by Keith B. or nickname "Pete" his entire life. He grew...
Jeanette "Jeanne" Rohlf
Apr 30, 2014
Jeanne Rohlf of Golden Horizon in Pine City; formerly of Harris, Rush City and Beroun; passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at her home at Golden Horizon at the age of 88 years. Jeanette "Jeanne" Elaine Rohlf was born July 5, 1925 to Ulys "Dick" and Stella (Munger) Ruby in Pine City, MN. She grew up and attended schools in...
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