Obituaries

Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County

Agnes Cornelia Nihart

Agnes Cornelia Nihart

Aug 20, 2012

Agnes Nihart of Rush City passed away on August 20, 2012 at Edgewater Assisted Living Center, at the age of 87 years. Agnes Cornelia Nihart was born to Nick and Catherine Wiering in Tyler, Minnesota on October 20, 1924. She was a lifetime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Rush City. She married True Nihart on April 23, 1947....

Cecelia Caroline Karas

Cecelia Caroline Karas

Aug 20, 2012

Cecelia Karas, 89 years, quietly passed away at her home in North Branch at Ecumen Assisted Living, Monday, August 20, 2012. She is remembered as a loving mother, wife, grandmother and friend. She enjoyed vegetable gardening, raising flowers, working in the yard, playing with her dog Rocky and talking about farming. Cecelia Caroline Kryzer was born November 4, 1922 in...

Irene Dorothy Baker

Irene Dorothy Baker

Aug 17, 2012

Irene Baker of Brook Park passed away on Friday (8/17/2012) at the St. Clare Living Center in Mora at the age of 89. Irene Dorothy Baker was born in Kinney, MN on October 4, 1922 to Herman and Minnie Sams. She lived in Kinney until the age of 8, when the family moved to Duluth, MN. She married Harry Baker...

Lawrence Wilbert Lange

Lawrence Wilbert Lange

Aug 16, 2012

Lawrence Wilbert Lange died August 16, 2012 at the St. Cloud VA home. He was born on February 24, 1930 in Kroschel, MN to William & Alma (Koep) Lange. At age 15, Lawrence worked with his dad at several jobs in the Twin Cities. He enjoyed working with his dad everyday. Lawrence joined the U.S. Army when he was 19...

Myron Roy Shermer

Myron Roy Shermer

Aug 14, 2012

Myron Shermer of Pine City passed away on Tuesday (8/14/2012) at the age of 61. Myron was born in Minneapolis on January 19, 1951 to Frank and Evelyn Shermer. He grew up in Pine City and attended the Pine City country schools of Hustletown and Deer Valley. He attended high school in Minneapolis and Pine City. After obtaining his GED,...

Thomas J. Meier

Thomas J. Meier

Aug 12, 2012

The trail ended abruptly for Thomas J. Meier, 61, when he died unexpectedly on August 12, 2012 at his home on Karma Ridge near Denali National Park, Alaska. An avid outdoorsman, Tom lived his passion, working for over 35 years as a wildlife biologist. After graduating from Pine City High School in 1968, Tom earned a B.S. in Biology and...

Sally Ann Nowling

Sally Ann Nowling

Aug 9, 2012

Sally Nowling passed away on August 9, 2012 at her home in Pine City, MN surrounded by her loving children and grandchildren. She died from complications of cancer which she kept at bay for 27 years. Sally Ann Nowling was born on May 3, 1944 in Pine City, MN to Elton and Lillian Johnson, the second of four children. She...

David Arnold Pangerl

David Arnold Pangerl

Aug 9, 2012

David Arnold Pangerl, was born February 13, 1982 first of a multiple birth. He passed away on August 11, 2012 near Holtville, California while hiking in the desert. He served 5 ½ years in the U.S. Army enlisting shortly after 9-11 and served through June 26, 2007 receiving an honorable discharge as rank of E-5 Sergeant. He served with A...

Charles Edgar Hasbrook

Charles Edgar Hasbrook

Aug 8, 2012

Charles Hasbrook, Age 77, of Beroun died Wednesday, August 8th at his home. Chuck is survived by his wife Elma; children: Shirley Chapman and her husband Wayne of Enterprise, Kansas, Lloyd “Butch” Hasbrook and his wife Rhonda of Clara City, David Sandeen and his wife Lilly of Rush City, Lauri Arends and her husband Casey of Rush City, Susan Helmer...

Beatrice Joyce Wiechman

Beatrice Joyce Wiechman

Aug 6, 2012

Beatrice Joyce (Johnson) Wiechman, 83 years old, passed away August 6, 2012 at Gracepointe Crossing West in Cambridge, Minnesota. Bea was born in Hills, MN on May 1, 1929 (May Day) to Levi and Ruth (Moe) Johnson. She was baptized in Hills, MN and attended Sunday school at the First Methodist Church in Worthington. When she was 10 years old,...

Florence T. Jankovich

Florence T. Jankovich

Aug 5, 2012

Florence Theresa Jankovich of Pine City died Sunday evening, August 5th at the First Light Hospital in Mora, Minnesota.  Florence was born in Albany, Minnesota to Charles and Anna (Major) Kubicek.  As a young lady she moved to St. Paul where she met and married Francis "Frank" Jankovich.  They raised their family in South St. Paul.  Several years after the...

Eugene Francis Myers

Eugene Francis Myers

Aug 2, 2012

Eugene Myers was born on September 18, 1941, to George and Mildred (Murphy) Myers in Blue Earth, MN. He passed away on August 2, 2012, at his home with his family at his side after a 13 year courageous battle with cancer. Eugene lost his mother when he was age 9 and at the age of 16, moved to a...

Gertrude Kessler

Gertrude Kessler

Aug 1, 2012

Gertrude Kessler of Pine City died Wednesday (8/1/2012) at her home in Pine City at the age of 87 years. Gertrude was born on October 26, 1924, in Cottonwood, Minnesota, to Charles and Josepha Beacom. She was raised in St. Paul and St. Cloud and graduated from St. Cloud Cathedral High School in 1942. She married Bill Kessler on November...

Ronald James Cox

Ronald James Cox

Jul 31, 2012

Ronald J. Cox, age 54, of Pine City died Tuesday July 31, 2012. He was born on February 12, 1958 to Kenneth W. & Johanna Cox, along with his identical twin brother “Bobby”. He graduated elementary school from St. Mary's Catholic School & then Pine City High School in 1976. He was united in marriage to Annette M. Peterson on...

Edith Leonora Anderson

Edith Leonora Anderson

Jul 30, 2012

Edith Leonora Anderson, age 95, of Rush City, passed away Monday, July 30, 2012 at Brask Haven Assisted Living in rural North Branch, Minnesota. Edith was born December 29, 1916 at Friesland, MN and grew up in the Friesland/ Hinckley area. She was second oldest of 10 children. After her mother’s death, Edith, age 17 years, helped her father care...

Jeanette Audrey Lineburg

Jeanette Audrey Lineburg

Jul 26, 2012

Jeanette Lineburg, age 70, of Pine City, died at her home on July 26, 2012. Jeanette is survived by her children: Deborah Ness and her husband Jim of Remer, Minnesota, Jill Meradith of Georgia, Tim Lineburg and his wife Elizabeth of Ham Lake, Minnesota, Sgt. Gene Lineburg of Fort Riley, Kansas, John Lineburg of Ham Lake, Minnesota, Robert Lineburg of...

Joyce Marie Steinert

Joyce Marie Steinert

Jul 18, 2012

Joyce Marie Steinert was born on February 27, 1939 in Brook Park, Minnesota to Harry and Viola (Brackenbury) Baker. She attended school in Pine City where she graduated in 1957. She married Louie Rische on May 16, 1959. They had three children: Timothy, Gary, and Colleen. On June 4, 1971, Joyce married Richard Steinert, the love of her life. Together...

Louis Arthur Malchow

Louis Arthur Malchow

Jul 13, 2012

Lou Malchow of Rush City; building inspector for Chisago County, died very unexpectedly Friday evening (7/13/12) in Rush City at the age of 61 years. Lou is survived by his wife Pam, sons Nick Malchow and Brenda Olson of Rush City, Nate and Sarah Malchow of North Branch, grandchildren Brooke Olson, Coltin, Krista and Jessica Malchow. Lou is also survived...

Robert Victor Born

Robert Victor Born

Jul 9, 2012

On July 9, 2012, Robert V. Born (Bob) passed away after a long battle with Emphysema at the Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center in Grantsburg, WI, where he resided for the past three months. Bob was born November 27, 1936 to Victor and Margaret (Bosacker) in Faribault, MN. Bob’s early years were spent on two farms located near Woodstock and...

Harvey Dwayne Daleen

Harvey Dwayne Daleen

Jul 5, 2012

Mr. Harvey Daleen, of Pine City and life-long member of the International Union of bricklayers; died Thursday (7/5/12) at the Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis at the age of 75 years. Harvey Daleen was born in Chicago, Illinois September 7, 1936 to Harvey and Lorraine Daleen. His family moved to Minnesota when Harvey was 14 years old. In 1957, Harvey was...