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Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
Ronald E. Bjorklund
Jan 17, 2011
Ronald Edward Bjorklund was born in Rush City, Minnesota on November 1, 1942 to William and Vivian Bjorklund. Ronnie died at his home on January 17, 2011 surrounded by his family. Ronnie married his wife, Carroll on June 12, 1965. Ronnie and Carroll celebrated 45 years of marriage. Ronnie attended school in Rush City, Rock Creek and Pine City. He...
Paul Richard Novy
Jan 16, 2011
Paul Novy was born on January 7, 1922 in Beroun, MN. He passed away peacefully at the Villages of North Branch in North Branch, Minnesota on Sunday January 16, 2011 at the age of 89. Paul is survived by his wife, Laura Novy; daughters: Sandy (Dick) Cavallin and Penny (Fritz) Hudlow; son Richard Novy; and daughter in law Cindy Novy....
Virgil Keith Campbell Sr.
Jan 15, 2011
Virgil Campbell Sr., age 63 died Saturday, January 15th at his residence in Pine City. Virgil is survived by his son Virgil (Kelly) Campbell Jr. of Rush City, daughters: Echo (Bob) Yerke of Rock Creek, Virsha Campbell of Eau Claire WI, Sharla (Luke) Bostrom of Eau Claire Wi, Vinessa (Duaine) VanVickle of Hinckley, grandchildren: Amie, Emily, Miranda, Matthew, Hyla and...
Mary Lou Lange
Jan 12, 2011
Jessie “Mary Lou” Lange, age 73, of Pine City, Minnesota, died January 12, 2011 at Eastwood Senior Home in Mora, Minnesota. She was born February 13, 1937 to Harris and Hattie (Rapley) Paggen at Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was the fifth of their seven daughters. Mary Lou married Lawrence Lange in Northwood, Iowa on August 29, 1953. They lived in Fridley,...
Annabelle "Ann" Marie Gibson
Jan 11, 2011
Ann was born on July 16, 1931, the first child to James and Lois McGuire in Rush City, MN. She was welcomed into the world by her grandparents, Anna and Dominic McGuire and Belle and Frank McGrath. Ann joined her son Joe, sister Erin, and parents in Heaven on January 11, 2011. A devout Catholic, Ann was an ever-present and...
Marvin Francis Turner
Jan 8, 2011
Marvin Francis Turner, age 82 of Golden Living Center, Rush City, formerly of Mora, Mn. went to be with his Heavenly Father on January 8th, 2011. Marvin was born August 21st, 1928 in Mankato, Mn. to Esther (Denzer) and William Turner. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and he attended schools at Cathedral and Cretin High in St. Paul. ...
Gordon "Gordy" W. Nelson
Jan 5, 2011
Gordon Wayne Nelson was born, in Rush City Minnesota on December 29, 1929 to Melba (Swanson) and Conrad Nelson. He is preceded in death by his parents, his older brother Eugene, and his grandson John Peterson. Gordon was the talk of Rush City when at the age of seventeen months he rode three miles into town on the running board...
Earl John Noren
Jan 3, 2011
Earl John Noren was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota on July 27, 1927 to Halvadan and Violet Noren and was baptized in the Methodist Church. Earl grew up and lived in the small town of Ashton, South Dakota. He graduated from high school in 1945 and started college the next fall at the School of Mines. His schooling was interrupted...
Willie "Bill" Arnold Saari
Jan 1, 2011
Willie Saari, also known as Bill, of Pine City and formerly of Hinckley, Minnesota, died at Lakeside Medical Center in Pine City on January 1, 2011, at the age of 91 years. He was born to Frank and Johanna (Raal) Saari on February 20, 1919 at Kimball, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm with nine brothers and sisters....
Jeanette "Jean" May Gilmore
Dec 31, 2010
Jean Gilmore of Pine City died unexpectedly Friday at her home on Cross Lake in Pine City at the age of 79. Jeanette “Jean” May Gilmore, was born in Minneapolis, MN on July 14th, 1931 at the home of her parents, Lillian and Edwin Treat. The youngest of their children, Jean had two sisters, Irene and Helen, and Brother Phillip....
LouCille Alice Newcomb
Dec 28, 2010
LouCille (Lou) Newcomb was born in Falun, Wisconsin on October 31, 1920 to John V. And Alice Anderson. When Lou was 2 or 3 years old, her parents moved to a farm west of Rush City, Minnesota called the Nessel Farm. She attended a rural grade school adjoining the farm and graduated from the Rush City High School in 1937....
Michael G. Yost
Dec 27, 2010
Michael died suddenly at his home in Pine City on December 27th at the age of 50He is survived by his daughter Laura Harland of Corpus Christi, Texas, his grandchildren Faith and Tyler Harland, his mother and step-father Carole and Carl Anderson of Pine City, his father and step-mother Bill and Ann Yost of Pine City, his sister Rhonda Yost...
Helen Margaret Beise
Dec 25, 2010
Helen Beise was born April 24, 1920, in St. Paul, MN. to John & Helen (Langeland) Mickelsen. She grew up in St. Paul and graduated from St. Paul Harding High School in 1939. Helen was baptized May 24, 1920 and confirmed June 3, 1934 at Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul. At the age of one year, Helen contracted polio....
Rufus John Muncy
Dec 22, 2010
Rufus John Muncy was born September 16, 1918 in Clark County, near Crocker, South Dakota to Joe and Clara Muncy. He spent his early years in Clark County and attended a country school there. He moved to the Pine City area and worked on various dairy and grain farms until his enlistment into the United States Army on March 25th...
Kenneth Herman Augst
Dec 20, 2010
Ken was born in Robbinsdale, MN on April 19, 1928 to Marie (Rupert) and John W. Augst. He was the youngest child of four children, and is preceded in death by his parents, brothers Budworth John and Donald Joseph, and sister Joyce Teresa (Augst) Martin. After Ken graduated from high school and attended college, he joined the Civil Defense Police...
Betty Mae Pietruszewski
Dec 18, 2010
Betty passed away from cancer at her home on Saturday morning, December 18th surrounded by her children. She was 73 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond in Jan. 2002, her parents Charles and Marjorie (Bastin) Coulter, her sister Mary, her brother John and her son-in-law Rick Norquist. She is survived by her children Julie Gruber of...
JoAnn H. Ankrum
Dec 14, 2010
JoAnn Helen Ankrum, the daughter of Henry and Grace (Krueger) Sportel, was born January 10, 1922 at Adrian, Minnesota. She started her formal education at a rural school in Little Rock, and at age 12 moved with her family to a farm near Holland, Minnesota. While living there she attended District #72 School through the 7th grade and...
William "Bill" A. Jespersen
Dec 3, 2010
William “Bill” Jespersen, age 98 of Pine City died Friday evening December 3rd at Sophie’s Manor in rural Pine City. He is survived by children: Millicent Hanst of St. Paul, Wilfred "Sonny" (Jean) Jespersen of Washington state, Dennis (Deborah) Jespersen of Arizona, Paula Liss of California, Deborah Jespersen of St. Paul, and Bryan (Penney) Jespersen of Washington state; several grandchildren...
Carl H. Rahn
Nov 30, 2010
Carl died suddenly on the morning of November 30th. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Ardella Rahn and infant son Carl Jr. He is survived by children Mary (Jeff) Peterson, Betty (Steve) Ottoson, Carla Saloka, and Tim Rahn. He is also survived by 10 loving grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.Carl is a United States Army Air Corps...
Clarence McDonald
Nov 29, 2010
Mr. Clarence McDonald of Rush City and (McDonald Distributing of Rush City) died Monday at the Golden Living Center in Rush City, Minnesota at the age of 97 years. Clarence Edward McDonald was born on September 23, 1913 in St. Paul, MN. He moved to Rush City with his parents at the age of one and attended Rush City Schools,...
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