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Obituaries
Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County
Tracy Lee Sowada
Jan 1, 2015
Tracy Sowada of Pine City, passed away Thursday (1/1/15) very unexpectedly at her home on Pokegama Lake; at the age of 50. Tracy was born March 7, 1964 in California, and later raised in Cold Spring and Blaine, Minnesota. She left us suddenly on January 1, 2015 at the very young age of 50. Growing up in Blaine, she loved...
Jeffrey Garth Tofte
Dec 27, 2014
Jeffrey Tofte of Mesa, AZ and currently residing in Harris, MN, passed away on Saturday, December 27th, 2014 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, at the age of 56. Jeff was born October 31, 1958 in Sac City, Iowa to Robert & Gloria (Fritchman) Tofte. Jeff grew up in the Chicago area, where he graduated from high school. He...
Joyce LaVerle Hansen
Dec 22, 2014
Joyce Hansen of RushCity passed away unexpectedly Monday, December 22, 2014 at the FairviewLakesMedicalCenter in Wyoming at the age of 84. Joyce was born to Fred West. & Florence Viola (McEnaney) Dickey on June 3, 1930 on a farm near Woodstock, Minnesota in PipestoneCounty. She was the seventh of nine children: Freda, Frances, Edith, Ruby, Gene, Vernon, Joyce, Betty and...
Robert "Butch" Kubesh
Dec 20, 2014
Robert "Butch" Kubesh, age 74 of Pine City, formerly of Beroun died Saturday, December 20th at the Essentia Health Hospital in Sandstone.He is survived by his sisters: Mary (Harold) Countryman of Crosby-Ironton, Margaret (Jack) Roubinek of Pine City; brothers: Clair J. (Linda) Kubesh of Rush City, Michael (Linda) Kubesh of Hinckley, Jerry (Marilyn) Kubesh of Pine City, many nieces and...
Margaret Patricia Barton
Dec 13, 2014
Margaret Patricia “Patty” Barton passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at the age of 66, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Redwood Falls, MN on September 19, 1948 to Kermit and Margaret Nelson. When Patty was 5 years old, her mother died, which affected her deeply. Her dad died when she was...
Audrey Mae Anderson
Dec 10, 2014
Audrey Mae Anderson passed away at home in Rush City on Wednesday December 10, 2014 at the age of 82. She was born in Brook Park, MN on March 13, 1932 to Leslie and Gladys Nowling. Audrey was baptized as an adult with her first-born daughter Cindy at St. Stephanus Lutheran Church in St. Paul, MN. Audrey has always had...
George Howard Kurtz
Dec 10, 2014
George Kurtz, age 66, of Pine City passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at the University of Minnesota hospital. George Howard Kurtz was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After high school he joined the United States Marine Corps where he honorably served from 1967-1969 which included the Vietnam War. He returned home and became a Police Officer with...
Russel James Kruse
Dec 8, 2014
Russel Kruse of Rush City, passed away at his home on Monday, December 8, 2014 at the age of 66. Russel James Kruse was born on October 28, 1948 in Rush City to Carl & Ruth (Rodblom) Kruse. He was the youngest of three boys. He played in a band called the "Shy Kind" that played at a lot of...
Eva Elizabeth Anderson
Dec 7, 2014
Eva Anderson of Rush City and Rush Point, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at the Villages of North Branch at the age of 95. Eva Elizabeth Anderson was born June 11, 1919 in Stacy, Minnesota; the youngest daughter of Anton & Anna (Pearson) Lundquist. She had three brothers and one sister. Eva lived on a farm where she...
Lois Helen Kilmer
Dec 4, 2014
Lois Helen Kilmer was born in Oaks, North Dakota on June 6, 1927, daughter of William Valentine and Orisa (Hitchcock) Mitchell. She had one sister and three brothers. The family moved to Onamia, MN in her early years. Lois and Arthur Kilmer were married in Aitkin on July 27, 1946. Together they raised a family of 11 children. After Arthur’s...
Ruth Annette Linnell
Dec 3, 2014
Ruth Annette (Peterson) Linnell passed away on December 3, 2014 at her home in Golden Horizons of Pine City, MN at the age of 93. Ruth was born on August 22, 1921 in Royalton Township, MN. She was the second of five children born to Anna (Thorine) and Theodore Peterson. Ruth grew up on the farm where she was born...
Phyllis Bernice Mullins
Dec 2, 2014
Phyllis Mullins of Pine City passed away Tuesday morning at her home in Pine City at the age of 85. Phyllis is survived by her children Donald Mullins Jr. and wife Doris of Cambridge, Kathleen Barthel and husband Dennis of Princeton, Marci Karas of Pine City; 6 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. She is also survived...
Jack Paul Stumne
Dec 2, 2014
Jack Stumne passed away very unexpectedly, as a result of an auto accident, December 2, 2014 in Sandstone, MN at the age of 71. Jack was born on June 12,1943 in Pine City He was the firstborn child of Ione (Davis) and Arnie Stumne. Jack was raised on the little Stumne farm in Grasston. In the 1960's, Jack's family moved...
Marie Leone Carlson
Nov 26, 2014
Mrs. Marie Carlson of North Branch and Harris; passed away Wednesday November 26, 2014 at her home in North Branch at the age of 78. Marie was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 23, 1936. The fifth child of John (Jack) & Meta Berry. She attended St. Stephen’s Elementary and graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis. She held various...
Martha Geraldine Mead
Nov 26, 2014
Martha Mead of Pine City passed away at her home on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the age of 74. Martha Geraldine (Stringham) Mead was born July 4th 1940 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. She was the third of six children born to William Nelson Stringham Jr. and Geraldine Ada (Norman) Stringham. She attended school through the 10th grade and the...
Howard "Howie" Bryan Bloomquist
Nov 24, 2014
Howard Bryan Bloomquist, 58 was born November 30, 1955 to Harry and Dorothy Bloomquist in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from Eden Prairie High School in 1974 and then from Dunwoody Auto Body in 1976. Howard (Howie) moved to Pine City in 1978 and established Bloomquist Auto Body in 1984. Howie married Karin Ann Pixler in Minneapolis, MN on October 10,...
Daniel Victor Koller
Nov 23, 2014
Dan Koller passed away Sunday, November 23rd at his North Branch home at the age of 80. Dan is survived by wife Shirley, his children Heidi Koller of New Brighton, Daniel S. (Becky) Koller of Maple Grove, Lisa (Eric) Peterson of Andover, Debra (Dennis) Roach of Woodbury, 12 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandson, and one sister Mae Steichen...
Pearl Viola Harriet Wilcox
Nov 21, 2014
Mrs. Pearl Wilcox of Harris; passed away Friday (11/21/14) at Gracewood Senior Living of North Branch at the age of 88. Pearl Viola Wilcox was born in Fish Lake Township on October 2, 1926 as the forth child of Rudolph and Jennie Swanson. Her family moved to Peaceful Valley when she was just a baby and she attended grade school...
Elmer LeRoy Karas
Nov 15, 2014
Elmer Karas of Pine City passed away in his sleep November 15, 2014 at his home at Ecumen North Branch Assisted Livinng. Elmer will always be remembered as a loving husband, dad, grandfather, friend and farmer. He touched the lives of many with laughter and interest in knowing all about the people around him. He was born December 2, 1918...
Janice Vivian Nelson
Nov 14, 2014
Mrs. Janice Nelson of Rush City passed away Friday (11/14/14) at Ecumen of North Branch, MN at the age of 85. Janice was born to Harry & Esther Anderson on March 18, 1929 at their family farm located in rural Cook, MN. She was the fourth of six children in the family. In 1936 she asked Jesus into her heart...
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