Obituaries

Local Obituaries Of Pine & Chisago County

James William Bohaty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Jeanette "Jeanne" Rohlf

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...

Keith Benjamin Shaw

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...

Evelyn Dora Beavers

Evelyn Dora Beavers

Apr 29, 2014

Evelyn was born March 14, 1919 to Margaret (Ubl) and Ferdinand Kalb at their home in Meadowlawn.She died April 29, 2014, at the Mora Hospital and was met in heaven by Ole, her husband of 71 years.She married Ellsworth (Ole) Beavers on June 1, 1938 at the Rock Creek Methodist Church. They had one daughter Beverly.They owned a dairy farm...

Michael Lawrence Mills

Michael Lawrence Mills

Apr 23, 2014

Michael Lawrence Mills, age 53, of Dickinson, North Dakota died suddenly Wednesday evening at Sandford Medical Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. He is survived by his mother Mary Ann Petersen and her husband Dale of White Bear Lake, sisters: Marla Mills of White Bear Lake, Marilee Mills of Vadnais Heights, Melanie Piha of White Bear Lake; brother Mark Mills and...

Velda Mae Bircher

Velda Mae Bircher

Apr 20, 2014

Velda Bircher, age 100 of Sandstone died on Sunday, April 20th, 2014.Velda Mae Land was born January 20, 1914 to Ralph and Lola Land on a farm near Artesian, South Dakota. In 1931 she married Carlos Bircher and had five children. One daughter Marlene passed away in 1934.In 1941 they moved with their four children to Alexandria, Minnesota. In 1954...

Donovan Jones

Donovan Jones

Apr 20, 2014

Donovan Wayne Jones passed away peacefully at his home at Elderwood of Hinckley on April 20, 2014 at the age of 91.Donovan was born on October 2, 1922. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois where he graduated from high school.After high school graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army and served during WWII and was honorably discharged after being...

Nancy June Fier

Nancy June Fier

Apr 18, 2014

Nancy J. (Koenck) Fier, age 73 of Pine City, passed away at her home on April 18th. Nancy was born in St. Paul on Dec. 13, 1940 and grew up in Donnelly, Minnesota. She moved to Richfield, MN where her love for children led her to a career in providing childcare in her home. Nancy retired to the Pine City...

Shelly Marie Hale

Shelly Marie Hale

Apr 17, 2014

Michele (Shelly) Marie Hale, age 41, of Hinckley MN, passed away at her home on April 17, 2014; after a courageous seven year battle with breast cancer.   During Shelly’s final days, she was surrounded by Family and Friends.Shelly was born on August 10, 1972 in Buffalo MN, to Donald and Mary Hale.  Shelly’s family lived in Belle Plaine, IA before...

Dean Reed Goebel

Dean Reed Goebel

Apr 10, 2014

Dean R. Goebel of North Branch, formerly of Rush City, passed away peacefully at Ecumen of North Branch on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at the age of 89.Dean was born October 31, 1924 in the Braham hospital. He lived in Rush Point during his childhood and spent the majority of his life in Rush City.Having lived through the Great Depressions,...

Fred Clarence Lere Jr.

Fred Clarence Lere Jr.

Apr 8, 2014

Fred Lere Jr., of Pine City, passed away on Tuesday, April 8th at the age of 80.Fred was quite a guy. He was born and raised in the West end of Duluth and attended Lincoln and Denfield High School.In 1950 Fred joined the Air National Guard. He served until 1952. He also graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in...

Florence M Larson

Florence M Larson

Apr 6, 2014

Florence M. Larson of North Branch, formerly of Rush City, MN; passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the age of 93 at Ecumen in North Branch with her family by her side.Florence was born May 11, 1920 in Hayward, Wisconsin to Arthur and Etta Hageman. She married Charles E. Larson April 10, 1938 and the couple had a family...

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