All Obituaries

Monica Josephine Provost reached the end of her 97-year earthly journey on November 18, 2022.  She was born to Arthur and Genevieve Kenyon in Brainerd, March 19, 1925, the youngest of three girls.  She graduated from the Brainerd High School.  She migrated over to Crosby where she worked a couple of different jobs and was even named Miss C-I in 1948.  She worked in an ammunition plant in Nebraska during the war, after which she returned to Minnesota to...

June Ione Roiger, age 84 of Garrison died at her home on November 23, 2022.  She was born on March 12, 1938 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota to Clarence and Cleo (Smith) Holyer.  June married Francis Roiger on April 29, 1957 in St. James. June was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and the Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Fatima in Garrison, the Mille Lacs Lions Club and the Walter Scott Erickson American Legion Auxiliary #557 in Deerwood. June is survived by her...

Lorne Dale Brager, age 87 of Baxter died on November 9, 2022 at the Lakewood Health Care System in Staples.  He was born on March 13, 1935 in Deerwood Township to Christian and Aurora (Olson) Brager. Lorne married Betty Lundgren on June 11, 1955 in Crosby.  He was a retired employee of West Publishing in St. Paul with 40 years of service. Lorne is survived by his wife Betty; four sons, Bryan (K.C.) Brager of Pillager, Bruce (Carolyn Helwig) Brager of Northfield, Tim...

Carl William Schellin, age 73 of Rabbit Lake Township died at the St. Cloud Hospital on November 8, 2022.  He was born on April 3, 1949 in Hettinger, ND to Carl and Hanna (Nilson) Schellin.  Carl moved to  Minnesota at a young age.  He grew up outside of Aitkin and graduated from the Aitkin High School.  He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea. Carl married JoAnn Nordquist on August 24, 1974 in Lindstrom.  He was...

David W. Hicks, age 84 of Ironton died at his home on November 6, 2022.  He was born on March 31, 1938 in St. Paul to Gordon and Marguerite (Rathbone) Hicks.  David was a retired owner of a Auto Service Center  in St. Louis Park and a retired realtor with North County Realty in Crosby.  David was also a former school bus driver for the Crosby-Ironton Schools.  He served as a former Mayor and Council Person for the City of Ironton. David is...

James Willard Holman, age 84 of Ironton died on November 5, 2022 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. Jim was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and later dementia. He was born in Milbank, SD on March 2, 1938.  Jim lived with his grandparents in Big Stone, SD until he moved to Minneapolis with his mother and step father when he was 6 years old.  He graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis, class of 1957.  Jim married Bettie Roggenbuck on October...

Joan Mary Rasmussen, age 83 of Crosby died on October 24, 2022 at Aitkin Health Services.  She was born on July 5, 1939 in Ada, Minnesota to William and Frances (Kappes) Braunschweig.  Joan married Duane Rasmussen on July 25, 1959 in Ada.   Joan is survived by her husband, Duane; four sons, Timothy (Nadia Naets) Rasmussen of Brussels, Belgium, Todd (Laura) Rasmussen of Truckee, CA, Thomas (Stephanie) Rasmussen of Underwood, and Robert (Mary) Rasmussen of...

William A. Greer, age 61 of Crosby died at his home on November 4, 2022.  He was born on March 8, 1961 in Minneapolis.  William graduated from the Northland-Remer High School, class of 1979.  He was a U.S. Army veteran.  William married Melissa Widboom on September 4, 1993 in Spencer, IA. He is survived by his wife, Melissa; sons, Jason Greer of Hill City and Christopher Gatrost of Minnesota Lake; daughter, Katie (Brandon) Stimpel of Brooklyn Park; and 5 grandchildren. Preceding...

Leo G. Boog Sr., age 91 of Crosslake died on October 10, 2022 at Essentia-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd.  He was born in St. Paul on June 12, 1931 to Alexander and Angela (Stewart) Boog.  He was a U.S. Marine Corp. veteran serving the Korean War and was a life time member of the Crosslake American Legion Post #500. Leo was a retired Clerk with the Son Line Railroad in St. Paul. Preceding Leo in death are his parents; his wife, Rita; two sons, Michael and...

Joan Miller, 79, of Brainerd, Minnesota passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 29, 2022.  She was born January 9, 1943, in Bremerton, Washington to Charlie and Yvonne Mitchell. She spent her childhood living between Minnesota and Montana as her parents couldn’t agree on which state was better.  She married Loren Miller on February 9, 1963. They spent their life together raising their three children in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota....