Lorraine V. "Lorri" Haugen
Dec 21, 2021
Lorraine (Lorri) Haugen (Holmvig) was guided into heaven on December 21st 2021. She passed at home surrounded by loved ones. Lorri was born in Crosby, MN on November 6, 1954 to Harlan “Smoky” and Molly (Thoms) Holmvig.
Lorri had many passions in life but some of the most valuable to her was her faith and her family....
James Robert Marr
Dec 15, 2021
James Robert Marr, age 76 of Crosby died on December 15, 2021 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. He was born on November 4, 1945 in Freeport, IL to Albert and Anna (Meyer) Marr. Jim was a U.S. Air Force veteran serving in the 8th Air Force during Vietnam. He married Janet Widmer in Highland, IL on...
Nyla Jane Nyberg
Dec 15, 2021
Nyla Jane (Dennis) Nyberg, age 95 of Crosby passed onto heaven on December 15, 2021 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby surrounded by family. She was born on May 17, 1926 in Williston, ND to Joseph and Helen (Weeks) Dennis. Her family moved to Minneapolis when she was a young girl, and eventually moved to Mizpah, MN. ...
Hubert Frans Lindblad
Dec 10, 2021
Hubert Frans Lindblad, age 91 of Outing and Breckenridge died on December 10, 2021 at the Twin Town Villa Assisted Living Community in Breckenridge. He was born on January 14, 1930 in Willmar to Frans and Marvel (Knutson) Lindblad. Hubert was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Korean War. On October 11, 1953, he married Iris Elizabeth Thunberg...
Ronald Gordon Gray
Dec 10, 2021
Ronald Gordon Gray, age 89 of Bay Lake Township died on December 10, 2021 at his home. He was born on July 4, 1932 in Brainerd to Gordon and Gladys (Peddycoart) Gray. Ron graduated from the Crosby-Ironton High School class of 1950. He was a U.S. Navy Korean War veteran. Serving on the U.S.S. New Jersey and U.S.S. Des...
Rita (Burris) Lindberg
Dec 9, 2021
Rita (Burris) Lindberg, age 93, a 21 year resident of Crosslake, MN and formerly of Coon Rapids, MN, passed away on December 9, 2021.
Rita had a passion for travel, camping, feeding the birds and bird watching, sewing, crocheting, puzzles, reading, planning and cooking fantastic meals, noteworthy deviled eggs and baking cookies. She had a hard time...
David Sterling Roth
Dec 8, 2021
David Sterling Roth was born December 17,1942 at the Rush City, MN hospital to Sterling and Ruth (Loomis) Roth. David grew up with his younger sister Irene on a dairy farm near McGrath, MN. David married Mary Lou Erickson from Finlayson, MN on June 7,1963 at the Calvary Presbyterian Church in McGrath. They lived a few years near the...
Thomas Eugene Turk
Dec 6, 2021
Thomas Eugene Turk, age 77, formerly of Deerwood, passed away after suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease on December 6, 2021 at Brookside Senior Living in Montevideo, Minnesota. He was born on June 1, 1944 in Brainerd, Minnesota to Albert and Mildred (Anderson) Turk. He graduated from Crosby-Ironton High School in 1962. He began working for Hallett Construction Company during the...
Robert Floyd "Bob" Kallestad
Dec 4, 2021
On December 4th, at 94 years old, God called Bob home. Bob was hospitalized (for the 1st time in his life) with a brief stint of Covid before being released home. Bob passed away exactly as he wished. Peacefully asleep in the home he loved so much.
He was born to Torkel and Elizabet Kallestad on September16,...
Brent Charles Running
Dec 3, 2021
Brent C. Running, 80, of Deerwood, passed away surrounded by family on December 3, 2021, from complications of Progressive SupraNuclear Palsy. PSP is an extremely rare progressive brain disease which increasingly impacted his mobility, balance, speech, swallowing and vision.
Brent attended the University of Minnesota, and graduated from the FBI Academy. He enjoyed his 32 year career...
Margie (Laughton) Horner
Nov 30, 2021
Margie Horner, 88, of Deerwood, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on September 17, 2022. Funeral services for Margie will be held on Thursday September 22, 2022, 1:00 p.m., at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crosby. Friends may begin calling on the day of the funeral at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be held at Deerwood Scandia...
Anne Sambar
Nov 30, 2021
Anne Lynn (Hasskamp) Sambar, 73, of New Berlin, WI passed away on September 15, 2022 after a short battle with cancer at Elmbrook Hospital in Brookfield, WI.
Anne was born on September 22, 1948, in Brainerd, MN, to the late Robert and Donna (Denis) Hasskamp. She graduated from Crosby-Ironton High School in 1967. After high school she...
Lavonn Jane Reeves
Nov 30, 2021
Lavonn J. Reeves of Wayzata, formerly of Bay Lake Township, passed away on March 21, 2022 at age 89. Lavonn was preceded in death by her loving husband, Eldon, and her parents, George and Selma Spielman.
Lavonn spent her early years growing up on a farm with her parents and younger sister before moving into town to...
William Stewart "Bill" Glenn
Nov 26, 2021
William Stewart “ Bill” Glenn, age 86 of Emily died on November 26, 2021 at his home. He was born on October 20, 1935 in Crosby to Robert and Nina (Wilmot) Glenn. Bill married Lynn Arden Hawley on June 29, 1957 in Emily. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was former employee of the Alaskan Pipeline; was a...
Lester Lin Van Horn
Nov 25, 2021
Lester Lin Van Horn, age 62 of Wolford Crosby died in Craig, Colorado unexpectedly on November 25, 2021. He was born in Crosby on July 11, 1959 to Lester and Emma (Bodle) Van Horn.
A man among men, Lester lived for his family and for his love of the hunt. He was an avid outdoorsman known for...
Kimberly Kay Olander
Nov 24, 2021
Kimberly Kay Olander, age 61 of Crosby passed away at her home unexpectedly on November 24, 2021. She was born on August 12, 1960 in Crosby to Lynus Doucette and Patsy Isensee.
Kim attended the Crosby-Ironton schools and was a bartender at the Midway Bar in Crosby and the Deerwood American Legion.
Kim is survived...
Louise Marie Hendrickson
Nov 23, 2021
Louise Marie Hendrickson, 69, of Deerwood, passed away on November 23, 2021 after a valiant battle with Pancreatic Cancer.
She was born on July 18, 1952 in Two Harbors, MN. She met Doug Peterson in Iron Hub, MN in 1973 and they married in 1975. They had two children, Ivy and Guy, to whom she was an...
Wayne Richard Altonen
Nov 19, 2021
Wayne “Tez” Richard Altonen, age 82, of Ironton, Minnesota, passed away peacefully after a memorable day with his family and friends on November 19, 2021.
Born in Minneapolis on July 31, 1939 to Hazel VanHala Josephson and Larry Altonen.
Wayne was tenacious of the passions in his life; his family, a lifetime member of Minneapolis...
Katherine Emma "Kathie" Olander
Nov 19, 2021
Katherine Emma “Kathie” Olander, age 90 of Crosby died on November 19, 2021 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born in Deerwood Township on April 11, 1931 to Stanley and Aimar (Ford) Splettstoeszer. Katie was a retired Activity Director at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. She was a member at the Immanuel Lutheran...
Clara May (Braff) Hartung
Nov 19, 2021
Clara May (Braff) Hartung, age 93 of Crosby died on November 19, 2021 at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby. She was born on May 30, 1928 in Cass Lake, MN to Charles and Linda (Lofstrom) Braff. She graduated from the Cass Lake High School and French’s Business College in Bemidji. After college she did secretarial and accounting work for...
