Barbara Jean Carstens
Jan 9, 2020
Barbara Jean Carstens, age 72, of Outing, MN passed away peacefully with her family on January 9th, 2020 at her home. She was born on June 5th, 1947 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Glen and Patricia (Tallant) Mechelke. The family lived in St. Paul until they moved to Outing, Minnesota in 1949 and started Birch Bay Lodge on Lake...
Joyce Beverly Trefethen
Jan 1, 2020
Joyce B. Trefethen, age 92 of Crosby died at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby on January 1, 2020. She was born on January 1, 1928 in Minneapolis to Leonard and Alma (Rasmussen) Anderson. Joyce married Elmer Trefethen on September 28, 1946 in St. Paul. She was a retired LPN at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center and volunteered at the...
Beverly J. Young
Jan 1, 2020
Beverly J. Young, age 87 of Brainerd, formerly of Young Lake in Merrifield died on January 1, 2020 at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. She was born on January 11, 1932 in Aitkin to Clive and Ina (Marsh) Travis. Bev married James Young on March 1, 1953 in Crosby.
Bev is survived by one son,...
Frank D. Bickford
Dec 29, 2019
Frank D. Bickford, age 65 of Spring Lake Park died at his home on December 29, 2019. He was born in Crosby on November 21, 1954 to Willard and Rose Marie (Formanek) Bickford. Frank was a retired employee of Carter Day in Fridley.
Frank is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth (Craig), Mary (Ethan) and Lorri; his grandchildren...
Bradley Roy Watson
Dec 27, 2019
Bradley R. Watson, age 78 of Pillager died on December 27, 2019 at his home. He was born in Emily on February 16, 1941 to Roy and Fautel (Thompson) Watson. Brad married Patricia Stiner on August 5, 1959 in Crosby. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pillager.
Bard is survived by his wife,...
Daniel Alan Stirewalt
Dec 19, 2019
Daniel Alan Stirewalt, age 58 of Crosby died on December 19, 2019 at his home.
He was born on May 15, 1961 in Silver Creek, NY to Clarence “Jim” and Betty (Christensen) Stirewalt.
Daniel is survived by his wife, Leilani Stirewalt of Crosby; four sons, Joshua (Katharine) Sharpe of New Brighton, Noah (Melanie) Sharpe-Stirewalt of...
Alfred P. Sarracco
Dec 19, 2019
Alfred P. Sarracco, age 95 of Aitkin died on December 19, 2019 at Golden Horizon’s in Aitkin. He was born on October 6, 1924 in St. Paul to Christopher and Theresa (Corbi) Sarracco. Alfred married Shirley Miller on July 31, 1948 in Hudson, WI. He was a WWII US Army veteran serving in the European Theater with the 208thField...
Shawn Michael Crist
Dec 12, 2019
Shawn Michael Crist, age 44 of Ironton died at his home on December 12, 2019. He was born to Steven and Kathleen (Meyer) Crist in St. Paul on September 30, 1975. Shawn was employed with Grand Casino Mille Lac’s as a card dealer and with Steve’s Painting. He was an avid fisherman, motorcyclist and card player.
He...
Gloria G. Perpich
Dec 4, 2019
Gloria G. Perpich, age 89 of Crosby formerly of Ironton, died on December 4, 2019 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on October 29, 1930 to Joseph and Veronica (DeCent) Sabyan.
She graduated from the Crosby-Ironton High School, class of 1947. Gloria married Myron G. Perpich on October 31, 1959. Her employment...
Barton W. Johnston
Dec 4, 2019
Barton W. Johnston, age 71 of Deerwood died on December 4, 2019 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. He was born on September 30, 1948 in Laurelville, Ohio. Bart married Penrose Middleton on July 9, 1971 in Escanaba, MI.
For 25 years, Bart was the owner and operator of Carney Middleton Ford in Crosby. He...
Dr. George Richard Pettersen
Dec 3, 2019
DR. GEORGE RICHARD PETTERSEN, former Commissioner of Health for the State of Minnesota died on Tuesday, December 3 2019 at the age of 95. He was born in St. Paul, MN on January 1, 1924 to John and Mary Pettersen.
He attended Central High School and Macalester College in St. Paul before entering the US Navy in...
John Waffensmith
Nov 30, 2019
John Ray Waffensmith, age 87 of Bay Lake Township died on November 30, 2019 at Golden Horizons in Aitkin. He was born on October 11, 1932 in Brainerd to Ralph and Ida (Swing) Waffensmith. John graduated from the Agriculture School in Grand Rapids. He farmed in the Bay Lake Area with turkey and beef operation for many years. He...
Roy William Tasche
Nov 27, 2019
Roy Tasche, age 79 a former founding partner in Minnesota Automation Services, Inc./Riverwood International (now part of Graphic Packaging) in Crosby, Minnesota, who retired in the late 1990’s, passed away after a brief illness in Haven Homes in Maple Plain, MN on Wednesday, November 27, 2019.
Roy will be remembered for living the American dream, through his...
Jerald Earl Glauvitz
Nov 26, 2019
Jerald Earl Glauvitz, age 62 of Big Lake died on November 26, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapid. He was born on January 29, 1957 in Robbinsdale to Lawrence Bergliot (Togstad) Glauvitz. Jerry graduated from the Osseo High School. He was self-employed in construction and was owner of Tomahawk Construction. Prior to having Tomahawk Construction he worked with...
Shirley Brummer
Nov 21, 2019
Shirley Brummer, beloved wife of Thomas Brummer, passed away peacefully at her home on November 21, 2019. She was surrounded and comforted by her loving husband and all of her children during her last hours, just as she wished.
Shirley was born March 23, 1939 to George and Susan (Theis) Haberle. She was the tenth of twelve...
Ricky Finseth
Nov 16, 2019
Ricky D. Finseth, age 67 of Rabbit Lake Township died on November 16, 2019 at his home following a brief battle with cancer. He was born on January 2, 1952 in Preston, MN to Donald and Alta (Richter) Finseth. Ricky was passionate about dairy farming and was an advocate for farmers and dairies across the Midwest during his long...
John O. Larson
Nov 16, 2019
John O. Larson, 72 of Crosby died at Fairview Hospital in Princeton on Saturday, November 16, 2019. He was born on June 20, 1947 in Mobridge, SD to Carl Arthur and Frieda (Nies) Larson.
John married Charlotte Endrizzi on March 15, 1969 in Emily.
John’s family moved to Emily in 1963 where he graduated from...
Daniel Will Goodwin
Nov 13, 2019
Daniel Will Goodwin died at home surrounded by his loving family on November 13, 2019 at the age of 81. He was born May 2, 1938 in Grand Forks, ND. Dan was the youngest of 6 children. He attended Central high school, UND and U of M school of Medicine. He married Shirley Johnson February 20, 1960 and together...
Delena "Deanie" Mazar
Nov 1, 2019
Delena “Deanie” Mazar, age 93 of Crosby formerly of Cuyuna died on November 1, 2019 at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby. She was born on October 10, 1926 in Crosby to William and Mabel (Bellefuille) Harrison. Deanie married Louis Mazar on September 26, 1948 in Crosby. She was former J.C. Penney employee working in Crosby and was treasurer for...
Patrick G. Quinlan
Oct 31, 2019
Patrick Quinlan age 87 of Baxter, Minnesota passed peacefully on October 31st at Northern Lakes Senior Living and joined his wife of 59 years. Patrick was born to Bernard and Eleanor (Jasper) Quinlan in Minneapolis. He married Margaret Louise Krieg on August 11, 1956. He spent most of his life in Minneapolis where he and his wife raised three...
