Pauline Joyce Rubow
Jun 23, 2018
Pauline J. Rubow age 90 of Crosby died on June 23, 2018 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on July 13, 1927 in Duluth. Pauline married Orville Rubow on May 12, 1955 in Minneapolis. She was a member of the Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood and the Bay Lake Area Lioness.
Pauline...
Nancy Louise Gourhan
Jun 22, 2018
Nancy Louise Gourhan age 71 of Bay Lake died on June 22, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Stanchfield. She was born on March 3, 1947 in St. Paul to Harry and Dorothy (Myers) McKenzie.
Graduated from St. Agnes High School, Class of 1965. She married Dennis Gourhan on October 21, 1967. Nancy was a retired owner...
Bruce Eugene Pirner
Jun 22, 2018
Bruce Eugene Pirner age 80 of Ironton died on June 22, 2018 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born in Aitkin on January 31, 1938 to John and Isabelle (Frederick) Pirner. Bruce married Carol Ann Marcum on June 25, 1960 in McGregor.
Bruce is survived by four sons, Tim (Monica) Pirner of Minnetonka,...
Dr. Bradley Warren Peterson
Jun 21, 2018
Dr. Bradley Warren Peterson age 54 of Deerwood died on June 21, 2018. He was born in Lake City on September 21, 1963 to Warren and Mildred (Fritze) Peterson. Brad graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City, class of 1982. He married Sue Olson on June 20, 1992 in Spicer. Brad graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical...
John Leslie Orr
Jun 18, 2018
John Leslie (Oman) Orr age 81 of Deerwood died peacefully at home on June 18, 2018. John was born May 9, 1937 to Dorothy Oman. He graduated from the Minneapolis Vocational High School. He served eight years in the National Guard. John was the Local and international business representative for Lathers Local 190 from 1970 until he retired in...
Debra Kay Branden
Jun 16, 2018
Debra Kay Branden age 62 of Aitkin died on June 16, 2018 at the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia. She was born in Crosby on February 29, 1956 in Crosby to Walter and Patricia (Enemark) Minarich. Debbie was a former rural mail carrier, delivering out of the Deerwood Post Office.
Debbie is survived by three sons,...
Florence Liebl Zilka
Jun 14, 2018
Florence Liebl Zilka age 95 of Crosby formerly of Crosslake died on June 14, 2018 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on the farm of her parents, William and Ida (Olson) Liebl on the November 18, 1922. She spent 32 years as a Benedictine Sister of Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck, N.D. She spent ten...
Evelyn Mae James Saumier
Jun 4, 2018
Evelyn Mae James Saumier age 96 of Ironton died on June 4, 2018 at Essentia St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born on November 4, 1921 in International Falls to George and Ruth (Doust) Laughton.
Evelyn is survived by one son, Dennis (Clarice) James of Des Moines, WA; three daughters, Patricia (Ken) Wheeler of Butte,...
Ramona Verna Karnowski
Jun 3, 2018
Ramona Verna Karnowski age 82 of Deerwood died on June 3, 2018 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on July 3, 1935 in Stanley, MN to Carl and Viola (Hanson) Lind.
Ramona is survived by her husband, Malcolm; three daughters and their families, Michele Smith of Prior Lake and Emily and Erica,...
Robert Lee Crawford
May 24, 2018
Robert Lee Crawford, 59, of Brainerd, died on May 24, 2018 at his son’s home surrounded by his family. He was born June 29, 1958, in Crosby, the son of Earl Dorseand Ella Beatrice (Orr) Crawford.
Bob was known as a great mechanic, an insanely hard worker, and a big softie, though he did his best to...
June Virginia Leopold
May 16, 2018
June Virginia Leopold age 91 of Crosby died on May 16, 2018 at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby. She was born in Pipestone on May 25, 1926 to Arthur and Blanche (Price) Zetterlund. June was a former resident of Two Harbors, Detroit Lakes and Green Valley, AZ. She graduated from Pipestone Public Schools in 1944. She graduated from the...
Theresa Marie Dehning
May 12, 2018
Theresa Marie Dehning age 59 of Rabbit Lake Township died on May 12, 2018 at Essentia St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born on May 19, 1958 in Minneapolis to Wilbur and Mildred (Murphy) Slawson. Theresa married Ralph Dehning on Aug 26, 1983 in Rabbit Lake Township. She was a former Box Room employee for Potlatch Corp....
Scott Allan Kile
May 10, 2018
Scott Allan Kile age 62 of Pillager passed away at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby on Thursday, May 10, 2018. He was born in Minneapolis to Allan and Dora Kile on July 21, 1955. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the mid 1970’s. He was an accomplished musician and singer, an avid bird watcher, and...
John P. Hawkinson
May 7, 2018
John P. Hawkinson age 90 of Deerwood died on May 7, 2018 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born on July 25, 1927 in Starbuck to Dr. John and Mabel (Johnson) Hawkinson. John married Elaine Peterson on June 23, 1951 in Deerwood. He was a retired Potlach employee.
John is survived by his...
Mary Joan "Judy" Fort
May 6, 2018
Mary Joan “Judy” (Ross) Fort, 83, of Deerwood, MN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Abbott Northwest Hospital in Minneapolis, MN surrounded by her family. Born in Jamestown, ND the daughter of Willis and Beatrice (Witham) Ross, she was raised in Brainerd, MN. After graduating from Washington High School as co-salutatorian, she graduated from Brainerd Junior...
Judith Marie Forslin
May 3, 2018
Judith Marie Forslin age 77 of Emily died at the St. Cloud Hospital on May 3, 2018. She was born on September 23, 1939 in Miltona, Township to Alfred and Anna (Carlson) Dreger.
Judy is survived by two sons, Ken Heyn of Emily and Mark (Carolyn) Heyn of Brainerd; one daughter, Tina Charpentier of Pine River; one...
Lori Lee Abear
Apr 30, 2018
Lori Lee Abear age 60 of Brainerd died on April 30, 2018 at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. She was born on November 16, 1957 in Crosby to Lawrence and Margaret (Torgerson) Abear. Lori was a Brainerd lakes area realtor for many years.
Lori is survived by one son, Derek Anderson of Brainerd; two daughters,...
Fern Arlene Deshayes
Apr 26, 2018
Fern Arlene Deshayes age 94 of Emily died on April 26, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Superior, WI. She was born on April 5, 1924 in Emily to George and Mary (Hite) Lingwall.
Fern was a retired cook for the Emily school. She was a member of St. Emily’s Catholic Church, the Pine River Art Club...
Matthew Dale Mayo
Apr 21, 2018
Matthew Dale Mayo age 34 of Benbrook, TX died on April 21, 2018 in San Juan, NM as a result of an automobile accident. Matthew was born in Fayetteville, NC on August 1, 1983. Matt was a U.S. Army veteran serving two tours in Iraq with “The Red Dragons.” He was a member of the Professional Disc Golf Association...
Margaret May Anderson
Apr 20, 2018
Margaret May Anderson age 95 of Brainerd formerly of Crosby died on April 20, 2018 at the Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. She was born on August 26, 1922 in Anoka to Harry and Ethel (Lapham) McGaffey. Margaret married Lawrence Anderson on May 23, 1950 in Minneapolis. She was a WWII Army Air Corp, WAC veteran. A member...
