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Dawn Renae Stately
Jul 20, 2015
Dawn Renae Stately age 29 of Park Rapids died on July 20, 2015 at her home. She was born on May 26, 1986 in Hibbing to Arlyn and Lucille (Brunelle) Stately Sr. Dawn was a Crosby-Ironton High School alumnus. She was a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Mississippi Band and she was also a member of...
Charleen Ann Baier
Jul 10, 2015
Charleen Ann Baier age 73 of Emily died on July 10, 2015 at her home. She was born on December 12, 1941 in Cambridge Township, MN to Charles and Margie (Chelberg) Wieland.
Charleen is survived by 2 sons, Daniel (Karen) Beens of Sauk Rapids, and Charles Beens of Emily; 1 daughters, Stacey (Don) Hodgman of Emily; 1...
Sharon Louise Chilelli-Prokop
Jul 1, 2015
Sharon Chilelli-Prokop age 73, of Aitkin died July 1, 2015 at her home.
Survivors include her husband, Dennis Prokop; 1 son, David Heckel Jr.; 2 daughters, Christine (Greg) Parnell and Robin Garrett; 1 sister, Gwen (Roger) Peterson; 2 grandchildren, Gianni Piza-Heckel and Autumn Parnell.
A Memorial Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Wednesday, July...
Roberta "Bobbie" T. Fleming
Jun 29, 2015
Roberta "Bobbie" T. Fleming age 43 of Emily died on June 29, 2015 as a result of an automobile accident. She was born on October 19, 1971 in Minneapolis to Robert and Bonnie (Olson) Bares Jr. She married Paul Fleming in Anoka on June 5, 1993. Bobbie was the secretary and treasurer of Community Care n Share CafAC. in...
Geraldine "Gerry" Mattson Belseth
Jun 27, 2015
Geraldine Mattson Belseth age 91, beloved mother and grandmother of Crosby, formerly of South Minneapolis, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2015 in Crosby, MN.
Gerry cherished her faith, enjoyed her family and friends, and loved trying new recipes, traveling, reading and writing letters.
Preceded in death by her parents, Annette and William Wegener; loving...
Edward James Engen
Jun 24, 2015
Edward James Engen age 77 of Outing died on June 24, 2015 at Essentia St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. He was born on February 25, 1938 in St. Paul to Hartwick and Greta (Weber) Engen. Ed married the love of his life, Judith Ann McCloskey on May 18, 1957. He was retired U.S. Postal Service employee with 30...
Virginia Carmela Zarr
Jun 23, 2015
Virginia Carmela Zarr age 96 of Deerwood died on June 23, 2015 at the Lake Ridge Care Center in Buffalo. She was born on October 23, 1918 in Crosby to Vencenzo and Mickelina (Talarico) Rocca. After WWII, she married Wesley (Mike) Zarr in Crosby. She owned and operated Gena's Beauty Salon in St. Paul for several years. After retirement...
Bernadette Lorraine Pruyn
Jun 21, 2015
Bernadette L. Pruyn age 94 of Crosby died on June 21, 2015 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. Bernadette was born on March 31, 1921 in Minneapolis to Charles O. and Agnes (Mingo) Arrell. A prayerful woman of faith. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Deerwood.
Survivors include 1 son, Clinton...
William "Don" Gorfin
Jun 21, 2015
William "Don" Gorfin age 90 of Crosby died on June 21, 2015 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. He was born on May 29, 1925 in New York, NY to Max and Florence (Treloar) Gorfin. Don married Vilma G. Krmpotich on October 8, 1948 in Webster, SD. Don and Vilma moved many times from the West Coast...
Gerald Lee Nordquist
Jun 4, 2015
Gerald L. Nordquist age 74 of Longville died on June 4, 2015 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born on March 20, 1941 in Minneapolis to Thoeodore O. and Iantha A. (Latham) Nordquist. Gerald was a member of the Pipe Fitters Local 539, Minneapolis.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years Judy; 1...
Lois Clarie Weierke
Jun 4, 2015
Lois Claire Weierke age 91 of Outing died on June 4, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Pine River. She was born on February 8, 1924 in St. Paul to Lloyd and Mae (Rhein) McHattie. She married Hartlin Weierke on September 21, 1946 in Newport, MN.
Lois is survived by 4 sons, Dennis Weierke of Outing,...
Earl Anthony Mailhot
Jun 2, 2015
Earl Anthony Mailhot age 80 of Deerwood died at his home on June 2, 2015. He was born on May 12, 1935 in Crosby to Arthur and Ida (Carlson) Mailhot. He married Joyce Vroman on March 18, 1955 in Crosby. He was a retired Assistant Engineer with the State of Minnesota's Department of Mines and Minerals with 40 years...
Edward "Terry" Skone
May 31, 2015
Edward "Terry" Skone age 74 of Bay Lake died on May 31, 2015 at his home. Terry was born to Edward Nelson and Halcyon Lorraine (Terry) Skone on November 28, 1940 in Brainerd.
Terry graduated from the Crosby-Ironton High School, class of 1958, Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, class of 1962. He then furthered his...
Terry Jean Andersen
May 26, 2015
Terry Jean Andersen age 67 of Emily died on May 26, 2015 at the St. Cloud Hospital. She was born November 3, 1947 in Crosby to Russell and Violet (Sorsveen) Lound. Terry married Jerome "Jerry" Andersen on August 12, 1989 in Outing. For many years Terry enjoyed running the Head Start Program through the Community Action Program.
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Joseph Mathew Landowski
May 24, 2015
Joseph Mathew Landowski age 91 of Emily died on May 24, 2015 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. He was born on March 15, 1924 in Pierz to Michael and Caroline (Otremba) Landowski. Joe was a WWII Army veteran. Joe married Celeste Stockard on September 2, 1950. He was a former employee of Potlatch Paper Company, Hanna...
Eugene Everett Sander
May 22, 2015
Eugene E Sander, age 87, of Bay Lake passed away May 22, 2015. Born on September 12, 1927 on the home farm to Franklin and Lena (Mueller) Sander, he was a life long resident of Bay Lake Township. He was a builder, craftsman, one of the founders of the Sander Bros Builders Co. and a charter member of the...
Arnold Elwood Damsgaard
May 20, 2015
Arnold Elwood Damsgaard age 93 of Bay Lake formerly of Mahtomedi died on May 20, 2015. He was born on September 20, 1921 in Cloverton to Carl and Jensine (Swensen) Damsgaard. Arnie married Betty Jane Bruening on June 7, 1947.
Arnie is survived by his wife Betty; and brother-in-law, Richard Bruening of Mahtomedi.
Graveside services...
Bette Jean Seguin
May 19, 2015
Bette Jean Seguin age 75 of Crosby died on May 19, 2015 at her home. She was born on April 7, 1940 in Irondale Township to Frank and Myrtle (Countryman) Lamphere. Bette married Arthur Seguin on July 16, 1960 in Crosby.
Bette is survived by 1 son, John Seguin of Crosby; 1 daughter, Connie (Kurt) Vredenburg of...
Cindy Josephine Oppelt
May 18, 2015
Cindy Jo Oppelt age 59 of Baxter died on May 18, 2015 at Essentia St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born in Crosby on September 9, 1955 to Carl "Manny" and Jeanette Nord.
Cindy is survived by 3 sons, Mike (Rhoda) Oppelt of Fort Ripley, Chris Oppelt of St. Cloud and Andrew Olson of Brainerd;...
Dorothy Ann Hahnert
May 16, 2015
Dorothy Ann Hahnert, 78 of Brainerd passed May 16, 2015. She leaves behind her 4 daughters. Julie (Gary) Johnson of Brainerd, Janet (David) Kollars of Cottage Grove, Joyce Hahnert of Crosslake and Lynn Hahnert of Brainerd; 7 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Ernest; her parents, Robert and Pearl Wood;...
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