Obituary Listing

Jun 7, 2014

Ronald Jacob Jelen age 72 of Crosby died on June 7, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud. Ron was born on February 26, 1942 in St. Leo, Minnesota to Joseph and Elizabeth (Kloos) Jelen. He married Linnea Marie Schwall on January 27, 1979 in Crosby. He was US Navy veteran and a member of the Walter...

Jun 6, 2014

Violet Elinor Kellerman age 100 of Aitkin passed away on June 6, 2014 at the Aicota Health Care Center in Aitkin.

Violet was born on February 21, 1914 in Aitkin to Fred and Laura (Lueck) Buckman. She graduated from the Aitkin High School class of 1931. She married Conrad Kellerman in August 26, 1942. For 100 years...

May 24, 2014

Judith Ann Rogge age 73 of Brainerd died on May 24, 2014 at St. Joseph's Essentia Medical Center in Brainerd. She was born on February 16, 1941 in Swanville to Frank Joseph and Minnie (Quackenbush) Rogge.

Judy graduated from the Swanville High School. She was a retired employee of Potlatch in both Cloquet and Brainerd with 25...

May 24, 2014

Dennis Harold " Denny" Wynn age 70 of Irondale Township died on May 24, 2014 at his home. He was born on May 1, 1944 in Aitkin to Milo and Mae (Rex) Wynn. Denny was a retired business agent with the Construction and General Laborers Union Local 563, affiliated with Laborers Instrumental of North America.

Survivors include...

May 24, 2014

Donald Gould age 84 of Crosby died on May 24, 2014 at his home on Rabbit Lake. He was born on November 13, 1929 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN to Roy and Laurnea (Holscher) Gould. He grew up in Dodge Center where he attended school and graduated from Dodge Center High School. Further education included Junior College...

May 18, 2014

Jane Van Horn age 80 of Crosby died unexpectedly on May 18, 2014 at her home. She was born on August 16, 1933 in Brainerd to Stanley and Ruby (Miller) Wgeishofski. She married Thomas Van Horn on August 8, 1953 in Crosby.

Jane is survived by 2 son, Brad Van Horn and Alan Van Horn both of...

May 9, 2014

Margaret B. (Edmonds) Newstrom age 98 of rural Deerwood was called from this life in the early morning hours of May 9, 2014 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby.

Margaret was born on November 10,1915 in Princeton, MN to James Hugh and Mildred (Heath) Edmonds, the oldest of four sisters. She married Walfred "Wally" Newstrom...

May 9, 2014

Ronald Dale Taylor age 79 of Crosby died on May 9, 2014 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born on January 7, 1935 in Crosby to Edwin and Bernadette (Manske) Taylor. Ron was employed with M.A. Hanna Mining Company from 1953 to 1963, Trail-A-Sled (Scorpion) from 1963 to 1964 Climax Mine from1964-66 and he retired...

May 7, 2014

Isabelle Marie Kellerman age 98 of Aitkin died on May 7, 2014 at Aitkin Health Services. She was born on December 25, 1915 in South Harbor Township to Thomas and Minnie (Brandt) Anderson Jr.

Survivors include 3 sons, Charles (Judy) Pearson, John (Connie) Pearson and Roger (Kathy) Pearson all of Aitkin; 1 daughter, Shirley White of Brainerd;...

May 6, 2014

Evelyn R. Anderson age 83 of Irondale Township died on May 6, 2014 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on February 2, 1931 in Worthington, MN to William and Rose (Wagner) Burnside. She married Donald Dale Anderson on June 27, 1949 in Brainerd. Evelyn was a former nursing assistant at both the Aitkin and...

May 4, 2014

Leonard Randall Musolf age 88 of Crosslake died on Sunday at the St. Cloud Hospital.

He was born on May 3, 1926 in Fifty Lakes to Walter and Laura (Buchite) Musolf.

Survivors include 1 son, David Musolf of Crosslake and 1 daughter, Diane Jenson of Crosslake; 2 grandhildren, Lance Musolf and Brigitte Jenson...

Apr 30, 2014

Iona Bertha O’Brien age 77 of Crosby died on April 30, 2014 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on November 25, 1936 in Crosby to Emil and

Alta (Cuff) Rono.

Survivors include 1 son, Danny Parks of Deerwood; 4 daughters, Jan Robinson of Crosby, Rita (Ron) Parks-Volgerson of...

Apr 24, 2014

Mathias George “ Matt” Tix age 76 of Garrison formerly of Hampton and Apple Valley died on April 24, 2014. Retired employee of the Koch (Flint Hills) Refinery with 25 years of service. Retiring in 1994 they moved to their lake home on Mille Lacs Lake.

Survivors included his wife Joyce; 1 son, Steve (...

Apr 16, 2014

Clara Irene Johnson age 100 of Crosby died on April 16, 2014 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on August 6, 1913 in Federal Dam to Carl and Beda (Morine) Armbrust. Clara moved to Crosby with her family in 1917. She was a graduate of the Crosby-Ironton High School in 1931 and was employed...

Apr 14, 2014

Allen Ray Wilson age 80 of Crosby died on April 14, 2014 at the Riverwood Health Center in Aitkin. He was born on December 4, 1933 in Hazelton Township to Clifford and Harriet (Hamilton) Wilson. He was a former employee of the City of Aitkin, Land-O-Lakes Turkey Processing Plant and the City of Crosby.

Survivors...

Apr 11, 2014

Stephen Dale Brunson age 63 of Ironton died at his home on April 11, 2014. He was born on April 10, 1951 in Peoria, Ill.

Survivors include his wife Karla; step son, Lucas Williams of Ironton; 4 step daughters, Liz Hofmann of Crosby, Kim Nilles of Baxter, Brandi (Seth) Uhter of El Paso, TX and...

Apr 10, 2014

Gloria A. Crumpton age 78 of Deerwood died at her daughter’s home on April 10, 2014. She was born on March 4, 1936 in Richfield, MN to Gunder and Gladys (Johnson) Erickson.

Survivors include 2 daughters, Diane Williams of Deerwood, MN and Lori Herman

of Denver, CO; 1 son, Kevin Johnson of Farmington;...

Apr 8, 2014

Pamela Jean Graff age 68 of Deerwood died on April 8, 2014 at her home. She was born in Stillwater on October 10, 1945 to David and Jeannette (LeQuea) Weaver. Pam graduated from the Crosby-Ironton High School; Stout University in Menomonie, WI and the University of Minnesota. Pam’s career spanned 30 years at the Minneapolis Vocational School,...

Apr 1, 2014

Allen Ray Trask age 79 of Bay Lake died on April 1, 2014 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born in Aberdeen, SD to Floyd Albert and Myrle Blanch (Anderson) Trask. He met Rebecca Jane Raihala and married her on March 14, 1958.

Allen was active in the Masons and related groups through...

Mar 31, 2014

Irma Marlene (Menzel) Novotny, 74 of Iron Hub passed away on March 31, 2014 at the Harmony House in Brainerd. Irma was born on November 14, 1939 at home in Iron Hub to Henry and Lydia (Gruenhagen) Menzel. A graduate of Aitkin High School in 1957, Irma married John “Jack” Novotny on December 15, 1956.

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