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Richard Donald Ullrich
Jun 7, 2013
Retired Technical Sergeant Richard D. Ullrich age 74 of Emily passed into glory peacefully Friday, the 7th of June at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd. Richard was born on February 20th, 1939 in Beloit, Wisconsin. He joined the military at 18 years of age and spent his military career as a Special Operations Reconnaissance Technician. Richard served during...
Cloris "Coy" Foty
May 20, 2013
Cloris "Coy" Foty age 78 of St. Louis Park died May 20, 2012 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born September 2, 1934 in Grand Forks, N.D. to Bendick and Louella (Vick) Fossum. She married Charles Foty on June 6, 1953 in Minneapolis. Survivors include her husband Charles; 2 sons, Ken (Mary) Foty of Outing,...
Marie Mildred Peterson
May 13, 2013
Marie Mildred Peterson age 98 of Cuyuna died on May 13, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born in Rabbit Lake Township on June 29, 1914 to Nicholai and Emma (Martin) Burgwald. Marie was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Cedarbrook. She was a past Iron Hub 4H Club leader and a...
Milea Mathilda O'Brien
May 13, 2013
Milea Mathilda (Nichols) O'Brien age 74 of Outing died on May 13, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. She was born on March 18, 1939 in Grand Rapids to Miles and Nellie (Locke) Nichols. She married Harold R. O'Brien on June 1, 1957 in Remer. For 4 years she helped operate the Outing Greenhouse. Milea was...
Kirsten Vivi Vadnais
May 12, 2013
Kirsten Vadnais age 75 of Crosby, MN formerly of Aberdeen, SD died on May 12, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. She was born on January 8, 1938 in Copenhagen Denmark to Borge and Grethe (Bensen) Hansen. Suvivors include 1 son, Kevin (Chrissie) Vadnais; 2 daughters, Heidi (Dale) Fier of Colorado Springs, CO and Michelle (Jayme)...
Polly Anna Abearr
May 9, 2013
Polly Anna Abear age 50 of Crosby died on May 9, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on February 8, 1963 in Crosby to Charles and Marilee (Hendrickson) Draves. Survivors include 1 son, Ted (Ceara) Abear of Deerwood; 1 daughter, Shirly Abear of Marshall; her mother, Marilee Hendrickson of Crosby; 3 brothers, Chuck...
Raymond Paul Hawks
May 7, 2013
Raymond Paul Hawks age 84 of Crosby died on May 7, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. He was born on September 4, 1928 in Crosby to Roy Samuel and Joyce (Freeman) Hawks. Ray retired in 1991 after 27 years as a custodian for the Crosby-Ironton School District. He was a US army veteran; he was...
Lloyd Albert Gragert
May 5, 2013
Lloyd Albert Gragert age 88 of Emily died May 5, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born on March 13, 1925 in Bordulac, ND to Lloyd E. and Ida (Sills) Gragert. He married Dolores Sandhoff on July 22, 1950 in Brainerd. He was a WWII army veteran, serving in the Phillipines and Japan with...
Barbara Ellen Marciw
May 4, 2013
Barbara Ellen Marciw age 62 of Emily died on May 4, 2013 at the Bethany Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. She was born on April 7, 1951 in Bronx, New York to John and Margaret (Nash) Gallagher. She married Michel Marciw on April 11, 1969 in Stanton Island, NY. Survivors include her husband of 44 years, Mike; 1 son,...
Audrey Elaine Moe
May 1, 2013
Audrey Elaine Moe age 86 of Brainerd formerly Crosby died at the Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd. She was born on August 6, 1926 in Ihlen to Hjalmar and Hannah (Nelson) Peterson. Audrey was a member of the Deerwood Baptist Church, the Deerwood Lakes Lions Club and was a longtime volunteer at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in...
Patricia Ann Peske
Apr 29, 2013
Patricia Ann Peske age 76 of Ironton died on April 29, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. She was born on July 11, 1936 in Iowa City, IA to Bryan and Edna (Burns) Johnson. Pat was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Crosby and was a former volunteer at the Brainerd Senior Center. Survivors...
Robert Duane Knudson
Apr 17, 2013
Robert Duane Knudson age 80 of Crosby died on April 17, 2013 at his home. He was born on July 26, 1932 in Rochester to Harvey and Genevieve (Howe) Knudson. He married Hanna Schutzkus Cuchetto on August 12, 1994 in Crosby. He formerly operated the family farm in Dodge Center. He was retired Local 49 of Operating Engineers with...
Ronald Jerome Knopik
Apr 15, 2013
Ronald Jerome Knopik age 79 of Deerwood died on April 15, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. He was born on November 21, 1933 in Minneapolis to Joseph and Margaret (Kirscht) Knopik. Ronald was a US Marine Corp veteran. He married Mary Weise on February 9, 1976 in Sioux Falls, SD. He was a retired MTC...
Robert Evans Thompson
Apr 14, 2013
Robert E. Thompson age 80 of Garrison formerly NE Minneapolis died on April 14, 2013 at the Maple Grove Hospital. He was born on April 29, 1932 in Minneapolis to Lars and Marion (Evenson) Thompson. He was a Korean War army veteran. Bob was a retired Teamster driving for Midwest Motor Express in Roseville. He was a member of...
Lyle Robert "Rocky" Valentino
Apr 10, 2013
Lyle "Rocky" Valentino, age 59 of Aitkin passed away on April 10, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. He was born February 23, 1954 in Crosby, MN to Reno and Beatrice (Mortiz) Valentino. Rocky enjoyed the great outdoors. You would find him fishing, four-wheeling, sledding and camping whenever possible. He graduated from Crosby-Ironton High School in...
Lisa (Valentino) Hughes
Apr 9, 2013
Lisa Renee (Valentino) Hughes age 54 died in Georgetown, SC after a courageous 3 month battle with cancer. Lisa was born on January 6, 1959 to Reno and Beatrice (Moritz) Valentino. Survivors include her husband, Doug; her mother, Beatrice of Crosby; 1 son, Matthew (Mandy Hendrickson) Lubovich; 2 daughters, Melissa Lubovich of Ironton and Courtney Jones of Brainerd; stepchildren,...
Lisa (Valentino) Hughes
Apr 9, 2013
Lisa Renee (Valentino) Hughes age 54 died in Georgetown, SC on April 9, 2013 after a courageous 3 month battle with cancer. Lisa was born on January 6, 1959 to Reno and Beatrice (Moritz) Valentino. Survivors include her husband, Doug; her mother, Beatrice of Crosby; 1 son, Matthew (Mandy Hendrickson) Lubovich of Aitkin; 2 daughters, Melissa Lubovich of Ironton...
Elaine Irma Hudrlik
Apr 4, 2013
Elaine Hudrlik age 87 of Crosby died peacefully on April 3, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. She was born on January 28, 1926 in Minneapolis to Allan and Ethelyn (Brown) Anderson. Elaine grew up in Carp and attended the Baudette High School. She married Tony Hudrlik in 1947 and moved to Crosby in 1948. She...
Patricia "Hasskamp" Crews
Apr 4, 2013
Patricia Ann (Hasskamp) Crews age 82 died on April 4, 2013 at her home in Lakewood, CA. She was born to Fredrick and Laura (TerVeen) Hasskamp in Crosby on April 5, 1930. Pat was a Crosby-Ironton High School graduate, class of 1948; attended Brainerd J.C. from 1948- 1950 receiving and Associate of Arts; from 1950-1953 she attended San Diego...
Gilbert Reem
Mar 26, 2013
Gilbert Albert " Gibb" Reem age 85 of Crosby died on March 26, 2013 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born on January 29, 1928 in Hazelton Township to Charles and Emily (Carlson) Reem. Gibb was US Navy veteran. He married Bernice Christensen on March 2, 1950 in Webster, SD. He was retired for the...
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