OBITUARIES
Gerald Johnson
Nov 27, 2008
Gerald W Johnson, age 86, of Pine River, passed away November 27, 2008. He was born July 19, 1922 in St. Paul, MN. Gerald was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Johnson and son Richard Johnson. He is survived by his children; Roseanne Brown, Bradley Johnson, and Jennifer Kish; his four grandchildren, Teresa Popp, Jesse Brown, Matt Miller,...
Bernice Weisgram
Nov 26, 2008
Bernice Maria Weisgram, age 97, formerly of Pine River, passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, November 26, 2008, in Grass Valley, CA, where she moved three years ago to be near her daughter. She was born December 29, 1910, in St. Paul, to John and Alma Peterson. Bernice is survived by daughter, Joan Wiens of Grass Valley, CA;...
Virginia Davis
Nov 25, 2008
Virginia "Ginger" Davis, age 67, of Backus passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at her home after losing a battle with cancer. She was born October 2, 1941 in Seattle, Washington. Survived by her husband Mike; sons, Jim Robinson and Wayne Robinson; four grandchildren, A.J., Cory, Desiree, Kimberly; and five great grandchildren. Ginger was an enthusiastic bowler, active in...
Roy Swift
Nov 14, 2008
Roy Swift, age 88, of Pine River, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008. He was born January 8, 1920 in Ravanna, Missouri, to Frank and Cora Swift. He married Marjorie Rodrian on June 11, 1945 in Minneapolis. Roy worked in the CCC Camps near Park Rapids. He served as a medic in the United States Army Air Corps during...
Keith Anderson
Nov 12, 2008
Keith H. Anderson, age 81, of Nisswa, and formerly White Bear Lake, Mahtomedi and Pequot Lakes, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2008, due to complications following open heart surgery. He was born July 26, 1927, in Thunder Bay, Canada, to Hartwick and Mabel Anderson. Keith graduated from Pine City High School and was a 1950 graduate of the University...
Loren Strom
Nov 11, 2008
Loren "Joe" Strom, age 84, of Pine River, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008. He was born October 23, 1924, in Brandon, CO, to Victor and Anna Strom. He is survived by sons: Terry Strom (Debbie) of Brainerd, Tim Strom (Donna) of Pine River, Mark Strom of Pine River; brother, Walden Strom of Newport, MN; eight grandchildren and nine...
Victoria Pavlacky
Nov 8, 2008
Victoria Kelly Marie Pavlacky, infant daughter of Frank and Nicole Pavlacky of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2008, at her home. She is survived by her parents; sisters, Madison and Jenna; grandparents: John and Kelly Lind of Pillager, Sonny and Vicky Pavlacky of Pine River; Great Grandparents: Howard and Thelma Pavlacky of Brainerd, Vernon Olson of Pequot Lakes,...
Robert Taylor
Nov 7, 2008
Robert "Bob" Taylor, age 83, of Nisswa, passed away Friday, November 7, 2008. He was born August 12, 1925 in Montreal, Canada, to John and Mildred Taylor. Bob was employed at Grandview Lodge for over 30 years. He was an avid reader and held a lifelong fascination with trains. He loved spending his coffee breaks and mealtimes at the...
Charles Dushek
Nov 7, 2008
Charles Dushek, age 81, of Pine River, passed away Friday, November 7, 2008, at Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center, Pine River. He was born January 7, 1927 in Olmstead County to Harry and Della Dushek. He worked for Pine River Township and also for a logging business. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Lois; daughters: Kathy...
Doris Schuster
Nov 6, 2008
Doris (Helm) Schuster, age 82, of Pine River, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center, Pine River. She was born June 15, 1926, in the Fertile area to Charles and Mary (Nieworth) Helm. Upon graduation she went to Minneapolis to work. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Schuster on June 17, 1950 in...
Dawn Mcclintock
Oct 30, 2008
Dawn McClintock, age 67, of Backus, passed away October 30, 2008. She was born June 7, 1941 in Minneapolis to Victor and Evelyn Marihart. She is survived by her husband, Jesse; children: Tammy Lockwood of Eugene, OR, Todd Lockwood of Brooklyn Center, Troy Lockwood of Bloomington; stepson, Tim McClintock of St. Francis; brothers: Carl Marihart of St. Anthony, Kenny...
Clifford Paulson
Oct 29, 2008
Clifford Lennerd Paulson, age 89, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at his home. He was born December 11, 1918 in Driscoll, ND, to Carl and Nellie Paulson. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Pequot Lakes American Legion and VFW Post 3839 in Jenkins. Clifford is survived by sisters:...
David Keep
Oct 29, 2008
David Ernest Keep, age 54, of Backus, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008. He was born March 27, 1954 in Backus to Clinton and Florence Keep. He married Carolyn Wolske on May 24, 2008. David worked for the State of Minnesota at Badora State Nursery, Backus, and was a volunteer firefighter for the Backus Fire Department, the Minnesota Forestry...
Gary Schmelzer
Oct 28, 2008
Gary Lee Schmelzer, age 58, of Longville, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2008. He was born June 13, 1950, in Freeport, IL, to LeRoy and Shirley Schmelzer. Gary lived and worked most of his life in the Longville and Walker areas. He loved the outdoors, drawing, writing poetry and stories, and playing harmonica. He is survived by his children:...
Howard Evans
Oct 23, 2008
Howard Herbert Evans, age 95, of Backus, MN died Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Walker. He was born July 3, 1913, son of Franklin Sciota and Wilma India (Howard) Evans in Ben Davis, Indiana. His love of cars began as he helped in the family gas station in Greenfield, Indiana, where he met his future...
Arthur Schuster
Oct 22, 2008
Arthur Schuster, age 88, of Pine River, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at his home. He was born February 14, 1920 in Pine River to William and Mary Schuster. He married Ruth Holp in 1976. Art served in the US Army during World War II and was stationed in the Pacific theatre under General MacArthur. He was employed...
William Green
Oct 18, 2008
William Green, age 85, of Hackensack, died Saturday, October 18, 2008, at Havenwood Care Center in Bemidji, MN. He was born August 20, 1923 in Walker, MN, to Frank and Jesse Green. He attended grade school in Hackensack and graduated from high school in 1941. He continued his education at the Minneapolis School of Business, and, after graduating, enlisted...
Kelly Dick
Oct 17, 2008
Kelly Dick, age 48, of Pine River, passed away Friday, October 17, 2008 at the St. Cloud Hospital. He was born November 6, 1959 in Cass Lake to Betty Lou (Partridge) Dick and Cecil Wind. Kelly moved to Pine River from Brainerd in 1993. He resided at Pine River SLS until 2005, at which time he moved to River...
Ernest Johnson
Oct 6, 2008
Ernest R. "Ernie" Johnson died on Monday, October 6, 2008 at the Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center in Pine River. Born June 22, 1911 at Warman, Minnesota to Charles and Alfrieda (Haraldson) Johnson, he moved with his family to the Pine River area at the age of 3 years. He attended the Clough Lake Country School, rural Pine River...
Donald Raph
Oct 1, 2008
Donald Joseph Raph was born on February 2, 1927, and passed away on October 1, 2008, at the age of 81. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Bertella. Don and Bertella have nine children-Terry Fornell (Gregg), Lucinda Harrison (Jim), Laurie MacInnes (Fred), Colleen Sheehan (Tom), Danny Raph (Diane), Kelly Raph (Ann), Blair Raph (Tammy), Tracy Raph...
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