Carl Fenton Challgren
May 22, 2020
Carl Challgren Obituary Carl Fenton Challgren Jr., 79, a long term resident of Plymouth, MN, a beloved Husband, Father, Bampa, and Great-Bampa passed away Friday, May, 22, 2020 while on a fishing trip in Platte, SD. Carl was born on August 11, 1940 in St. Louis, MO, to Carl Fenton Challgren, Sr. and Betty (Daniel). During Carls childhood, his family...
Patricia (Devries) Reycraft
May 10, 2020
Patricia Reycraft Obituary Patricia Reycraft Of Mound, Minnesota passed away May 10, 2020 at age 81. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Joe, three children, eight grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Pat worked alongside her husband serving the Maple Plain community at their local business for over 50 years. She was an involved member of Ridgewood church,...
Darrell Earl Liebrenz
May 10, 2020
Darrell Liebrenz Obituary Liebrenz, Darrell Earl Of Plymouth MN passed away Sunday May 10, 2020 at Sunrise Senior Living in Golden Valley MN where he resided for the past 9 months. The family would like to thank the staff for the great care they provided our father, especially in these trying times with Covid-19. He is preceded in death by...
Renate Joy Leegard
May 10, 2020
Renate Leegard Obituary Leegard, Donald "Renate" born October 3, 1941, died May 10, 2020. He is survived by 4 sisters and 3 brothers, Nancy (Lee) Danielson, Betty (Dave) Bellefeuille, Paul (Denell) Leegard, Diane (Dan) Kuehne, Patty (Dan) Derouin, Mark (Chong) Leegard and David Leegard; as well as many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lester...
Doris Zink-Wood
May 9, 2020
Doris Zink-Wood Obituary Died on May 9. She was born 97 years ago in Spring Harbor, Michigan to Harold and Esther Green. Doris, the oldest of 7 siblings, dearly loved her family. Two brothers, Louie and Don preceded her in death. Her brother Roger and wife LaVonne, and sisters, Joyce Knowles, Janice McCormick, and Marilyn Traylor are still living. They...
Bettye Joyce (Bjordahl) Harmel
May 8, 2020
Bettye Harmel Obituary Bettye Joyce Bjordahl Harmel, Of Wayzata, passed away on May 8, 2020 after a long and full life. Bettye was born on May 1, 1928 to Orville and Stella Bjordahl in Hendrum Township, Minnesota. After graduating from Borup high school, she attended Moorhead State University, where she met and married Chester Bakkum. Later, she attended Saint Cloud...
James Sidney Almquist
May 5, 2020
James Almquist Obituary James Sidney Almquist May 28, 1934 to May 5, 2020. Jim a handshake and a smile. A spiritual gift of Helps. He could sit with you for an hour and not say a word and yet enjoy his time thoroughly. A determined yet kind competitive spirit, he was always up for playing; street hockey, softball, cards, ping...
Kendrick B. Melrose
May 3, 2020
Kendrick Melrose Obituary Melrose, Kendrick B. Kendrick 'Ken' B. Melrose, founder and Chief Servant of Leading by Serving, LLC, and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Toro Company, passed away on Sunday, May 3rd, 2020, at the age of 79. Ken is fondly remembered as a humble, kind, philanthropic Servant Leader, and a jokester who loved to make...
James Michael Harper
May 2, 2020
James Harper Obituary James "Jim" Michael Harper, 63, of Wayzata, MN passed away at home on May 2, 2020. Jim was born on March 16, 1957 in Omaha, NE to Ernest and E. Lorraine Harper. Jim graduated from Fairmont MN High School in 1975 and University of Minnesota in 1979. Jim had a successful corporate career working for MN Mutual,...
Nancy J. (Jenkins) Pohtilla
May 2, 2020
Nancy Pohtilla Obituary Pohtilla, Nancy age 91, of Plymouth, passed away peacefully on May 2, 2020. Preceded in death by her high school sweetheart and loving husband of 64 years, James (Jim) Pohtilla; her infant daughter; parents, Samuel and Emma (Johnson) Jenkins; brother, Arthur Jenkins, and sister, Ann Myrum. Survived by sons, James Pohtilla (Kris Ericson) and John Pohtilla; daughters,...
Charles Milton Pearson
May 1, 2020
Charles Pearson Obituary Charles Milton Pearson (Chuck) passed away on May 1, 2020, in Eugene, Oregon, following a brief illness. He was born on November 3, 1955, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Curtis and Ramona Pearson. Chuck was the oldest of five children. He grew up in St. Louis Park, where he attended St. Louis Park High School. As a youth,...
Gordon Benjamin Anderson
Apr 30, 2020
Gordon Anderson Obituary Gordon Benjamin Anderson ("Gordy") was born in a dirt floored duplex in Minneapolis on August 7, 1927 and would spend his entire life striving to better himself and his family. This began at a very early age as he would hitchhike out to the Minneapolis Golf Club to caddy for a few pennies a day. After returning...
Daniel Kevin Casey
Apr 30, 2020
Daniel Casey Obituary With deep sorrow we announce that Daniel K. Casey, age 61, of Plymouth, MN, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 30, 2020. Preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Joyce Casey. Survived by his beloved daughters, Megan (Justin) Botham, Katie Casey, Elizabeth Casey; grandchild, Graham Botham; mother of his children, Kathleen Casey; siblings, Gerald...
Gertrude E. Patterson
Apr 29, 2020
Gertrude Patterson Obituary Patterson, Gertrude E. (Anderson) age 91, of Plymouth, MN, passed away April 29, 2020. Beloved 'sis', wife, mother, aunt, nana, friend & neighbor. Family, friends, histories & memories were important to her. She had an entrepreneurial spirit, a 'do-er', always needing to create & work on a project; a 'can-do' spirit, a force of energy, unstoppable even...
Gary Richard Bader
Apr 27, 2020
Gary Bader Obituary Bader, Gary R., age 71 of Plymouth, MN passed away peacefully on April 27, 2020. Gary was born in Lehr, North Dakota on February 3, 1949. Shortly thereafter, his family moved to Wishek, North Dakota where he was raised. Graduating from Wishek High School in 1967, Gary eventually settled in the Minneapolis area, where he lived most...
Richard 'Trey' Shelar Graft
Apr 26, 2020
Richard 'Trey' Graft Obituary It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Trey Graft. Richard "Trey" S. Graft III died on April 26, 2020. He was born June 7, 1982. Trey is preceded in death by his mother, Suzanne. He is survived by his father, Richard "Rick" S. Graft II; siblings, Allie Graft, Timmy...
Betty Lorraine (Petersen) Kinney
Apr 26, 2020
Betty Kinney Obituary Age 96 of Minnetonka, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2020 in hospice at Nurturing Care in Minnetonka. Born September 22, 1923 to Clarence and Ellen Petersen of Deephaven MN. She attended Minnesota School of Business, worked in various office settings, sold jewelry, cooked at Town and County Catering in Wayzata, Bettys cafeteria in Minnesota Rubber in...
Elizabeth H. (Smith) Lundquist
Apr 22, 2020
Elizabeth Lundquist Obituary Lundquist, Elizabeth H. Elizabeth "Betty" Helen Lundquist died April 22, 2020. Daughter of Harris and Zoe Smith, she was born July 24, 1920, in Laurium, Mich. Graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1938. In the Twin Cities, Betty was doing office work at an iron supply business, when a charming salesman Vernon Lundquist approached and stole...
Kathryn L Biek
Apr 20, 2020
Kathryn Biek Obituary Biek, Kathryn L. Age 59, of Orono, passed away suddenly April 20, 2020 of pneumonia after a courageous two-year battle against leukemia. Preceded in death by her father. Kathryn was a passionate mother of two beautiful children and friend to countless persons near and far. She also was a merchandiser at Macys for the past decade. She...
Judith Margaret (Krogstad) Godfrey
Apr 18, 2020
Judith Godfrey Obituary Judy Godfrey, 94, of Wayzata, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday April 18, 2020. Judith Margaret Krogstad was born on the family farm on January 17, 1926 in Sletten Township, near Winger in northwest Minnesota, daughter of Jens and Julia Krogstad. She graduated from Macintosh High School in 1943 and started her college career at Bemidji State University....
