October 2021

Agnes "Ag" R. Wimmer Obit

Published by admin on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 7:01am

AGNES "AG" R. WIMMER, 92, of Baxter, formerly of Deerwood, died at Diamond Willow in Baxter on Sept. 25, 2021.  She was born in St. Paul on June 15, 1929 to Henry and Clara (Long) Knaff.  She graduated from Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, class of 1948. She married Alexander Wimmer on May 13, 1950 in St. Paul.  She was a retired proofreader for The Wanderer Catholic Newspaper in St. Paul and was a volunteer at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in St. Paul. Preceding her in death are her parents; her husband, Alexander; and two sisters, Lucille Wanshura and Mary Popelka.

Phyllis Hulda (Hunt) Lehrke Obit

Published by admin on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 7:00am

PHYLLIS HULDA (HUNT) LEHRKE, 85, a former area resident, passed away on June 29, 2021 in Grand Rapids, MI. She was born on Aug. 3, 1935 in Aitkin to Arthur and Sylvie Hunt. She was raised in Bay Lake Township and graduated as Salutatorian from the Crosby-Ironton High School, class of 1953. In 1956 she married the love of her life, Edward H. “Oney” Lehrke in Crosby.  Ed’s career with the railroad took them to Grand Rapids, MI, where they raised three children.  They returned to the family cabin on Mission Lake every summer.