Obituaries

Earl Gilbert Doffing Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 10:01am

EARL GILBERT DOFFING, 83, of Brainerd, formerly of Crosby, died on July 8, 2020 at Edgewood Vista in Brainerd.
He was born on May 23, 1937 in Hastings to Otto and Marie (Blatz) Doffing.  He was a retired local lawncare service man.  He was a member of the Cascade United Methodist Church in Deerwood.
He is survived by two brothers, Norbert Doffing of Almena, WI and LeRoy Doffing of Newport; three sisters, Eleanor Ellingson of Lake Hubert, Marlene Marcellus of South St. Paul and Arneda Kanan of Shell Lake, WI; and many nieces and nephews.

Ronald R. Kretlow Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 10:00am

RONALD R. KRETLOW, 77 of Ironton passed away at his home surrounded by his family on June 28, 2020 from renal cell cancer and dementia.   He was born on Oct.

Clarice A. Lueck Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 9:59am

CLARICE A. LUECK, 91 of Deerwood died on July 12, 2020 at Shepherd of Grace Senior Community in Becker.  She was born on Nov. 30, 1928 in Bay Lake Township to Abraham and Karen (Skau) Christensen. Clarice married Virgil Lueck on Oct. 14, 1951 in Deerwood.  She was the bookkeeper of Virg’s Excavating Company.  Clarice was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood, a 65-year member of the Walter Scott Erickson American Legion Auxiliary Unit #557 in Deerwood and was a volunteer at the local food shelf for many years.

Celeste "Tudy" Landowski Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 9:58am

Celeste “Tudy” Landowski, 94, of Fairfield Township, died on July 6, 2020 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby.  She was born on Feb. 23, 1926 in Paynesville to Thomas and Elsie (Katzenberger) Stockard.  Tudy married Joseph Landowski on Sept. 21, 1950 in Emily.  She was a member of St. Emily’s Catholic Church, Emily and the Emily Quilters Club. She was a former Crosby-Ironton School Bus Driver for many years and a former Miners Hospital employee.

Jayne E. Bialon Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 9:56am

JAYNE E. BIALON, 68 of Emily, died on June 17, 2020 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby.  She was born in Hammond, IN on March 26, 1952 to Leonard and Helen (Hanusin) Baranowski.  She was a retired teacher from the Pequot Lakes High School.  She taught English and Speech. She was a member of St. Emily’s Catholic Church in Emily, and the Crosslake Art Club and she was a member and past President of the Crosslake Garden Club.

Donna Yvonne (Struble) Odonovich Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 9:55am

DONNA YVONNE (STRUBLE) ODONOVICH  was born Feb. 16, 1925 in Crosby. She died July 1, 2020 in Eau Claire, WI. Donna graduated salutatorian from Crosby-Ironton High School, class of 1943 and due to WWII, continued to live at home, working to help support her parents and younger brother. In 1946 she married Robert “Bob” “Chubby” Odonovich and together they raised a family of six children. In 1969 they migrated from Minnesota to Wisconsin with the opening of the Inland Steel Taconite mine in Jackson County, as did many other families who left underground mining on the Cuyuna Iron Range.

Jayne E. Bialon Pender

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 10:45am

JAYNE E. BIALON, 68, of Emily, died on June 17, 2020 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby.  
Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home in Crosby.

Wayne L. Maier Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 10:45am

WAYNE L. MAIER, 90, of Brainerd, died on June 20, 2020 at his home.  He was born in Crosby on Aug. 16, 1929 to William and Esther (Hendrickson) Maier.  He was a U.S. Army Veteran.
Wayne married Doris Emmaline Evenson on Aug. 16, 1952 in Brainerd.  Wayne was a former M.A. Hanna Mining employee.  He also mined in Babbitt, Liberia, Iran and Casa Grande, AZ.  Together with his wife they owned and operated the Highview Campground in Pequot Lakes and Hidden Paradise Resort and Campground in Brainerd.  

Roy Tasche Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 10:43am

ROY TASCHE, 79, a former founding partner in Minnesota Automation Services, Inc./ Riverwood International (now part of Graphic Packaging) in Crosby, who retired in the late 1990s, passed away after a brief illness in Haven Homes in Maple Plain on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019.

Cheryl Marie Buchite Obit

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 10:42am

CHERYL MARIE BUCHITE, 58, of Nisswa died on March 20, 2020 at her home.  She was born on May 9, 1961 in Pipestone to Norman and Colleen (Girard) Lange.  She graduated from Crosby-Ironton High School, class of 1979 and continued her education at Central Lakes College with  a Legal Secretary degree.  She married Neal Buchite, Sr. on Feb. 25, 1984 in Deerwood.  She was a former City of Ironton employee and a baker at Shaffer’s Food in Nisswa.
Preceding Cheryl in death are her father, Jack Lange; one brother, Tom Lange and a granddaughter, Monica Buchite.