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Lonnie Lawrence, age 63, died on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at Divine Nursing & Rehab in St. Croix Falls, WI. Arrangements are pending with Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services.
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Joan Aileen Madsen, loving wife and mother, died Saturday, October 16th, 2021 at the age of 81 from Alzheimer’s. Joanie was born at home in North Hudson, WI on June 21, 1940 to Laura and Henry “Razz” Schullo. She attended school in North Hudson through 1958 and graduated from River Falls High School in June
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Shirley LaVerne Peterson, age 94, passed away at Comforts of Home in River Falls, Wisconsin on October 10, 2021. She was born July 24, 1927, in Rush City, Minnesota, the tenth of 12 children, to Charles and Edith (Wahlberg) Keiser. She graduated from Rush City High School in 1946, and then attended Swedish Covenant Hospital
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Thomas York, age 66, of New Richmond, died on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at his home. A Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 17, 2021 from 12-2PM at Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services (728 S. Knowles Ave) in New Richmond. Interment will be held in Fort Snelling National Cemetery on Monday, October 18, 2021
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Margaret “Tina” Warming, died on Friday, October 8, 2021 at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, MN. She was born the daughter of Donald and Joann Wilson on April 28, 1958 in Saint Paul, MN. Tina grew up and lived in many different states. In her late teenage years, Tina attended Stillwater High School and graduated,
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Sandra M. Olson, age 73 of River Falls, WI, died on Friday, October 1, 2021, at her home. She was born on September 17, 1948, in St. Paul, Minnesota to Jennings (Joe) and Muriel Johnson. Sandra graduated from St. Paul Central High School, and at the age of 50, went back to school and earned
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Susan Mae Paulson was born on November 29th, 1956 to Orville & Marcella (Beauvais) Schaar in Somerset, WI. She passed away peacefully on September 18th, 2021 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. She is survived by her two sons Brandon (April) Schaar and Chase (Jesse) Paulson. She had nine siblings – sisters June, Bonnie,
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