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Charles L. “Chuck” Johnson, 65
Charles L. “Chuck” Johnson, 65, Fergus Falls, Minn., died Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 13 at The Federated Church in Fergus Falls.
Visitation will be on hour prior to the service at the church. Military participation provided by the Fergus Falls VFW and American Legion.
Olson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Chuck was born Jan. 7, 1945, in Breckenridge, Minn., the youngest child of Chester and Marjorie (Landstad) Johnson. He attended grade school and high school in Campbell, Minn., and graduated from Campbell High School in 1963. Chuck continued his education at Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis, Minn., and Moorhead State in Moorhead, Minn. He received a bachelor's degree in business education from Moorhead State in 1968.
On Sept. 2, 1967, he married
Suzanne Brendefur in Campbell. They have three daughters.
After working with his father at Johnson Implement in Campbell for one year, he was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1969. He was stationed in Albuquerque, N.M. After his military discharge, he owned and operated Johnson Repair Shop in Fergus Falls. In 1986 he became a chemical dependency counselor at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center until he became the director of Red River Serenity Manor in Barnesville, Minn.
In January of 1996 he became disabled from a brain aneurysm and several strokes. Chuck has been a nursing home resident for 14 years and resided at the Minnesota Veteran’s Home for the past 11 years.
Chuck enjoyed fishing, hunting, trap shooting, flying and spending time at Otter Tail Lake. He served on the Fergus Falls Volunteer Fire Department, was active in Alcoholics Anonymous, and was a member of Federated Church.
Preceding him in death were: his parents; a brother, Roger Johnson; and sisters, Marjorie Essex and Dorothy Freeman.
Survivors include: his wife, Suzy of Battle Lake, Minn.; three daughters, Nichole Johnson of St. Paul, Minn., Heather Johnson of St. Paul, and Jessica (Jeremy) Yost; and granddaughter, Violet Yost of Glyndon, Minn.; and a sister, Beverly Holden.
Josefa 'Pepi' Gerdin, 77
Josefa 'Pepi' Gerdin, 77, Breckenridge, Minn., died peacefully in her sleep during the early morning hours of Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Per her specific request, there will be a private memorial luncheon at Appletree Court on what would have been her 78th birthday, Thursday, March 25.
A private burial will be held at the family plot at Hillside Memorial cemetery in the Twin Cities the following day.
"Pepi, " as she was known, was born March 25, 1932, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Jose Quintana Cardona and Francisca Villalba Burgos. Her father died of malaria while serving in the military and before she was born. She was raised by her widowed mother and siblings, one brother and three sisters.
On July 25, 1953, she was united in marriage to Airman Walter Wirth Gerdin, USAF. As an Air Force wife and full time homemaker for 22 years, Pepi enjoyed many opportunities to travel throughout the U.S. and Europe with their family: Patsy Ann was born in Puerto Rico, Frank Walter was born in Texas, and Gary Gene was born in Germany. In 1968, the family settled in Fergus Falls, Minn., where Walter retired from the Air Force in 1972. In 1984, Pepi and Walt moved to Florida, traveling back to Minnesota in the summer months. They resided in Umatilla, Fla., until 1996 when Walt died. Pepi then spent several years traveling between Minnesota, Utah, New Mexico, North Dakota and Florida, always returning to the sunny South before winter hit the North. In 2007, due to failing health, her family moved her to Breckenridge to be near them.
At Appletree Court, she made new friends, enjoyed her apartment-home with a view of the river and all the wildlife she enjoyed watching, and the coldest of winter, she didn't have to go outside the building for fellowship and fun. She enjoyed the secure environment, all the activities available, and being with other ladies who shared her passion for bingo, playing cards, putting puzzles together and watching movies.
She is survived by: her sister, Dalila Downs of Florida; her three children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren: Patsy A. (Leslie) Willemssen, Wahpeton, N.D., their son Adam Jacob (Monica) Willemssen, Denver, Colo.; Frank W. (Tami) Gerdin, New Mexico, daughters Mariah Lee Gerdin and great-granddaughter, Sianne, Maryland, and Brandy Jo (Ted) Lovesky and great-grandson, Donovan, South Carolina; Gary G. Gerdin of Moorhead, Minn.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, Jose Quintana Cardona and Francisca Villalba-Quintana-Burgos of Puerto Rico; her brother, Miguel Quintana; her sisters, Sara Smith and Emma Peacock; and her husband, Walter W. Gerdin (1996).
In lieu of flowers the family would prefer donations to a monument fund. Joseph Vertin & Sons is in charge of arrangements.
Edith Marie Beaudin, 71
Edith Marie Beaudin, 71, rural Kent, Minn., died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at her home under hospice care and surrounded by her family. Funeral arrangements are pending with Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home.
Elizabeth Hingst, 72
Elizabeth Hingst, 72, Underwood, Minn., died Monday, March 8, 2010.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 11 at United Methodist Church, Breckenridge, Minn.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
James Phillip Boll, 77
James Phillip Boll, 77, Breckenridge, Minn., died March 1, 2011, at the Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls, Minn.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 5 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Breckenridge with the Rev. Stan Wieser officiating.
Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 4 with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge.
Burial will be at St. Mary’s Catholic cemetery, Breckenridge at a later date.
Lenora K. Baumer, 95
Lenora K. Baumer, 95, Excelsior, Minn., and formerly Wahpeton, N.D., died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, at the Golden Living Center, Excelsior.
The Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 at St. John’s Catholic Church, Wahpeton.
Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Thursday, also at the church.
Burial will be at Calvary cemetery, Wahpeton.
Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, is in charge of arrangements.
Jean M. Muir, 66
Jean M. Muir, 66, Minnetonka, Minn., died Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, at her sister’s residence in Wahpeton, N.D., under the care of Riveredge Hospice.
The funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 1 at St. John’s Catholic Church, Wahpeton.
Visitation with Jean’s family will be one hour before the service at the church.
Burial will be at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton, in the spring.
Victor Charles Storm, 81
Victor Charles Storm, 81, Tintah, Minn., died Feb. 25, 2011, in his home under the care of Riveredge Hospice and surrounded by his family.
The funeral is at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, Minn., with the Rev. Carl Berner officiating.
Visitation is from 11 am-1 p.m. Monday at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home in Breckenridge.
Burial will be at Riverside cemetery in Nashua, Minn., at a later date.
