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Readers submitted stories of inspirational lives lost in 2012.
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Our Dad
By Caela Cook January 02, 2013, 10:41 AMMy Dad wasn’t perfect, yet he was the best father I could have ever hoped for. I was naive to...
What if?
By Mary Lou Olson Ulrich January 02, 2013, 10:39 AMI have lived through many "what if's" in my life. On Aug. 11, 2012 a huge one came along. My...
Love Life
By Bonnie Smith January 02, 2013, 10:38 AMMark Austin Smith age 31 from Burnsville, MN, died on November 8, 2012. He was diagnosed in 2011 with membranous...
Life is now!
By Kathleen Jo Gausman January 01, 2013, 06:42 PMKathy Plumb could give the Energizer Bunny a run for it's money!! Life is Now was her email address and...
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Dad saved teacher's life
By Tom Bengtson January 01, 2013, 06:41 PMFrank Bengtson, 82, died June 7; going through Dad's things after the funeral, Mom came across a newspaper clipping from...
My Grandmother Geri Hellerstedt
By Amanda Gustafson January 01, 2013, 06:38 PMOn November 18, 2012 was the last day I got to see my grandma (Geri Hellerstedt). We were having one last...
Just dance!
By Monica Kelley Kovalchuk January 01, 2013, 06:36 PMMaitland M. Kelley, my 98 year old father, passed away on June 12, 2012, after suffering a stroke 12 days...
So selfless
By Katie Fay January 01, 2013, 06:34 PMSome people come into your life and change it slowly over time. Others come in and change it with a...
James E. Dahl
By Lynn Sulackow January 01, 2013, 06:33 PMMy little brother, Jim, left us on August 18, 2012, at the age of 54 years. Jim was a...
Loretta Shefland, a women of energy, baking and sharing
By Ann Dixon January 01, 2013, 06:32 PMLoretta Shefland turned 100 in 2011. She celebrated with multiple birthday parties and a Caribbean Cruise. The parties...
Saint among us
By JoAnn Biren January 01, 2013, 06:31 PMWe lost, and by ‘we’ I am referring to not only her family, but the Church, school and community. We...
Marv Davidov
By Steve Clemens January 01, 2013, 06:29 PMMarv Davidov was a passionate peacemaker with a great sense of humor. He knew how to laugh at himself while...
Dorothy O Klick
By Peter Klick January 01, 2013, 06:27 PMShe was truly a woman ahead of her times. She learned at a early age the values of hard...
Marjorie
By Patricia Sullivan December 29, 2012, 04:46 PMMagical Accepting Rambunctious Joyful Observant Religious Inspiring Exuberant Marjorie (DeMars) Sullivan Born 11/21/25 Died 11/15/12 "You know, there are some people in this world who have never had anyone tell...
Pam O'Reilly Buchman
By Gayle O'Reilly December 28, 2012, 03:29 PMOn the evening of February 5th, 2012 we lost a most significant person in our lives, our first born daughter....
Truly an inspiration
By Kathi Holmes December 28, 2012, 03:27 PMShe wasn't just a wife and companion, a mother of three loving sons, or the caregiver for oodles of children...
Quiet humility
By Milton J. Brustad December 28, 2012, 03:26 PMOur society is kept sane by all the unsung heroes who work diligently but want to remain anonymous. My...
Rural boy goes to war - survives for a life of love
By Darrell Becker December 28, 2012, 03:09 PMLloyd S. Becker, of St. Cloud passed away on Feb. 14, at the age 81 and was buried at MN...
Gramps
By Tiffany Winter December 28, 2012, 03:07 PMGlenn Hopfenspirger: Christian. Devoted husband. Caring father. Volunteer. World War II veteran. A&W Root Beer stand owner. There are so...
Malayah Marie
By Tiarah phillips December 28, 2012, 03:05 PMMalayah was born on October 31, 2010. She changed everyone's life that day. She was admitted to Children's Hospital & Clinics...
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