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Patricia “Pat” Louise Retherford, age 68 of North Branch, passed away Dec. 18, 2016 from a stroke.
Pat was born May 12, 1948 in St. Paul to parents, Henry and Katherine (Holtzbauer) Pojanowski. She graduated from Forest Lake High School in 1966. She married Larry Retherford on June 18, 1966 and they had 50 wonderful years together. She worked for Superior Engineering as an Operator and Quality Control. She loved donating her time to St. Gregory the Catholic Church in North Branch. Pat loved spending time with her family, especially with her many grandchildren and great-grandchild. Pat helped many people in life and also in death. She was a donor, and she was able to donate her liver, and both kidneys to three recipients, she was also able to donate her heart and lungs to the U of M and her eyes to the Lions Eye Bank.
She is preceded in death

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Loving Husband, Dad, Grandpa, BrotherJeffrey Krasean, age 76 of Forest Lake, passed away at home surrounded by family on Jan. 22, 2017.
Preceded in death by parents, George and Iris; grandson, Quinn.
Survived by beloved wife, Pat; sons, Eric (Mary), Kip (Sonja), Brendan (Jill), Patrick (Cassie); grandchildren, Gus, Ellie, Johan, Brendan, Anja, Veronica, Beatrice; siblings, George (Gail), Becky Palda (Dave), Marsha (Dave) Hovland, Roy (Nancy); many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
A Celebration of Jeff’s Life will be held 4-7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30th at Roberts Family Life Celebration Home, 555 SW Centennial Dr., Forest Lake. Jeff was the founder of the Philippine Project, so in lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to POPKids.org.

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Robert Kunshier, age 94 of Forest Lake, passed away peacefully with family around him on January 21, 2017.
He was born January 25, 1922, to Andrew James and Lenore (Sevigny) Kunshier in Forest Lake, MN. He married Hiladore Kloss of Waite Park, MN on September 11, 1948. He was a postal worker, retiring in 1977. He was a member of the American Postal Workers Union, a 60 year, Lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4210, Forest Lake, and American Legion Post 225, Forest Lake, MN.
Robert served in the United States Army during WWII from 1941-45. He was a proud member of the 34th Infantry Division of the Red Bulls, and one of the last two surviving members of 150 young men deployed from the unit in Stillwater, MN. The 34th Unit was the first US Army Division deployed to Europe in WWII. He went first to Lisnaskea, Northern Ireland,

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Elizabeth Mae Pastohr, age 73, of Forest Lake, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family on January 21, 2017.
She is survived by her children, Rick (Rachel) Gierke, Karin Gierke, Bill Gierke, Cindi (Daren) Johnson; grandchildren, Elena, Sam, Anna, and Jacob Gierke, Kenah and Brady Johnson; sister, Diane (Paul) Myers.
Funeral services were held Monday at Faith Lutheran Church. Interment at Oak Park Cemetery. Memorials are preferred to Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary, Inc., c/o Bob Cook, 8933 Casper Avenue, Hudson, FL 34667.

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With the 2017 property tax levy, the Chisago County Board of Commissioners is breaking the cycle of flat property tax levies or decreases.
By a 4-1 vote Dec. 7, the board approved the 2017 county budget and levy. Commissioner Lora Walker was the lone member of the board to vote against the action.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The property tax levy next year will be a 3.3 percent increase, due in part to the upcoming construction of the county’s new jail. The total budget is a balanced $63.48 million.
However, even with the increase, the board has been able to keep property taxes low over an extended period of time. Over the last eight years, there have only been two years with levy increases, and there were two years with levy decreases. The average levy increase since 2009 is 0.7 percent.
“Our per capita levy has gone down precipitously since 2008,” Chisago County Administrator Bruce Messelt said. “We

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