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Monday, April 29, 2013

Obituary: Roger Dick of Richfield

Service is Friday, May 3, 2013 at The Church of St. Joan of Arc in Minneapolis.

Roger Dick of Richfield  Dec. 6, 1936 - April 25, 2013  Roger was a writer, an educator and a mentor to many students over his 30 year career as a teacher at Brooklyn Center High School. His passions included the fine arts, in particular music and literature, his garden and his church, St. Joan of Arc, where he was member of the choir and many committees. Survived by his loving companion, Anne Garvey; children, Michael (Sherri) Loso, Therese (Scott) Wallner, Jennifer (Timothy) Hart and Robert (Patricia) Loso; grandchildren, Tiffany, Matthew, Kathryn and Valerie Loso, Nicholas and Alexander Andersen, Daniel, Anna and Mary Hart, Bailey and Jack Loso; great-granddaughter, Audrey; brother, Larry Lewandowski; family and friends. Preceded in …

Monday, April 1, 2013

Obituary: Ida-Mae Holter, 96, of Richfield

She was retired as secretary at Hope Presbyterian Church, according to the Sun Current.

Ida-Mae Holter of Richfield, who was retired as secretary at Hope Presbyterian Church, has died at the age of 96. Memorial arrangements, according to Legacy.com: Memorial service Wednesday, April 10, at 11 AM at Hope Presbyterian Church, 7132 Portland Ave. S. Interment Ft. Snelling. Complete notice Sunday, April 7. Morris Nilsen Chapel 612-869-3226 www.morrisnilsen.com More information listed at current.mnsun.com: Retired secretary of Hope Presbyterian Church. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Survived by husband, Leif Holter; daughter, Dianne Jarrett & husband, Jerry; son, David Holter; grandsons, David Potts (Lara), and Brian Potts (Ryoko); great-grandchildren, Chris and Emma Lynn Potts; sisters, Harriet Thoen, …

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Hockey Boys Behaving Badly, a Local Lennay and Bye-Bye Beeks: Pick of Our Patches

The Maple Grove hockey team stayed in the news this week. Other looks around the metro include a pot bust in Otsego, a Vikings surprise, and Richfield mourns a baby lost too soon.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Services Held for Tabitha Rose Markle Tabitha, 9 months, passed away Monday morning from injuries she sustained in an accident on Lake Minnetonka. Her mother, Amanda, works for Richfield Public Schools. Maple Grove Senior High Shares Action Plan Following Boys Hockey Team Incident School officials: “Following the recent situation involving some members of the hockey team, we know there is additional work to do.” Hundreds of Teachers Rally Against Standards Based Grading …

Joel

7:46 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Welcome to Hockey High School where: Moving forward = don't look behind the curtain. Nothing to see here, just move on.   more ›

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Obituary: Tabitha Rose Markle

Tabitha passed away Monday morning. The following is her obituary.

Editor's Note: Information courtesy Morris-Nilsen Funeral Home Tabitha Rose Markle, aged 9 months. Preceded in death by her grandfather, Lawrence Markle. Survived by parents, Jonathan and Amanda; sister, Isabelle; grandparents, Marilyn Markle, Marvin and Mary Seefeld; aunts and uncles, Sandy and Dave Pevonka, Laura and Jason West, Amy and Aaron Seefeld and Emily Seefeld; cousins, Kenneth and Sara Pevonka, Natalie, Jacqueline and Gabriella Seefeld. Services Mass of Christian Burial Friday, January 25, 2013, at 10:30 AM at St. Peter’s Catholic Church 6730 Nicollet Ave. S., Richfield. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Thursday, January 24th, from 4-7 PM at Morris Nilsen Chapel, 6527 Portland Ave. S., Richfield.   *** Related stories…

Leah

7:41 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Lets not forget how she died and who caused her death. Lets not sweep it under the rug by pretending it was not a bad error of judgement. If drinking was involved then even more so.   more ›

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Innovative Arts Educator, Richfield Resident Passes Away

He paired high school students with professional artists in a program that became a national model.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Winds of Change and Two Controversial Trains: Pick of Our Patches

This week's roundup also includes news on a new bar in Southwest Minneapolis, Edina's top students and business changes in St. Michael-Albertville.

Editor’s Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, and St. Michael. Southwest LRT Typo Underestimates Co-location Costs by $100M Engineering consultants have identified a $100 million typo in a Southwest Light Rail Transit report that understates the cost of putting the Twin Cities & Western freight line in the same corridor as the light rail—an option known as “co-location.” The correction narrows the gap between the co-location option and the so-called “locally preferred alternative” that would reroute freight rail to a spur line in St. Louis …

Thursday, October 11, 2012

6th Victim of Minneapolis Workplace Shooting Dies

Eric Rivers, critically injured, now joins UPS Driver Keith Basinski among the fatalities from Andrew Engeldinger's Sept. 27 rampage at Accent Signage in Minneapolis.

Eric Rivers of St. Paul, a manager who was critically injured in the Sept. 27 shooting at Accent Signage in Minneapolis, has died, the Star Tribune reported. His family decided to take him off life support at Hennepin County Medical Center, according to Fox 9. Here is a statement from Rivers' family, released on a HCMC news blog: “Eric Rivers passed away peacefully last night. We are grateful for the incredible courage displayed by the men and women who responded to the emergency and the wonderful medical team at Hennepin County Medical Center, who cared for Eric. At this time, the family asks for privacy as we deal with this personal tragedy. We thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.” Thursday marks two weeks since Richfield …

Friday, August 10, 2012

The Fifth District Report

VIDEO: Colbert Report Profiles MN 5th Congressional District

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison suffered gamely through an interview by host Stephen Colbert.

Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District was the subject of a "Better Know A District" segment on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" Thursday. Host Stephen Colbert highlighted New Hope, the Hennepin Avenue Bridge and Prince in his intro, then "sat down ... in a room" with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN) for a wide-ranging, even scattershot interview that managed to touch on both Mohammed and Mary Tyler Moore. The "Fighting Fifth" is the second Minnesota district to be profiled on the "Colbert Report" and the 67th overall.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Recent Richfield Deaths: Aug. 5

Information on the most recent people to pass away in Richfield or those with Richfield ties.

Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter Here are the most recent people to pass away in Richfield or who had ties to Richfield. Check the blue links below to get more information. Annetta Draisey Low, 97 Gordon Lee Alexander, 97 Juliette "Judy" Lundquist, 95 Marie A. Mickelson, 83 Joyce A. Fox, 89 Elizabeth Ann Samuelson, 74 Is there someone who passed away we missed and you'd like to recognize them? Add it to the Richfield Patch announcement page.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Recent Richfield Deaths: July 22, 2012

Information on the most recent Richfield people to pass away or those with Richfield ties.

Here are the most recent people to pass away in Richfield or who had ties to Richfield. Check the blue links below to get more information. Is there someone who passed away we missed and you'd like to recognize them? Add it to the Richfield Patch announcement page.

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