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Mary Jean O’Trimble, 91, formerly of Nortonville, Kan., died on Monday, March 27, 2023, at FW Houston Senior Living Center, Winchester, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.

Heather Torke, 47, of Prior Lake passed away at her residence on March 14, 2023. Memorial services were held on Saturday, March 18 at 1 p.m.

Paul Allan Ramsay, 90, formerly of Clarkfield and Wolf Lake passed away in Edmond, Okla. on March 12, 2023, at the Veraden memory care.

Sandra Torgerson, 79, of Granite Falls passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Avera Granite Falls Care Center. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Crystal “Tico” Blue, 59, of Granite Falls passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2023, at her home. Celebration of Life was held Friday, March 10, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls. Following the service there was a gathering at Tolley’s. Visitation was held 12 - 1 p.m., one hour prior to the service. Crystal Kay Blue was born on December 28, 1963, in Marshall, the daughter of Elmer “Chris” and Mayvis (Christensen) Etrheim. She grew up around Marshall, Hanley Falls, and Granite Falls and attended Granite Falls High School. In her younger years her brother Billy could not pronounce her name and started calling her Tico, which stuck as a life long nickname. In the mid 80’s Tico obtained her GED and enrolled at Granite Falls Vo-Tech, earning her degree in machine tool in 1990. She started working part time at Chandler Industries during school and has continued to work there for 30+ years. Tico had a way with words and made new friends everywhere, always one to help whenever people asked. She enjoyed cooking and made huge holiday meals so she could pack up meals and bring to people who didn’t have family near - Thanksgiving was always her favorite. Tico enjoyed gambling and participating in pool league. She enjoyed long weekend trips to pool tournaments, casinos, and occasionally Vegas. On one special trip in the fall of 2014 her friends, Jamie, Lori, Greg, Gary Dean, went to Vegas and then Jamie and Gary Dean surprised her by renting a car and driving her out to California to see the ocean as they knew how much she had wanted to see an ocean all her life. Tico is survived by her children, Tawnya (Scott Anspach) Anderson of Montevideo, Tremayne Blue (Jen Holien) of Clarkfield; brothers, Earl (Donna) Craig of Clarkfield, Ricky (Jane) Craig) of the Twin Cities; as well as other relatives and friends; and her cat Baby Boy. Tico is preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Mayvis; brother, Billy Etrheim; niece, Melinda Craig. Arrangements a

Gene C. Froland, 92, of St.

Jane Hanson was the 6th of 10 children born on the family farm to Edith (Hanson) and Art Hanson in Pine City. At the age of 15, Jane went to Minneapolis to find a job during World War II and found a position in a factory, as those jobs were plentiful at that time, but she would often have to switch jobs when employers would find out she was only 15! She married Al Kurkowski on September 9, 1947, and the couple had three children - two daughters and one son. They tried their hand at farming near Pine City until Al’s allergies to the animals prompted them to move in a different direction.