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Events of the past month

February 6 Noon  Christine Elmquist was our guest and discussed Community Homestead. Ken Tomes brought the program. They are a non profit community including people with developmental challenges.  Forty people of all ages and abilities celebrate a sustainable rural life outside of Oseola WI. Together they run an Organic Dairy Farm, an Organic Biodiverse Garden & CSA, a Bakery & Food Processing Kitchen, and many Crafts.  This is Life Sharing and learning for all.

 

February 20  5 PM  We met at the Lift Bridge Brewery in Stillwater and had a tour.

 

 

 

 

Coming Events 

March 5 noon. Stephanie Atkins from ArtReach will be our speaker.  In 2022, the Arts brought in nearly $170 MILLION into the St Croix Valley! We know the arts and culture sector is essential to the prosperity and vitality of our communities.  ArtReach St Croix and Americans for the Arts recently completed compiling the research results. The final conclusions of the study are astounding! 

 

March 19. Tom Warth will talk about his interesting 88 years!

 

We are rotating the assignment of programs for the coming year.  The following is a list of program assignments.  It is best if we know your program at least a month in advance. If you have an idea for a program or  If you are not on this list and wish to arrange a program or if you were assigned a date that you can not arrange, contact Paul at spils@mac.com.

 

 

 

Mar 19                Tom Warth

    

April 2                Gary Bressler

 

Apr 16                Larry Coleman

 

May 7                Tom Hollatz

    

May 21                Annual Meeting

 

June 4                Jim Honsvall

 

June 18 Picnic            Autumn Hills

 

July 2                

 

July 16 Picnic            Greg Hanson

            

Aug 6                Herb Lundberg

 

Aug 20 Picnic            Spilseth

 

Sept 3                Ray Stevens

 

Sep  17 Picnic            Bayport

 

Oct 1                    John Bourdaghs

 

Oct 1                    Jim Kroening

 

Nov 5                Don Grund

 

Nov 19                Jim Dahl

 

 

We are saddened by the deaths of Jim Ehrhart and Paul Quinn in the past month.  Both were members for many years.  The Board recommended that we donate $500 to the Minnesota Lions Gift of Sight in memory of our departed Lions.

 

The Board also recommended that we contribute $1,000 to the Community Households.

 

 

 

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James L EHRHART

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EHRHART James L., Jim passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on January 24, 2024, after a long struggle with Cancer.

Jim was born May 9, 1939, in Muncie, IN, the son of Wayne and May Ehrhart. Jim met the love of hislife, Kay Dewane, while attending Marquette University. They were married in 1962. Jim spent the next 4 years with the U.S. Air Force. In 1966 Jim began an extensive career with 3M Company. The last 10 years of his time with 3M was spent working internationally. Jim and his family lived and traveled throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America doing business and making friends. Jim was connected to his Stillwater community through the Lions Club. He served as a past president. He volunteered as a Guardian Ad Litem to work with children in the court system. He was a member of the local Multiple Myeloma Support Group. Jim deeply loved and cared for his family. He was an avid photographer, passionate fisherman, expert in multimedia electronics, and an undaunted Packer Fan. He is survived by his wife, Kay; sister, Patricia Jean Ehrhart; daughters, Mary Dylkowski (Scott), Tracey Nooner (Terry), Jill Imbrone (Pete) and Christy Johnson (Gil); loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren and countless good friends.

On Thursday, February 22, Jim’s family gathered with friends and relatives, at 4:00 PM, at The Water Street Inn in Stillwater for a Celebration of Life.. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to Doctors Without Borders, or to your favorite charity.

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RADM Paul Vincent Quinn, MD

Paul V. Quinn, age 85, of Stillwater, passed away on February 17th, 2024. He is survived by his loving wife, Peg; children, Mary (Derek) McCallum, Ann (Robert) Vance, Katie (John) Mack, and Sean Quinn; grandchildren, Kyla, Quinn, Clara, Lucie, Charlie, Aidan, Maggie, Vivien, Josie, Mimi, Connor, and Casey. Preceded in death by parents, Robert and Mae Quinn, and young son, Mark. 

Paul grew up in Bound Brook, NJ, then graduated from his beloved  University of Notre Dame. Next, he added an MS in Pharmacology and an MD from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he met Peg Root, and they embarked on a full life together. After participating in one of the first Family Practice residencies, he began active duty with the Navy at Pensacola, FL, then at Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, NC as a flight surgeon. Dr. Quinn and his family moved to Stillwater in 1972, where he practiced family medicine for 32 years. He began a concurrent career in the Navy Reserve, retiring in 2002 as a two-star admiral in charge of Naval Reserve Medicine. 

A lifelong learner, Paul’s medical journals, newspapers, and biographies were never far from reach. Over the years he learned how to ski (both downhill and cross country), golf, sail, and even took piano lessons for a (thankfully) brief time. He was an avid runner, completing the Twin Cities, Duluth, and Marine Corps marathons. He was active with the Lions Club and volunteered with relief organizations. A devout Roman Catholic, Paul’s faith inspired him to live a life of service to his patients, his family, and his country. It was his motivation to help others that led him to allow his journey with Alzheimer’s to be documented for several years on  WCCO-TV, as the team there thoughtfully shared Paul’s and his family’s experience with the long goodbye of Alzheimer’s disease. Paul worked hard to make a nice life for his family, and the former Quinn home was the setting for an annual Fourth of July celebration and countless family gatherings that leave us all with wonderful memories and stories to tell.

Paul’s family is grateful to friends and caregivers for their kindness and support since his diagnosis, especially his buddy, Nicole Arndt. 

 A gathering to honor Paul’s long and full life will be held Saturday, March 9th, at Bradshaw Funeral Home, 2800 Curve Crest Blvd, Stillwater, with visitation at 10 AM,  memorial service at 11:30, and a luncheon to follow.

In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to our family fundraising team for the Alzheimer’s Association, The Admiral’s Club: http://act.alz.org/goto/AdmiralPaulQuinn

 

 

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