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Events of the past month
April 2 Noon. Funeral Director at Simonet’s Funeral home, John Locke, and Valerie Richards, MBA presented on the newly formed St. Croix Valley Grief Coalition and their upcoming 6 week seminar "Growing Through Loss" starting April 2-May 7, which is planned to be held biannual in the Spring and Fall.
April 16 Noon Gary Bressler was prepared to share his experience hiking the Grand Canyon but the meeting was canceled due to power failure.
Coming Events
May 2 Thursday Noon. This is a special Law Day meeting together with the Stillwater Rotary Club. The speaker will be Federal Judge Jack Tunheim. The meeting will be held at the St. Croix Event Center, 5880 Omaha Ave., Stillwater, Mn. It is on the south side of highway 36 next to the bowling alley. Please send RSVP to: thomashollatz72@gmail.com
No meeting on Tuesday, May 7.
May 21. Annual Meeting
Scholarships Our club will be awarding two graduating seniors with a $1,000 scholarship. The students will be notified of the award ceremony at the school on May 6.
We were saddened to hear about the death of a former long term Lion, Dr. Thomas Murphy.
Thomas Murphy Obituary
Tom passed away on Monday, April 15,2024 at Woodland Hill in Hudson, Wisconsin. Tom grew up on a farm in Shediac, New Brunswick Canada and went to college and medical school in Nova Scotia. While in school he met and married his wife, Edna. The two emigrated to the US and Tom started a General Surgery residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. After completing his residency, they moved to Stillwater and began practicing at the new Lakeview Hospital. Over the next 36 years he touched the lives of many families in the St. Croix Valley with a broad General Surgery practice.
Tom enjoyed his Wisconsin property, planting trees, and tending his garden. He was an avid reader and photographer. He enjoyed thoroughbred horse racing, fishing, golf, travel, and loved being a grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Edna; parents Fred and Irene; brothers William and Russell; and sister Doreen. He is survived by his daughters Leslie and Valerie (Bill); son John (Margot); grandsons Conor (Sofia) and Ryan; and great-grandchildren Helena and August.
Many thanks to the staff at Woodland Hill and Lakeview Hospice. Memorials are preferred to the Stillwater Public Library or Arbor Day Foundation.
A Memorial Celebration will be held from 4-6 pm, on Monday, April 22, 2024 at Simonet Funeral Home, 6429 Osgood Ave. N., Stillwater, MN 55082.
The following is a list of program assignments. It is best if we arrange your program or speaker at least a month in advance. If you have an idea for a program, 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 a program, contact Paul at spils@mac.com.
June 4 Jim Honsvall
June 18 Picnic Autumn Hills
July 2
July 16 Picnic Greg Hanson -Stringer Farm
Aug 6 Herb Lundberg
Aug 20 Picnic Spilseth home
Sept 3 Ray Stevens
Sep 17 Picnic Bayport Park
Oct 1 John Bourdaghs
Oct 1 5 Jim Kroening
Nov 5 Don Grund
Nov 19 Jim Dahl
Dec 17 Vagabonds
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