Obituaries
In Memoriam: A Jazz Legend and VFW Leader
Some extraordinary people with ties to the west metro died recently. Read their obituaries, which ran on area Patch sites.
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Editor’s Note: This is a selection of recent obituaries from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael.
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Peterson was well known on the Minnesota music scene.
Golden Valley resident Teresa Raymond left behind six children plus grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Tracy was an employee of Haworth Marketing and Media, as well as a volunteer at the Animal Humane Society.
Obituary: John Garritsen of Maple Grove
Funeral service at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove Saturday, June 29, 2013.
Bussen practiced dentistry in Richfield for 40 years and was the past president of the Richfield Optimist and Rotary Clubs.
Obituary: Edward Hill of Minneapolis
Funeral service is July 6, 2013 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in St. Louis Park.
Obituary: Russell Paulsen of Minneapolis
Visitation and funeral services were the morning of June 26, 2013 at The Church of St. Albert the Great in Minneapolis.
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