Robert Merrill Higgins died peacefully Tuesday, August 22, 2023. He was born November 17, 1930 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada then moved to Bemidji, Minnesota in 1936. He attended Bemidji Public Schools and graduated in 1948.
Riksene Beredene (Van Zomeren) Higgins was born February 28th, 1932 in Castlewood, SD. She grew up on a farm in South Dakota and moved to the Van Zomeren family farm in Chokio, MN in 1945. She attended a one-room school house through grade eight and then transferred to Herman High School. She graduated in 1950.