Roger Charles Geddes of Park Rapids, MN, age 92, died on April 26, 2024, after a long well-lived life. He was born on June 8, 1931, in St. Paul, MN, to Charles and Helen (Lovejoy) Geddes and grew up in Roseau and Park Rapids. He attended college at Bemidji State and later received a master’s degree in speech pathology from University of Wyoming. On June 10, 1956, he married Mary Ann Kumpula and they settled in International Falls in 1959.
Incumbent school board member Marva Aitken has filed for reelection to a three-year term on the board, but the other two incumbents did not file and their seats will be filled via write-in ballots.