North Country Floral in Brainerd ended the Valentine s Day weekend with 340 extra red roses. Written By: Steven L. Kohls | 4:00 am, Feb. 16, 2021 ×
North Country Floral owner Kerri Martin (left) smiles after giving 60 red roses to Brenda White at Northern Lakes Senior Living Monday, Feb. 15. The uncertain economic landscape of COVID-19 surprised Martin this year, leaving her with 340 extra red roses that did not sell over the Valentine s Day holiday. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Leftover Valentine s Day bouquets found new homes Monday, Feb. 15, at senior living complexes and skilled nursing facilities in Brainerd and Baxter.
Kerri Martin of North Country Floral said she knows how to order flowers for special days like Valentine s Day, but this year, she did not count on the COVID-19 factor. After owning North Country Floral with her husband Randy for six years, she felt confident the number of red roses was just right for the holiday, but the pand
Margaret Alberta (Welton) Whitehead, 94, passed away on Dec. 28, 2020, at the Memory Care unit of Edgewood Vista in Virginia, Minn.
Margaret was born on Aug. 17, 1926, on a family vacation in Lacomb, Alberta, Canada. She was brought into the world in a Welton family home. Her older brother Roy was heard to say, âI ve changed 4 tires, I hope I don t have to change her!â
After the family purchased a ranch on Pass Creek in Wyoming, which they named the Hat Creek Ranch, they first moved from Franklin, Pa., and then Denver, Colo. She grew up on that vast ranch at the base of beautiful Elk Mountain, about 40 miles east of Rawlins, Wyo. The land was sprawling and never ending. It was there in a one room schoolhouse that her dad had built that she and her two sisters attended daily classes. Her three brothers were either working on the ranch or attending high school in Rawlins; as she and her sisters would, as well. They stayed at a boarding house during the week and rode the bus
Beryl Eileen Sersha, 92, of Virginia, Minn., and former resident of Cook, Minn., passed away on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, with her loving husband Bill by her side.
Beryl was born to Fred and Evelyn (Nielsen) Johansen on Dec. 20, 1928, in McIntosh, S.D. Her family moved to Alango, Minn., where she attended school; graduating Alango High School in 1947. She furthered her education by attending Franklin School of Nursing; earning her LPN degree. She worked at the Virginia Hospital for three years before she met and married the love of her life William Sersha on Sept. 15, 1951, at the Alango Lutheran Church. Beryl and her husband made a home in Cook for the next 63 years, and she continued to work as an LPN at the Cook Hospital for nearly 20 years before her retirement. The couple has lived in Virginia for the last four years. Beryl was a long-time member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cook, and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.