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Earl Wimpiri, 71 Grand Rapids - Earl C. Wimpiri, 71, formerly of Plummer, died on Friday, September 5, 2003 at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital in Grand Rapids. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, September 9 at the Libbey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kim Johnson officiating. Interment was in Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Earl was born in Red Lake County on November 11, 1931. He attended Wildwood rural school and graduated from Rushing High School in Plummer in 1951. He served in the Army from 1952 to 1954. He was a lineman for a utility company and later worked for American Crystal Sugar at Crookston and Hillsboro. He worked for the city of Ada for a few years in the 1980s. He married Betty Mattson in 1958. She died in 1975. Earl married Betty Johnson Wells in 1976 in Crookston. Earl was a member of the VFW and the American Legion. Survivors include a sister, Vivian Olson of Grand Rapids; a brother, John Christianson of Bend, Ore.; four nieces; and three nephews. Earl was preceded in death by his wives; a sister, Edna Sterger; and one niece. A00003B2003SP10

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