Cover photo for Richard Lohse's Obituary
Richard Lohse Profile Photo
1936 Richard 2019

Richard Lohse

October 26, 1936 — December 18, 2019

Elbow Lake

Richard "Dick" Lohse, 83 of Elbow Lake died Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at the Evansville Care Center.

Richard Kurt Lohse was born October 26, 1936 in Erdahl, Minnesota. He was the eighth child born to Kurt and Laura (Lade) Lohse.  The family moved to the Barrett area where he was raised on the family farm.  He graduated from Barrett High School.  Dick served in the Army from 1958-1962.

On November 17, 1956, he married Judy (Langmaack) Lohse in Elbow Lake. To this union three children were born, Becky, Todd and Beth. They lived in Coon Rapids where Dick was employed by Onans.  They moved back to Elbow Lake in 1975. There, he worked for the Grant County Highway Department resigning as the Sign man after 28 years.  For a time he and Judy ran the Corner Craft and Bait Shop where he constructed many Rattle Reels for the local anglers, and did custom photo framing and matting.

Dick enjoyed taking his grandkids fishing and he liked to deer hunt.  He was an avid ham radio operator and communicated with persons worldwide for many years. He also was a camera buff where he toted around his big video camera on his shoulder or his Kodak instamatic around his neck.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Judy earlier this year; brothers Paul, Harvey, Lloyd, Dale, Wally, Lyle and Roger; sisters Betty, Darlene, Diane, and Bernice.

Dick is survived by three children, Becky Grabski of Phoenix, AZ, Todd (Deb) Lohse of Elbow Lake and Beth (Dave) Kurz of Bella Vista AR; a brother, Bob (Suzie) of Elbow Lake; sister-in-law, Shirley Lohse of Isanti; eight grandchildren, David, Kyle (Autumn), Michael (Lexi), Christopher (Joanna), Katie (Wyatt), Kelsey (Jake), Melisa (Dan) and Kelly Jo; Brother-in-law Bob (Rosanna) Langmaack, seven great grandchildren, along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Grant County Veterans Memorial Support Organization (PO Box 418, Elbow Lake, MN 56531) or Grant County Humane Society (1015 State Hwy 79, Elbow Lake, MN 56531).

Burial with Military honors will be at 1:30 p.m. December 30, 2019, at Union Cemetery, Elbow Lake.  There will be a 2:30 Prayer Service at Erickson-Smith Funeral Home in Elbow Lake with visitation from 3-5 p.m.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Richard Lohse, please visit our flower store.

Service Schedule

Past Services

Interment

Monday, December 30, 2019

Starts at 1:30 pm (Central time)

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Prayer Service

Monday, December 30, 2019

Starts at 2:30 pm (Central time)

Erickson-Smith Funeral Home - Elbow Lake

116 1st St NE, Elbow Lake, MN 56531

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Visitation

Monday, December 30, 2019

3:00 - 5:00 pm (Central time)

Erickson-Smith Funeral Home - Elbow Lake

116 1st St NE, Elbow Lake, MN 56531

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 23

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree