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Roseau - Donald LeRoy Landin passed away peacefully on January 5, 2018 at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D. at the age of 89.

Donald was born on November 9, 1928 in Moranville Township near Swift, to Gertrude (Peterson) and Erick Landin. He attended Elementary School in Swift. He graduated from Warroad High School in 1946. On May 28, 1949, Donald married Betty Ann Olafson in Roseau, MN.

Together, they started farming with only 320 acres north of Warroad, of which only a few acres were cleared. Donald (Donnie) enjoyed the farm life; milking cows, raising cattle, growing small grains a...