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Roseau - Gertie Irene (Wiskow) Eidsmoe, age 91, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's on Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at the Greenbush Nursing Home.

She was born on August 18, 1927, in the Huss Township to Marshall and Viona (Paulsen) Wiskow. Gertie, along with her three brothers and two sisters, grew up on a farm in Strathcona where they raised cattle, worked in the fields and enjoyed country life. Times were hard during the depression and after WWII Gertie and her sister, Morella, moved to Chicago for work.

Gertie married Orlen Eidsmoe from Roseau in 1950. They purchased a...