Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Christine Geraldine Johnson, 94, of Maple Grove, Minn., formerly of Clear Lake, died Saturday, July 28, 2018, at her home.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dr. Pat Hall officiating.  Inurnment will be at Ihlen Cemetery, in Ihlen, Minn., at a later date.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home in Clear Lake.

Robert F. Ingersoll, a lifelong Clear Lake resident, education leader and low-income housing activist, and long-time accountant for Woodford-Wheeler Lumber Yard, died Thursday, July 26, 2018, on his 97th birthday.

He spent the week before his death at his home on Clear Lake with much of his family at their annual reunion, including a day of fishing on the lake with his nephews. The day after everyone left, he suddenly fell ill with a blood clot on his lung and congestive heart failure.

(Above) I do, on a Sea Doo - Edna Krull wanted to “do something different” at her 1993 wedding ceremony.  She achieved that when she and groom, John Fischer, boarded a jet ski and exchanged vows while floating between two pontoon boats on Clear Lake’s south shore.  Looking on was the Rev. Bernard Olson and matron of honor, Mrs. Dwayne Miller, who hosted a reception for the couple at P.M. Park following the ceremony.

From toe-tapping music, to colorful stories, and even more colorful handcrafted original pieces, Lakefest weekend provided a weekend full of the arts.  (Above) City Park was filled with the sounds of Dixieland music Saturday and Sunday as five bands performed traditional jazz, prompting some to even get up and dance.  .  -Reporter photos by Chris Barragy.