June 10, 2021 at 1:12 p.m.
Donald Jerry Wake
b. Sept. 15, 1946 d. June 4, 2016
Donald was born on September 15, 1946 in Grand Rapids, MN to Gerald and Leona Wake of Federal Dam, MN. Donald graduated from Cass Lake High School in 1964 and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1965. He married Rosalie Coombs of Cass Lake, MN in December 1965. After his discharge in 1969, Donald began his career in banking. He worked for two banks in Leesburg, Virginia before moving back to Minnesota where he worked for Securtiy State/Woodland Bank from 1981 until his retirement in 2015.
Donald loved deer hunting, fishing, wood working, reading and spending time with his family.
He will be forever loved and missed by his wife, Rosalie; three daughters: Anna (Jon) Barsness, Christina Wake and Deborah (Kyle) Wake-Payne; five grandsons; his mother, Leona; brothers Richard (Kathy) Wake and David (Cynthia) Wake; two sisters, Joanne (Nordeen) Eckes and Diane (Brent) Johnson.
Donald was preceded in death by his father, Gerald; brother, James and grandson, Stephen III.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Remer, MN.[[In-content Ad]]
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