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   Grant Coyour, 43, died Friday, June 11, 1999, at Lake of the Woods County, Minn.
   Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Springfield, with burial in the city cemetery with full military honors. A gathering of friends and neighbors will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at Hope Lutheran Church, Moose Lake, with a service of remembrance at 6:30 p.m.
   Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today and 7:30-11 a.m. Wednesday at Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield, and will continue one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church.
   

    Linwood Francis 'Frank' Deree, 80 of Sleepy Eye, died Monday, June 14, 1999, in Sleepy Eye.
    Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye with burial in Home Cemetery, Sleepy Eye.
    Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and 7;30-11 a.m Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye. Military rites will be conducted by Sleepy Eye Honor Guard and Bravo Co. 367th Engineering Battalion of Mankato.
   He is survived by wife Constance "Connie" Deree of Sleepy Eye; children and their spouses, Lenny and Linda Deree of Minneapolis, Robert and Joy Deree of Fort Orange, Fla., David Deree of Savage, Cheryl and Manfred Blank of Sleepy Eye, Mike and Janet Deree of Lawton, Okla., Debra and Gary Thomas of Sleepy Eye, Marilyn Deree of Sleepy Eye; 19 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; brothers, Billy and Stanley Deree; and sisters, Marjorie and Hazel Deree.
   He was preceded in death by six brothers; one grandchild; two brothers-in-law; and a sister-in-law.
   He was born Dec. 28, 1918, in South Weymouth, Mass., to Percy and Gladys (Barnes) Deree. He grew up and attended school in South Weymouth. He married Constance Mary Ellis on June 25, 1943 in Rockland, Mass. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II and the Civilian Conservation Corps. They moved to Sleepy Eye in 1971.