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2025

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Philip Southwick Obituary

Lonsdale - Philip Southwick, age 74, passed away on May 22, 2025 after battling chronic lung disease for three years. He was born on October 14, 1950, in Madison, SD. He graduated from high school in Velva, ND and went on to study mechanical engineering at NDSCS in Wahpeton, ND. There he met Mary Hassler and they got married on March 3, 1972 in Perham, MN. They welcomed four children, Amy (Al) Schmidt of Des Lacs, ND, Jenny (Justin) Schmitz of Elko New Market, MN, Adam Southwick of Goodyear, AZ, and Laura (Nick Kriz) Southwick of Columbia Heights, MN. They have eight grandchildren, Nikolai, Olivia, Kaylie, Jasmine, Jordan, Joelle, James and Jackson and one great-grandchild, Elliot. Celebration of Life was held at White Funeral Home of Lonsdale on May 27, 2025.

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Published by Lonsdale Area News Review from Jun. 2 to Jun. 16, 2025.

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