Fred Bisel

A celebration of the life of Fred Durant Bisel of Eagle Bend will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the Faith Lutheran Church in Eagle Bend with Reverend Gerry Vuchetich of the Eagle Bend United Methodist Church presiding. Fred passed away at the age of 68 years as the result a snowmobile accident in Ontario, Canada at the Lake Of The Woods on March 21, 2010. Fred was born on September 4, 1941 at Roseville, Ohio to Fred and Rosemary Bisel. He graduated from Wheaton High School in Wheaton, MD in 1959 and Montgomery Junior College in 1964. He also studied business administration and management at the University of Maryland. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Carolynne Murphey on December 12, 1964 at Westmorland Congregational Church in Washington, DC. Fred had lived in Eagle Bend for 37 years and owned Bisel’s Supermarket where he specialized as a meat cutter and sausage maker. He was an active and integral member of the Eagle Bend Lions Club and Volunteer Fire Department, as well as a member of the local AA chapter and Big Buck Hunting Association. He was at home in the outdoors. While living on the east coast, he worked part-time as a yard landscaper. He loved fishing and boating and always looked forward to the time he spent at his cabin near Rainy River in Ontario. He spent time reading AA literature and spreading the word that there really is a merciful God who loves us all. Fred was preceded in death by his parents Fred and Rosemary Bisel; brother Patrick Bisel and sister Sharen Bisel. He is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Carolynne; children Christina (David) Madson of St. Bonifacius, F. David (Laura) of Duluth, Elizabeth (Craig) Green of Monticello and Rosemary Bisel of Fridley; grandchildren Amanda Bisel, Ben Bisel, Sarah Bisel, Julia Bisel, Nathan Madson, Samantha Green and Lydia Green; brothers Ted (Betty) of Palm Coast, FL and Donald “Bing” (Peggy) of Long Prairie; and sisters Karen (Alan) Perish of Browerville, Betty Tonelli of Show Low, AZ, June Auldridge and Joan Eaton, both of Gaithersburg, MD. He is also survived by nephew Patrick Bisel and nieces Sherry Bisel and Kara Honebrink, as well as numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins. The honorary pallbearers are the members of the community of Eagle Bend who were a great part of Fred’s life. Interment will be in the Lakeside Cemetery on Big Birch Lake located at Grey Eagle.

Fred Bisel

September 4, 1941 - March 21, 2010