...and a man with perseverance. Earl will be missed by his wife of 67 years, Bea; children, Tom (Susan) Lind, of Lake Stevens, Wash., Susan (Michael) Kirchgessner, of Arlington, Wash., Jerry (Nanci) Lind, of Burnsville, Minn...

...at a local Chinese restaurant they had discovered and so, were passing up the buffet. Akau is a police officer from Lake Stevens, Washington. It's a town a little north of Seattle and a world away from Brainerd. He and his wife Wenna along...