Vina Gilmer, a lifelong Brainerd resident and retired District 181 teacher, will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 21 in the dining room at the Woodland Good Samaritan Retirement Center, 200 Buffalo Lane, Brainerd. No gifts please. Photos

...and ice cream party to honor four of its members whose combined years of membership in the Rebekah totals 250 years. Vina Gilmer received a 70-year jewel, Vesta Murrow received an 80-year jewel. Norma Dickson received a 50-year jewel for...

...Storm, second-grade teacher Karin Flaata; second- /third-grade teacher Jeanne Anderson; third-grade teacher Vina Gilmer, fourth-grade teacher Nora Hegstad, fifth-grade teacher Evelyn Mraz, fifth-/sixth-grade teacher Shirley...

Vina Gilmer, age 94, a long-time Brainerd resident, passed away on Saturday...and special friends Judd and Kaye Peterson and Dale and Karen Thorson. Vina Gilmer She was preceded in death by Clara, Bert and Scotty Gilmer. Funeral...

Vina Gilmer, age 94, a long-time Brainerd resident, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at Woodland Good Samaritan Village. Arrangements are with the Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd.