Curt William Eliason, the only one left of the 13 children of Ole Eliason and Augustine Blix, was born Sept. 6, 1928 and died Jan. 21, 2025. He was 96 years old.

On Aug. 30, 1958 he married Elaine Van Pelt. They had four children: daughters, Kathy (Fred) Johnson and Sharon (Dave) D’Jock; and sons, Kevin (Kristina) and Shawn (Mika).

He is also survived by his wife of 67 years, Elaine; children; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. He was very proud of his family.

He loved the outdoors, hunting and just being outside. He raced cars and motorcycles in his younger days. He lived in Wisconsin but was an avid Vikings fan. He was preceded in death by his parents; all of his siblings; and nieces and nephews. No funeral is being planned. Rowe Funeral Home is handling all else.