Matthew Eric Bisbee, 57, of Orr, MN was suddenly and unexpectedly called home to the Lord in a tragic house fire on Thursday, February 6th, 2025.

Matthew was adopted at birth by Bertin and Carol Bisbee April 29th, 1967. He was raised at 6 Webster Place in Hopkins, MN, attending Hopkins High where he would meet his high school sweetheart Paige Frostad. Together they graduated in 1985. United in marriage May 31st, 1986, together they attended University of Wisconsin-River Falls, graduating with Bachelor degrees in 1995. They spent the early years of marriage moving around North Carolina, Minnesota, and Wisconsin before settling on their 160 acre plot of land outside of Orr, MN in 1998. There they raised up a home, a farm, their 7 children, 2 foster children, hosted several families in need of a home, and developed a kennel known across the country, Black Beaver Creek Farm & Kennel.

Matthew joined the Army in 1985 enlisting in the 82nd Airborne Division with a short deployment to Honduras in 1987, before serving in the National Guard where he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006-07, where he earned a Bronze Star for Heroism. Matthew concluded his military service in 2007, when he was Honorably Discharged.

Always seeking to learn and grow, Matthew attended college several times. He graduated with his Associates Degree from St. Paul College in 1991, his Bachelor's Degree in Social Studies Education from University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 1995, and in 2003-2005 was compiling his Masters Degree in Special Needs Education from Bemidji State before being deployed to serve overseas. In 2014 he, along with 4 of his 7 children, attended Lake Superior College graduating with an Associates Degree in Auto body Mechanics.

Matthew worked in many professions, as a teachers aid, then school teacher, special education teacher, holding several positions within Mesabi Academy, District Executive with the Boy Scouts of America on 2 separate occasions, among others. Whatever he did he always found himself in positions where he could connect with, guide, counsel, and teach young men. In all walks of life, be it work, military, scouting, church, school, the kennel, friends of his children, or neighbors he always sought to mentor and share wisdom with whoever he met. It was his life's true calling and the very core of who he was, his legacy left in the number of young men who have benefited from his care and council cannot be understated. His passing has and will continue to deeply affect all who his life has touched.

Matthew was preceded in death by his parents.

Matthew is survived by his wife Paige Bisbee, sons: Anthony Bisbee, Nicholas (Dottie) Bisbee, Benjamin (Alicia) Bisbee, Courtney (Alicia) Bisbee, Wesley Bisbee; and daughters: Caroline Bisbee, and Ariel Bisbee, brother Alex Bisbee; sisters: Kate Wright-Sims, Sarah Mallberg, and Marti Hall; and many beloved and cherished grandchildren, nieces, nephews, in-laws, cousins and friends.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 2:00PM at the First Baptist Church, Cook, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, family requests that people bring a printed picture of Matthew to share with them. Online condolences to www.mlakerfuneralhome.com