Obituaries

Alan Crimmins

Aug 2, 2016

Alan Eugene Crimmins, age 80, of Backus, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at the Heritage House in Pequot Lakes. He was born August 20, 1935, to Edward and Opal Crimmins. Alan married Janice Aker on October 29, 1966. For many years, Alan was a roofing foreman and on the Pine River Township Board. He loved farming, hunting and...

Roger Walton

Jul 31, 2016

Roger L. Walton, 73, of Brainerd, passed away on July 31, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society - Bethany campus. Roger was born May 18, 1943, to Donald and Betty Walton in Creston, Iowa. He proudly served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He relocated to Brainerd in 1969, where he worked for over 30 years in the...

Gloria Gray

Jul 31, 2016

Ms. Gloria Gail (Halverson) Gray, age 56, passed away at her home in Pequot Lakes, MN, on July 31, 2016. She was born in Princeton, MN, on October 11, 1959. Gloria was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Halverson. She is survived by her sons: Nathan Gray, Bemidji, MN, and Evan (Melissa and Baby) Gray, Kelliher, MN; her...

Sharon Day

Jul 30, 2016

Sharon Day, 71, of Brainerd, MN was suddenly ushered into heaven early on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, NE. Services for Sharon will be held on Friday, August 5, 2016 at 11:00AM at Faith Baptist Church in Brainerd, MN with Pastor Chris Erickson officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2016...

Kevin Yeats

Jul 30, 2016

Kevin Yeats was born on March 3, 1954, and went to heaven on July 30, 2016. He lived in Pequot Lakes with his wife, Carmel, in a cozy house with two loyal dogs. Kevin was a humble man and artist of the great outdoors who highly adored his three children, Joshua, Aaron and Celeste. They will miss him dearly...

Joyce Hanson

Jul 29, 2016

Joyce M. Hanson, age 84, of Brainerd, MN, passed away July 29, 2016. Preceded in death by parents, Esther and Thorvald Hagen of Thief River Falls, MN; brothers, Albert (MT) and Merle (SD). Survived by husband, John Hanson; sister, Jean Hanson of Fosston, MN; son, Gary Hanson of Jefferson, WI; daughter, Terry (Ed) Ozment of Davenport, FL; grandchildren: Adrienne...

Jeanne Coffin

Jul 29, 2016

Jeanne Coffin, age 87, of Fifty Lakes, MN, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016. She had lived her whole life in Fifty Lakes. She enjoyed everyone that she came in contact with and also adopted some of them into her family. Jeanne was known by many as "Cook" or "Cookie". She has had the nickname ever since she was...

Vivian Tweedy

Jul 29, 2016

Vivian (Satherlie) Tweedy, age 97, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 29, 2016, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd. She was born Vivian Clarice Wannebo on July 22, 1919, in Clear Lake, WI, to Otto and Myrle Wannebo. Her family moved around a lot but settled in Minneapolis where she graduated from high school at South High. She married...

Janet Mckinney

Jul 27, 2016

Janet McKinney, age 93, of Pine River, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Brookside Comfort Care, Pine River. Services will be 2 PM on Wednesday, August 3, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Our Savior's Cemetery, Pequot Lakes.

Charles Kassulker

Jul 27, 2016

Charles "Charlie" Kassulker, 24, of Brainerd, MN died Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, MN. Services for Charlie will be at 2:00PM, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at the Northern Pacific Center Event Center in Brainerd, MN. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00PM, Tuesday, August 2 at Brenny Funeral Chapel and one hour prior to services on Wednesday....

Charles Simonson

Jul 25, 2016

Charles Edward Simonson, 85, of Brainerd, passed away at Good Samaritan Society - Bethany Campus on Monday, July 25, 2016. Services for Chuck will be held at Noon, Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with Pastor Nathan Lundgren officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather starting at 10:30 AM and to stay following the...

Helen Helm

Jul 25, 2016

Helen Vivian Tweten Helm passed away on July 25, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Brainerd, MN. She was born on February 28, 1927 to Gunder and Hilma (Johnson) Tweten in East Grand Forks, MN where she grew up and graduated with the class of '45 from Central High School. She worked at Northwestern Bell until her...

Jon Berggren

Jul 25, 2016

Jon Berggren, 56, of rural Staples, MN passed away at his home on Monday, July 25, 2016. Services for Jon will be at 11:00AM, Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, with Pastors Barry Klein, Mike Kilgallin and Jim Conner officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00PM, Friday, July 29, 2016 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples and...

Jonathan Kub

Jul 24, 2016

Jonathan Joseph Kub, 39, of Nisswa, MN, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 24, 2016 at his family cabin at Ponto Lake. Jon was born May 24, 1977, to Gary and Gayle (Zimmerman) Kub. He graduated from Brainerd High School in 1995 and earned a degree from Northwestern Technical College in Wadena. His first love was technology - anything that...

Lurline Newman

Jul 24, 2016

Lurline Newman, 90, of Brainerd, MN died on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Carefree Living in Brainerd, MN. Private Family Services. Lurline was born on April 11, 1926 in Garrison, MN to Frank and Gladys (Ross) Benjamin. She graduated from Brainerd High School and married Eugene Knowlen. Eugene and Lurline were the parents to two daughters. Later in life...

Nancy Milless

Jul 23, 2016

Nancy J. Milless, 68, of Pine River, MN died at Essential Health/St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN on Saturday, July 23, 2016. No Services are being planned at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN.

Allan Bradshaw

Jul 21, 2016

Allan E. Bradshaw, 82, of Hackensack, MN, died Thursday July 21, 2016, among friends. Allan was born to Elza and Hilda Bradshaw in Peoria, IL, on January 15, 1934. The Bradshaws moved to Hackensack in 1944, where they became a fixture in the community. Allan attended the Hackensack school. He later graduated from the North Central School of Agriculture...

Yvonne Dvorak

Jul 21, 2016

Yvonne Marie Dvorak, 85, of Randall, died at her home on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Interment will take place at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.

Morris Olson

Jul 20, 2016

Morris "Morrie" G. Olson 87, of Brainerd, MN passed away doing what he loved--riding motorcycle-- on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, MN. Services for Morris will be held on Monday, July 25, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Brainerd, MN with Pastor Nathan Lundgren officiating beginning at 11:00AM with visitation from 9:30AM-11:00PM at...

George Abbott Iii

Jul 20, 2016

George "Buck" William Abbott III, age 85, of Hackensack, MN, passed away, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd, MN. Buck was born on July 20, 1931 in Joliet, IL, to George and Bernice (Pubentz) Abbott. He joined the Navy and was stationed in New Port, RI, from Feb. 1952 to Feb. 1956. He was united...