Obituaries
Beatrice Snyder
Aug 19, 2017
Beatrice Snyder (Bettie) passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Edgewood Vista in Brainerd, MN. Bettie was born on a farm near Otho, Iowa on October 4, 1916 to Josephine and Ernst Stromberg. Later they moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa where her father pioneered the hatchery business. After graduating from high school and business college, she worked in...
Charles Gentry
Aug 19, 2017
Charles "Charlie" L. Gentry, 63, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Saturday, August 19, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd. He was born to Clyde and Jessica (Crawford) Gentry on September 30, 1953, in Kirksville, MO. Charlie met Barbara Nolan in 1970 and the couple married in 1975. Charlie loved truck driving over the road. He enjoyed fishing with his...
Clair Newton, Jr.
Aug 19, 2017
Clair Newton Jr., age 80, passed away on August, 19, 2017 at the Minnesota Veterans Home, Silver Bay. He was surrounded by loving family and caretakers he called friends. Clair was born at the family home in Jenkins, MN, on September 22, 1936, to parents Edna and Clair Newton, Sr. (both deceased). He was the sixth born of ten...
Dorothy Lande
Aug 19, 2017
Dorothy Lucille Lande, 90, of Fifty Lakes, died Saturday, August 19, 2017 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Services were held Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Crosslake Evangelical Free Church (The Log Church) in Crosslake. Interment took place at Swanburg Cemetery in Pine River.
Dorothy was born July 9, 1927 in Escanaba, MI, the daughter of Carl and...
Wilford Larson
Aug 18, 2017
Wilford "Willie" H. Larson, age 83, of Prior Lake, MN, in later years Lonsdale, MN, passed away August 18, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was born September 29, 1933, to Maylin and Agnes Larson of Backus, MN, where he grew up enjoying the outdoors, fishing and hunting. Willie was married to Monica A. Larson for 49 years. Willie...
Margaret Coleman
Aug 17, 2017
Margaret Evelyn Coleman, age 91, of Pequot Lakes, passed away Thursday, August 17, at Heritage House, Pequot Lakes. She was born to John and Esther Brynestad on December 17, 1925, in Albert Lea, MN. Margaret married Robert L. Coleman on May 10, 1947, in Minneapolis. She lived in Minneapolis until after Robert's death, moving to Pequot Lakes in 1980....
Dixie Jansa
Aug 15, 2017
Dixie Lee Jansa, age 54, of Pequot Lakes passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. No services are planned at this time.
Helen Kilian
Aug 15, 2017
Helen C. Kilian, 84, of Howard Lake, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Helen’s memorial service will be Saturday, September 9, at 10 am, at Crosslake Lutheran Church. Interment will be at Pinewood Cemetery in Crosslake. Helen was born on April 7, 1933 in Biscay, to Henry and Elsie (Oltman) Bartel. She grew up...
Bradley Smith
Aug 15, 2017
Bradley D. Smith, 58, of Rochester, MN died on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 in Rochester, MN. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter, MN.
Randall Rakauskas
Aug 15, 2017
Randall S. Rakauskas, age 59, of Brainerd, died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, August 15, 2017.
Randy was born in Minneapolis in 1958 to Stephen and Margaret (Puetz) Rakauskas. The family moved to Brainerd in 1961, where Randy attended school. He also completed the machining program at Staples Technical College, which was followed by his working...
Daniel Lenk
Aug 14, 2017
Daniel Lenk, 53, of Motley, MN passed away at his home unexpectedly Monday, August 14, 2017 after a short battle with cancer. Services for Daniel will be 12:00 Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 35665 Aztec Road, Motley, MN. Interment will be at Motley Public Cemetery, with a luncheon following at 2 Tall Tavern in Cushing, MN.
Daniel...
Ruth Forsberg
Aug 13, 2017
Ruth Mae “Poots” Forsberg, 93, of Pequot Lakes, passed away peacefully Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Essentia Health – St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. Please join them as they honor her at 12:00 PM, Saturday, August 19, 2017 at Timberwood Church in Nisswa with Eric Holtz officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to...
David Cusac
Aug 13, 2017
David Lyle Cusac, 62, of Pine River, passed away in his home surrounded by family on August 13, 2017. David was born in Streator, IL, to Marjorie (Hesselberth) and Edward Cusac on May 16, 1955. David moved to Minnesota in 1984 where he and Kathy (Allen) Cusac of Rutland, IL, were married on July 5, 1985. David enjoyed building...
Donald Andren
Aug 12, 2017
Donald Roy Andren, 79, a resident of Chickamaw Beach in Pine River, died unexpectedly at his residence on Saturday, August 12, 2017. Donald was born in Minneapolis on August 5, 1938, to Carl Ivar and Agnes Johnson Andren and spent most of his life working as journeyman plumber for Honeywell and eventually Alliant Tech Systems until his retirement in...
Georgia Hite
Aug 11, 2017
Georgia Belle Hite, 82, of Brainerd, MN, formerly of Battle Mountain, NV, passed away August 11, 2017. Georgia was born August 3, 1935 in Boise, ID, to Pat and Pauline Brannan. Georgia and her family eventually moved to Riverton, WY. There, she met and married Jimmie Lee Hite, on October 16, 1954. They were married for 60 years. They...
Richard Blom
Aug 10, 2017
Richard Blom, age 80, of Crosby passed away Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center. Richard will be laid to rest with a private service in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery – Little Falls, MN.
Richard Edwin Blom was born in Crosby on October 20, 1936, to Clifton and Inez (Richards) Blom. Richard graduated from...
Gloria Higgins
Aug 10, 2017
Gloria Mary Higgins, 67, Brainerd, passed away Thursday, August 10, 2017, at her home. A celebration of life will be 1:30 pm Saturday, August 19, at the Community Church of the Nazarene in Merrifield. Friends may call an hour before services at the church. Memorials are preferred. She was born September 30, 1949, in Perham to Roy and Mary...
William Schweigert
Aug 9, 2017
In loving memory of William "Bill" H. Schweigert. Bill passed away on August 9, 2017, after losing his battle with cancer. He was born January 26, 1951, in Long Prairie, MN. He was the youngest son of William "Bill" and Helen Schweigert, who farmed in Long Prairie for many years and retired to a lake home in Sauk Centre,...
Carl Nordquist
Aug 9, 2017
Carl “Jack” John Nordquist, 87, of Baxter, MN passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at Essentia Health/St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Carl was born on March 26, 1930 in St. Paul, MN to Carl and Henrietta (Hagen) Nordquist. He...
Lorna Pesheck
Aug 9, 2017
Lorna J. Pesheck, age 68, of Brainerd, passed away on August 9, 2017, peacefully at her home. She was born in St. James, MN, to LaVerne and Delores Hanson on November 15, 1948. Lorna was preceded in death by her daughter, Shana Pesheck. She is survived by her son, Monte Hanson (49) and grandson, Hunter Hanson (16). Lorna had...
